It’s been fairly quiet in the trading card world.  Latest action has been shipping cards out to COMC.  This week while in Jamaica, I got a trade offer from Yankee98 on Beckett.  We didn’t swap Jay Buhner or Ken Phelps, but I did unload some pinstripe wearers. Feeling Vintage Cheap Fun Breaks included a bunch […]

Fun fact: when I wrote “Leaving Ohio“, I wanted to insert a “Cleveland Rocks!” from the Drew Carey Show theme after the “don’t try Cleveland!” line.  I didn’t for fear of some sort of copyright claim.  Someday…. Why do I bring this up?  Well, as mentioned in the last post, I completed a trade with jgerutfan9.  He took

A week ago, I completed a trade with jgerutfan9.  This was not our first trade and it’s always nice to do repeat business.  My returns were pretty boring, to be honest.  So, we’ll do what I got first and then later this weekend update what he got. 2024 Topps Chrome The reason it’s a “boring” trade

Back on July 10th, I got a package in from COMC.  Between vacation and a second bout with COVID, I’m a little behind posting.  So, here’s what I got. 1997 Donruss Preferred Once upon a time, I thought this set would be impossible to complete.  But now that I have several of the platinum cards,

Back on June 8th, I got yet another shipment in from COMC.  This was a smaller shipment; the next free shipping one will likely arrive in July is a little bigger.  Let’s see what I picked out! 1999 Topps Gold Label As I was building a Beckett trade, I checked to see if it was

Last weekend, I shared the first half of my latest receipt from COMC.  With apologies to Pink Floyd, here’s Part 2. It Came to the League A throwback to the 60s sci-fi movies, this theme was introduced in 2022 Bowman Chrome and picked up in 2023.  Pretty sure they initially called the set, “It Came For the

A few weeks ago, I posted about my January COMC shipment and alluded to another shipment.  It arrived eight days ago.  Between that and a trade with John Lamica, I’ve been busy getting pics and making posts.  This shipment is large enough that it needs two posts.  So, here’s the first half from COMC. Inception A 2018 Topps

Last week, I sent out a Beckett trade to John Lamica.  I posted what he got here.  Here’s what I got on Friday, five days ago. Kurt Stillwell In 1987, the Reds were platooning two shortstops.  One was a 1984 Team USA member and first round draft pick.  The other, was a guy named Kurt

Monday morning, I sent out a Beckett trade to John Lamica. We each sent 75 cards worth $112.30.  Let’s see what he got. Bowman Platinum From 2022:  Francisco Lindor (#9), Bryson Stott (#24), Manny Machado (#45), and Yiddi Cappe (#TOP1). Second row includes Joe Mack (#TOP28), Jack Suwinski (#TOP32), Niko Kavadas (#TOP48), and Noelvi Marte (#TOP56).