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Thursday, January 27, 2022

A slice of card show miscellany

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I was able to attend a couple of card shows last weekend and maybe the routine is taking a little breather where maybe boredom does set in ...
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Friday, January 21, 2022

A couple of card show single pick ups

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So at the card show where the last two posts worth of cards came from, I went back to table with what I term the dollar boxes of doom - thr...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Some more card show stuff

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Some older Angels cards from 'my era,' which was probably 1990s early 2000s - I probably have a number of these cards but they were...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

So it begins for '22 - some card show stuff

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I headed to my first card show trip of the year and when I got to the place, maybe things were a little low key outside and I wondered if I ...
Friday, January 14, 2022

COMC mail #3 FIN - the rest of the mess

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Mini-collection cards #1 - I'm sure there are other cards that look like Mike Jackson does on his 1975-76 Topps card, but I've wan...
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Thursday, January 13, 2022

COMC mail #2 - Angels material

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The 30-35 cards I picked up through 2021 came in one bubble mailer where they were sleeved and packed into a team bag, sandwiched between tw...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

COMC mail #1 - some notable ink

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Through 2021, maybe I needed to do something about the cards I had in my COMC port because I'd just about forgotten about them - I don...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

A look back into a 2021 collecting goal

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With all my card interests, it can be easy to spend a couple of weeks focused on one thing, then on a whim, just drop what I'm working o...
Monday, January 10, 2022

A look into my collecting goals for 2022

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I have a yearly set of collecting goals, but maybe it gets too long winded to fully break down on a blog - I feel like a goof when I don...
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Saturday, January 08, 2022

2021 Panini Absolute Baseball blaster recap

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I saw a display of $15 blaster boxes at the monthly card show I went to and was definitely tempted because some was baseball and while it wa...
Friday, January 07, 2022

Cards people who buy modern don't care about

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I was trying to make something out of my time at the monthly card show and ended up at a seller's tables where his father usually tags ...
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Wednesday, January 05, 2022

2021 Topps Update hanger box recap 1

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This was the first of two $10 hanger boxes from the book store - have two more hanger boxes from Target I'll have to formally go throug...
Tuesday, January 04, 2022

TTM autograph received: Carl Erskine

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This was my last success of 2021 and it came from the one time Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher and TTM signing great - I sent an autograph request...
Monday, January 03, 2022

2021 Topps Update blaster recap

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I finally got my hands on some 2021 Topps Update and while it may not be a big deal, I feel like retail offerings are still trickier to find...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Mostly a 1986 Topps Traded repack brick

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The highlights of this may have been the XRCs of fan favorites like Wally Joyner, Andres Galarraga, Bobby Bonilla John Kruk and Bip Roberts ...
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

One more 1981 Topps repack brick

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#260 Ron Cey #228 Tom Paciorek #230 George Hendrick #231 Joe Beckwith #232 Mickey Klutts #233 Skip Lockwood #235 Scott Sanderson #236 Mike ...
Monday, December 27, 2021

Card show pickups - mining for the miscellaneous

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At the card show I went to, I was doing work digging through a seller's cheapo boxes - after tallying things up, it looks like I grabbe...
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Sunday, December 26, 2021

1981 Topps repack brick results

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At the card show I went to, I was doing work digging through a seller's cheapo boxes - after tallying things up, it looks like I grabb...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

End of the year card show meanderings

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I've probably gone to more card show dates this past year compared to the last 2 years before the pandemic - however I've gotten se...
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Friday, December 17, 2021

TTM autographs received: Bob Aspromonte

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The former big leaguer signed my card and sent a signed index card in about a month - for some fun and games, I like sending out to vinta...