The clean up spot: Deland show deal 2

 Deal two was basically a bust in that it really wasn't a deal. I did find some new to me Braves.

I also found some mini collection needs.

Along with some PC additions.

Below we find some that fill in some set build needs.

I like finding the high end cards in the cheap boxes (dime/quarter) These however were in a dollar box and cost me about .75 each. OUCH!

Celebrating my grandson's birthday this weekend (his birthday is next weekend, but he's with his dad).

Everyone be safe have fun!

Deland show: 2025 Topps Chrome Platinum

 I'm picking up right where I left off the last time. The Chrome Platinum has just been released days before the show so finding these for a quarter was great.

Nice start to this year's,  uh um... Last year's set. Next up with be some highlights from the 2nd deal I made.

Later.......

Wacky Packages Wednesday: giveaway 2

 This week has totally flown by so fast. Here are this weeks freebies.

Congrats to the A.L......once again. Sucks..... again. 15 strikeouts.....OUCH!

Getting back to the DeLand card show from last month.

 It has been awhile. The first deal I made will carry several posts, a couple I've already posted and tonight plus one more.

As a reminder I erred when estimating the number of cards and was off by at least 100-150 cards. I thought I'd be paying .18 each and wound up paying .25 a piece due to my miscalculation. I'll blame it on the heat as the a/c went completely out while I was digging in two 4 row boxes. In fact pretty sure it was blowing heat for about an hour. Yes, I prefer heat over cold, but not like this. 

I broke up the cards for the deal one posts into sections. Braves, PC, set builds, and MISC which is pretty much how I do things. Tonight is the PC section and Thursday will be 2025 Topps Chrome Platinum set builds pulls (these were just days after the release of the product).

Here is the third round from deal 1.

A quarter for these was okay.

Seven cents may not seem much , but when you're talking hundred and hundreds (near a thousand cards.....it adds up.

The series two cards were also fresh on the market when I found them in the boxes.

My 2026 Topps list is pretty short which isn't a bad thing because I was going to hold off and just buy the complete set which was released a few days ago. Not necessary now.

Here is what I need:

2026 TOPPS: 1, 4, 25, 90, 100, 104, 111, 138, 150, 170, 189, 200, 214, 216, 283, 312, 328, 351, 354, 356, 401, 426, 441, 450, 454, 456, 459,  479, 494, 496, 529, 561, 569, 590, 602, 608, 628, 638, 647, 653, 656, 679.

As you can see I still need a few from series 1 too.

On a side note: Topps is getting better.....If you can believe this the 2026 Topps Chrome parallels have been lowered.....This year there is only the base and 51 parallels.

Have a great night!

Just another Maddux Monday plus something

 To kick start All-Star week some housekeeping is in order.

1) The winner of the Wacky Giveaway was the Night Owl. Greg, I have a significant stack of Dodgers from my recent PC updates and I've put these with them. I'll mail them soon.

2) Speaking of the PC update: I am on the V's. I dumped a couple, decided to box up a couple too. A Cowinkie dink: This past weekend I started sorting my Verlander and began entering them into TCDB on Sunday, before Verlander announced he would be retiring this year. The last few years have basically been a bust for him. I was really hoping he'd get to 300 wins but the 260's will have to do. That of course will not hinder him getting into the HOF, that's as good as done. Now onto the Maddux cards.

Here are this weeks freebies.

I'm rooting for the National league as always.

Looks like we made it! The Last Day! Finally here, we did it!

 We made the week or at least through it. As a reminder there is no telling what all you will find here tonight in this 4th Celebration post for America's 250th! 

Now typically when it comes to my Holidates binders I will show off some athletes that share that day (July 4th here) for their birthdate. Here is that portion to start things off.

Next we venture it to the MISC section.

I'm pretty sure that I have a few monster boxes of Bowman product that I still haven't gotten to for set builds that contain some of those Bowman International USA cards.

I believe that these Finest World's Finest are some of the best Patriotic cards I have. The scans do not do them justice.

Five of the seven original cyber stats in review cards. 

Now to bring us back to full circle: Some 2026 cards:

Technically these are just Red/Blue parallels, but hey they work.

Miss LIBERTY again.

And finally we come to the end with my annual tradition of FIREWORKS:

Took all week, but got it done! Go enjoy the weekend. God Bless the USA!