Small EBAY Lot

Taking a break from the trade recaps to highlight a few cards I won in a small EBAY lot.

It is funny how some minor league players get an autographed card.  To my knowledge Warner was never in the Cardinals Top 20 prospect lists.  I believe the Cardinals even released him earlier this year.  Regardless, it is a new Cardinals autograph for me.  The purple shimmer is very sharp.

My second purple card was a Yadi 2019 Finest refractor.  The 2020 Museum is my first from that set. 

I think I can count on one hand how many Topps photo variations I have that featured retired Cardinals.  I believe I have an Ozzie Smith, but that would be it besides the 2020 Bob Gibson.  The Hudson is a gold foil from 2020.  Good luck to him tonight against the Reds.  Total for the 6 card lot was a little under $7 delivered.  That is a good win in my book.

Some One and Some Done Sets

Jumping right into today's trade recap from TCDB member DyeHardFan.  He sent me a nice selection of Cardinals that finished some sets, while bringing some other needs down to one card.

Mr. Williams finished the 20 card team set from 1991 Classic Best set.

Willie was the last card needed for the 47 card 1999 Victory set.  That total seems crazy high, but there were 30 McGwire highlight cards.  Speaking of McGwire, he is the last card I need to finish the 16 card 1999 Pacific set after I added Jordan.

I am not as close on either of these sets.  The 2005 Donruss Champions still needs 4 cards, while the 2002 Donruss Fan Club needs 2 short prints.

The Bader card just leaves me one card short for the 2019 Optic set.  The Molina was the only Cardinal Score card from 2019 Panini Chronicles.  I know I need cards from the other brands.  The Jackson finished up 2013 Prizm.

These 2020 Select cards look so much better in hand.  They scan as well as Topps Chrome base cards.  These 2 are my first from the 10 card set.  There are not too many for trade on TCDB, so I may have to go to EBAY or Sportlots to complete this one. 

Chrome Blaster

Just like most of the collecting world, I have had little luck with finding retail packs.  My only local option is Wal-Mart.  The next closest store is over 30 miles away.  I was lucky enough to find some Bowman early this year, but had zero luck with Topps 2 and Big League.  I did check for Topps Chrome for about a week after the release date, but saw nothing but empty display boxes.  I was going to be content with joining a EBAY box break, but over the weekend my son found a blaster.  I guess the card stocker comes more than once a week now.

Blasters have 7 packs with 4 cards and another special 4 card pack of Sepia refractors.  We each opened 4 packs.  Of course my son pulls the only 2 Cardinals.  The Edman prism  is pretty sharp.

He also pulled the 2 regular refractors.

My son pulled the Trout, I pulled Puk.  I think we know who came out ahead.

I actually pulled both of these.  I bet the insert colored refractors look very sweet.

I let my son open the Sepia pack.  I had gave him some flack for pulling 2 Cubs, though the Hoerner is a decent pull.  I have a few trades in the works for some of these, but if you see something you like or need some base cards shoot me a message.  No luck pulling a Robert card.

Not a Single Base Card

It is rare that I do not receive at least one Cardinals base card in a trade.  I would guess my wantlist on TCDB is made up of about 80% base cards.  I need a ton of inserts and parallels, but have not taken the time to add them.  I usually trade for an insert, then add the missing Cardinals from that set to my wantlist.  My latest trade with TCDB member ntlwhlr brought me a nice stack of inserts and oddballs, but not one base card.

The Worrell card is  Broder type from 1987.  The Dizzy Dean is a card I have never seen before.  According to the database, it is from 1988 Conlon World Wide Sports.  Always nice to add oddballs I did not know existed.

Another week, another Fleer Box set that is new to me.  I knew Coleman led the league in stolen bases in 1989, but had no idea what DeLeon received an award for.  Turns out he led the NL is strikeouts.

The 2002 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres Heroes of Baseball insert set featured 9 players with 10 cards each.  I have 3 Ozzies and 4 Big Macs.  These do not appear to be very expensive or rare, so I should be able to complete both sets with a little effort.

 
I was never a fan of the Bowman gold cards.  The extra thickness led to a lot of chipping issues.  I do not get too worked up over condition, but the gold borders really show off the defects.  I was surprised to find out I only need 1 more card to finished this 10 card set.

There are way too many Prizm parallels for me to add to my list, so I will just have to check my collection to make sure I need them.  This camo card #ed to 199 is from 2015.  I have been adding the various Topps Chrome refractors to my list.  The Sepia Bader is from 2019. 

I have added most of the Big League parallels and the Topps Holiday Snowflake cards to my wantlist.  I miss not going to card shows and finding cards like these for a dime.  Maybe next year things will get back to normal.

Shohei Off My Latest Trade Package

The title is a pretty bad play on words, but I thought I would try it.  Last week I made a trade with TCDB member JennyMiller521.  She sent the usual Cardinals lot my way in exchange for some Shohei Ohtani cards that were part of the large EBAY lot I received in early July.

These 2002 Topps Chrome cards did not scan well.  I am not even half way to the 25 card team set.  This one may take 20 years to complete. 

I did complete the 2003 Fleer Tradition set with this team leaders short print card.  Not sure why Fleer needed to have the same 2 pictures of both guys on the front.  Give me an action shot and list the stats below.

I also completed the 2012 Gypsy Queen set with this Freese photo variation.  That throw looks like it could hurt.

It is nice to pick up multiple Topps Gold cards in single trade.  Most of the time it is just a single card.  The 2007 and 2008 sets are nowhere close to being done, but the 2 2011 Update cards on the bottom leave me 4 short of the team set. 

Another Small PWE

In my haste to post all my recent small trade envelopes, I missed one yesterday.  This small stack of 6 cards was buried under a stack of bills on my computer desk.  Good thing I had to pay insurance this week otherwise the cards my have been misplaced for a while longer.  At any rate, here are the cards I received from TCDB member Bronzan.

Just when I think I have seen all the Fleer box sets from the late 1980s, I find a new one.  I am not for sure if this 44 card set was specific to a certain store, or if it was available at multiple locations. 

It has been a little while since I added a new McGwire to my collection.  I have actually bid on a few of his autographed cards in the last few weeks, but with no luck.  Sooner I will land one for a decent price. 

The Drew is a card I have seen hundreds of times, but did not realize I needed it.  Cross that one of the list now.  Tatis was the only base card out of the package.  Bet he is a proud father right now with his son hitting everything in sight right now for the Padres.

A Trio of Smalls

Time to play a little catch up on the trade recaps.  Instead of highlighting just 1 trade per post, I will go over 3 recent small trades.  First up is a couple of cards from TCDB member yankeedad69.

I also received a couple of Atluve cards for my son, but those are already in his album.  The Topps Gold is nice, but the Prizm Teal Wave parallel is pretty sweet even without logos.  One of these days I may get stupid and try to complete a player rainbow of Prizm cards. 

Next up is a trio of inserts from TCDB member CardsInTheBasement.

All 2020 inserts cards of great Cardinals pitchers.   The Waino rainbow foil card did not scan that great.  I love the Sutter card.  He had a great run as the Cardinals closer in the early 1980s.  He was the first in line of many good closers including Todd Worrell, Lee Smith, Tom Henke, Dennis Eckersley, etc.

The third trade was with TCDB member Americana.  This was actually a pretty large trade that included 41 cards for my 2020 Big League set, but I only scanned the 3 Cardinals from the package.

 
I have mentioned before that I never buy online exclusive cards directly from Topps.  I will gladly take them in trade though.  I have a few of the Topps Total cards from the last couple of years, but these are my first 2020 Topps 206 cards.  Not a bad effort by Topps.