Collecting This 'n' That

An unexpected email landed in my inbox recently. It was from  Colbey of cardboardcollections  where I had been a semi-regular in his Affordable Group Breaks feature. I guess he was doing some housekeeping and there were a few straggler cards taking up space in his office that we had forgotten about. I sent him the shipping money, as was part of the buy-in rules, and waited not knowing what was coming my way. When the envelope arrived I still had no inkling what it contained.  A soon as I saw the top card it hit me. It was a cheap buy-in for some Action Packed football, 1995 to be specific. I had two teams in the break, Cowboys and Dolphins.  Decent enough cards but that's as far as I will go with this set. There were quite a few duplicates of these cards, and they will be part of the next Giveaway post. See below.  These two cards were also in the envelope. I think Colbey added them as a bonus as he was apt to do. Shannon Stewart was on the wantlist. Thank you ...

 It's no secret that COMC is a crazy, wonderful rabbit hole to get lost in. What starts so innocently - let's finish some sets - becomes an order full of randomness as life around you inspires you to seek out cards that meet the moments.  I had written previously about a couple of targets I wanted to knock down before the baseball season opens - the 2018 Topps Gallery Heritage Ohtani -  was one of them. It wasn't going to get any cheaper the longer I waited.  Just need the Molina to finish this 40 card set. For whatever reason, it has not been available on COMC for many months. Patience. The other target was finishing the 1985 Donruss set. The Tom Seaver is the corrected version which I felt was a little overpriced but at the end of the day, done ! Now it gets a little offbeat.  Mrs. TnT and I celebrated a quiet New Year's Eve at home. Before turning on the obligatory Times Square countdown, we watched  The Union  with Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg. It...

 It has been hard to find time to sit down and get any meaningful card stuff done. In the home building industry this time of the year is a hectic ramp up to the busy season coming up. The economy and a trade war has just added to the stress. The third and final segment of this TCDB buy seems like it has been in the draft folder forever. Let's wrap it up now with the modern era.  An auto to start with, 2018 Panini Elite Extra Edition, Samad Taylor. It is an on-card auto with a nice fine Sharpie.  Never did make the Jays lineup but at least he has 34 game appearances with the Royals and Mariners.  The key card in this group is the 2017 Topps Gallery Bogaerts which is an SP. This set is one of my favs and an very active pursuit. I'm down to 38 SPs. These are not cheap! The goal is to pick up one or two a month. I could go hard on these but that wouldn't leave funds for anything else.  The black Reese McGuire is numbered out of 299.  Lots of set help in those ...

Last time here we looked at the early years of a decent lot I purchased from a  member of TCDB. Now we will look at the "middle years", 2003 to 2010.  I didn't buy cards at all during these years. My store closed 1996 and I was kinda done with cards. Who am I kidding, I was done! There were no more Score and Pinnacle brand cards and Fleer was heading to the exit as well. What a shame! It wasn't too long before it was just Topps and Upper Deck as the big boys of the biz. And boy did they pump out the sets in this time period.  Let's begin, Blue Jays and set help here. I'm getting close on 2003 Upper Deck Victory and First Pitch.  A few inserts mixed into this grouping.  I just don't like the layout of the 2005 Donruss Champions. The wasted space and weird layout does not do it for me. But as a team collector you gotta do what you gotta do.  No big hits in this week's show and tell. The best we have is the Halladay Ultra Gold which is numbered out 999 a...

 As promised yesterday, here is part 1 of my largest TCDB purchase of the year to date. The final tally was 213 cards coming my way.  Aschroyer  had such a variety to choose from that matched my wantlist that I decided I wanted all of them. A deal was struck, so here is part 1. Starting with the oldest and moving forward. There are a ton of Blue Jays, similar to previous posts, and a several set helpers mixed in.  These 1988 Topps Box Bottoms get me to within two of that set.  Same for the 1992 Fleer All Stars, 22 of 24.  Quite a few empty slots in the Jays binders will get filled today.  The 2000 Fleer Mystique and Skybox set builds continue slowly but every card helps.  I do like the 2002 Fleer Platinum set just enough for lazy run at it. With almost half of the SPs in hand why not. Center of the top row is the first numbered card to show up. A gold out of 2002. The Ultra right next to it is a serious active set build. It is a beautiful set in m...

 You just never know what you stumble on while browsing eBay. I don't even remember what I was searching for but I landed on a Canadian seller that had some interesting vintage non-sports for good deals.  I paid the checkout price and was pleased as punch with my oldies. The seller, without any prompting, sent me a refund for almost the entire shipping amount. He kept just enough to pay for the stamps.  5 stars and feedback for that dude! Let's see what we got, Some well loved 100 year old Canadian Strollers movie cards. These are a challenge to catalogue as there are several different backs.  Three 1951 Parkhurst Color Comics V339-3. These also have back variations, three. Vintage non-sports is full of that. A tip of the hat to master set collectors! The Mary Pickford is a 1933 Allen's Movie Stars from Australia.  That's it!  I was looking for a fix of some vintage from Down Under.  This beauty is from 1957 Parkhurst Adventures of Radisson V339-...