Mail Day CaptKirk's Mail Bag

[captkirk42]

ON Saturday 27 April 2013 I got a ton of books, no wait I got two packages of cards one from Ebay purchase(s) and one from the Football Group Break over at TCZ hosted by Mike.

FOOTBALL:
First the football break cards. My teams are Rams and Ravens this month of April my random/draft teams were Da Bears and Da Vikes. Here is my goodies list:

2011 Panini Donruss Elite Football
7 Anquan Boldin Ravens
8 Joe Flacco Ravens
9 Ray Rice Ravens
16 Devin Hester Bears
17 Jay Cutler Bears
18 Johnny Knox Bears
19 Matt Forte Bears
54 Adrian Peterson Vikings
55 Percy Harvin Vikings
56 Tarvaris Jackson Vikings
89 Danny Amendola Rams
90 Sam Bradford Rams
91 Steven Jackson Rams

2012 Panini Absolute Football
60 Adrian Peterson Vikings
Gold Spectrum 63 Drew Brees Saints #d 1/25

2010 Panini Plates and Patches Football
89 Danny Amendola Rams Red Base? #d 016/499
Prime Rookie Patch Auto* 224 Mardy Gilyard Rams - 3 color GU (Gold/white w/threading/ blue) with blue "on-card" (or on cut) sig in blue sharpie #d 470/699

*Sort of tired of the card companies making all these minute variations of cards that you have to search 20 different levels of variations just to realize your card is condsidered the "base" version (even if they do seal it in a hinged case).

BASEBALL:
Oh plus a couple of cards I got from Ebay that I will feature on my Curly W Cards Blog. Two sketch cards both in color w/ FREE SHIPPING. One was pretty much at my absolute top price for a new individual card seeing as it was a 1/1 sketch I decided to pull the trigger for it at $34.99 the other was a more comfortable (to me) $24.99 both are by the same artist Qwasian. I like them, the artist isn't super great but still has plenty of artistic talent. Each sketch I saw at his? Ebay some flaws but sometimes that is what makes sketches appealing.

First the more expensive one that is on a "canvas" textured card (guess that is why it was the $35) of Bryce Harper Nationals - Head shot in blue away batting helmet.

The other card I saw first and just HAD to have. It is also a head shot of Bryce Harper Nationals but Bryce is in a retro throwback 1920s/40s? Senators/Nationals cap and it is in the style of the 1953 Topps Baseball cards.

Both cards have blank backs and both have some of the ink/paint bleeding through to the back the batting helmet one more so. I think both are done in watercolor. Not sure the artist appears to use different mediums according to descriptions and other samples of his work.

 

[captkirk42]

Been real tired lately :really: (and caught up in watching stuff on TV like the Caps losing game 3 ugh.) but I did get some stuff on Monday 29 April (Baseball Group booty/stuff), Wednesday 1 May (Some Caps from TCCs Hockey Break) and Monday 6 May some sportlots and ebay stuff (some Non-Sports from the Bay). I'll try to give details later tonight. I wonder if I should edit this post or make a new one?

 

[Mike]

I wonder if I should edit this post or make a new one?

Decisions, decisions! If it were me, I'd just start a new post. If there are people who view that post between the time you posted it and the time you edit it, it won't show that there is a new post in the thread. So, your edits may be overlooked. If you add a new post, you won't have that problem. Just a little something, extra, for you to think about.

 

[captkirk42]

Decisions, decisions! If it were me, I'd just start a new post. If there are people who view that post between the time you posted it and the time you edit it, it won't show that there is a new post in the thread. So, your edits may be overlooked. If you add a new post, you won't have that problem. Just a little something, extra, for you to think about.

Logical as ever Mike.

 

[captkirk42]

Playing Catch-Up for the next 1,2,3 posts. Yeah I've been a bit lazy with this and other things.

On Monday 29 April 2013 I got my booty/cards/goodies from 5toosweet's (Abel) April Baseball Group Break at TCC The Products were:
2013 Topps Tribute
2013 Topps Gypsy Queen
2013 Topps Heritage
2012 Panini Elite
2012 Panini Signature Series
I got stuff from all but the Signature Series

My teams were my usual Nationals and Orioles plus I took the Twins for the discount rate. Here is what I got:
2013 Topps Gypsy Queen
BASE
1 Adam Jones O's
13 Wei-Yin Chen O's
31 Josh Willingham Twins
41 Dylan Bundy O's
57 Jayson Werth Nationals
61 Joe Mauer Twins
100 Bryce Harper Nationals
120 Cal Ripken Jr. O's
128 Roger Bernadina Nationals
134 Ryan Zimmerman Nationals
138 Scott Diamond Twins
185 Ryan Doumit Twins
190 Eddie Murray O's
206 Danny Espinosa Nationals
240 Harmon Killebrew Twins
249 Dan Haren Nationals
268 Jim Johnson O's
292 Ian Desmond Nationals
BASE MINIS
57 Jayson Werth Nationals
61 Joe Mauer Twins
312 Miquel Gonzalez O's
COLLISIONS AT THE PLATE CP-GC Gary Carter Expos (pictured w/Tony Gynn? Padres)
DEALING ACES DA-SS Stephen Strasburg Nationals
GLOBE STORIES GS-BH Bryce Harper Nationals

2013 Topps Heritage
BASE
13 Adam LaRoche Nats
15 Drew Storen Nats
15 Drew Storen Nats Black back Venezuelan variation (almost missed it as a dupe)
54 Ron Gardenhire MGR Twins
56 Ross Detwiler Nats
67 Davey Johnson MGR Nats
167 - 2013 Rookie Stars Nationals Christian Garcia and Eury Perez
187 Tyler Clippard Nats
224 Jamey Carroll Twins
238 Jim Johnson O's
270 Trevor Plouffe Twins
298 Buck Showalter MGR O's
323 Danny Espinosa Nats
336 Nolan Reimold O's
338 Tommy Hunter O's
384 Ryan Doumit Twins
418 Joe Saunders O's
NEW AGE PERFORMERS: RAP-SS Stephen Strasburg Nationals
THEN AND NOW: Juan Marichal Giants and Gio Gonzalez Nationals

2012 Panini Elite (unlicensed Minor League NO Names Yawn)
15 Luke Bard Twins
45 Zack Jones Twins
70 Mason Melotakis Twins
38 Brett Mooneyham Nationals
79 Alex Muren Twins
86 Kaleb Merck Twins
88 J.D. Berrios Twins
89 J.T. Chargios Twins

2013 Topps Tribute
64 Adam Jones O's
INKABLE ACCOLADES: TA-AJ Adam Jones O's Auto Blue Sharpie Yellow Printing Plate? 1/1 (It doesn't say it's a printing plate just says its an autograph, the "frame" has yellow writing in white background which is almost impossible to read)

 

[captkirk42]

ON Wednesday 01 May 2013 got my Caps from the TCC April Hockey Group Box Break. My team is The Capitals I also had the Lightning as the draft team but opted for only hits/inserts from that team and didn't have any so no Lightning cards this round. ALL CAPS.

11/12 Elite
34 Joel Ward
80 Alexander Semin
135 Nicklas Backstrom
ELITE STARS 1 of 10 (not a serial number just a 10 card insert sub-set) Alex Ovechkin

11/12 UD Victory
191 Brooks Laich
STARS OF THE GAME:
SOG-AO Alex Ovechkin
SOG-NB Nicklas Backstrom (2)

11/12 Pinnacle
8 Alex Ovechkin
59 Tomas Vokoun
62 Michal Neuvirth
83 Karl Alzner
121 Brooks Laich

2011 Parkhurst Champions
95 Mike Gartner

10/11 Luxury Suite
75 Alexander Semin GU all white swatch #d 207/599

 

[captkirk42]

ON Monday 06 May 2013 I got 3 sportlots cards and some cards from Ebay.

Sportlots from one dealer all 3 cards were the starting bid of .25¢ and shipping for all 3 was $4.75 That is the problem with sportlots is no combined shipping for the auctions. Now the Cards:

BASKETBALL
1971-72 Topps Basketball 190 Charlie Scott RC Squires
BASEBALL
2006 Upper Deck Artifacts 99 Ryan Zimmerman Nationals
2010 Topps National Chicle: Diamond Stars Certified Autograph NCA-10 Ian Desmond Nationals blue sharpie

Then some Ebay stuff 3 different sellers:

2005 Inkworks Charmed Conversations Auto A-2 Dorian Gregory as Darryl Black sharpie $7.99 Free Shipping

2000 Inkworks Charmed: Season One Auto A6 Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris black sharpie "Razor sealed" $3.59 + 2.95 Shipping

Then for $14.95 + $2.95 shipping I got the 29 card (30 including the checklist/title card) 2012 Syracuse Chiefs Minor League Baseball Team Set (Washington Nationals Farm team) card number 1 is Bryce Harper among the other players who have played for the mother team at one time: Zach Duke, John Lannan, Carlos Mondonado, Yunesky Maya, Tyler Moore, Jhonatan Solano and Mark Teahen. Some of the other guys might have been called up at one time but I don't recall if they were. One of these days I'll blog in more detail on the set on my Curly W Cards Blog

 

[Cool_Hand_Flash]

Wow.. thats a lot, and I mean a lot!, of adds since I last looked!

Cool

 

[captkirk42]

Wow.. thats a lot, and I mean a lot!, of adds since I last looked!

Cool

Well Group Box Breaks will do that I guess. Got some stuff tonight (including loot from another Baseball Group Break) Gotta list the stuff later.

 

[captkirk42]

Time again to play catch up. I'll do what I did over at TCC and divide it into 4 parts:

I'll start with where I left off which was more than about 2 weeks ago when I got my goodies from the Baseball group break here.
Thursday 09 May 2013: Baseball Group break from TCZ goodies (included some bonus "Pay It Forward" cards:
My teams my standard Orioles and Nationals no random or draft teams this time.

2012 Prizm 153 Wei-Yin Chen Orioles
2011 Contenders
8 Matt Purke Nationals
13 Stephen Strasburg Nationals
Season Ticket: 16 Adam Jones Orioles
Draft Ticket:
DT28 Kylin Turnbull Nationals
DT98 Matt Skole Nationals
Prospect Ticket:
RT6 Alek Meyer Nationals
RT9 Dylan Bundy Orioles
RT10 Anthony Rendon Nationals
RT31 Matt Purke Nationals
HIT: Draft Ticket Auto: DT8 Nicky Delmonico Orioles blue sharpie on-sticker

2011 Topps Tier 1 (2 hits)
OR-JZ On The Rize Jordan Zimmermann Nationals blue sharpie on card #d 115/999
TSR-50 Top Shelf Relic Cal Ripken Jr. Orioles GU Bat #d 224/399

Pay it forward Cards:
BASEBALL:
2002 Fleer Fall Classics:
Hall of Fame Plaque 22 (of 30) Jim Palmer Orioles #d 1979/1990
Rival Factions: 12 (of 43) Reggie Jackson A's and Brooks Robinson Orioles #d 0043/1000
2007 Sweet Spot Classic: Classic Memorabilia CM-ED Eddie Murray Orioles GU all white
2008 Bowman Chrome 201 Troy Patton RC Orioles

FOOTBALL:
2008 Bowman Chrome
BC18 Justin King RC Rams
BC53 Justin Harper RC Ravens
2008 Score 344 Joe Flacco Ravens
2008 Upper Deck: Starquest SQ12 Ed Reed Ravens
2008 SPX Winning Materials WM-JF Joe Flacco Ravens GU - N(blank) F(white) L(blank) #d 81/99

From Ebay I got a 2012 Harrisburg Senators (Nationals Minor League) Pocket Season Schedule with Bryce Harper pictured on the front. $3.99 + $2.35 shipping

I also got the Non-Sport Update Magazine Vol 23 No 3 with NCIS Cast on cover for $5.99 + $2.75 shipping it was sealed with the following promo cards:
2012 Rittenhouse NCIS P2
2012 Cryptozoic The Walking Dead P2
2012 Cryptozoic Fringe P1
2012 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season One P2

 

[captkirk42]

Catchup part 2:
Tuesday 14 May 2013: lone sportlots card 1968 Topps Baseball 526 Bill Denehy Senators .25¢ + $1.99 shipping.

Wednesday 15 May 2013: My subscription copy of Non-Sport Update Magazine came Vol 24 No 3 American Horror Story on cover promo cards included:
2013 Breygent American Horror Story Non-Sport Update special promo no number
2013 Cryptozoic Once Upon a Time Season 1 P1
2013 Rittenhouse Star Trek: The Next Generation Heroes and Villians P2

Extra bonus promo cards from previous issue:
2013 Cryptozoic Superman The Legend P1 (relief/embosed thing going on)
2012 Rittenhouse Star Trek: The Original Series Heroes and Villians P2
2013 Cryptozoic Revenge Season 1 P1
2013 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 2 P2

 

[captkirk42]

Catchup part 3:
Friday 10 May 2013 a lone Ebay. A used Non-Sport Update Magazine Vol 11 No 1 with Charmed Cast (Alyssa Milano, Shannon Doherty and Holly Marie Combs) on cover No cards since it was used. $7.50 + $3.99 shipping.

Friday 17 May 2013: 1960s kind of Ebay day.
1966 Topps Baseball 254 Phillies 1966 Rookie Stars Ferguson "Fergie" Jenkins and Bill Sorrell $8.50 + $2.40 shipping
1968 Topps Baseball:
410 Ferguson Jenkins Cubs
bonus card 179 Bill Stoneman Cubs

Saturday 18 May 2013: Three Sportlots one Ebay

1954 Topps Baseball 8 Bobby Young Orioles (.25¢ + $1.50 shipping)
1970 Kellogg's 3-D Baseball 64 Jim Perry Twins (.25¢ +$1.75 shipping)
1985 Donruss Baseball 14 Diamond Kings Cal Ripken Jr. Orioles (2) (.75¢ + $2.00 shipping)

2011 Limited Greats Limited Autographs 29 Frank Howard Senators auto blue sharpie on sticker #d 007/299 - $10.19 + 1.99 Shipping.

 

[captkirk42]

Finally what I got today, er yesterday **yawn**

Monday 20 May 2013 Got three Ebay purchases. All related the main focus was Frank Howard Senators. I got a pickup slip for another Ebay item but that I can't pick up till Saturday dang conflict of hours with post office.

1967 Topps Baseball Pin-Up Mini Poster 7 Frank Howard Senators ($1.99 + $2.50 shipping)
Plus bonus cards:
1978 TCMA Stars of the 1960's:
261 Mike Epstein Senators
284 Woodie Held
1985 Donruss Baseball:
392 Bill Swaggerty Orioles
454 Storm Davis Orioles

1970 Topps Baseball Mini Poster: 22 Frank Howard Senators
($6.00 + $2.25 shipping)

Two similar cards (shipping $5.90)
1969 O-Pee-Chee Deckle Edge blank back ("#12") Frank Howard Senators ($9.99)
1969 Topps Baseball Deckle Edge #16 Frank Howard Senators ($2.99)

 

[captkirk42]

On Tuesday 21 May 2013 I got two cards from sport lots:
one dealer two cards shipping was $2.00

1960 Topps Baseball 245 Eddie Yost Tigers $2.75 (yep a few bids for that one)
1971 Topps Baseball 441 Milt Pappas Cubs .75¢

 

[captkirk42]

Friday 24 May 2013. Three package deal 1 Ebay card, a group break batch and some cards from a blog reader.

From Blog reader Mark (I think he is one of the Redskins collectors who has contacted me recently about possible trades) He noticed I collected Mascots so he included a few and some stuff for my PC.

1980 Topps Basketball 242 Elvin Hayes Bullets Scoring leader 1/3 of 3 player card virtually worthless if trying to sell.
2001 Post Memphis Redbirds Rockey Mascot card No card number. The Redbirds are a Minor league AAA Affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.
2000 Sports Illustrated for Kids:
897 Haley The Comet Mascot WNBA Houston Comets Silly Inflated looking thing
900 Super Hugo Mascot NBA Charlotte Hornets
FOOTBALL: (some of these I already had) All Redskins
2006 Donruss Gridiron Gear 99 Clinton Portis
2008 Playoff Contenders 98 Jason Campbell
2008 SP Authentic 63 Clinton Portis
2009 Donruss Elite 99 Santana Moss
2010 Topps Chrome C81 Clinton Portis

TCZ May Football Group Break I had my main teams Ravens and Rams plus Draft teams Falcons and Raiders products were: 2013 Press Pass Fanfare, 2012 Panini Momentum, 2012 Panini Prominence

First some base which I guess were bonus
2012 Bowman Football:
9 Carson Palmer Raiders
18 Anquan Boldin Ravens
43 Roddy White Falcons
83 Tony Gonzalez Falcons
96 Darren McFadden Raiders
114 Tommy Streeter RC Ravens
177 Peter Konz RC Falcons
179 Chris Givens RC Rams
183 Juron Criner RC Raiders
186 Austin Davis RC Rams

2012 Panini Prominence Rookie Auto 176 Dwight Jones Texans blue sharpie on sticker numbered 179/499 (random unclaimed team)

2013 Press Pass Fanfare Fanfare Autographs FF-TA Tavon Austin RC West Virginia (Drafted by Rams) blue sharpie on card? #d 04/99

2012 Panini Momentum:
26 Michael Turner Falcons
51 Darren McFadden Raiders (sliver/blue variation) 27/49
100 Steven Jackson Rams
Head of the Class (blue variation?) 18 Bernard Pierce Ravens all white swatch #d 19/49
REDEMPTION (UGH) Momentum Rookie Signatures RPS 113 Bernard Pierce Ravens (redemption request submitted electronically to Panini on Saturday 25 May 2013)

Ebay card: $1.30 plus $2.99 shipping
2005 Upper Deck Classics Classic Counterparts CC-PH Boog Powell Orioles Frank Howard Senators #d 1696/1999

Note: For the holiday (Memorial Day on Monday) I got off work early Friday afternoon and I had barely enough time to get home grab the claim ticket (from a package they attempted to deliver on Monday) and get to the Post Office just as they were in the process of closing. They had the main line roped off, but the side door for pickups which is slightly away from that area I went to and knocked to see if there was anyone about although it was "technically" closed or closing. One of the employees who was shutting down stuff in the main area after he was through shutting those things came over to help me. Long story short they couldn't find my item so he wrote down some phone numbers for me to call about trying to find/track down the package. Turns out on the claim form the original carrier wrote down a wrong address (put an 8 instead of a 3 in one place) I noticed this of course afterwards but while I was talking to the distribution warehouse on the phone. I requested to have them deliver it on the next day Saturday.