Monday, February 10, 2025

Not My Usual Pirates for Cardinals Trade

Most of my Pirates for trade go to my good friend and TCDB member Ronsolo1. We have exchanged hundreds of cards over the last ten plus years. I send him Pirates for himself and Yankees for his son, while he sends Cardinals for me and Altuve cards for my son.  Sometimes, I pick up cards he does not need, which leads to an overflow of Pirates in my trade box.  Lucky for me TCDB member pezNpirates is also a Pirate collector with plenty of Cardinals to trade.  Last week, we worked out a nice trade with over 20 cards going in each direction.


I have received a big chunk of minis recently.  This lot added a nice variety: a gold border, an X parallel, and 2 A&G backs.


The regular-sized A&G cards are all from the 2023 X set.  


I added two short prints to my collection.  Who does not like a candy cane belt variation from Topps Holiday?


I am pulling for Carlson to have a good year in Baltimore.  I am glad he ended up with a young team in the American League.  


There is nothing flashy about these 1989 Star cards.  That is fine with me.  I enjoy getting cards from Cardinals affiliates that no longer have teams.



The last 3 cards include a nice lava parallel from 2022 Absolute of Stan Musial.  Nice job by Panini of using a photo that did not require airbrushing.  

 




        

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