APRIL 2024 CARD SHOW PART 7: VINTAGE TABLE SCROUNGING

THE NATIONAL IS THIS WEEK AND I'VE BEEN STARING AT MY COMC POSTS WITH NO WORDS COMING OUT FOR WEEKS SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO BLOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE CARD SHOW PICKUPS FROM THREE MONTHS AGO. TODAY WE HAVE THE COOL VINTAGE TABLE THAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU ENTER THE SHOW. I USUALLY MAKE IT THE LAST STOP ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR SO I CAN FIND SOME COOL OLD STUFF AND GET RID OF WHATEVER CASH IS SOMEHOW LEFT IN MY POCKET. THIS TIME I HAD AN ACTUAL PLAN THOUGH. THE VINTAGE CARDS AT THIS TABLE ARE ALWAYS PRICED IN SHARPIE ON THE PENNY SLEEVE WITH ONE EXCEPTION: LOOSEY CARDS IN THE SET BOXES. THOSE ARE ALWAYS PRICED AT A QUARTER A POP. MY MISSION WAS TO ATTACK THE QUARTER LOOSEYS I NEEDED OUT OF THE BASEBALL SETS I WAS BUILDING AND THE BASKETBALL BOX. I DID VERY WELL FOR MYSELF

BUT FIRST, LET ME SHOW YOU MY DICK 

WHAT

IT'S JUST MY POLE

A BAD PICTURE OF THIS CARD IS BY FAR MY MOST POPULAR POST ON BLUESKY AND WHY NOT? IT'S A STONE COLD CLASSIC. MY NEBULOUS GOALS FOR 2024 INCLUDED COMPLETING 1975 TOPPS, OR MAYBE 1977 TOPPS. STILL NOT QUITE SURE. WELL, I'M PRETTY SURE I'M NOT COMPLETING EITHER ONE OF THEM THIS YEAR BUT I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO WHITTLE DOWN MY LISTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THIS WAS THE ONLY LOOSE CARD I NEEDED FROM THE '75 BOX BUT WHAT A CARD. I ALMOST HOOTED AND HOLLERED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOW WHEN I SAW IT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS CARD ELUDED ME FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS BUT I TRACKED ONE DOWN! AND IF I SEE ANOTHER I'LL BUY IT AGAIN, SEE IF I DON'T

MY 1977 LIST IS SOMEHOW LARGER THAN MY 75 LIST SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING I FOUND TWICE AS MANY CARDS. TWO GOOD ONES TOO! A SUPER BEAT UP HALL OF FAMER AND A HALL OF FAME NAME. THERE ARE TONS MORE CARD FROM 75 AND 77 AT THAT TABLE SO NEXT TIME I WILL BE LOOKING FOR SUPER EXPENSIVE CARDS. SOME ARE THIRTY-FIVE CENTS! I WAS LASER FOCUSED ON THE QUARTER CARDS THOUGH SO I MOVED ON TO THE BASKETBALL BOX AND PROCEEDED TO CLEAN IT OUT

1971-72 TOPPS BASKETBALL IS THE OLDEST STANDARD SIZED BASKETBALL SET THAT IS EASY TO FIND. YES, THEY HAD A STANDARD SIZED SET IN 1957-58, BUT IF YOU FIND ANY OF THOSE IN A QUARTER BOX YOU NEED TO BUY THEM ALL IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A REALLY ATTRACTIVE DESIGN WITH THE CITY NAME IN FUNKY LETTERING AND A PHOTO ON TOP OF A SOLID COLOR BACKGROUND. TEAMS HAVE THEIR OWN COLOR COMBOS WHICH CAN HAVE THE SAME COLOR FOR THE CITY AND THE BACKGROUND LIKE WITH CLEVELAND'S GREEN HERE OR DIFFERENT COLORS AS WITH THE KNICKS' BLUE AND YELLOW. ALL EXCEPT FOR THE CINCINNATI ROYALS FOR SOME REASON WHO HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT BACKGROUND COLORS. IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE A REIMAGINING OF THE 1969 FOOTBALL SET. THESE TWO CARDS ARE BEAT TO HELL BUT THEY STILL LOOK GREAT

THESE TWO WEREN'T CREASED UP BUT THEY ARE OFF CENTER. THIS IS HONESTLY A BONUS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S POSSIBLE TO PLAY A GAME OF "WHO'S ON THE OTHER CARD" SINCE THE TEAM AND POSITION IS CUT OFF. HOWIE KOMIVES IS UNDERNEATH A HAWKS CARD! SINCE THE POSITION IS FORWARD-CENTER WE CAN CONFIRM THAT I HAVE A SLIVER OF JIM DAVIS' CARD. LEROY'S CARD PARTNER IS A PISTONS GUARD MEANING THAT HOWIE MIGHT BE THE ONE! SADLY I PUT THEM TOGETHER AND WHILE THE NAMES MATCH UP PRETTY WELL THE LEFT-RIGHT BORDERS DO NOT, SO THIS IS NOT THE OFF CENTER PARTNER. OTHER POSSIBILITIES ARE JIMMY WALKER AND DAVE BING

THE LAST OF THE 71-72S ARE A TRIO FROM BUFFALO WHO GOT THE PINK INK. IT WAS A ODD DAY FOR ME WHEN I LEARNED THERE WAS A SECOND BRAVES TEAM IN A DIFFERENT SPORT AND I'M STILL NOT QUITE SURE WHY YOUNGER ME DIDN'T FEEL COMPELLED TO COLLECT 'EM ALL OUT OF SPITE. TWO OF THESE GUYS DO HAVE AN ATLANTA CONNECTION AS BOB KAUFFMAN FINISHED HIS CAREER WITH THE HAWKS AND JERRY CHAMBERS IS ACTUALLY PICURED IN THE WEIRD BLUE AND GREEN PETE MARAVICH-ERA HAWKS UNI

HERE ARE SOME SLIGHTLY LESS BEAUTIFUL 1973-74 TOPPS BASKETBALL CARDS. REMEMBER THAT LOU HUDSON COMC POST WHERE I STATED THAT THIS WHOLE SET LOOKS LIKE A MUGSHOT GALLERY? CAN YOU SEE WHY I SAID THAT NOW? HOW IN THE HELL DID THE 70S NBA END UP THE INTERNATIONAL JUGGERNAUT IT IS TODAY?? LEBRON JAMES IS THE US FLAG BEARER AT THE OLYMPICS FFS. HOW DID WE GET FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL GYMS TO THAT???

EVEN WITH MUGSHOTS, ABA CARDS ARE ALWAYS AWESOME. THESE TWO TEAMS WERE BOTH COMPLETE DISASTERS. THE MEMPHIS TAMS BEGAN LIFE AS THE NEW ORLEANS BUCCANEERS BEFORE MOVING TO MEMPHIS AND BECOMING THE PROS. THE TEAM ALMOST FOLDED BUT WAS BOUGHT BY CHARLES FINLEY (YES, THE A'S CHARLIE FINLEY) WHO RENAMED THE TEAM TO THE TAMS WHICH WAS AN ACRONYM OF TENNESSEE-ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI. THE LEAGUE TOOK OVER THE TEAM TWO YEARS LATER AND IT SPENT ITS LAST SEASON AS THE SOUNDS, A NAME THAT WOULD BE LATER BE YOINKED BY NASHVILLE FOR THEIR MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM. THE VIRGINIA SQUIRES STARTED OUT AS THE OAKLAND OAKS WHO ACTUALLY WON AN ABA CHAMPIONSHIP BUT DIDN'T DRAW CROWDS SO THEY MOVED TO WASHINGTON DC. THE BALTIMORE BULLETS WANTED TO MOVE TO WASHINGTON SO THE LEAGUE MADE THE TEAM RELOCATE TO NORFOLK AND BECOME THE VIRGINIA SQUIRES. THE SQUIRES HAD BOTH DR. J AND GEORGE GERVIN BUT THE TEAM WAS BROKE AND EVENTUALLY TRADED THEM BOTH FOR A PILE OF CASH. BOTH TEAMS FINALLY FLOPPED IN THE 1975-76 SEASON. MEMPHIS WAS SOLD TO OWNERS IN BALTIMORE WHO PLAYED THREE EXHIBITION GAMES AS THE BALTIMORE CLAWS BEFORE BEING DUMPED BY THE LEAGUE. THE SQUIRES MANAGED TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE SEASON BUT WERE CONTRACTED BY THE ABA A MONTH BEFORE THE MERGER. THE ABA WAS WILD AND EVERY CARD IS A TREASURE

HEY LOOK I GOT TWO BUCKS. THE 1975-76 IS ANOTHER GREAT ONE WITH A VERY SIMPLE DESIGN, A GOOD MIX OF MUGSHOTS AND DARK ACTION SHOTS AND THE LAST APPEARANCE OF ABA TEAMS. IT'S ALSO THE LARGEST VINTAGE BASKETBALL SET AT 330 CARDS SO IT'S A BEAST TO COLLECT. ONCE AGAIN EACH TEAM GETS THEIR OWN COLOR COMBO AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE HAWKS GET THAT SOOTHING BLUE-GREEN THEME THAT MANY ATLANTA BRAVES SETS GOT THROUGH THE YEARS

I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD TWO BLAZERS CARD UNTIL AFTER I TOOK THE PICTURE SO THEY DIDN'T GET GROUPED TOGETHER LIKE THE BUCKS DID. YOU CAN SEE A NICE WAX STAIN ON THE FRONT OF JOHN JOHNSON'S CARD THANKS TO THE BLACK BACKGROUND. THERE'S ALSO ONE ON RON RILEY'S CARD BUT IT'S HARDER TO SEE. THAT CARD ALSO LOOKS LIKE IT GOT RUN OVER BY AN OFFICE CHAIR

A WHILE BACK THERE WAS A BIG BOX OF 1977-78 AND 1979-80 COMMONS AT THE SHOW AND I CHOSE TO BUY UP ALL THE 79-80S AND SAVE THE 77-78S FOR THE NEXT TIME AND I NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN. I REGRET THIS NOW AS THESE SEEM TO BE HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND FOR SOME REASON, I EVEN HAVE MORE OF THE 76-77 GIANT-SIZED CARDS. I FOUND A COUPLE AT LEAST

HERE'S ONE OF THOSE 1979-80S THAT I ALREADY HAVE BUT ARTIS GILMORE IS MY FAVORITE 70S PLAYER SO I'M NEVER GOING TO PASS HIM UP IN A QUARTER BOX. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE FOUR OF THESE CARDS NOW AND I'LL BUY IT AGAIN

I PASSED UP ON THIS ONE ON MY PREVIOUS CARD SHOW TRIP AND IT HAUNTED ME. THANKFULLY NO ONE ELSE COLLECTS CARDS THAT HAD A SHEET WITH WET INK PLOPPED ON TOP OF IT AND IT WAS STILL THERE. I'VE SOMEHOW ACCUMULATED A FEW OF THESE, SOME OF THEM ON PURPOSE

AFTER DOING SO WELL WITH THE BASKETBALL I CHECKED OUT THE FOOTBALL BOX IN HOPES OF KNOCKING SOME OFF THE WANTLIST. JOHN STALLWORTH IS A HELLUVA GOOD FIND FOR A 1982 SET I'M GETTING QUITE CLOSE TO COMPLETING

THE LAST TWO CARDS I PICKED UP WERE THESE TWO FROM 1981 TOPPS THAT I LATER FOUND I ALREADY HAD. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I SCREWED THAT UP BUT I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT MY 1982 FOOTBALL NEEDS BY ACCIDENT. QUITE SILLY SINCE I HAD JUST PICKED OUT A CARD FROM THAT SET, I DESERVE THAT LOOK FROM RAYMOND. IT ALL WORKED OUT SINCE I ANDED UP PAYING FIVE BUCKS FOR EVERYTHING. HOORAY! THAT MEANS I HAD SOME MONEY LEFT, WHICH MEANS THERE'S ONE FINAL CARD SHOW POST TO COME. 

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 17

WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A LONG STRETCH OF RANDOMNESS SO JUST BUCKLE UP AND ENJOY THE CHAOS. I PROMISED A KING AND HERE'S YOUR KING

1991 TRAKS RICHARD PETTY THE KING

 CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

RICHARD PETTY WEARING A CAPE AND CROWN HOLDING A TROPHY THE SIZE OF A TODDLER IS A CARD I WILL NOT PASS ON. I THINK I HAVE NARROWED DOWN MY RACING CARD FOCUS ON KING PETTY, WILD BILL FROM DAWSONVILLE AND WEIRDO VINTAGE AND RETRO STYLE CARDS

I VASTLY PREFER THESE JUNKWAX ERA RACING CARDS FROM THE NEW ONES. RACING CARDS FROM AFTER THE MID-90S START TO GET TOO CORPORATE. THERE'S NO GOOFINESS LIKE THIS BAR GRAPH WITH A PILE OF MONEY REPRESENTING PETTY'S WINNINGS FROM 1979

2000 UPPER DECK SEAN CASEY PRIME PERFORMERS 

 CATEGORY - INSERT

THIS CARD IS UGLY AS SIN AND ACTUALLY LOOKS WORSE IN PERSON THAN THIS COLORFUL PICTURE AS YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT SEE THE SHADOW CASEY OVER ON THE LEFT WITHOUT STANDING ON YOUR HEAD WITH PERFECT LIGHTING. IT'S A DREADFUL DESIGN, BUT EARLY 00S INSERTS ARE HARD TO FIND AND A CHECK OF MY UD BOX SHOWED THAT I HAD NO OTHER EXAMPLES FROM THIS SET. A TYPE CARD IS A TYPE CARD, NO MATTER HOW UGLY

2022 PANINI CORNERSTONE SEAN MURPHY

 CATEGORY - BRAVES

YET ANOTHER UNNECESSARY CORNERSTONE CARD TO THROW IN THE BRAVES BOX. BUT THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT - IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT ODD VERTICAL SHINY STRIPE THAT SHOWS UP IN OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE CARDS - WHY'S THAT?

BECAUSE IT'S PARALLEL TIME! MOST CORNERSTONE PARALLELS I'VE SEEN SIMPLY HAVE DIFFERENT COLORED FOIL STAMPING, BUT THIS ONE HAS A FUNKY TRIANGLE TEXTURE ON IT. I HAVE VERY FEW SEAN MURPHY CARDS SO I'LL TAKE IT 

1982 TOPPS KEVIN HOUSE

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

IF I SEE A VINTAGE TOPPS CARD I NEED FOR CHEAPS, I'M BUYING IT. 1982 IS A GREAT SET JUST BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE THE CREAMSICLE HELMETS. KEVIN HOUSE HAD HIS BEST YEAR IN '81 AND WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A 1000 YEARD CLUB INSERT CARD IF TOPPS DID THOSE IN 1982

1982 TOPPS IN ACTION ED MURRAY AND RAFAEL SEPTIEN

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

TWO KICKER IN ACTION CARDS WERE ADDED TO THE SET AS WELL. I GOTTA SAY ED MURRAY LOOKS MUCH COOLER THAN RAFAEL SEPTIEN ON THESE CARDS. 1982 TOPPS IS PROBABLY THE 80S SET I NEED THE MOST CARDS FROM BYT I'M CHIPPING AWAY AT IT NICELY

2022 BOWMAN PLATINUM WILLIAM CONTRERAS

 

CATEGORY - BRAVES

I LIKE THIS SHINY WILD BILL CARD A LOT ALTHOUGH I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY BOWMAN PLATINUM EXISTS. THERE'S A FINITE SUPPLY OF WILLIAM CONTRERAS CARDS IN A BRAVES UNI SO I SHALL ENJOY THEM WHILE I CAN. DID THIS SET ACTUALLY COME OUT IN 2022? IT'S HARD TO TELL NOWADAYS, THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE COMING OUT NEXT YEAR

1993-94 UPPER DECK ROOKIE EXCHANGE JAMAL MASHBURN

 

CATEGORY - INSERT

HOORAY! ANOTHER 90S INSERT I DIDN'T HAVE ALREADY. I BOUGHT A LOT OF THESE PACKS IN 93-94 BUT NEVER PULLED THE EXCHANGE CARD SO NO ROOKIES FOR ME. THE BIG PRIZE OF THE ROOKIE CLASS WAS CHRIS WEBBER SO IT'S NOT A TRAGEDY I GUESS. LIKE SO MANY CARDS FROM THAT TIME THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF BRICKING SNOW. I'LL PRETEND IT'S A PANINI HOLIDAY CARD AND PUT IT IN THE BASKETBALL INSERT BOX

1992 UPPER DECK FLORIDA MARLINS HOLOGRAM

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

SLOWLY BUT SURELY CHIPPING AWAY AT THE 1992 STICKERS SET. I FOUND THE TIGERS STICKER HIDING WITH MY UPPER DECK INSERTS THIS WEEK! THESE CARDS ARE STOOPID HARD TO GET A CLEAN PHOTO OF WHEN YOU HAVE A POTATO PHONE AND NO LIGHT TABLE 

1996-97 STADIUM CLUB CRAIG EHLO WELCOME ADDITION

 CATEGORY - INSERT

I THINK I WAS STARTING TO GET INSERT CRAZY AT THIS POINT. I DON'T REALLY COLLECT STADIUM CLUB BASKEETBALL ANYTHING, ALTHOUGH I LIKE HAWKS LEGEND CRAIG EHLO. THE SHINY HOLOFOIL ACCIDENTALLY MATCHES THE UNIFORM WHICH IS NEAT

1992 TOPPS GOLD WINNERS BIP ROBERTS

 CATEGORY - OH NOEZ

BIPPED AGIN!

UP NEXT: RANDOM NONSENSE CONTINUES BUT 'INSERTS' SEEMS TO BE THE THEME OF THE POST

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 14

BACK TO THE NONSENSE. NONE OF THESE CARDS HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON EXCEPT THE GROUP OF FOUR INSERTS. I GUESS THEY ARE ALL MADE OF PAPER. THAT'S SOMETHING IN COMMON

1988 FLEER ALL-STAR TEAM ERIC DAVIS INSERT

 CATEGORY - INSERT

I THINK I HAVE THIS CARD ALREADY BUT I DO NOT PASS UP EARLY FLEER INSERTS, ESPECIALLY ERIC DAVIS

1982 TOPPS MANU TUIASOSOPO

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

40 YEARS LATER I HAVE STILL NOT COMPLETED A SINGLE TOPPS FOOTBALL SET. I NEED TO COMPLETE ONE OF THEM THIS YEAR, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHICH ONE YET. JUST GOTTA PICK ONE AND ATTACK IT LIKE I DO WITH THE BASEBALL SETS BECAUSE THE STRATEGY OF WAIT FOR CARDS I NEED TO FALL INTO MY LAP AIN'T WORKING. MANU'S THE POPS OF NEW BRAVES THIRD BASE COACH MATT TUIASOSOPO AND I THINK THAT'S NEAT

1998 PINNACLE MINT ANDY PETTITTE

 CATEGORY - SHINY

EVERY TIME I SEE ONE OF THESE MINT CARDS ON THE SITE I SNAP IT UP BEFORE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. I SHOULD MAYBE GET A WANTLIST TOGETHER??? PETTITTE SHOULD BE A HALL OF FAMER BY NOW BUT HE'S GOT THE ONE THING WRONG WITH HIM THAT ALLOWS VOTERS TO DISREGARD HIM. NOW THAT THE BALLOT IS STARTING TO GET BLOATED AGAIN IT'LL BE A WHILE FOR OL ANDY

1992 PINNACLE TEAM 2000 ERIC KARROS, ROBIN VENTURA, GREGG JEFFERIES, TOMMY GREENE

 CATEGORY - INSERT, WANTLIST

ONE SUMMER IN 1992 I TOOK A PAYCHECK FROM STOCKING SHELVES AT WINN-DIXIE AND WALKED ACROSS THE STREET AND BOUGHT A JUMBO BOX OF 92 PINNACLE FROM THE MOM AND POP SUPERMARKET WHO WERE SELLIGN HOBBY BOXES FOR SOME REASON FOR SIXTY-FIVE BUCKS. I HAD PLANNED TO SELL IT AT SOME POINT BUT ENDED UP RIPPING IT ON WINTER BREAK INSTEAD. THUSLY I GOT A LARGE PILE OF THESE TEAM 2000 INSERTS AND NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A BASE SET. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE 90S INSERT SETS I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE FOR THE NOSTALGIA VALUE. SPEAKING OF TEAM 2000, HOW DID THESE PLAYERS FARE THAT YEAR?

ERIC KARROS STARTED HIS DECLINE BUT WAS STILL A LEAGUE AVERAGE HITTER WHO BOPPED 31 DINGERS. ERIC HAD A PRETTY GOOD RUN FROM 1995-2000 THOUGH

ROBIN VENTURA HAD MOVED ON TO THE METS AND WAS ALSO PRETTY AVERAGE BUT HAD ONE WHOLE WAR IN VALUE OVER ERIC THANKS TO PLAYING A TOUGHER POSITION. HE WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES TOO!

GREGG JEFFERIES WAS FINISHING UP HIS CAREER AS A UTILITY GUY OFF THE BENCH IN DETROIT. HE HAD POSITIVE WAR WHICH IS ALL YOU REALLY WANT FROM THAT ROLE

TOMMY GREENE WAS WELL INTO RETIREMENT DUE TO A BUM SHOULDER BUT HE PITCHED A NO HITTER AND STARTED THE PENNANT CLINCHING GAME FOR THE PHILS IN 1993 SO YA GOTTA GIVE HIM HIS PROPS

THREE OUT OF FOUR WERE PLAYING IN 2000! THAT AIN'T BAD PROGNOSTICATION FROM PINNACLE

2006-07 FLEER ULTRA ED BELFOUR

 CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

THE BELFOUR COLLECTION INCREASES BY EXACTLY ONE. THIS WAS FROM UPPER DECK'S FLEER NOT FLEER FLEER BUT IT'S STILL A PRETTY NICE LOOKING CARD. I DON'T LIKE THE TEAM BUT THAT PANTHERS LOGO IS AMAZING

2021 BOWMAN JUAN SOTO

 CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

I WILL ALWAYS PICK UP JUAN SOTO CARDS FOR CHEAPS. WELL, ALMOST ALWAYS. I'VE BEEN SLOW ON THE PICKUP EVER SINCE HE BECAME A YANKEE AND HAVE LOST A FEW ON THE SITE. I STILL LIKE THE WASHINGTON SOTOS

1992 O-PEE-CHEE BIP ROBERTS

 CATEGORY - OH NOEZ

PART OF ME WANTS TO PUT ALL MY BIPS IN A BINDER AND GET TOGETHER A HAVE LIST SO I KNOW WHAT ALL I'VE GOT. ANOTHER PART OF ME WANTS TO NEVER EVER DO THIS AND JUST ACCEPT THE BLESSINGS OF BIPPAGE AS THEY ENTER MY LIFE. I THINK I'LL EMBRACE THE CHAOS

1988 PACIFIC LEGENDS SAM JETHROE

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I AM ONE CARD AWAY FROM FINISHING 1988 PACIFIC LEGENDS SERIES 1 BUT SERIES 2 NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. SAM JETHROE GETS ME A LITTLE CLOSER BUT I WOULD HAVE GOT THIS CARD EITHER WAY. JET IS ALWAYS A NICE FIND FOR THE BRAVES COLLECTON

Joy of a completed Team Set - 1982 Topps

Good news! My scanner still works!
Bad news! The computer it's hooked up to is kaputt!
Good news! I forgot I installed the scanning software onto my laptop 2 years ago so I can still scan!

Late but here, have a team set from the hockey stick set.

 Bonus 1983 Bruce Benedict O-Pee-Chee card on the page because I don't really know what to do with those things.

Third Annual COMC Blaster

Once a year since 2011, I've splurged a Jackson on Check Out My Cards. I'd be much happier if I'd quit the wax and threw that card cash at COMC, but old habits die hard. This year thanks to the Black Friday free shipping I had a buck and change left over when all was said and done. Let's see what I got instead of a blaster.

Pretty Rickey! This is, pending a reality check, the last card needed for my 1982 Topps set. I have looked through a few hundred Rickey Henderson cards at various card shops/flea markets/card shows looking for this damn thing with no success. Especially irksome since I have a couple dozen of the 1987 Topps reprints. All mine now, along with one other card that completed a set.

Jason Heyward relic for under two bucks. Either I'm a lucky bastige or this hobby is screwed.

The first of many Ginter SP pickups. I am full steam ahead in my quest to complete the 2006-2013 run before the 2014 edition comes out. Basically the criteria for any Ginters I bought this go-around is if it was a short print and it was cheaper than I could get at the local card shop I went for it. Don't give me that look, I've already mostly cleared them out on pre-2010 cards off my wantlist.

Catfish! The good kind. Lookit that beautiful Oakland jersey/jacket/whatever. This simultaneously knocks another card off my 1972 Topps list and adds to my unofficial collection of cards so badly miscut you see the printer markings.

The 1974 Topps list is getting really small. When I tried to put this card in my basket, I got a popup stating that this card had "Problems". 569 wins, six Cy Youngs and two Hall of Famers? I see no problems.

Another Ginter SP down. Oswalt is one of those players whose cards I can never seem to pull out of packs. Unless it's a relic card, I'm a magnet for those.

I swear I have three or four or maybe five of Nasty Nate's SP mini cards, but the full size has somehow eluded me until now.

MARK LEMKE DUFEX WITH EXTRA ADDED CHARLIE O'BRIEN MOJO

I'm slowly but surely adding to the Mark Lemkepalooza collection.

Wiped out my 2010 short print needs with this order. I don't know much about this guy other than his odd name is pronounced oddly.

I love love love it when I knock any 2006 Ginter card off my list even if it is of a dooooooouche like Lackey. For some reason on my wantlist I had card #325 listed as Brad Hawpe and not LAckey, which confused me greatly.

I didn't even know this card existed until I did a COMC search and it's now one of my favorites ever.

TEAM SET COMPLETE!!! I'll show it off as soon as I can get my scanner working again. These traded cards are a real pain in the rump to find loose. Especially odd for this set as I expect a good number of them have been strip mined for Ripkens.

What's the word Thorzul uses for these kind of players? Pissant? This is a very pissanty card. Oh well. *ticks box off checklist*

The fact that this card is not a super expensive key card to the 1996 Topps set instead of something that gets thrown in 50 cent boxes if you can even find it is all that needs to be said about cards from the '90s.

BAM 2009 Ginter short prints are a wrap. Anyone got a pile of commons lying around? I only need about 5 more cards.

Look at Sid Bream smoldering on his '91 Traded card. Bonds couldn't throw him out because he was too stunned by the handsome.

My reaction when I completed the best insert set of the past 20 years:

Hey kids! If you wait long enough you can get one of the biggest card of the '80s for the price of a pack of 2013 Topps with tax! This also completes my 1985 set, probably.

This is the first time I've had one of these Online Exclusive nouveau Turkey Reds in hand. My verdict:

Completely crappy cynical cash grab.

The stuff is printed on Ginter stock for fuck's sake. Put it in a top loader and forget what once was and it's a pretty nice looking card.

This card was literally my 2013 Archives Holy Grail. I had virtually no chance of pulling it out of a pack so thank $DEITY for rippers and flippers.

Not technically a short print, but it's a Jeter which will be priced at over twice a normal short print anyway. I now only need 34 cards for my complete 2006-2011 Ginter run.

The package finished up with a Collector's Choice Gold Signature card of The Lemmer. Back in the day when parallels weren't completely obnoxious.

That was fun, maybe I should do it more often?