Sunday, May 11, 2014

Trade time with Arpsmith, Dutch Card Guy, Reader Mark, Night Owl, Angels in Order, Nachos Grande, The Other World, Red Sox In Nebraska


When I started this blog 5 1/2 years ago, I never dreamed it would add so many new friends and Indian baseball cards to my life.  My many thanks to all of you !!


I don't really like to combine trade posts, but I have received so many packages lately that I need to, to get caught up. I have a huge stack of Tribe cards I need to sort and put away so I can update want lists and continue to work on return packages ! All the generous bloggers and readers listed here sent many more cards than pictured. I appreciate every one of them, but just don't have time to post each one. Plus, it may not be very interesting  to anyone but the one who sent the cards !
 So here we go !




Thanks to Adam for these great cards.
I especially like the Fellers, the Nagys 
and the Fun Pack Manny!



I never thought I would run into
 a baseball card collector in the Netherlands !
We have traded several times and he always
finds terrific Indian cards for me !

Thanks Jeroen !


Reader, Mark H.



I once made a random comment on another blog.
A.J. had received some nice vintage cards from Mark,
and I, half jokingly, said " I wonder if he has any Indians !".
The next thing I know I'm receiving an email from Mark !
And he did have some duplicate Indians.

Thanks Mark !
This really helped my 70's collection !



If you are reader or writer of a baseball card blog,
and don't know Night Owl, you can't be living on this planet !
He comes up with some amazing posts, his mind never seems to stop.
I love the blue Choo, the black Laffey and the minis !
Thanks, and keep up the good work !




Tom sent a note on the back of his business card :
"We haven't traded in a while.."
He's right. There are so many blogs out there,
 it's hard for an old man like me to keep track !

Terrific Albert Belle, minis and more Bob Feller !
And a Brantley partial rainbow, 
even if they are different years !
Thanks Tom, great cards !



Trade stacks !
Most of you know how this works.
If not check out his blog !
I pulled the trigger when he put up a Richie Ashburn.
I don't really collect him, but I have a 
Richie Ashburn model baseball glove from my youth,
so I grab one once in a while.

But Chris went a bit farther.


He knows I also collect wrappers.
They are all in albums but I have no want list.
That's a retirement plan !
I am in need of most Hobby Versions and 
high end wrappers and small boxes though. 

If the minis look a little unusual, they are !



An on card auto !
These were produced by a friend of his.
Great Idea !!

Thanks Chris for the cards and wrappers ! 


The Other World



Dan sent a nice assortment of Tribe cards.
I especially like the chrome Kipnis.
He's becoming one of my favorite players.
I wish I could have been around to see Doby play !

Thank you very much Dan !

And last, but not least,

Red Sox Fan in Nebraska 



Brad and I have done several  trades over the past year or so.
He came up with some great inserts, a slightly hard to find mini,
a great Standing "O"  Vizquel and I love the Prizm Bourn !

Thanks Brad !


And thanks everyone for all the trades.

I hope to have more packages going out tomorrow !!


Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Alright, Fess up, Who did this !!??

A small flat box arrived in the mail today.

It contained this:


I admit I tried to make the picture a little dramatic.
But it is almost 6" high.

Granted, it is mostly commons, but how many times have you overlooked a common card at a show and then got home and discovered you needed it ?

Here are a few samples.

The Sandy Alomar Christie Brinkley is nice.
There was also a Julio Franco in the stack
and I already have Thome.
Now I need Belle, Ramirez, Baerga and Lofton.




There is a really large selection of years and brands of cards
and they are several I know I need and probably more I don't know I need!


So who sent this huge assortment of Tribe goodness?

I'm not telling !

It's not that I don't want to tell.
I don't know !

There was nothing inside or outside of the box to indicate who sent it.

It was post marked in Resaca, Ga.

I'm  not sure but I suspect Jinxo56  from
  Wanted : Baseball Cards

He and I have been discussing a trade.

But whoever sent them, thank you very much !!


I also got a package yesterday.

This one had a return address!

Matt, from   Bob Walk the Plank told me  he had a 2014 Donruss Jason Kipnis.
Of course I said "I'll take it !"

He also thought he may have some Indian game used.
This is what he found.




A really sweet 2002 Leaf Mirror Blue Ellis Burks jersey card.

There was one thing he neglected to tell me though.

The Kipnis card had some ink marks on the bottom.





This was great surprise as Kipnis is one of my favorite players !

If only Donruss hadn't used stickers. 

This would be beautiful on card.   

Well, thanks  Matt and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
I have no Pirate auto's or GU cards but I'll find something for you !

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

Each year as new baseball card products hit the shelves, we all want to get all of the cards of our favorite teams or players. Or, in the case of you set builders, complete sets.

Most base team sets are pretty easy to come by via packs, blasters and all the great blogger trades.

However, some of the parallel sets are a little tougher.
The 2012 Topps Cognac (sparkle or whatever you want to call it) set was no exception, although not as tough as some.

I recently found a listing on ebay for 11 of these cards
( 1 duplicate - US121 Johnny Damon ) and won it for less than $5 !



This purchase made a dent in my needs, but do to the size of the team set, I still need several more.

91    Active HR Leaders  Jim Thome
205  Justin Masterson
324  Active RBI Leaders  Jim Thome
436  Chris Perez
469 Vinny Pestano
566  Jason Donald
569 Travis Hafner
582  Shin Soo-Choo
583  Josh Tomlin
US 48  Asdrubal Cabrerra
US 97  Shelly Duncan
US 146  Casey Kotchman
US 200 Chris Perez

If anyone can help with these please let me know. I have five trade packages going out tomorrow and I would love to send out more !