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1981 Topps Mick Kelleher - The front: Who's that in a red jacket behind him? That's not a Cubs jacket. An opposing team at spring training - Angels maybe? The back: Killer?? The ...7 hours ago
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David Schmidt swung the bat over 4 seasons, saw high-A - [image: David Schmidt 1992 Winter Haven Red Sox baseball card] The Lynchburg Red Sox had a big start to this April 1993 game, including a two-run home ru...8 hours ago
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Another TTM Success From Chuck Porter - Oops. Here is another example of me forgetting who I have sent to TTM. I had gotten Chuck Porter TTM back in 2016, but forgot. Almost 10 years later, I se...9 hours ago
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If It Ain't One Thing... - The Marlins are having a hell of a time right now getting everything straight. So many pieces have been moved around only for something else to comple...10 hours ago
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Pristine Legends #1 - Vida Blue - Yep, here's the start of a new recurring blog series where I'll take you readers on a tour through my beloved 2005 Topps Pristine Legends refractor frank...18 hours ago
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The Champs Are Here! - The Kitchener Rangers won the Robertson Cup this week as the OHL Champions, following a sweep of the Barrie Colts. Surely I have at least one card aroun...19 hours ago
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1 Million - *has a tux on, well, a black shirt. cup of coffee in hand, no cards, but a celebratory smile*I am officially proud to say that Cards Over Coffee has reache...20 hours ago
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J.T. Realmuto - I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2025. J.T....21 hours ago
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Game 45 - Phils Storm Back for Win in Pittsburgh! - * Philadelphia Phillies 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 9 * *10 Innings* *2025 Topps UpdateStars of MLB #SMLB-82Friday Night, May 15th* *PNC Park - Pittsburgh,...21 hours ago
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REVISIT: MISSING IN ACTION 1975 GEORGE THEODORE - Time for another "revisit" for many of you that weren't following the blog 10 years ago. This time it's my "missing" 1975 card for former New York Mets firs...22 hours ago
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Foiliage - A couple things happened which led to the post today. First, 401games was having a sale on foil MTG cards of 15% off which was good enough excuse to pic...23 hours ago
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Happy Birthday, Laura! - Today, is the birthday of my first niece. Although I won't see her tody, I salute her from here. Laura is such a wonderful person. A dog-lover, Laura is ...1 day ago
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2025 Topps Chrome Platinum - Topps is dropping the Anniversary from the name of it's Platinum Chrome product. Now just Topps Chrome Platinum. Robin is featured on a base card ba...1 day ago
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Topps, Team Sets, Game Cards, 2nd Version and a KBO set - Time for another round up of recently announced NPB sets... - Topps is back for their sixth year of doing NPB sets. I'm not exactly sure of the details ...1 day ago
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Coca Cola and FIFA World Cup - My drink of choice during the work day is Coca-Cola Zero. Last week while drinking a bottle I noticed that there was something on the inside of the lab...1 day ago
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More from the Free stuff - *There was another group of cards in that box last week that the kids just weren't in to, and that is a shame. This time a totally different Historical ...1 day ago
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Disney Lorcana: Wilds Unknown Cards Nobody Is Talking About… Yet - Disney Lorcana: Wilds Unknown is out today, and the story writes itself. Buzz Lightyear Iconics are the hottest thing in the hobby, Jessie sits at $350, ...1 day ago
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Board Game Friday: February, March, and April 2026 Plays - For a while, I was doing a good job at recapping my monthly board game plays. Unfortunately, I dropped the proverbial ball in February, then again in Marc...1 day ago
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Owed Thanks - It's been a crazy-busy year so far and when you combine that with the fact that I got another year older already, this means I can become very forgetful....2 days ago
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High-Grade Wilt Rookie, Rare Ripken Minor League Card Among 2,000+ Lots at Auction - A high-grade Wilt Chamberlain rookie, a rare Cal Ripken minor league card, a rare T206 and piles of vintage star cards are in the new Huggins & Scott Auction.2 days ago
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Steve Blass and Rich Reese TTM Returns - Steve Blass signed a couple Pirates team cards and a 1972 Topps commemorating the 1971 World Series game 7. I believe his inscription on that card is "J...2 days ago
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Love/Hate Relationship - A large majority of the posts on this blog feature sports teams and players that I love to root for. Today's post focuses on the opposite end of the spe...2 days ago
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triple crowning achievements - a couple of decades ago, as i began assembling my topps "sampler sets", i paused to admire the 1967 league leader cards. my m.o. in regards to my sampler s...3 days ago
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Cards I like of teams I dislike - Starting a Blog Bat-Around these days is kind of like announcing in 1989 that you just bought a vinyl record. Nobody cares, everyone's moved on to compa...3 days ago
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Come Dig in my Bargain Box - Trading is great. But sometimes it's easier to trade for money. I grabbed all the cheap stuff from my TCDB for sale/for trade list, organized the list, a...3 days ago
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Video: 2024-25 Stature Hockey Box Break - Sal Barry of the Puck Junk Podcast opens a box of 2024-25 Upper Deck Stature Hockey cards. Each box contains five premium hockey cards. Will you collect ...3 days ago
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Repack Haiku #460 (Jedd Gyorko) - *Once upon a time,* *Was Padres' home run leader* *For second basemen* 2019 Topps #261 Jedd Gyorko Gyorko played 3 seasons in San Diego (2013-2015). In j...3 days ago
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Random Pack Break: MTG Streets of New Capenna - I kind of overlooked the Magic the Gathering Streets of New Capenna set when it first came out. I was collecting mostly Pokemon at the time and in my mind,...4 days ago
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4/3/26 card show report: $25, no foolin' - Well this should be a pretty quick one, even if it took me too long as usual to get to. I headed over to my usual monthly show in early April only to fin...5 days ago
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1969 Topps #237 Bobby Cox (1941-2026) - Over the weekend we got the sad news of Bobby Cox's passing. He is best known for his Quarter Century managing the Braves in two different stints that co...5 days ago
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Rush of Ikorr Act 2 Part 1 Epic Journey Teaser - The newest chapter in this epic TCG brings a new loyalty to the battlefield – China! Just a reminder, some of these hits may only contain snippets of inf...5 days ago
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Barry, Or Other Barry. Who Can Say. - The cardboard gods were shining upon me recently when I spotted the below up for auction on eBay and my winning bid not only held but held up at about ha...5 days ago
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Fleer Autograph Project - 1960 Part 20 and 1961 Part 52 - It is coming up on a month since my last post. I should probably do a little dusting around here. Recently, I partnered up with two other people to bid ...6 days ago
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Love Dem Batting Cage Cards - A little over a week ago, when poking around online, I saw this card and it made me smile. It wasn’t about Ken Reitz, the San Francisco Giants or even Cand...6 days ago
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Rodney's Cardboard: End Of The Road? - Has it come time to end my reign of Rodney Hampton?My once domination of owning every Rodney Hampton hasn't been the case the last few years. With companie...1 week ago
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Happy Birthday - Maurice Hurst - Maurice was born on this day in 1995, making him 31 today. NFL Debut - September 10th, 2018 (Raiders) Years Active - - 2018-2020 (Raiders) - 202...1 week ago
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Topps Topics: Studies in Uncut Sheet Arrays - 1961 to 1964 - Presenting part three of an ongoing series examining the use of short prints and double prints by Topps in their vintage era; part one can be found HE...1 week ago
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New People April 2026 - After a crazy high number of cards scanned in March, April was much slower with only 445 cards scanned. New additions were up though with 819 new cards....1 week ago
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Insert Sets Not Talked About Enough: 2023 Topps Japan Edition Strength In Numbers - On April 15, 2026, the Cubs were mired in last place within the NL Central Division. They were 9-9 at that point, taking 2 of 3 from the Phillies and wer...1 week ago
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Did Topps Curse the Pilots? - I’ll start with a confession. This is an article I started writing at the beginning of the year before deciding it might make an even more fun SABR 54 pres...1 week ago
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Chasing Cardboard in Chicago - Most collectors know about Ty Wilson and his show Chasing Cardboard. This week is a must check out if your a fan of Chicago, and Michael Jordan. Ty visits ...1 week ago
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2026 Topps Heritage Fat Pack - Greetings! Hope everyone is doing well. We're a month into the baseball season, the NBA and NHL playoffs are moving into the second round, and the NFL dra...1 week ago
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1993 Pinnacle Cooperstown Baseball Cards - This is a set review of 1993 Pinnacle Cooperstown baseball cards. The post 1993 Pinnacle Cooperstown Baseball Cards appeared first on The Radicards® Blog.1 week ago
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Dinner Break! - Burger Time - Ham Lake, MN - Burger Time closed their drive-thru restaurant in West St. Paul, in November 2022. That location was their last in the Twin Cities metro area. A couple of ...1 week ago
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Fun Cards: 2016 Topps “Pressed Into Service” Jose Trevino - Reds catcher Jose Trevino has been on the mound three times in the past week without his catcher’s gear. In his first relief appearance of the young season...1 week ago
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“Ducky” Stewart: The Little Galoot - Every once in a while, after I read a baseball book I really enjoyed, I will contact the author to see if they’d like to be a guest on my website. When...2 weeks ago
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Yup, Goal Met - So about a week into 2026 I was able to get an autograph. Cosplayer: 凪咲 (Nagisa) Of a cosplayer at that. Kind of expected. This is more or less how thi...2 weeks ago
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A Larry Andersen Card for the Good Times - In the list of “worst trades in baseball history,” few names draw more ire than Larry Andersen. Line up the longtime reliever with the likes of Ivan de Jes...2 weeks ago
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Was All That Really Necessary? - I've heard of teams firing their manager. They even sometimes fire their hitting coach. Or the assistant hitting coach. They don't fire their bench coach ...2 weeks ago
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What the Hell is Happening? - As of the time I am writing this, the Red Sox had a rather eventful day. After a horrific four-game losing streak, the bats came to life in a 17-1 drubb...3 weeks ago
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Victor Wembanyama Rookie Cards: Which One Would You Invest In? - Everything you need to know about the key Wemby rookie cards — where they stand, what they're worth targeting, and why.3 weeks ago
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Cards, cards, and more cards. - Lately, I had made a number of purchases on eBay of random grouped stuff. It has varied from Rays team sets, Topps box bottoms, favorite player relic/auto...3 weeks ago
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Tale Of The Tape: TCDB - Well, if not for the Ephrata show, I'd have slacked off here for another whole month. Too much going on with the new house, the old house, trades and ev...3 weeks ago
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How Are Those Bats? (Heating Up) - *More cards from Padrographs!* This is a dizzying time of the year to be following sports. We're already four weeks into the MLB season, soccer is soccer...3 weeks ago
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All-time Top 100 cheap-azz keepers VII - (17-1) - *I might be looking to continue towards showcasing the pages made for sequel all-time Top 100 cheap-azz keepers VIII* - where I have pictures lined up for ...3 weeks ago
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Miscellaneous Pickups - I've been unusually active on Sportlots lately. I know I said I wasn't going to buy random cards this year, and instead focus on saving for a '53 Mays, ...3 weeks ago
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Hey, Wait, That is still not O-Pee-Chee! - This post is going to be about, well Post mostly. By the time these came out I was well into my 20’s so I wasn’t really eating the type of cereal these gam...3 weeks ago
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2026 NBA PLAYOFF PREFERENCES PART 2 - 8TH SEED GAMES ARE PLAYING WHILE I WRITE THIS SO THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OR TWO TEAMS ON HERE GETTING BOUNCED BEFORE I POST. I'M LESS GRUMPY TO...4 weeks ago
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Cards on Cards Contest Winnings--and a Well-Timed Trade - It has been well over two years since my last post. I have several reasons for putting the blog on hiatus, and I don't anticipate that I'll be coming bac...4 weeks ago
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Pat Zachry Autograph Baseball - I recently purchased another baseball for my collection. I'm glad to own this autograph official major league baseball of the 1976 NL Rookie of the Year ...4 weeks ago
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Can’t take it with you - My wife’s grandfather passed away in September at the age of 95. It was a sad time, but we got through it by recalling memories and supporting each other. ...4 weeks ago
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Collecting out of Spite - Have you ever collected a set or insert set simply out of spite? I've been collecting Topps' Stars of MLB since they were introduced in 2022 as a retail...5 weeks ago
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#118 EPMD (+ KMFDM bonus) - The Orlando Magic get a bit of free advertising here on EPMD's MusiCard. Must've been a fresh cap at the time this photo was taken. The NBA expansion te...5 weeks ago
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OUTSIDE THE BOX - Baseball In Full Swing - I'm sure I was one of many who were swept up in the drama and excitement of the 2025 MLB Playoffs - and a World Series for the ages. I hadn't watched muc...5 weeks ago
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Months of Mail - January, February and March 2026 - The over two decade long quest for a signature of every current and former National Hockey League player continues with 14 new NHL player autographs added ...1 month ago
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1992 Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (Mexican League) Estampas de Fotos Checklist - I have been in contact with the gentleman who started the fledgling blog 1992 Mexican Leauge Baseball Cards. He posted a link to some photos of ca...1 month ago
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March TTMs - Will Wilson Signed 2/2 Sent c/o Mariners ST 13 days Matt Brash Signed 2/2 Sent c/o Seattle Mariners 241 days1 month ago
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2025-26 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Set Added - The O-Pee-Chee 2025-26 set of 600 cards is now part of the Hockey Card Gallery at the Card Cyber Museum. The Hockey Card Gallery at the Card Cyber Museum...1 month ago
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This Week In Mail - 3.8.26 - For the most part, it was a boring week via the mail. The top two items didn't show up until Friday and Saturday. Part of the "boring" start to the wee...2 months ago
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it's already been two weeks - It's been two weeks since I last posted, and a lot has happened. The stye in my right eye has decreased some, which does not require surgery. Thank g...2 months ago
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14th Curly Blogiversary! - Today marks the 14th Blogiversary of "Curly W Cards". Some readers might be a little confused because just last week I celebrated the 20th Blogiversary a...2 months ago
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2026 Topps Hobby Rip Night - The 2026 Topps Hobby Rip Night promotional set contains a mix of 25 rookies and current stars.2 months ago
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Stories Of Dave Keon - What follows is six stories from the Hockey Hall of Fame career of Dave Keon from his days with the Toronto Maple Leafs and later on with the Hartford Wh...2 months ago
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Happy 2nd Baseball Card Day! - We've had one, yes. What about 2nd Baseball Card Day? It's true. For me, there are 2 big Baseball Card days every season. Today, for me, is the 2nd o...2 months ago
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RIP Maz - The man who will forever be known for hitting the greatest home run in baseball history - a game 7 walk-off in the World Series - Bill Mazeroski, died Fe...2 months ago
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1996 Upper Deck SPX Football – All of it! - While 1997 SPX football is my all-time favorite set, 1996 is the original and ranks way up there for me, too. If you look closely, they actually use the ex...3 months ago
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1979 and 1983 Color Variations - I have a few sets in factory boxes that are not sealed, so I checked them out recently. In general, I've seen 1983s with clean, white borders and other...3 months ago
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Things Seem To Be Changing. - I am not a small hall guy, you know they type that thinks Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle should be the line at which the standard is drawn. Nor am I ...3 months ago
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Ceremonial First Penguin - We're slightly closer to Opening Day than we are to Game 7 of the 2025 World Series. Baseball will soon return, and this year we have the World Baseball ...4 months ago
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2025 Book Review (Mostly) - A couple years ago a fellow blogger named Jon told me I should read more. It wasn't a demand or anything, but I mean I had a lot of books, so why not r...4 months ago
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Spurs card craze surges as Wembanyama, rookies fuel Topps Chrome buzz - Story by René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News [image: Sports Cards Plus owner Charlie DiPietro, left, watches his son Jeff DiPietro arrange boxes of th...4 months ago
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Box Break: 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter - 12/03/25 saw the release of the annual Allen & Ginter set. For me this was a long awaited day as Ginter is one of my favorite sets. Outside of Stadium ...5 months ago
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Saturdays Suds: Baseball & Beer #104 Hop Butcher Be Alert for Foul Balls - Had a beer recently that qualified for been quite a while since I did one of these posts. I recently went to the Michigan / Northwestern football game at ...5 months ago
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Gary Allenson - Winning and losing. I stayed up late watching game 7 of the World Series, which went into extra innings and was incredible from start to finish, two Hall o...6 months ago
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18-Inning Heartbreak and the Hunt for Young Guns - Game 3 was another fun matchup. I watched it until maybe the 8th inning and had to hit the hay. You know, work in the morning. I figured I’d save the hig...6 months ago
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Collection Update 2025 - Wow, it's been over three years since I posted on here. Time flies, I guess. This blog had been my primary passion project going back to 2009 and even th...6 months ago
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New Blog, New Location - For everyone who still has me on whatever lists I may be on, I am starting to blog again. I'm starting back up with my new blog, called A Most Adequate C...6 months ago
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Graphic novel - My wife grabbed my leg in church at almost the exact same time that I, too, noticed the collections usher was wearing a graphic T-shirt. At this point, i...7 months ago
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They Still Work! 1970 Fleer Iron-Ons - I came across a video on Youtube from Rob Opens Wax opening a pack of *1970 Fleer Iron-ons*. It was fun to see Rob not only open the pack but th...7 months ago
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A Grave(s) Situation - It’s been a long time since the last blog entry. I’ve retired in March (yay!), and we’ve made it a point to do some healthy travelling, including a month-...8 months ago
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For Sale or Trade! - This is just a placeholder post, until I start posting things for sale or trade. I’m going through a lot of my stuff at the moment, so the first couple of ...8 months ago
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1962 Topps Mars Attacks Needs List - 1962 Topps Mars Attacks Needs List Last updated: 08-31-25 *Bold* = Awaiting arrival/pending trade 1. The Invasion Begins 2. Martians Approaching 3. At...8 months ago
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Added Two This Week - Just two cards incoming this week. TCDB trading is on again off again. I think I have two more incoming next week. I miss getting mail. Small trade with ...8 months ago
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Extending my leave - I said in my last published post that I would be taking a break until March, or April, at the latest. Seeing as how it's now July, I was obviously a bit of...10 months ago
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A Fordham college leather from the 1910s - Hi y'all! It's been awhile since I've posted, but I haven't stopped collecting. In February 2024 I joined the collecting group Old Baseball Cards, which ...10 months ago
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Draft Years: 1973 - With the first pick (21st overall) in the 1973 MLB draft, the White Sox chose catcher Steve Swisher out of Ohio University. The Sox felt they needed to...11 months ago
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My Son's One Pack - Last night at my Son's end-of-year Little League team party, one of the coaches handed out one pack of 2025 Topps to each player. My son pulled thi...1 year ago
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My First Rip In Quite Awhile - I had an unexpected envelope arrive in the mail the other day, and I finally found a minute to dive in. There was a nice, handwritten note from a good b...1 year ago
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Bulldogs Meet & Greet/Autograph Signing - Back again y'all. On Feb 26. Brantford Surplus held a meet & greet/autograph signing with the OHL Brantford Bulldogs from 14:00-15:30. Odd time during t...1 year ago
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An Update of the Surviving Players from the 1952 Topps Set - Yeah, it has been a while since I've made a post. Is anyone still there? Anyhow, way back in the day, a guy named Bob Lemke had a running thread updati...1 year ago
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Formula One 2025 - It's RACE WEEK FINALLY - Join my Racing Fantasy League - First off, yes, I WildWill the Budget Collector have succumbed to that demon that is Formula One. It all started with the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix, the...1 year ago
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Cardboard Season: Pre-Spring, March 6, 2025 - It has been years since I've followed college football closely. But when I was younger, I could have told you every starting quarterback and leading r...1 year ago
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Emotion Recap - Page 26 - Masters #4 Tony Gwynn Masters #5 Kenny Lofton Masters #6 Greg Maddux Masters #7 Raul Mondesi Masters #8 Cal Ripken Masters #9 Frank Thomas Masters #10 M...1 year ago
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Tommy Brown 1927-2025 - I have once again been absent with this blog, logging only 1 entry across all of 2024. In a way, that is a good thing, as one of my primary focuses now...1 year ago
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Super Bowl LIX Projection, Divisional Sunday - Philadelphia over Buffalo I didn't realize until just now that I only had 3 teams on top of the NFC all regular season, and it only transitioned twice, fro...1 year ago
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2025 Wallet Card Junior Ortiz - Here's the new Wallet Card for me in 2025: Ortiz was a member of the Twins' 1991 World Series winning roster, in the role of a backup catcher, and the p...1 year ago
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2024 Some Sales YAY! - This past year for my card sales over at Ebay I only sold one item an Adrien Peterson relic card. In attempts to get things to sell on Ebay a few time...1 year ago
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Closing the doors (for now) - This is a post I knew was coming, but dreaded writing. Let's take the band-aid off: I've decided to close up shop on "Dime Boxes" for the foreseeable fut...1 year ago
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106. - Blake Snell number 106 is just a red herring to make two other announcements. Announcement #1- I have not written very often in this space during t...1 year ago
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Out of Ideas - A few months ago I saw a sell sheet for 2023-24 Skybox Metal Universe hockey. I've never been a fan of the Fleer/Skybox Metal Universe sets (though I do ...1 year ago
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Five Random Cubs Cards - I've got 21,904 Cubs cards from 317 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past severa...1 year ago
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2024 Bowman Chrome Baseball: Complete Prospect Analysis - Hello Readers. Below is my 2024 Bowman Chrome review. The tricky thing about this release is that it includes a ton of the new international signings. So p...1 year ago
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Massacre Girl EDH Deck Tech - By Serena L. Hey guys! It’s Serena, back again! Let’s talk about killing. Specifically, killing creatures in a commander game. That’s the whole game plan...1 year ago
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Mark on History Indeed: 1999 Upper Deck Challengers For 70 - It was 1999, a year after the whirlwind season wherein Roger Maris’ long-time single-season home run record of 61 was shattered by not one but TWO differ...1 year ago
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The Main Event II – What to Expect When the Biggest Night of Wrestling Cards Returns! - Coming into the NSCC last year, our planning committee for the Main Event was nervous. We had a number of reservations, we had an incredible space to do ...1 year ago
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Trading to Completion: Part 2 - So, after a couple of months, how is this project going? Eh, like most of the projects around these here parts, slowly (still haven't finished any of ...1 year ago
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Recent Meanderings - I mentioned in my last post that I was going out of town for a bit. The short version is that my dad and I went to Russia to hunt bears. We were successf...2 years ago
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Franklin High Star Ron Santo - Fandom and it's associated collecting is a strange thing. When I first became a Ron Santo fan I was young boy. Ron was in his prime, smashing home runs...2 years ago
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Am I crazy for giving these cards away? Probably! - Hey there everyone! Just wanted to let everyone here know of a contest I am doing right now through my YouTube channel. @case.loaded (Cases Loaded with Dan...2 years ago
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So This is the New Year - Alright, we made it to 2024. And hey, look! It’s an actual post on this darn blog! As far as goals go, I’m throwing all…2 years ago
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Is this thing still on? - It has been nearly a year since my last post. Over the past year a lot has happened both personally and in terms of collecting. For those of you that fo...2 years ago
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Cardboardicons turns 15; a list of 10 tips for veteran collectors to stay positive with new hobbyists - This week I unceremoniously celebrated the 15th anniversary of this blog. It feels a bit disingenuous to celebrate such things since I’ve been relatively s...2 years ago
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2022 Topps Heritage Minor League Hobby Box - Looking for something cheap and new to open (this obviously is one of those older unfinished posts), I chose 2022 Topps Heritage minor league. It was $59.0...2 years ago
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2023 Bowman Baseball Review - Back in my day … oh boy, you know when someone starts off a sentence that way, you’re in for a grumpy, “old head” review. Let me rephrase that a little bet...3 years ago
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148 - Gregg Jefferies - 148 - Gregg Jefferies Front: Sliding Back: Running. Better side: I do like the horizontal photo with the arms outstretched to the side, but the runni...3 years ago
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1985-1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 2, 3, 4 - Okay, I know these are not baseball cards. They are Topps cards though. GPK's are really a niche collector's item that I think impacted only a small sub...3 years ago
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2022 Bowman Draft Baseball Cards - 2022 Bowman Draft Baseball is the third act in the overall Bowman lineup for the year. Formats again include Hobby Jumbo, Super Jumbo and Lite.3 years ago
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Rest in Peace - Catching up from the past year... - If you're new to the blog, I like to make it a point to recognize the passing of those players (and managers) who passed away from the 1984 season. I ha...3 years ago
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1992 Topps #998 Rich Monteleone - Today's missing 1992 Topps card is #998 Rich Monteleone. Rich made his Major League debut in 1987 with the Seattle Mariners. After spending the '87 seaso...3 years ago
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2000 Upper Deck Ionix -- Master Set Complete - Several years ago I decided I wanted to chase a true master set. I wanted all the parallels and inserts and autos. I wanted something attainable but hard...3 years ago
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RLC Custom Card Project: Andrew Brown - Andrew Brown was selected off waivers by the Rockies after playing one season with the Cardinals. In his lone season with Colorado he would play 46 games...3 years ago
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Shohei Ohtani TOPPS Rookie Cards: A Comprehensive Look - On my YouTube channel I recently created a video on Shohei Ohtani Topps rookie cards. One of my viewers reached out to me and asked about his image varia...4 years ago
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It all works out for the best - Have you ever had something happen that seemed like somewhat of a bummer at the time, but in reality, turned out to be a good thing at that particular m...4 years ago
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2022 Topps Series 1 - *2022 Topps Series 1Base, Rainbow Foil (1:10), Royal Blue (1:10), Gold #/2022, Green Foil #/499, Advanced Stats #/300, Orange Foil #/299, Red Foil #/1...4 years ago
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Seven Bucks Went a Long Way (The Finale) - Okay, let's wrap this up. Through 11 packs, we've had ups and downs. Looking over at the piles of cards from this endeavor, I'm pretty happy so far. Sur...4 years ago
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Thanks for the ride - Today is my blog's 11th anniversary. It's also my last post. I've been thinking about this for some time, but it has become increasingly clear to me over ...4 years ago
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SHE'S ALIVE!!!!! ALIVE!!!!!! - If anyone out there still cares, I'm alive and well in this world and hope the same for you! Whew, the time away has been quite relaxing. My spring an...4 years ago
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Willie Mays: Topps Living 2020 - This summer my father got the Topps Living card for Willie Mays. He got two of them and gave me the extra one. Note: he's knows full-well how I feel abou...4 years ago
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A Thunderous New Addition, Pt. 2 - Been a while since I checked in here. Life's been busy, lots of big life changes, figuring out this whole parenthood thing, the Cubs have been a whole b...4 years ago
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Closet Discoveries - I've been on a cleaning/reorganizing/purging binge lately and I attacked my hobby closet earlier this week. I opened four boxes from the upper shelves a...5 years ago
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Weekly Round-Up - A New Endeavor & a Legend Takes a Break - Boy it's been a rough and challenging week on the work/professional front. Glad I have cards, this blog, this hobby and this great community to keep me ...5 years ago
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Cheap Wax Wednesday - Episode 306 - 2013 Pinnacle Baseball - Pinnacle rises from the dead, at least for one year.5 years ago
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Heritage from 2020 but not 2020 Heritage (well, one) - This week I received a few trade packages from fellow friends and bloggers, my first of 2021. Considering it's been nearly six months since I last saw card...5 years ago
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Quarter Box Sale TONIGHT Live on my YouTube Channel - Just a quick note to my readers that I’ll be running a quarter box sale tonight on my YouTube channel (click for link to my Continue reading The post Qua...5 years ago
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Joan Jett Custom Cards From Baseball Card Breakdown - Aloha, everybody, Check out these beautiful custom Joan Jett baseball cards from Baseball Card Breakdown. There were also a couple of other surprise cus...5 years ago
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Blog Kiosk: 9/15/2020 - Dodgers Links & News - Some Odds and Ends - I missed this recent release from Topps yesterday. Featured here is a Topps *2020 Turn Back the Clock* online exclusive card made available yesterday, an...5 years ago
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The End of the 7 Day Trading Card Challenge Road - Here I am, I've come to the end of the line for my 7 Day Trading Card Challenge. There have been twists and turns...planned and unplanned pauses, but the j...5 years ago
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The Joy of a Completed Team Set - 1996 Flair Giants - Every so often I go on a streak of trying to pick up Giants base cards to fill in gaps in my collection. I recently made a list of almost 700 base cards I...5 years ago
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This is the end guys here... New website! - This is the end guys! As you can see, it's been a while since I posted here. For some of you who didn't know, but I build a new website for my collection. ...6 years ago
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First Error Card In 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball Gets Pulled and It's Juan Soto - If you are a regular visitor to our site you know the only thing we LOVE more than each year's new release of Topps Heritage Baseball is the new batch of e...6 years ago
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Mr. Votto - If I had to pick one Reds player who just plays the game the way it should be played, who loves the game and has fun with it, I’d have to pick Joey Votto (...6 years ago
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Some Exciting Updates - There's been a lot going on here at the corner of *Ashburn Alley & Yawkey Way*. Collections wise, we've been relatively quiet. I've had a couple return...6 years ago
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Again? - Yep. This one was added because I tried to get the same one in years past. I absolutely love this action shot. And seeing Alomar's signature right at ...6 years ago
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Throwback Thursday - 02.06.2020 - Every Thursday, I post a card showing a ballplayer wearing a throwback uniform from my collection. Hopefully, he will be wearing it well, with proper pants...6 years ago
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Another Focus to my Hobby - Sometimes with my collection, ok majority of the time, I feel like I am all over the board in what I want to collect! I pretty much want to do it Pokémon s...6 years ago
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Sports Card Super Bowl X - It is Super Bowl Sunday and once again the cards are going to make their prediction. Surprisingly the cards are 6-3 predicting the winner of the last 9 Su...6 years ago
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2020 - Honestly, I’m not even sure where the fall went. I guess I was a little burnt out on posting the High Heat set and after I finished I just said “I’m going ...6 years ago
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I'm Still Here - It has been six months since I last posted. Six. Months. When I started this blog, I intended to post three or four times a week. Now it seems that I'm lu...6 years ago
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2019 Topps Museum Collection Meaningful Materials - I picked up this 2019 Topps Musuem Collection Meaningful Materials Paul Goldschmidt Copper Relic numbered to 35 in December for $1.99 plus $3.26 shipping (...6 years ago
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1952 Topps, Carl Erskine - #250 Carl Erskine For no apparent reason, I haven't posted a card on here for two weeks. It is Christmas time and my weekends off have been dealing with ...6 years ago
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Topps Redemption - Yesterday I received a nice envelop from Topps in the mail, a nice Topps redemption card. Although I was happy with the card I did realize that apparently ...6 years ago
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New to my unopened collection: 1986 Sportflics - I said that I've purchased a bunch of Sportflics, and am continuing to post them. There are two main thrusts of this: the 1986 Sportflics Decade Greats set...6 years ago
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Cards are in the Mail! - If you signed up for my Pack A Daily do-over mailouts, the first round has been mailed!! Note that I had (and still have) mailers that were already put t...6 years ago
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Night Owl Sends Cards - I found an unexpected package in my mailbox the other day that arrived from the one and only Night Owl. Somehow, I find it very appropriate to get cards f...6 years ago
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2002 Fleer Greats Autograph - Year: 2002 Manufacture: Fleer Set: Greats Card Number: NNO Card Type: Insert, Autograph Insert Set: Autographs Card Attributes: Autographed (on card) Ther...6 years ago
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2019 Mets Debut Autographs - Hope for Fall Springs Eternal As the Mets’ roller coaster season entered the final stretch, there was a glimmer of hope mixed in with the most brutal of lo...6 years ago
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Trading Cards: Where do you get your checklists? - We need checklists for our collections. It's the guiding post that let's us sort through the cards we are looking for. But one thing I've learned is there ...6 years ago
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Classic 4 sports - The nice thing about holidays is that I have time on my hand. The problem about holidays, is that I have time on my hand and end up checking Ebay listings a...6 years ago
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Aaron Whitefield - 2018-19 Adelaide Bite - Unfortunately, the ABL's change to a conference system during 2018-19 along with personal travel meant that there were a number of teams I didn't get photo...6 years ago
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Prepping for the 2019 NSCC - (insert usual comments around "sorry for not posting in awhile" and "will try to be better")Now that we have that out of the way, I am PSYCHED for the 2019...6 years ago
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#hobbylove - This post is just going to be about the joy or collecting. It’s about the fun of the hobby and why I got into it. It can be easy to get wrapped up in dram...6 years ago
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#132T - Checklist, Cards 1T-132T - *What a card: *Welcome to the final card in the 1985 Topps Traded set, the final card of this blog. *My observation on the front: *For the Traded sets o...6 years ago
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2018 COMC purchases: PC potpourri - It's almost time for me to say goodbye to 2018 and the purchases I made last year on this fine evening in...MAY?! Yeah, it's taken me far too long to post...7 years ago
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2019 Topps Gold Label Details Released - 2019 Topps Gold Label will arrive later this year, and the details have me intrigued. Find out why in the latest installment of Cardboard Corner! Watch t...7 years ago
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Boo - Well hello there old friends. Didn't mean to scare you. It's your old friend Matt providing a proof of life. Thought it was an appropriate time to provide...7 years ago
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2006 Topps Allen & Ginter #250 - This might be the worst looking card in the entire set. Just kidding that belongs to Gustavo Chacin.7 years ago
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Pull the Trigger 20.20 ($30) - *1970 Topps Luis Aparicio* This is one of the cards I picked out of a dollar box a couple of weekends ago. Turns out I already had it, so now I'm happy to...7 years ago
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Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2018-19 Spectra Basketball (Gallery) - Panini America's Spectra Basketball franchise first made a name for itself years ago by taking the company's fabled Optichrome printing technology to the n...7 years ago
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A Little Trip to the Monthly Card Show - Hey everyone, last weekend we had our monthly card show at the Radisson here in Colorado Springs. It's a pretty small show, with one or two big vendors. On...7 years ago
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Anyone interested in a box break? - Hey all! Like I have mentioned previous I have been very active on Twitter in lieu of posting on here which has been both good and bad. I am still working ...7 years ago
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CLOSING TIME - Well, the time has come. The final mega break packages made it to the post office today. Today is the last blog post I will be making. It's also the end ...7 years ago
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552nd Place - Rene Gonzales - *Card #98* I think Topps missed a golden opportunity to let Rene's card number (98) match his jersey (88). So close! 2019 is off to a rough start relate...7 years ago
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Favorite Card(s) of 2018 - Hey, long time no see! This blog has been pretty dormant since... uh, well... I guess a lot has happened in the past few years, but mostly, my blog writing...7 years ago
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Edward Vila Glicée of Orel Hershiser - 11 months ago I hit up ebay and purchased this limited edition (numbered to 50), giclée card of Orel Hershiser. It was less than half the cost of a blaste...7 years ago
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2018 Card of the Year - It's that time of the year! P-Town Tom of Waiting Til Next Year is again holding a contest for bloggers to show off their favorite card of the year. Last ...7 years ago
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2018 Clubhouse: Washington Nationals - 146. Bryce Harper 147. Anthony Rendon 148. Max Scherzer 149. Stephen Strasburg 150. Trea Turner Here's the possibly/probably final Clubhouse card for ...7 years ago
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We have a winner - After many moons the Commissioner is ready to announce a winner to the GACX event of the year. With 127.5 points, it is our artist in residence, Spankee. ...7 years ago
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Terry Sawchuk - *Terry Sawchuk* - Played senior baseball and had interest from the Majors before becoming an NHL star. *The card:* 1954/55 Topps *What it says about base...7 years ago
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My Biggest Problems With Topps Huddle Release Strategy - When I first really started spending a lot of money on Huddle, it was for one reason – things were fun. I had so much fun playing along with and writing ab...7 years ago
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First pack of 2018 - It's been awhile since my last card activity. Adding a baby, now toddler to the mix can have that effect. I'm sure a good many of you can attest. I've foll...7 years ago
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Night at the Museum - A week last Friday another of Topps‘ high end releases dropped in the middle of a very crowded release period. 2018 Museum Collection is a glorious looking...7 years ago
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Upcoming Appearance: Rick Monday - Click *here* for more info. For other upcoming signings, scroll down and on the left side of this blog, you will see "Upcoming Appearances". Click the nam...7 years ago
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Still here! - Hi Everyone, I am still here and will be back in the saddle after I go incognito for a couple of more weeks. I am missing the Serramonte show today-but for...7 years ago
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