nice on the Warehouse 13, I watch it for a bit, kinda strange, but wasn't bad...and free stuff is usually good stuff..
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On Friday 12 Jun 2015: a two package mailday.
Package 1: Sportlots auction 2 Football cards .25¢ each + $3.50 shipping.
2013 Topps Future Legends Football FL-AM Alfred Morris Redskins
2006 Fleer Flair Showcase Football Autographics AU-JK Joe Klopfenstein Rams blue sharpie on-sticker auto
Package 2:
My goodies from a multi-sport group box break hosted by Chad Baker at TCZ. For Only $30 you got 3 picked teams from 3 sports Baseball, Basketball and Football. Then there were discounted teams for $5 after a certain date and the remaining teams were randomized. My 3 Chosen teams Nationals/Wizards/Redskins I got two discount teams Twins/Rams then was randomly assigned Blue Jays, Nuggets, Nets.
The Cards:
BASKETBALL:
What? No Wizards?
2013-14 Panini Elite Basketball:
53 Deron Williams Nets
91 Andre Miller Nuggets
172 Andray Blatche Nets
198 Ty Lawson Nuggets
2003-04 Upper Deck Basketball: Labron's Diary
LJ8 Lebron James Cavaliers - Not sure why I got this one.
BASEBALL:
2015 Panini Donruss Baseball:
36 Rated Rookie Kennys Vargas Twins
89 Max Scherzer Nationals
118 Joe Mauer Twins
118 Joe Mauer Twins Hot Off The Press parallel
119 Brain Dozier Twins
120 Danny Santana Twins
121 Phil Hughes Twins
131 Josh Donaldson Blue Jays
172 Edwin Encarnacion Blue Jays
173 Jose Bautista Blue Jays
175 R.A. Dickey Blue Jays
176 Bryce Harper Nationals
177 Anthony Rendon Nationals
178 Jordan Zimmermann Nationals
180 Stephen Strasbrg Nationals
227 Josh Donaldson Blue Jays
Donruss Preferred Grand Stand:
5 Kirby Puckett Twins
7 Kennys Vargas Twins
10 Dalton Pompey RC Blue Jays
13 Michael Taylor RC Nationals
14 Daniel Norris RC Blue Jays
2013 Topps Tier One Baseball GU Relic Joe Mauer white with blue pinstripe #d 315/399
FOOTBALL:
2014 Panini Abaslute Football:
24 Tavon Austin Rams
Gold Parallel 85 Andrew Luck Colts #d 17/25 - Not sure why I got this one.
2014 Panini Totally Certified Football:
95 Pierre Garcon Redskins
Rookie Roll Call: GU Relic RRC-TM Tre Mason RC Rams #d 086/100 all dark blue swatch
Package 1: Sportlots auction 2 Football cards .25¢ each + $3.50 shipping.
2013 Topps Future Legends Football FL-AM Alfred Morris Redskins
2006 Fleer Flair Showcase Football Autographics AU-JK Joe Klopfenstein Rams blue sharpie on-sticker auto
Package 2:
My goodies from a multi-sport group box break hosted by Chad Baker at TCZ. For Only $30 you got 3 picked teams from 3 sports Baseball, Basketball and Football. Then there were discounted teams for $5 after a certain date and the remaining teams were randomized. My 3 Chosen teams Nationals/Wizards/Redskins I got two discount teams Twins/Rams then was randomly assigned Blue Jays, Nuggets, Nets.
The Cards:
BASKETBALL:
What? No Wizards?
2013-14 Panini Elite Basketball:
53 Deron Williams Nets
91 Andre Miller Nuggets
172 Andray Blatche Nets
198 Ty Lawson Nuggets
2003-04 Upper Deck Basketball: Labron's Diary
LJ8 Lebron James Cavaliers - Not sure why I got this one.
BASEBALL:
2015 Panini Donruss Baseball:
36 Rated Rookie Kennys Vargas Twins
89 Max Scherzer Nationals
118 Joe Mauer Twins
118 Joe Mauer Twins Hot Off The Press parallel
119 Brain Dozier Twins
120 Danny Santana Twins
121 Phil Hughes Twins
131 Josh Donaldson Blue Jays
172 Edwin Encarnacion Blue Jays
173 Jose Bautista Blue Jays
175 R.A. Dickey Blue Jays
176 Bryce Harper Nationals
177 Anthony Rendon Nationals
178 Jordan Zimmermann Nationals
180 Stephen Strasbrg Nationals
227 Josh Donaldson Blue Jays
Donruss Preferred Grand Stand:
5 Kirby Puckett Twins
7 Kennys Vargas Twins
10 Dalton Pompey RC Blue Jays
13 Michael Taylor RC Nationals
14 Daniel Norris RC Blue Jays
2013 Topps Tier One Baseball GU Relic Joe Mauer white with blue pinstripe #d 315/399
FOOTBALL:
2014 Panini Abaslute Football:
24 Tavon Austin Rams
Gold Parallel 85 Andrew Luck Colts #d 17/25 - Not sure why I got this one.
2014 Panini Totally Certified Football:
95 Pierre Garcon Redskins
Rookie Roll Call: GU Relic RRC-TM Tre Mason RC Rams #d 086/100 all dark blue swatch
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joemontana25
Bench Warmer
if you are missing some of the panini 2014 absolute football, I think I can help you.
I have a full regular set (and more) available
I have a full regular set (and more) available
Thanks for the offer but sorry I'm not collecting the absolutes from that year. Too Shinny for me.
Saturday 13 June 2015: two bubble package two card day. Both Ebay purchases
#1:
.99¢ + $2.99 shipping:
1993 Pro Line Portraits Football Billy Kilmer Redskins
#2:
$4.00 + $2.54 shipping:
2015 Topps Museum Collection Baseball: Canvas Collection CCR-49 Bryce Harper Nationals
#1:
.99¢ + $2.99 shipping:
1993 Pro Line Portraits Football Billy Kilmer Redskins
#2:
$4.00 + $2.54 shipping:
2015 Topps Museum Collection Baseball: Canvas Collection CCR-49 Bryce Harper Nationals
On Monday 15 Jun 2015: A three package mailday.
Package one:
Sportlots auction of 50 Orioles cards ranging from 2008 Bowman Baseball to 2014 Topps Heritage Baseball (1965 Design) The lot was .25¢ + $3.00 shipping. I won't do specifics since there are 50 cards but here is what the brands are:
2008 Bowman Baseball 1
2009 Topps Baseball (raw backs Target exclusive?) 4
2009 Upper Deck Baseball 9 (includes a dupe)
2010 Topps Bowman Platinum Baseball 7 (1 is a serial #d/999 thick parallel forget what they call it)
2010 Topps Baseball 1
2010 Topps Chrome Baseball 1
2011 Bowman Baseball 2
2012 Bowman Baseball 4
2012 Topps Baseball 1
2013 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball 9
2014 Topps Baseball 4
2014 Topps Heritage Baseball: 1965 Design 7
Package 2: Ebay one Football Card .99¢ + $2.49 Shipping
2000 Fleer Greats of the Game Football 71 Billy Kilmer Redskins
Package 3: A beauty sniped from Ebay for $15.50 Free Shipping. Snatched with 20 seconds to go. I was actually expecting it to go for much more but my winning bid was the 8th bid (I think my first bid was #6) A sketch card Print #d/5
2015 by Artist Edward Vela Bryce Harper #3 Limited Edition Signed by artist. #d 5/5
I prefer real sketch cards but #d prints of some subjects are cool as well.
Now there was also a 1/5 sketch print of Frank Howard (with a nice red background but the image isn't as cool looking as the Harper for some reason, even though the red background is better than the multicolors on the Bryce. That is one thing I don't really like much about this artists choices is the backgrounds on many of the cards are too psychedelic in some cases) that I bid on with 45 seconds left with a high of $24.50 but I lost it in the last 10 seconds the winning bid #8 (again 8 bids) went for $26.75. Their max bid must have been much higher than that and one or two others were a little higher than my 24.5 bucks There is another of the Frank Howard # 2/5 I'm trying for...and bidding at the 10 second mark at $30.85 it GETS AWAY at $34.38. Oddly again 8 bids. Doesn't appear to be any shilling going on. Some might see my bids and think I am a shiller since I've been sniping the auctions. Sometimes sniping is the only way to win stuff. Looks like I won't be getting the Hondo from this artist. 3 more out there the seller who is also the artist will probably but the others up as he put these up. He does 5 print runs of each card and sells the five individually starting with 1/5 and working up to 5/5 it seems. Maybe I'll get one of the 3 remaining maybe not.
Package one:
Sportlots auction of 50 Orioles cards ranging from 2008 Bowman Baseball to 2014 Topps Heritage Baseball (1965 Design) The lot was .25¢ + $3.00 shipping. I won't do specifics since there are 50 cards but here is what the brands are:
2008 Bowman Baseball 1
2009 Topps Baseball (raw backs Target exclusive?) 4
2009 Upper Deck Baseball 9 (includes a dupe)
2010 Topps Bowman Platinum Baseball 7 (1 is a serial #d/999 thick parallel forget what they call it)
2010 Topps Baseball 1
2010 Topps Chrome Baseball 1
2011 Bowman Baseball 2
2012 Bowman Baseball 4
2012 Topps Baseball 1
2013 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball 9
2014 Topps Baseball 4
2014 Topps Heritage Baseball: 1965 Design 7
Package 2: Ebay one Football Card .99¢ + $2.49 Shipping
2000 Fleer Greats of the Game Football 71 Billy Kilmer Redskins
Package 3: A beauty sniped from Ebay for $15.50 Free Shipping. Snatched with 20 seconds to go. I was actually expecting it to go for much more but my winning bid was the 8th bid (I think my first bid was #6) A sketch card Print #d/5
2015 by Artist Edward Vela Bryce Harper #3 Limited Edition Signed by artist. #d 5/5
I prefer real sketch cards but #d prints of some subjects are cool as well.
Now there was also a 1/5 sketch print of Frank Howard (with a nice red background but the image isn't as cool looking as the Harper for some reason, even though the red background is better than the multicolors on the Bryce. That is one thing I don't really like much about this artists choices is the backgrounds on many of the cards are too psychedelic in some cases) that I bid on with 45 seconds left with a high of $24.50 but I lost it in the last 10 seconds the winning bid #8 (again 8 bids) went for $26.75. Their max bid must have been much higher than that and one or two others were a little higher than my 24.5 bucks There is another of the Frank Howard # 2/5 I'm trying for...and bidding at the 10 second mark at $30.85 it GETS AWAY at $34.38. Oddly again 8 bids. Doesn't appear to be any shilling going on. Some might see my bids and think I am a shiller since I've been sniping the auctions. Sometimes sniping is the only way to win stuff. Looks like I won't be getting the Hondo from this artist. 3 more out there the seller who is also the artist will probably but the others up as he put these up. He does 5 print runs of each card and sells the five individually starting with 1/5 and working up to 5/5 it seems. Maybe I'll get one of the 3 remaining maybe not.
On Tuesday 16 June 2015:
One package from Ebay BIN purchase $4.99 Free Shipping. Hardback book "Cardboard Gods" by Josh Wilker. A book about baseball card collecting. The Subtitle is "An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards - With 1 Stick BUBBLE GUM. There is actually a page with a color scan of a piece of bubble bum.
Wednesday 17 June 2015:
one envelope day. Again an Ebay BIN purchase. $3.36 Free Shipping. 1986 Washington Redskins 50th Anniversay Pocket Schedule
One package from Ebay BIN purchase $4.99 Free Shipping. Hardback book "Cardboard Gods" by Josh Wilker. A book about baseball card collecting. The Subtitle is "An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards - With 1 Stick BUBBLE GUM. There is actually a page with a color scan of a piece of bubble bum.
Wednesday 17 June 2015:
one envelope day. Again an Ebay BIN purchase. $3.36 Free Shipping. 1986 Washington Redskins 50th Anniversay Pocket Schedule
On Wednesday 01 July 2015: I had a one envelope one card mailday. From Ebay for $24.99 + $3.00 shipping. Yeah I know the card was a bit expensive but I think worth it. a 1953 Sugar Daddy Comic Character Cards R757-2 #29 The Dragon Lady from Terry And The Pirates comic strip. A few weeks back I had gotten the other variant of this card the R757-1 variant for much cheaper. The first variant with the fill-in-the-blank for the name is slightly easier to find since it didn't have to be mutilated, this R757-2 variant the one with the coupon is sometimes difficult to find with the coupon intact and in such good shape as this one is in.
I plan on getting the rest of this set both variants eventually. The sets are nearly identical 50 cards in the individual sets so that is 100 cards total. The dash one set I'll try to get unmarked and the dash two set I want with the coupon intact so both sets will take me a while to get. As usual I want to get it on the cheap.
I plan on getting the rest of this set both variants eventually. The sets are nearly identical 50 cards in the individual sets so that is 100 cards total. The dash one set I'll try to get unmarked and the dash two set I want with the coupon intact so both sets will take me a while to get. As usual I want to get it on the cheap.
On Friday 03 July 2015: A one package one card day. Odd I had already grabbed the mail that was in my mailbox for the day. Most of it was bills or other such mail that doesn't need any immediate attention for the day. I guess my mail carrier was still doing his rounds of my building and hadn't done the packages yet. Knock on my door good thing it is one of those Holiday on Saturday so work off Friday. Anyway the package is from Ebay that had an estimated delivery for Monday the 6th. Wish the shipping stars could be marked "delivered earlier than estimated date". So lets see for... .99¢ + $2.54 shipping I have 2015 Topps Museum Baseball 30 Stephen Strasburg Nationals Green parallel #d 100/199 will go nicely with my regular base of this card.
OK so this is a major catch up post that includes two group breaks and a couple of Ebay purcases.
06 July 2015: standard bubble mailer Group break from TCC/TCZ host Shawn (sasports) Basketball Group the break was from several weeks before the shipping had been majorly delayed for several reasons. I had the Wizards plus draft team Rockets:
2012-13 Panini Brilliance Basketball
15 Leandro Barbosa Wizards (in Celtics Uni)
73 James Harden Rockets (2)
74 Jeremy Lin Rockets (2)
75 Omer Asik Rockets (2)
172 Francisco Garcia Rockets
197 Emeka Okafor Wizards
198 John Wall Wizards
224 Ralph Sampson Rockets
274 Terrence Jones Rockets
294 Bradley Beal Wizards (2)
Magic Numbers 13 Jeremy Lin Rockets
Spellbound 65 Jeremy Lin Rockets
Team Tomorrow 6 Bradley Beal Wizards
2013-14 Fleer Retro Basketball (Pros in College Unis)
5 Elvin Hayes Houston Cougars (Bullets)
1 Calbert Cheaney Indiana Hoosiers (Bullets/Wizards)
26 James Harden Arizona State Sun Devils (Rockets)
33 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Cougars (Rockets)
2013-14 Panini Crusade Basketball
133 Vernon Maxwell Rockets
189 Martel Webster Wizards RED Parallel #d 309/349
Quest Memorabilia 86 Nate Robinson Nuggets All Red Swatch from his Bulls Days #d 085/299
08 July 2015: Standard bubble mailer from Abel (5toosweet) TCC Baseball Group Break. My Homies The Nationals with Twins at discount.
2015 Panini Prizm Baseball
26 Antony Rendon Nationals - Picture is odd as it looks like the Nats home whites but the trim, jersey number and his hat are dark blue/black instead of red.
36 Brian Dozier Twins
91 Jordan Zimmermann Nationals
Fresh Faces die-cut 11 Byron Buxton Twins
2015 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball
12 Jordan Zimmerman Nationals
42 Kennys Vargas Twins
51 Anthony Rendon Nationals
66 Joe Mauer Twins
76 Gio Gonzalez Nationals
93 Max Scherzer Nationals
152 Rod Carew Twins
178 Ryan Zimmerman Nationals
223 Ian Desmond Nationals
251 Ervin Santana Twins
Pillars of the Community PC-BH Bryce Harper Nationals
Walk-Off Winners GWO-22 Jayson Werth Nationals
mini 287 Brian Dozier Twins
2015 Panini Diamond Kings Baseball
62 Harmon Killebrew Twins
127 Stephen Strasburg Nationals
168 Kennys Vargas Twins
174 Michael Taylor RC Nationals
182 Trevor May RC Twins
2015 Topps Finest Baseball
10 Joe Maher Twins
12 Michael Taylor RC Nationals
12 Michael Taylor RC Nationals Refractor - Regular refractor? Hate these things can't tell if it is the regular refractor or prizm refractor. It has little diamond shaped refracting things so it might be the more common prizm unless the prism is the less common UGH that is why I hate the subtle differences in parallels. Plus it is only at certain angles the refracting happens.
25 Stephen Strasburg Nationals another Refractor same kind as Taylor's.
56 Anthony Rendon Nationals
66 Phil Hughes Twins
"1995" Finest Retro 94F-19 Max Scerzer Nationals - If these things are the 1995 Finest Retro insert set then why number them with '94"? Mus be 1994 Retro.
Vintage Bonus Card: Abel knows I have been trying (somewhat in vain) to complete the 1965 Topps Baseball set so he sent a single card to help with that effort.
1965 Topps Baseball 433 John Bateman Houston Astros - If it weren't for the crease at the top along his forehead this card would be almost near mint to me.
11 July 2015: From Ebay single package forget if it was a PWE or a small cardboard mailer. If I recall the contents (a single vintage non-sport card) was well protected by a cardboard sandwich and was in a penny sleeve.
IN pursuit of my set build of the 1953 Sugar Daddy Comic Character Cards R757-1 (and -2 set) I got card #46 Indian Chief from the "Smitty" comic strip. The blanks are Unmarked of course as this is the way I am collecting this set. At first I was concerned that the card edges were TOO straight and it was "cut" but it seems to be the same size as my other card from this set. Oh the auction details it was a BIN purchase for $7.50 + $4.00 shipping.
Last package on 17 July 2015: from Ebay for $9.99 + $2.99 shipping I got a sealed deck of poker playing cards. They are simply called "Baseball Cards" and has a goofy cartoon image on front and back of box copyright 1989 Baseball Playing Cards, Inc box says "Standard Poker Sized Playing Cards wit four suits: Gloves, Bats, Balls, Bases" I can't wait to open up the package and check out this obviously for kids playing deck. I'll have to blog about it sometime on my regular blog.
06 July 2015: standard bubble mailer Group break from TCC/TCZ host Shawn (sasports) Basketball Group the break was from several weeks before the shipping had been majorly delayed for several reasons. I had the Wizards plus draft team Rockets:
2012-13 Panini Brilliance Basketball
15 Leandro Barbosa Wizards (in Celtics Uni)
73 James Harden Rockets (2)
74 Jeremy Lin Rockets (2)
75 Omer Asik Rockets (2)
172 Francisco Garcia Rockets
197 Emeka Okafor Wizards
198 John Wall Wizards
224 Ralph Sampson Rockets
274 Terrence Jones Rockets
294 Bradley Beal Wizards (2)
Magic Numbers 13 Jeremy Lin Rockets
Spellbound 65 Jeremy Lin Rockets
Team Tomorrow 6 Bradley Beal Wizards
2013-14 Fleer Retro Basketball (Pros in College Unis)
5 Elvin Hayes Houston Cougars (Bullets)
1 Calbert Cheaney Indiana Hoosiers (Bullets/Wizards)
26 James Harden Arizona State Sun Devils (Rockets)
33 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Cougars (Rockets)
2013-14 Panini Crusade Basketball
133 Vernon Maxwell Rockets
189 Martel Webster Wizards RED Parallel #d 309/349
Quest Memorabilia 86 Nate Robinson Nuggets All Red Swatch from his Bulls Days #d 085/299
08 July 2015: Standard bubble mailer from Abel (5toosweet) TCC Baseball Group Break. My Homies The Nationals with Twins at discount.
2015 Panini Prizm Baseball
26 Antony Rendon Nationals - Picture is odd as it looks like the Nats home whites but the trim, jersey number and his hat are dark blue/black instead of red.
36 Brian Dozier Twins
91 Jordan Zimmermann Nationals
Fresh Faces die-cut 11 Byron Buxton Twins
2015 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball
12 Jordan Zimmerman Nationals
42 Kennys Vargas Twins
51 Anthony Rendon Nationals
66 Joe Mauer Twins
76 Gio Gonzalez Nationals
93 Max Scherzer Nationals
152 Rod Carew Twins
178 Ryan Zimmerman Nationals
223 Ian Desmond Nationals
251 Ervin Santana Twins
Pillars of the Community PC-BH Bryce Harper Nationals
Walk-Off Winners GWO-22 Jayson Werth Nationals
mini 287 Brian Dozier Twins
2015 Panini Diamond Kings Baseball
62 Harmon Killebrew Twins
127 Stephen Strasburg Nationals
168 Kennys Vargas Twins
174 Michael Taylor RC Nationals
182 Trevor May RC Twins
2015 Topps Finest Baseball
10 Joe Maher Twins
12 Michael Taylor RC Nationals
12 Michael Taylor RC Nationals Refractor - Regular refractor? Hate these things can't tell if it is the regular refractor or prizm refractor. It has little diamond shaped refracting things so it might be the more common prizm unless the prism is the less common UGH that is why I hate the subtle differences in parallels. Plus it is only at certain angles the refracting happens.
25 Stephen Strasburg Nationals another Refractor same kind as Taylor's.
56 Anthony Rendon Nationals
66 Phil Hughes Twins
"1995" Finest Retro 94F-19 Max Scerzer Nationals - If these things are the 1995 Finest Retro insert set then why number them with '94"? Mus be 1994 Retro.
Vintage Bonus Card: Abel knows I have been trying (somewhat in vain) to complete the 1965 Topps Baseball set so he sent a single card to help with that effort.
1965 Topps Baseball 433 John Bateman Houston Astros - If it weren't for the crease at the top along his forehead this card would be almost near mint to me.
11 July 2015: From Ebay single package forget if it was a PWE or a small cardboard mailer. If I recall the contents (a single vintage non-sport card) was well protected by a cardboard sandwich and was in a penny sleeve.
IN pursuit of my set build of the 1953 Sugar Daddy Comic Character Cards R757-1 (and -2 set) I got card #46 Indian Chief from the "Smitty" comic strip. The blanks are Unmarked of course as this is the way I am collecting this set. At first I was concerned that the card edges were TOO straight and it was "cut" but it seems to be the same size as my other card from this set. Oh the auction details it was a BIN purchase for $7.50 + $4.00 shipping.
Last package on 17 July 2015: from Ebay for $9.99 + $2.99 shipping I got a sealed deck of poker playing cards. They are simply called "Baseball Cards" and has a goofy cartoon image on front and back of box copyright 1989 Baseball Playing Cards, Inc box says "Standard Poker Sized Playing Cards wit four suits: Gloves, Bats, Balls, Bases" I can't wait to open up the package and check out this obviously for kids playing deck. I'll have to blog about it sometime on my regular blog.
NO need to apologize. I wasn't complaining about it. More of a notation. For a 50 year old card with a barely noticeable crease it is better looking than some of these modern mint conditioned cards.
OK so another weekend update of Maildays:
Monday 20 July 2015:
Package 1:
Saw my mailbox filled and overflowing. Half of my mailbox was filled by a long (800ct?) box O'Cards from a zistle member in Canada who needed to purge some late 80s early 90s Baseball. He noticed my wantlists from those sets were big and offered to send them with no commitment to send anything in return. I won't go into detail with what I got but the years/sets ranged from 1981 Topps to '93 Topps with some Score and Fleer in between. There might be some late 80s Donruss, nothing 90s Donruss that I recall.
Package 2:
Next some Ebay 6 cards one seller individual BIN at $4.00 each ($24.00 total) shipping originally $2.00 per card combined to only $4.52. The cards are NON-SPORT inserts from Dynamite Magazine. I'd have to research to see exactly which issue these were from. I already had 6 similar cards from another issue back in my childhood days so I knew these things existed, well actually there are 6 other cards I knew existed these I think I had missed. I plan on researching which issues all these came from and try to track down the issues in good shape (preferably still with the cards and hopefully the game page unmarked) Anyway this is 6 "Dynamite Sports Cards" that I had previously didn't know existed. They are parody cards No numbers but I probably could figure out how they were arranged in the magazine by their perforated edges (# in parenthesis). They were in a 2 column 3 row format.
So in Alphabetical order by "Player's" last name.
Roy Alpane Tennis Star (5)
Beulah Boola Cheerleader (1)
Carl Itquits Florida Lemons Baseball Manager (2)
Rocky Road Light Featherweight Boxer (4)
Olga Soakyahedd Olympic Gymnast (6)
Lou Zuhball Chattanooga Choo Choos Football (3)
Package 3:
This began as winning some Ebay auctions and then doing a custom order from the seller/artist since I liked the cards I won and he made an offer to do some custom cards. So the artist is Steve Burkett (abssketchcards on Ebay). The cards are a "Set" the three sketch cards I won from Auction plus the custom cards with the same design to make them a custom set. They were $10 each (the price I won 2 of the auctions for $9.99 the other auction was won at more $16.48) Shipping was originally $2.00 per card for the auctions but since I opted to have all cards shipped at the same time auction wins + additional customs Shipping total was $3.50. There are 11 sketch cards total. All of them are signed 1/1s with a signed COA back that mentions the date the sketch was made and signed again by the artist Stephen Burkett. The subject was the USA Women's World Cup Team. Each card is a headshot portrait of the individual player with the US flag as the background.
The first 3 the Auctions (1&2 the $9.99 and 3 was the $16.48 win)
Alex Morgan
Hope Solo
Carli Lloyd
The 8 Customs done over a period of 3 days ($10.00 each):
Tobin Heath
Lauren Holiday
Christine Rampone
Kelly O'Hara
Abby Wombach
Brandi Chastain (in her victory screaming pose head and shoulders)
Mia Hamm
Kristine Lilly
OK sure it was a big cost order, but all-in-all the artist is pretty good, not super great but good quality. He made them in color and at $10 a shot for a 1/1 sketch a good deal.
ON Wednesday 22 July 2015:
One Package:
An Ebay Auction. I have bought/won from this seller/artist before and also lost a couple of auctions. This is a single color sketch card win $10.38 + Free Shipping from sports sketch card artist Edward Vela who seems to only sell prints of the cards this is an "unlimited edition" (I had previously gotten a card that was a limited edition of #d/5 cards) So there is no knowing how many of these things he will eventually make/sell a sketch of Redskins legend Sammy Baugh. I have a Bryce Harper sketch from him (the #d/5). I tried for a second Harper sketch that I liked more than the one I have but lost I have also tried on three separate times on two different Frank Howard sketches but lost all of them. All the loses were at prices from at least $15 up to $31 or $32 top.
Monday 20 July 2015:
Package 1:
Saw my mailbox filled and overflowing. Half of my mailbox was filled by a long (800ct?) box O'Cards from a zistle member in Canada who needed to purge some late 80s early 90s Baseball. He noticed my wantlists from those sets were big and offered to send them with no commitment to send anything in return. I won't go into detail with what I got but the years/sets ranged from 1981 Topps to '93 Topps with some Score and Fleer in between. There might be some late 80s Donruss, nothing 90s Donruss that I recall.
Package 2:
Next some Ebay 6 cards one seller individual BIN at $4.00 each ($24.00 total) shipping originally $2.00 per card combined to only $4.52. The cards are NON-SPORT inserts from Dynamite Magazine. I'd have to research to see exactly which issue these were from. I already had 6 similar cards from another issue back in my childhood days so I knew these things existed, well actually there are 6 other cards I knew existed these I think I had missed. I plan on researching which issues all these came from and try to track down the issues in good shape (preferably still with the cards and hopefully the game page unmarked) Anyway this is 6 "Dynamite Sports Cards" that I had previously didn't know existed. They are parody cards No numbers but I probably could figure out how they were arranged in the magazine by their perforated edges (# in parenthesis). They were in a 2 column 3 row format.
So in Alphabetical order by "Player's" last name.
Roy Alpane Tennis Star (5)
Beulah Boola Cheerleader (1)
Carl Itquits Florida Lemons Baseball Manager (2)
Rocky Road Light Featherweight Boxer (4)
Olga Soakyahedd Olympic Gymnast (6)
Lou Zuhball Chattanooga Choo Choos Football (3)
Package 3:
This began as winning some Ebay auctions and then doing a custom order from the seller/artist since I liked the cards I won and he made an offer to do some custom cards. So the artist is Steve Burkett (abssketchcards on Ebay). The cards are a "Set" the three sketch cards I won from Auction plus the custom cards with the same design to make them a custom set. They were $10 each (the price I won 2 of the auctions for $9.99 the other auction was won at more $16.48) Shipping was originally $2.00 per card for the auctions but since I opted to have all cards shipped at the same time auction wins + additional customs Shipping total was $3.50. There are 11 sketch cards total. All of them are signed 1/1s with a signed COA back that mentions the date the sketch was made and signed again by the artist Stephen Burkett. The subject was the USA Women's World Cup Team. Each card is a headshot portrait of the individual player with the US flag as the background.
The first 3 the Auctions (1&2 the $9.99 and 3 was the $16.48 win)
Alex Morgan
Hope Solo
Carli Lloyd
The 8 Customs done over a period of 3 days ($10.00 each):
Tobin Heath
Lauren Holiday
Christine Rampone
Kelly O'Hara
Abby Wombach
Brandi Chastain (in her victory screaming pose head and shoulders)
Mia Hamm
Kristine Lilly
OK sure it was a big cost order, but all-in-all the artist is pretty good, not super great but good quality. He made them in color and at $10 a shot for a 1/1 sketch a good deal.
ON Wednesday 22 July 2015:
One Package:
An Ebay Auction. I have bought/won from this seller/artist before and also lost a couple of auctions. This is a single color sketch card win $10.38 + Free Shipping from sports sketch card artist Edward Vela who seems to only sell prints of the cards this is an "unlimited edition" (I had previously gotten a card that was a limited edition of #d/5 cards) So there is no knowing how many of these things he will eventually make/sell a sketch of Redskins legend Sammy Baugh. I have a Bryce Harper sketch from him (the #d/5). I tried for a second Harper sketch that I liked more than the one I have but lost I have also tried on three separate times on two different Frank Howard sketches but lost all of them. All the loses were at prices from at least $15 up to $31 or $32 top.
Wow it has been a LONG Time since I've updated this 5 almost 6 months. Well the next 4 posts (including this one) will be mailday catchups, one for each of the months I received card or hobby related stuff:
OK here is the first of a series of 4 sort of long posts to catch up on my mail days listings. First up Sept 2015:
Monday 14 September 2015
Cards from 5TooSweet’s (Abel) TCC Baseball Group Box Break. My bought my standard homie team Nationals and bought bonus discount team Twins. It was mostly just my Nationals so I’ll only mention a team if it is not a Nat card.
2015 Topps Baseball Chrome:
8 Denard Span
23 Stephen Strasburg
59 Kevin Kiermaier Rays (random)
81 Bryce Harper
98 Max Scherzer
99 Doug Fister
FUTURE STARS FSC-07 Michael Taylor
2015 Topps Stadium Club Baseball:
42 Jordan Zimmermann
137 Rondell White Expos
142 Antony Rendon
202 Stephen Strasburg
222 Tanner Roark
251 Jayson Werth
296 Max Scherzer
CONTACT SHEET CS-22 Bryce Harper
LUMINOUS TRIUMVIRATE Die-Cut T-6A Bryce Harper
2015 Topps Allen & Ginter:
28 Jayson Werth
101 Stephen Strasburg
106 Yunel Escobar
235 Michael Taylor RC
266 Drew Storen
303 Denard Span
MINI: A World Beneath Our Feet Bug-8 Death’s Head Hawkmoth
STARTING POINTS: SP-97 Bryce Harper
BONUS CARDS: Cards for my almost dead goal “Strive For ‘65” set build: 7 Cards
1965 Topps Baseball:
26 Bobby Knoop Angels
32 Herman Franks MGR Giants
48 Claude Raymond Houston Colt 45’s
53 Dick McAuliffe Tigers
72 Tony Gonzalez Phillies
96 Sonny Siebert Indians
97 Pedro Gonzalez Yankees
Tuesday 29 Sep 2015
Got my renewal order form for my subscription to The Wrapper. Oops still need to complete that, will probably miss an issue or two now. As a bonus tbey sent 3 vintage Non-Sports cards from Donruss 1976 Space 1999 TV show:
Each card has a photo on the front with card number and copyright info with a piece of the card puzzle on back. Most of the titles are hard to read since the text is right over the color photograph, some cards the text is in black, blue or sometimes white depending on the contrast for the photo, but many are hard to read.
14 Alpha Astronaut Checking security system
42 Main Mission Crew Fights Deadly Alien Foam
43 Prof. Bergman Analyzing Trays
OK here is the first of a series of 4 sort of long posts to catch up on my mail days listings. First up Sept 2015:
Monday 14 September 2015
Cards from 5TooSweet’s (Abel) TCC Baseball Group Box Break. My bought my standard homie team Nationals and bought bonus discount team Twins. It was mostly just my Nationals so I’ll only mention a team if it is not a Nat card.
2015 Topps Baseball Chrome:
8 Denard Span
23 Stephen Strasburg
59 Kevin Kiermaier Rays (random)
81 Bryce Harper
98 Max Scherzer
99 Doug Fister
FUTURE STARS FSC-07 Michael Taylor
2015 Topps Stadium Club Baseball:
42 Jordan Zimmermann
137 Rondell White Expos
142 Antony Rendon
202 Stephen Strasburg
222 Tanner Roark
251 Jayson Werth
296 Max Scherzer
CONTACT SHEET CS-22 Bryce Harper
LUMINOUS TRIUMVIRATE Die-Cut T-6A Bryce Harper
2015 Topps Allen & Ginter:
28 Jayson Werth
101 Stephen Strasburg
106 Yunel Escobar
235 Michael Taylor RC
266 Drew Storen
303 Denard Span
MINI: A World Beneath Our Feet Bug-8 Death’s Head Hawkmoth
STARTING POINTS: SP-97 Bryce Harper
BONUS CARDS: Cards for my almost dead goal “Strive For ‘65” set build: 7 Cards
1965 Topps Baseball:
26 Bobby Knoop Angels
32 Herman Franks MGR Giants
48 Claude Raymond Houston Colt 45’s
53 Dick McAuliffe Tigers
72 Tony Gonzalez Phillies
96 Sonny Siebert Indians
97 Pedro Gonzalez Yankees
Tuesday 29 Sep 2015
Got my renewal order form for my subscription to The Wrapper. Oops still need to complete that, will probably miss an issue or two now. As a bonus tbey sent 3 vintage Non-Sports cards from Donruss 1976 Space 1999 TV show:
Each card has a photo on the front with card number and copyright info with a piece of the card puzzle on back. Most of the titles are hard to read since the text is right over the color photograph, some cards the text is in black, blue or sometimes white depending on the contrast for the photo, but many are hard to read.
14 Alpha Astronaut Checking security system
42 Main Mission Crew Fights Deadly Alien Foam
43 Prof. Bergman Analyzing Trays
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