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Some stadium project collection adds
I probably had 45 minutes during another pit stop at a card show - I ended up hanging around the hosting card shop's bulk bins and eventually started to find some probable keepers, where I was able to...
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Featured autograph - Brooks Robinson
I was thumbing through '2 for $1' old school / vintage bins of a seller I stumbled upon at a card show - I thought this might be just another card, but took a closer look and it looked like it was...
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Thankful for some old-school / vintage pickups
Maybe at every corner of a card show I attended, would be a table where people were clustered at - it was hard to squeeze in and in a case or two, I might move off a table for a moment and already have...
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A glitch in the Matrix - feat. Wade Boggs
I don't know if I liked the image on the 2023 Donruss Wade Boggs - I imagine Boggs following through hitting a ball during an at-bat, but kind of hard to tell, where it's almost an awkward shot. As I'm...
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Nearly a glitch in the Matrix - feat. Kirby Puckett
I made this 2006 Fleer Greats Decade Greats Puckett a keeper out of a 25 card dollar dig at a card show where I was charged $20 - I have Puckett rubber stamped as a Hall of Fame legend to collect from...
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Working on the small things at the card show
In a more quaint card show setting, I actually spied a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 in one particular showcase and did a little window shopping for all sorts of high end prospect cards teasing a top...
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Thank you Shohei Ohtani and good luck
I did not want to get caught up in the news cycle of Shohei Ohtani signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers on social media - because in my own little way, I tend to want to share my two cents,...
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More small things at the card show
I was digging through some '6 for $5' boxes from a random seller table and these were my keepers - added another 18 cards from the seller's '5 for $1' box and maybe it was kind of odd thing I couldn't...
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A random card buy - Kyren Williams
I saw this 2022 Score Rookies #332 card earlier in the year and squirreled an image of it away - that protective head gear made me do a double take.It may not be such a big deal, but for a moment I...
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Featured autograph - Michael Stefanic
I picked up this pack pulled autograph card to add to my all-time Angels collection - it ends being a pretty looking parallel that pops. Stefanic has played in parts of two seasons with the Angels and...
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A random card buy - Maria Sharapova
There are probably worse cards to claim in a running sale on social media - but for a dollar or so, I took a flier on this card, where it is a little different than the baseball cards I may try to pick...
View ArticleScattered 2023 thoughts in collecting
I hope to squeeze something in that kind of vents about the past year - before that time to do a recap has really sailed. It was a long year when I think about it and what animates me at the start of...
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Fleshing out some card projects with my loose card finds
I've got piles of cards from purchases I've sat on after giving them a quick look and/or trying to list them out somewhere so at least there is a record I can look at - one of the things I'm trying to...
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TTM autographs received: Justin Turner
It happens once in a blue moon, but it is nice to find a straggler TTM request back in the mail box when I least expect it - the free agent infielder / DH signed returned my cards earlier this month...
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A new reality realized - collecting Shohei Ohtani
It is a thing where I try not to pick up any old team cards of notable players who end up on new teams for at least a year, until new, updated cards show up - I like to occasionally hoard binder...
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Random card buys - Ivan Rodriguez
I claimed these Pudge Rodriguez cards from an online seller for $0.50 each because they tease some play at the plate action - these cards might end up as star power for my tools of ignorance collection...
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Credit where credit is due - Hideo Nomo
I am thinking what little blurb I could whip up for this pick up and how did I even come up to thinking about looking for such a card - maybe it was about 'out odding the odd,' where I want to see if I...
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When it comes to Reggie Jackson cards
This might be the odd $0.50-$1.00 retro card from 20 years ago, but the ones showing him with his powerful righthanded swing are the best if not the rarest - so I figured it was worth taking a flyer...
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My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection
Maybe a home brewed card project like this was a long time coming, but basically not something I've thought much about - as I've picked up all sorts of cards through the past five years, I was inspired...
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My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 90-82
I ended up buying a binder of cards for about $6 at a card shop - I was probably looking to remove the cards and throw away the sheets and the binder, but it might be easier to leave things intact...
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