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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

TTM autographs received: Luis Tiant

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The former big league starting pitcher signed my cards in about a couple of months - I ended up picking up a couple of loose cards [1974 To...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

TTM autographs received: Gregg Olson

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The former big league reliever signed my cards in about three weeks back in August c/o Auburn University where he is a coach - I may have w...
Monday, October 24, 2022

2022 World Series - some thoughts

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The Houston Astros have probably been declared the favorites where their excellence over the past 8-9 years will be rewarded with another Wo...
Friday, October 21, 2022

Card show find - is this real vintage?

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Rummaging through a seller's miscellaneous boxes, this 1939 Playball card of Al Schacht caught my eye and I had to come back to make it...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Card show pick ups - more randomness?

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On a card show trip, maybe I was not really enthused about the vibe in the room where there were not as many sellers and things seemed slowe...
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Thursday, October 13, 2022

Some cheap-o material finds - the future stars

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I think it would be fun to make keepers out of young players who are going to be the next decade stars guys in my binder - why always go on...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

TTM autograph received: Larry Waker

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The Hall of Fame slugger signed my card in about a couple of months - while he does various formal signings for a memorabilia company like...
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Monday, October 10, 2022

1995 Topps R&N China J.T. Snow

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I think this a 'porcelain' version of a 1995 Topps J.T. Snow card produced as a collector's issue rather than something issued l...
Sunday, October 09, 2022

TTM autographs received: David and Diego Segui

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The second generation big leaguer and signed my cards in about two years - I'd written this off and was surprised to see a response, be...
Monday, October 03, 2022

TTM autographs received: Rick Monday

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The former big league outfielder and longtime broadcaster signed my cards in about a couple of months c/o Los Angeles Dodgers - he is known...
Sunday, October 02, 2022

TTM autographs received: John Olerud

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The former first baseman signed my cards in about a couple of months, including a 1990 Leaf RC and a 1990 Score McDonald's - it's f...
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Friday, September 02, 2022

I thought I had a 2008 Joey Votto (RC) here

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I'm still trying to gather up some of my loose decade stars binder material and as I'm going through my 2000s debut cards with some ...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Remnants of the most random dollar bins

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At the card show I go to, there is a father and son duo that buys collections and has boxes of cheap-o material - at one of the other shows...
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Monday, August 29, 2022

Dealing with my bulk binder material pickups

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Through the past year, I've done some damage picking up bulk cards at random card show dates and while it's fun just to rummage - m...
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Saturday, August 27, 2022

TTM autograph received: Rich Reese

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The former big league first baseman from the 1960s through the early 1970s signed my card in about a month - I originally got the card from...
Friday, August 26, 2022

More SLASHED finds at the dollar bins of doom

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I usually go to the card show that is held twice in a month to see the seller I've annointed as having the dollar bins of doom - in my ...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

TTM autographs received: Bill Mazeroski

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The Hall of Fame second baseman signed my cards in about three weeks for his current per card fee - while I don't like the idea of find...
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Monday, August 22, 2022

Miscellaneous Topps photo variations

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I was probably leaving the card show when I went back and stumbled upon a random table with a $2 box - I started finding these Topps photo ...
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Saturday, August 20, 2022

Five for $5 from a bitter beer face seller

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Off a card show trip, I don't know what I was thinking but I had to go back to a random table I stopped earlier and look for a 2020 Donr...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

A rummage through the $0.50 wasteland of doom

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I ended up casually digging through three or four monster boxes I may normally pass over at a show I go to - they belong to a seller who is...
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