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Very cool to have an in-person trade. Even cooler that it was with another member of TCZ. Like you, I haven't traded in-person since trading with the kid across the street when I was in elementary school. We used to trade our cards back and forth all the time. Then when we got older we started playing poker for them. See, this hobby was a gamble even back then!
 
Very cool to have an in-person trade. Even cooler that it was with another member of TCZ. Like you, I haven't traded in-person since trading with the kid across the street when I was in elementary school. We used to trade our cards back and forth all the time. Then when we got older we started playing poker for them. See, this hobby was a gamble even back then!

Capt. Kirk and I live a few minutes from one another so it was only right to do a in person deal.. The only in person trades I've ever done was with close friends who used to collect back in the day or some random people I met at local card shows lol..
 
On Monday 11 August 2014: I got one lone card from an Ebay auction for $6.99 Free Shipping.
2009 Upper Deck Heroes Football: Purple Parallel 216 Merlin Olsen Rams #d 10/10

I have an orange parallel #d/35 of this card incoming. Should get here in a day or two. Thought it would be here today Tuesday. It is coming from CA and left there on the 9th according to the tracking #.

The odd thing about this Purple one is the listing was a little confusing: The Auction title said it was the purple parallel and the picture agreed but the description mentioned it was an Orange #d/35 parallel. I gambled that it was a case of the seller using the same generic description for all his cards and only changing the title and maybe the picture. I was right this time. Not a gamble I want to take too often but in this case I felt pretty good about it.
 
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On Wednesday 13 August 2014: I again got one lone package/card from Ebay .99¢ +$2.75 shipping
2009 UD Heroes Football: Orange Parallel 216 Merlin Olsen Rams #d 16/35
 
ON Friday 22 Aug 2014: I got a lone package. A small priority mail box from Ebay for $39.95 BIN + $5.00 (a deal for this particular set which I've seen often start at twice as much)
2012 Rittenhouse Warehouse 13: Season 3 26 card Base Set.
My beefs with these Warehouse 13 sets from Season 2 on is the base set is only 26 cards (2 card per episode it seems) that are limited to only 250 or so they say.

At first I was disappointed at least for the Season 3 set that they printed the back of the card upside down from the front but actually come to think of it when they are in an album oriented so that the top of the card is on the left of the page they will flip correctly.

Now I need to get Seasons 2 and 4 part one they haven't printed a part 2 yet that I know of or a Season 5 (the final season) yet.
 
ON Friday 29 August 2014 I got my lot from the TCC Monthly Hockey Group Box Break. My homie team Capitals and draft team Kings.

2012-13 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey
78 Mike Richards Kings
81 Simon Gagne Kings (2)
84 Dustin Brown Kings
187 Karl Alzner Capitals
189 John Carlson Capitals
190 Brooks Laich Capitals
192 Marcus Johansson Capitals
UD Canvas C40 Jeff Carter Kings

2013-14 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey
178 Jarret Stoll Kings
179 Matt Greene Kings
181 Kyle Clifford Kings
182 Jonathan Quick Kings

2013-14 Panini Select Hockey
31 Jonathan Quick Kings
50 Brooks Laich Capitals

2012-13 Panini Certified Hockey
23 Dustin Brown Kings
52 Mike Green Capitals
86 Wojtek Wolski Capitals

2012-13 Panini Rookie Anthology
30 Anze Kopitar Kings
38 Alex Ovechkin Capitals
HIT: Rookie Rivalry 14 Cody Eakin Capitals (all white) Erik Gudbranson Panthers (all dark blue)

2012-13 Panini Classics Signatures
11 Marchel Dionne Kings
74 Bernie Nicholls Kings
83 Marty McSorley Kings
85 Craig Berube Capitals
152 Mike Gartner Capitals
 
On Monday 08 Sep 2014: Got some Redskins cards from TCZ's own @cowboy2288 he was glad to get rid of the Redskins infestation.
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The Goodies:
2013 Topps Bowman Football: 99 Alfred Morris
2013 Score Football:
216 Santana Moss
373 Jawan Jamison RC
2013 Topps Football: Future Legends: FL-AM Alfred Morris
2014 Bowman Football: Rookies Purple Parallel 71 Silas Redd RC
2012 Topps Holiday Mega Football TFHM-RG Robert Griffin III - still sealed in clear wrapper with Game Time Giveaway contest card showing in back. Not sure if I'll keep it sealed or not.
 
ON Wednesday 10 Sep 2014: I got a package of 50 Redskins cards from a collector who had contacted me via email I guess a reader of my blog? There were some 2000 Donruss Quantum Leaf a couple of years of Leaf Rookies and Stars some 2008 Score, 2011 Score, 2013 Score, and a few different Leaf Certified even a few Topps mini stickers, UGH. Players like Michael Westbrook, LaVar Arrington, a Darrell Green, Antwaan Randle El, RGIII, Brian Mitchell, Brad Johnson, Champ Bailey and others.

In return I'm supposed to send out some modern Topps Baseball. At first he wanted only 1984 and 85 Topps but I don't have a whole lot of those years or doubles of them, there are other years he will accept and in the last email he mentioned 1995 to present will be OK. I'm assuming only Topps Flagship though which makes it a little difficult since I have tons of Upper Deck and Donruss and Topps Chrome or Topps Archives or Heritage or Bowman. It will take a while to recipricate this one. So far I have gathered 50 some Topps from 2011-current mostly 2013 Updates. I might gather some other stuff but it is slow going with my lack of motivation (Lazy) and procrastination. I wasn't really thrilled with the "trade" to begin with I tried to avoid it. Maybe I'm just being a jerk about it right now. I don't like to disappoint people though. I feel bad if I feel I have gypped them eventually the feeling goes away but it lingers while I'm filling my end of the deal plus a week or two after sending the package off.
 
ON Thursday 11 Sep 2014: I got two cards from an Ebay seller Shipping was combined $2.25 for both cards and both were only .90¢ each 1 bid (they had BINS of $1.20 or $1.25 something like that I decided to be cheap because I didn't want to spend too much at least on the RC)

2014 Topps Baseball: Red Border: (Target Exclusive)
332 Stephen Strasburg Nationals
337 Zach Walters Nationals (Now With Indians)
 
On Saturday 13 Sept 2014: I got my latest issue of Non-Sport Update Vol 25 No. 5 - 25th Anniversary issue "25 Years of Non-Sport Update". Cover has drawing of various characters (upper left around to upper right)from non-sport subjects: Dr. Who (and TARDIS), James Bond, Some Monster looks like Frankenstein or a Zombie, Buffy?, Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory), Harry Potter, Pochinchi (little Pokemon yellow bunny whatever the name is), some generic goofy looking guy, a pinhead?, Mr Spock and a Martian from "Mars Attacks!"

Bonus Cards:
2014 Skybox Marvel Masterpieces NoNumber
2014 RRPark Cards: Chronicles of The Three Stooges Promo 4
2014 Monsterwax Non-Sport Update: Monsters & Maniacs Promo 2
2014 Cryptozoic Sleepy Hollow P1
 
On Monday 15 Sep 2014: Got two bubble mailers:

First package was my booty from the TCC Sept Hockey Break. My Homie Team Capitals my Draft Team the Coyotes (Old Jets)
2014 In The Game Hockey: Heroes and Prospects: (CHL teams)
14 Max Domi London Knights (Coyotes)
38 Henrik Samuelsson Edmonton Oil Kings (Coyotes)
47 Brendan Burke Portland Winterhawks (Coyotes)
70 Yan Pavel Laplante Charlottetown Islanders (Coyotes)
72 Laurent Dauphin Chicoutimi Sagueneens (Coyotes)
95 Andre Burakovsky Erie Otters CHL Rookie (Capitals)
97 Ivan Nikolishin Everett Silvertips CHL Rookie (No NHL Affiliation)
104 Matt Spencer Peterborough Petes CHL Rookie (No NHL Affiliation)
3-D Class of 2014 168 Ryan MacInnis Kitchener Rangers (Coyotes)

2012-13 UD Artifacts Hockey
85 Shane Doan Coyotes

2012-13 Panini Classics Signatures Hockey
146 Dave Babych Jets

2012-13 Panini Rookie Anthology
28 Ray Whitney Coyotes
38 Alex Ovechkin Capitals
67 Shane Doan Coyotes
81 Mike Smith Coyotes
82 Tomas Vokoun Capitals
Draft Year Combos "Game Worn" 34 Jonas Enroth Sabres "20" All Blue and Semyon Varlamov Capitals "06" All Red

Second package was from Ebay single card $9.99 Free Shipping:
2011 Panini Gold Standard Football Legend Black Gold Parallel? 127 Joe Namath RAMS #08/10
 
*Sigh* I have been delinquent in keeping up with my maildays so here is the stuff I got in September 2014. I think it will be a long one.

Tuesday 16Sep2014 Got some giveaway cards from Shawn AKA Sasports on his TCC random giveaways. He sent me some B'More cards for my Baltimore O's and Ravens PCs
2002 Bowman Heritage Baseball Gold Refractor BHC56 Melvin Mora Orioles 036/175
2008 Topps Baseball Campaign 2008 C08-DK Dennis Kucinich Democrat
1990 Upper Deck Baseball 266 Cal Ripken Jr. Orioles (like I really need to name the team)
1987 Topps Baseball 609 Cal Ripken AS Orioles
2014 Panini Prestige Football 293 Michael Campanaro Ravens Extra Points Blue
2013 Panini Prizm Football 3 Jacoby Jones Ravens Blue
2014 Topps Football Gold 328 Owen Daniels Ravens 1249/2014

Wednesday 17Sep2014 From TCZ Ken's (pwolantern) Baseball Group break (Sept?) My Homie Team Nationals and some randoms plus one request from a PC player.
2014 Topps Tribute Baseball:
10 Jayson Werth Nationals
36 Randy Johnson Mariners
59 Harmon Killebrew Twins (this was the requested card)
2014 Topps Bowman Inception Baseball Prospect Autograph PA-EB Eddie Butler Rockies on-card blue sharpie
2014 Bowman Platinum Baseball
52 Gio Gonzalez Nationals
BPP38 Lucas Giolito Nationals
BPP69 Brian Goodwin Nationals
BPCP69 Brian Goodwin Nationals Blue 026/199
CES-BH Cutting Edge Stars Bryce Harper Nationals die-cut

Monday 22Sep2014: 2 PWEs and one yellow plastic bubble wrapper. The 2 PWEs were from the same guy Mark H a follower of my blog http://captkirk42.blogspot.com Each one was a buisness sized (#10 I believe) with the cards placed in a row of 3 pockets cut from a 9 pocket plastic binder page. With these mailings he helped with my Strive For '65 goal and some of my blog's CaptK's Coveted Ten cards a random list of cards I need for my PC sets mostly

PWE 1
1975 Topps Baseball:
30 Bert Blyleven Twins
386 Checklist cards 265-396 Unmarked
460 1974 NL Championships
1974 Topps Baseball 50 Rod Carew Twins OC almost miscut at bottom
1960 Topps Baseball 9 Faye Throneberry Senators
1970 Topps Football 178 Bob Brown Rams - Back cartoon unscratched under certain light angles can see what it is sort of
1970 Topps Football mini-poster/pin-up 14 Sam Brunelli Broncos Near EX condition pinhole in center from folding and slight tiny tear on fold at right edge.
1965 Topps Baseball:
164 Al Spangler Astros
179 Hal Woodeshick Astros
1971 Topps Baseball: 699 Jim Britton Expos
1970 Topps Football Game Insert: 24 Charlie Johnson Oilers
1975 Topps Football:
213 All-Pro Defensive Ends: Jack Youngblood Rams and Elvin Bethea Oilers
258 Jack Snow Rams
338 James Harris Rams
371 Isiah Robertson Rams
420 Tom Mack Rams
525 Merlin Olsen Rams
1975-76 Topps Basketball:
151 Leonard Robinson Bullets
246 Dave Twardzik Squires
330 Virginia Squires Team Card

PWE 2
1975 Topps Football:
2 1974 NFL Passing Leaders: Sonny Jurgensen Redskins and Ken Anderson Bengals
20 Charlie Taylor Redskins
46 Dave Robinson Redskins
106 Diron Talbert Redskins
303 Verlon Briggs Redskins
419 Chris Hanburger Redskins
444 Roy Jefferson Redskins
529 Ken Houston Redskins
1974-75 Topps Hockey:
39 Ron Low Capitals
166 Pete Laframboise Capitals
181 Doug Mohns Capitals
1975-76 Topps Basketball:
4 Rebounds Leaders: Wes Unseld Bullets, Dave Cowens Celtics, Sam Lacey Kings
23 Jimmy Jones Bullets
95 Mike Riordon Bullets
190 Phil Chenier AS Bullets
227 Mack Calvin AS Squires
247 Mike Green Squires

Bubble Mailer: From TCZ Chad Baker Football Group Break for Sept I had my homie Redskins and then some randoms. A lot of the cards are College Uniform guys since there were one or two products of old prospects due to time I will not look up which NFL team they ended up on at this time.
2012 Fleer Retro Football: Metal Universe
M-2 Joe Theismann Notre Dame Redskins
M-2 Joe Theismann Notre Dame Redskins Blue Saphire Precious Metal Gems 39/50
M-8 Dan Marino Univ Pittsburgh
M-31 Rich Gannon Univ Deleware
M-42 Robert Griffin III Baylor Redskins
M-61 Rueben Randle LSU
M-67 Kirk Cousins Michigan State Redskins
M-87 Andre Branch Clemson
2013 SPX Football:
10 Ken MacAfee Notre Dame
13 Dan Marino Pitt
14 Archie Griffin Ohio State
23 Vinnie Testaverde Miami
35 Ken Stabler Alabama
37 Daryle Lamonica Notre Dame
39 Billy Cannon LSU
RS-1 Rookie Sensations Robert Griffin III Baylor Redskins on sticker auto blue sharpie
2013 Panini Absolute Football:
Hogg Heaven 51 Robert Griffin III Redskins
Rookie Premiere Materials 214 Jordan Reed Redskins "86" All Maroon 11/99
2014 Panini Elite Football
6 Steven Jackson Falcons
9 Ray Rice Ravens
47 Alex Smith Chiefs
60 Rob Gronkowski Patriots
98 Robert Griffin III Redskins
99 DeSean Jackson Redskins
100 Alfred Morris Redskins
162 Turn of the Century RC Lache Seastrunk Redskins Green on-sticker auto blue sharpie 35/99
2013 Topps Tribute Football:
61 Maurice Jones-Drew Jaguars 090/170
66 Eric Decker Broncos

Wednesday 24Sep2014 one package from James AKA: TCZ cowboy2288 I bought 3 cards he sent a freebie:
2013 Bowman Football: Purple Parallel Sam Bradford Rams - shame he is out for the 2014 season.
1992 Heads and Tails Football Super Bowl XVII Rose Bowl SB10 John Riggins Redskins
2009 Topps National Chicle Football Youngsters of the Gridiron YG-19 Joe Flacco Ravens
BONUS: 2009 Topps National Chicle Football: C115 Joe Flacco Ravens

Monday 29Sep2014 Got my latest copy of The Wrapper Magazine (Non-Sport) #286 Oct1-Nov15 2014 Topps "Fun Packs" cover.
 
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