Odds and adds

I'm looking through the eBay listings for Joe Sakic BIN's and I come across this listing for a Joe Sakic golf card  and I think that there's no way people should be bitching about how cards are today when there's a set of 100 cards of hockey players golfing.   This is from 2002-03 mind you, nearly 20 years ago.   I am sitting here at my computer chuckling about it while I type.

Having seen this I decide that I'll go ahead and write a bit about a couple of envelopes I received recently to boost up a couple of my collections.  Just to change my train of thought.

I'm still having fun trying to finish off my buddy Chris' 83 Topps football set.  I bought a bunch this week on Sportlots and knocked down his want list to just 13 cards.

A lot of names I remember from the early 80's such as Bradshaw, Brooks and Tony Hill, and a couple of lesser known names that I couldn't pick out of a lineup.  It's still been fun trying to finish this up, and the cards for the most part have been reasonably priced so there's that.

I can always rely on some regular trading partners from up north to bolster my hockey collections, and multiple time trade partner Andy (TCDB ID: AndyRoy) didn't disappoint again.  The majority of this trade as you can see was for Felix Potvin.   I'm going to have to go over my want list for Felix, because pretty much everything I have received recently has been from his days with the Leafs; not that I'm complaining but he spent a good portion of his careers with a few other teams (LA, NYI and Boston) and there's a good deal of those cards I'd like to track down as well.

The Potvin collection is up to 132 cards, but for some reason that seems light so I'll have to sit down and go through the binder and make sure it's up to date. 

Maybe when it rains again on a Saturday down here...

Enjoy the hobby!!

Robert

A couple of regular trade partners and a new computer get the blog rolling again

I didn't mean to take 9 days off from writing, but the way my old computer had been acting the past couple of weeks, I didn't feel like taking the time to sit and wait for scans to load and having to worry about the computer crashing, so I waited until this weekend when I had an entire day planned with my buddy who builds computers.  I had been buying pieces and parts of a new computer for several weeks now, and yesterday was the day he put it together for me....after the monthly card show and a trip to Skyline Chili!!

Now I'm sitting in front of a TV screen instead of a computer monitor, and a machine that's faster than anything I've ever used.   Spoiled :)

Now onto the business at hand.  Business is picking up again on the trade front.  Lots of little trades coming in, but they're pecking away at several different want lists.

First up is Jimmy from the west coast (TCDB ID:torcato) who sent me a follow up trade offer to the one we made just a couple of weeks back.

1983 Topps football for my computer building buddy to start.  We actually knocked a few cards off of that want list at the monthly card show yesterday, grabbing such goodies as the Marcus Allen RC, Mike Singletary RC, and a Walter Payton.  His list is slowly disappearing as it is down to 68 cards.

Trying different scans out on the scanner editor; it's the same scanner, but now that I'm using Windows 10, the editor looks different.  But so far so good, as the scan for these 2 pair of cards looks pretty good!

Last up is 3 more cards that I decided to scan all in one row, instead of having the horizontal card below the 2 verticals.  Doesn't look too bad.  These 7 cards are the second largest inbound envelope I've received in the past few days.

Next up is 4 cards from another multiple time trade partner Bill (TCDB ID: minibbcards).  Bill always takes the A&G or GQ minis off my hands, and sends something great my way.

My end of the trade was this trio of 2017 A&G cards.  Still a long way to go to finish off this set, as I'm barely past the halfway mark at 179 cards, but there's no hurry (my want list for this is on the TCDB website if you have any extras lying around).   But in true Bill fashion, he slips in an extra vintage card for me to bring a smile to my face.   This time, I'm able to knock one more card off the '69 Topps want list.

Bill Stoneman brings me to just 2 cards shy of the 200 mark for my '69 set, which isn't a priority at the present time, but I won't scoff at any that happen to come my way!

Thank you both to Jimmy and Bill for the trades, the cards are really appreciated!!

Enjoy the hobby!

Robert

Gotta love the quick and easy trades

Another couple of trades came in yesterday, one was via the blog, and the other was with fellow TCDB trader Jimmy (TCDB ID: torcato).  Jimmy sent me 7 cards that hit various want lists, and as always was fast and friendly with the trade.

I've probably added more cards to my Jim Thome collection in the past month than I had in the past 12 months.  Finally getting around to adding the cards/want list onto the TCDB site I'm sure had a great deal to do with that.  There's still quite a few base cards to obtain for Thome, as well as the Larry Fitzgerald.   Love the look of the 2007 SPx base card; I still don't have a lot of the cards from the 2000's for Fitz, I'd love to add more of them over time.

Here's the horizontal portion of the trade, a Stadium Club Power Zone insert from 2018 featuring Andrew McCutchen whose collection is approaching the 200 card mark.  Was also happy to see another card for my buddy Chris' 83 Topps FB set, which I posted about last Wednesday .  There's still 77 cards on the want list, so if you have any doubles hiding away you're looking to trade, let me know!

2 more Ichiro's and a 2nd McCutchen round out the trade.  Never heard that Chrome had an update set (shows how much Chrome packs I buy) until I grabbed these 2 cards on this trade.  Still need a lot of Topps Heritage cards for most of my player collections, both base and Chrome parallels, so it's good when I see any of them come by. 

Thank you for the trade Jimmy, the cards are appreciated!!

Enjoy the hobby!

Robert

Want list Wednesday: 1983 Topps Football

I'm actually going off the board for this post.   When I say off the board, I mean that I'm writing this post for someone else's want list.

I built about 80% of this set for a buddy of mine for Christmas this year, and I'm hoping that I can get some more cards for him just by reaching out to the masses.  The list is 78 cards in length.

1 Ken Anderson RB
3 Dan Fouts RB
4 Joe Montana RB
5 Mark Moseley RB
8 John Riggins RB
10 1982 NFC Championship (Already on it's way)
12 Super Bowl XVII
16 Bobby Butler
29 Brian Baschnagel
32 Noah Jackson
33 Jim McMahon RC
34 Emery Moorehead
36 Walter Payton
38 Mike Singletary RC
41 Otis Wilson RC
46 Tony Dorsett
47 Tony Hill
50 Harvey Martin
53 Ron Springs
56 Danny White
70 Billy Sims
101 Randy Holloway
108 Rickey Young
117 George Rogers
120 Butch Woolfolk
126 Mark Haynes
128 Dave Jennings
133 Lawrence Taylor
141 Dennis Harrison
142 Ron Jaworski
147 Max Runager
157 Elois Grooms
165 Randy Cross
168 Ronnie Lott
169 Joe Montana
174 James Wilder
177 Neal Colzie
186 John Riggins
189 Vernon Dean
190 Joe Jacoby
193 Rich Milot
194 Mark Moseley
198 John Riggins
202 1982 Passing Leaders
205 1982 Scoring Leaders
230 Pete Johnson
235 Cris Collinsworth
240 Anthony Munoz
254 Ozzie Newsome
263 Rulon Jones RC
271 Gifford Nielsen
284 Joe Delaney
293 Marcus Allen TL
294 Marcus Allen RC
297 Cliff Branch
299 Ray Guy
302 Ted Hendricks
316 Don McNeal RC
321 Don Strock
323 David Woodley
327 Rich Camarillo
329 Steve Grogan
334 Stanley Morgan
336 Kenneth Sims
347 Marty Lyons
353 Richard Todd
356 Gary Anderson RC
358 Terry Bradshaw
362 Franco Harris
363 Jack Lambert
366 John Stallworth
372 James Brooks
374 Dan Fouts
377 Charlie Joiner
389 Steve Largent
393 Jim Zorn
395 Checklist 133-264

The fact that I typed this all out instead of copy and pasting off of a website hopefully shows how much I'd like to get some or all of these cards for my buddy.

Let me know in the comments what you have (if any).  Thanks for looking...

Enjoy the hobby!

Robert

A couple of more trades come in

A rare day when I receive a couple of trades in the mailbox, and none of the cards end up going towards any of my sets.   Mind you, it was only 7 cards that came in, but still...

A pair of really nice refractor cards from the early part of the 10's came all the way from CA courtesy of multiple time trade partner Mike (TCDB ID: 49ants), who received a duplicate I had of McCutchen, and the Oracle Park black parallel I had from this past year's Topps set. 

These 5 cards came from new trade partner Leo (TCDB ID: LO212257) and had me scratching my head at a couple of them.  The T.Y. Hilton portion of my collection is starting to fill up nicely, as these two cards put me solidly into the 50's.  When I made the offer to Leo, I couldn't believe that I didn't have either the McCutchen or the Fitzgerald base cards in my collection.  Had to stop and check both binders to make sure.  Needed them both...

Now you may be thinking the Greg Cater card from '83 Topps FB is a little random, but I actually have a want list on TCDB for the set for a friend of mine.  Need about 75 more to go to finish the set, a lot of them star cards, but it'll be fun to see if I can get a few of them for him via the trade route. 

Another trade or two to come in and I'll hit the 200 mark for completed transactions on the site.  Not bad since I started 2019 at just 37.

Enjoy the hobby!

Robert