Not 3, but 5

Today I will break with the trend of posting 3 card trades to bring you a larger one.  4 Cardinals for me, and 1 Altuve for my son courtesy of TCDB member Tastybrisket10.

Starting things off with a 2023 Update rainbow foil and a 2023 Topps Chrome Sapphire.  I had to do a double take on the Yepez card.  At first, I thought it was Willson Contreras.  I would love to add a red Chrome sapphire to my collection since the color match looks awesome, but with them being numbered to 5, most are going for more than what I am willing to pay.      

Goldschmidt appears to be in deep thought on this 2023 heritage insert.  Nice shot of him wearing the victory blue uniform.  The 4 player card is from 2013 Topps Archives.  This card shows 4 of the top 16 career stolen base leaders.  I always thought Coleman had a chance to push for Henderson's record if he had stayed in St. Louis.  In his 6 seasons there, he stole 549 bases.  During his 8 seasons with other teams, he totaled 203.  

My son did not get this card in the box of 2023 Holiday we opened last month.  Happy to find plenty of other collectors had it for trade.

TCDB 2 for Tuesday #65

Time to continue reducing the stack of cards on my need to be scanned desk.  After scanning today's 2 trade packages, only 2 more left to go for now.  That should change quickly, as I have 10 trades in progress.  First pwe came from member freddybacon.

My 2022 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary team set is now complete.  Nice to put a 20 card set to bed.

Second trade came from member gorrister.  This one has been sitting on my desk for 2 weeks.  Shame on me for being so slow.

This is the first half of the Cardinals 2023 Bowman Platinum team set.  I am not too crazy about the design.  The background is very busy and dark.  For someone like me who is pushing 50, it is not very easy on the eyes.

I doubt Wainwright will be included in very many 2024 sets.  Pitchers do not get much hobby love unless they are great.  There are still plenty of his cards to track down like this 2022 Stadium Club Chrome.

This is actually my second copy of this Walker insert.  I had hopes of getting it autographed last month, but that did not work out.  Maybe I will get lucky later this year.  

  

3 More

Today I was hoping to do a recap of the card show I attended on Saturday.  I was able to spend about 1.5 hours at the show.  The only problem was it was a major dud.  Overpriced and overproduced were the reoccurring themes I found.  Any well-educated Cardinals collector is not going to pay $10 for a Jordan Walker 2023 Topps base card.  This is the third consecutive show at this location that has been a disappointment.  I will not be wasting the gas money or time to go back.

Instead of card show bargains, I will show off yet another trade consisting of 3 new Cardinals.  TCDB member OraInPA sent a nice pwe my way last week.  

It is rare for me to find early 1990s inserts I do not have.  I get a little excited when I do find them.  I have never seen this 1994 Pinnacle Power Surge insert before this trade.  This card highlights Whiten's 4 home run and 12 RBI game in 1993.

This 2023 Big League insert I have seen plenty of times.  So many that I thought I already had it.  Good thing TCDB keeps my wantlist up to date for me.

Another Big League insert from 2023.  If  Adrian Beltre received 95.1% of the votes in his first year on the HOF ballot, I wonder what Pujols will get.  I am sure there is some idiot reporter out there who will keep him from getting 100%.  

        

One Old, One New

Breaking from my 3 card trade recaps today to show a smaller one involving only 2 cards.  This one came from TCDB member pinfit.  

This Red Schoendienst card is from the 1981 TCMA set.  I am inching closer to 100 Red cards in my collection.  This one is #91.

This is my 55th Jordan Walker card.  Being a top 10 prospect means you will have a ton of cards.   This one is from the Topps boxes sold at Costco.    

Second Lankford of 2024

The new listings for Ray Lankford cards on EBAY have been steady so far this year.  Most days, there are 10-15 new auctions.  Most are cards that I already have, but some new ones have come up.  One 2023 Donruss card was listed a week or so ago that started a little higher than I wanted to spend.  It sat on my watch list for a few days before the seller sent me a lower offer.  I countered with an even lower offer that he accepted very quickly.  It arrived in my mailbox earlier this week.

This is the voltage parallel numbered 12 of 25.  A Christmas card that also happens to be his jersey number on the card.  Lankford wore #12 his final season in St. Louis after wearing #16 the previous years.  I guess when he returned in 2004, he could not convince Reggie Sanders to switch numbers.  

This is my 18th different version of his 2023 Donruss card, and most likely my last.  The final 6 cards of this rainbow include 5 1/1 cards and another numbered to 5.  I do not believe any of them have shown up online yet.    
    

Another 3 Pack

I showed off 2 trades yesterday, each consisting of 3 cards.  Usually, that is the minimum number of cards I like in a trade to make the postage worth it.  There are a few exceptions, but not many.  Last night I scanned another 3 card trade.  This one came from TCDB member ILLRIMESAYA.  He is another trader I have swapped cards with on a couple other sites.  

Mr. Arenado starts things off with a 2023 Update All Star insert.  Nothing really flashy about this one.  

Next up is a 2023 silver pack card of Ozzie Smith.  Hard to go wrong with a shiny insert of a Cardinals icon.  

My favorite card of the trade was this 2020 Topps Heritage short print.  Not really the greatest player, but it does complete a team set.  One of the few Heritage sets I can say that about.

 

TCDB 2 for Tuesday #64

I return this week with 2 for Tuesday after taking last week off to highlight my trip to Cardinals Winter Warm Up.  I had 8 different trade envelopes to choose from last night for today's post.  I settled on 2 small ones with 6 cards total.  First up is a 3 pack from member robglessner.

I am almost finished with the complete run of Classic sets.  Ozzie finished the 1992 set, while Clark leaves me 1 shy of the 1987 Update set.  

Jose's twin brother played in the Cardinals system for a few seasons.  He even played a handful of games for the Cardinals in 1992 and 1993.  The power was never there, unfortunately.  I was able to complete the 1992 Skybox AAA team set with this card.  

The second 3 card package came from member uncfan505.

I was always a fan of team leader cards featuring multiple players.  It is even better when Hall of Fame players share the card.  Maybe Topps can recreate this card with Arenado and Goldschmidt on it.

Not much in common with the cards other than both players are outfielders.  I got Carlson's autograph when he played in Peoria.  Maybe this year I will be able to add Cho's signature to the collection.