RIGHT WHERE WE LEFT OFF.....

Yesterday's post had plenty to say leading up to the scans, after all there was a story to tell. So without any lingering chit chat.

As you can see I did grab a stack of those 1984 Donruss Champions for the PCs.

More TCMA, these I grabbed up for our Buddy Brian @ HSAC.

These too. I had promised Brian some vintage in my next dump to him, but when I went to grab some Twins I only had two, so .....

Yep, these too.

Now, Brian does have a Rookie Trophy Cup collection. However, these are for my collection. LOL.

Some for my PCs. I think I like that NY Legends set.

I really like this 2005 SP Legendary Cuts set. I believe I will go back on Sunday and grab more. They are absolutely beautiful cards.

Just some fun Ryan cards. I know I already have that UD, but oh well.

That was the complete round up from my Friday at the Flea Market.. Do you remember the last two cards I posted yesterday?  I will give you a hint.... Robin Yount... One had a price tag on it... Good ole Bob said to me "Give me $15.00 for it and I could have the rest."  I am definitely gonna have to go back Sunday ( I did already BTW and those will be in a post titled "Sunday Splurge")

Yes indeed, a fine weekend it is

Hopefully all is well for you folks. As for me, I am doing fantastic. Why such a great mood you ask? Simple...... First I placed a few of orders around, one being the one from JC previously posted, another on its way too, and one with D & A which came in Thursday night. It contained a couple of sets I wanted but more importantly 3 boxes worth of unopened packs all 2013 Panini (Prizm, Hometown Heroes, and Cooperstown) 24 packs each. Why did I do that? A couple weeks back reading a blog gave me the urge to bust some packs. I even left the comment stating so. No, I am not highlighting that pack bust today that will come next week. I was excited waiting on them, that itch was driving me nuts, which led to boredom which is a whole different post (Wed) will highlight what I did last week to cure that boredom. But, nonetheless I am in fact feeling pretty good.

Last Tuesday's post hasn't had a single comment and that should bring anyone down, right? Nah, I will just keep TmTing them each week (eventually getting to all 2000+). But in case you did read it, you seen that I am finally getting rid of those oddball, insert, parallel cards and stuff and also noticed that I still like them and can't pass on a deal.. Well, that is what I ran into Friday midday. I finished work around lunch and just happened to be nearby one of our "year round" flea markets. I stopped by to see my old friend Bob. As usual I didn't make it away from his booth. It was a slow day and we talked a lot while I was amassing stacks of cards, binders, boxes and misc. It was in one of those conversations that I mentioned to Bob that I hadn't done as much trading/box blasting (traders) in the last year or at least not what I had become accustomed too. I told Bob that I took that last bin of junk wax I had got from him, put 30-40 different in each pack and added 10-20 stars including HOFers, and yes Braves too. Cards ranged from 1981 through 2015 wrapped nice and tight into newspaper. I told him I was going to dump them at a yard sale as .50 cent grab bags. He said wait a minute, he needed some and if they are already wrapped up, he wanted a peek at them. I had gotten to the market around noon, it was now closing in on 2:00 pm, and Bob said that he was calling it a day and would follow me back to my house to bust open a few ( he popped 7).

How is that for a lead in?  I had almost 400 packs wrapped up (although we missed 45 of them under my bed). Bob popped the 7 packs and said he wanted them all (323). He hadn't let me pay nor did we even discuss a price on the load of stuff I had picked up from his booth, my guess it was several hundred bucks worth of stuff, at least $250 anyways. Bob being my firend for over 20 years, and a dealer in business to make money, I could not charge .50 a pack to Bob. We worked out a trade, the 323 packs for the binder with 2 complete sets in it. 1997 Studio 165 card base set, and also the complete 24 card portrait set too. Looked em up, about a Benjamin and the trade was done. That still left me with the rest of the stuff I got...... I threw a $40 football set 2004 Factory sealed Topps with Ben and Eli rookies at him and said what is the damage on the rest... But before I tell what he charged me I want to start showing some of the stuff.

How is that for an opener. 1956. Too cool to pass up. Bob had a $12 sticker on it, and I figured I could get it for $5-6.  Not bad for a vintage oddball.

I seen that and said yep, got to grab that up for Tony. 1988.

This one is from 1989 and notice Topps didn't use a sponsor this go round.  I figured I stow this one away for Fuji the next time I blast him.


I didn't stop grabbing things for other people there either.  Like I said, I love the odd stuff.

Yes, I do collect autos, and the 3 that aren't personalized are mine! But that one to Julie, come on that is a complete no brainer. Just got to get her on the road. LOL.  But Bob had gotten in a slew of Detroit stuff. Had some Red Wings autos too but I didn't know about them so I passed on them.

Some TCMA cards.  My dilemma here is that I trade with 2 Tigers Collectors Pat and Julie so these are going on hold for one of them later.

Ah.  vintage 60s. This too will have to be decided Pat or Julie. For those who haven't seen those booklets they have a comic strip inside 3-4 pages. Still couldn't pass it by.

These are going into the pile TBD later.  Okay Pat and Julie figure it out.  Julie I am hoping you do get to that new address, as I am taking the return fire to the Post Office Monday.

Some for the 2/25 Birthday Binder. Nice photoshop Topps, Lemaster is wearing his Braves uniform.


I had to get something for the 9/16 Birthday Binder too after all that is my birth date.

1984 Donruss Champions! In fact, Bob had a whole bunch of these cards and I did grab a handful but we will save those for part two of the Fabulous Friday Finds.  I will leave you with this last one for my Bday Binder.

Yes, that is Bob's sticker on the penny sleeve. I left there for a reason that I will share with you tomorrow.

Franken Friday

Before I start with the Franken pages, forewarning you about the next week or two, Have scans loaded and should have posts everyday.......



Also noting that these 3 pages were scanned before I got a Just Commons order in, which is coming in an upcoming post.


Page 82: 6/7 There are no Braves for the last two spots. (need #730)            

3 Topps, 2 UD, 1 Score. TP most noted player.


Page 83: 6/7 (need #738)

4 Topps (2 from 80s, 2 from 90s), 1 UD, 1 Donruss. No repeat players. Most noted being Deion Sanders (now filling the center spot from 1991 UD).




Page 84: 9/9 completed. Sorry I didn't re-scan the page.

5 Topps, 3 UD, and a Score. Overall good mix from the 80s, 90s, and 00s with a repeat player. Murphy most noted player. I do like the team card too.


Scans for the next month caught up and current. Cya have a great weekend. It is only Friday and mine is awesome already. You will see in some of the upcoming posts.

A Franken Friday Franken-Set Update

FRANKEN-SET UPDATE

ONE OF THE FEW PROBLEMS I HAVE WITH MY FRANKEN-SET BEING 100% MADE UP OF BRAVES DUPLICATE CARDS IS THAT A HANDFUL OF CARD NUMBERS DO NOT HAVE A BRAVE….. EVER! UNTIL RECENTLY I DID NOT KNOW THIS, BUT FORTUNATELY THE FIRST NUMBER WAS #655 WHICH I RECENTLY COVERED ON FRANKEN FRIDAY.  THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS SINCE THAT ONE TOO, BUT I HAVE ADDED A NO BRAVES CARD/PAPER IN ALL OF THE SLOTS SO THAT MOVING FORWARD PROBLEM SOLVED.

MEANWHILE HERE IS AN UPDATE OF COMPLETED PAGES FOLLOWED BY THE PAGES NEEDING JUST ONE MORE CARD, AND THEN THE REMAINING PAGES AND THEIR NEEDS. I WILL FINISH THIS POST WITH THE NEXT THREE PAGES IN THE FRANKEN-SET SCANS.

COMPLETED PAGES: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 84, 86, 88.

MISSING ONE CARD: 10 (#85), 22 (#197), 32 (#281), 33 (#291), 38 (#341), 47 (#421), 52 (#465), 53 (#470), 54 (#483), 55 (#494), 56 (#501), 64 (#574), 68 (#607), 70 (#625), 82 (#730), 83 (#740).

MISSING MORE THAN ONE CARD: 73 (#s 652, 654), 75 (#s 667, 669, 671), 80 (#s 712, 714, 717, 719), 81 (#s 721, 724), 85 (#s 761, 764), 87 (#s 780, 781), 89 (#s 800, 801), 90 (#s 803, 804, 807, 808, 809), 91 (#s 812, 815), 92 (#s 820, 822, 828), 93 (#s 829, 832, 835, 836), 94 (#s 838, 839, 844), 95 (#s 850, 851, 853), 96 (#s 856, 862, 863), 97 (#s 865, 866, 870, 871, 872, 873), 98 (#s 874, 876, 877, 878, 879, 881), 99 (#s 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891), 100 (#s 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899.

NOW MY FRANKEN-SET DOES HAVE CARDS OVER #900, BUT THOSE ARE JUST BONUSES IF YOU WILL.  THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAVE WITH AN ALL BRAVES SET UP IS THAT MANY OF THE CARD #s NEEDED ABOVE ARE THE ONLY AVAILABLE CARD, TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE MANY OF THOSE ARE SUPER LOW SERIAL NUMBERED CARDS INCLUDING A BUNCH OF TRUE 1/1s.  THAT IS THE UPDATE, NOW ON TO THE NEXT THREE PAGES OF SCANS.


Page 79: 9/9 complete

A couple pieces of vintage makes this page okay. Throw in the Smoltz, Maddux, and Andruw even better. No repeat player is a plus too.


Page 80: 4/9  updated  5/9

Can't say too much about this page yet.


Page 81: 4/7. That's right there are two #s without a Braves card (the two spaces on the right)

updated 5/7

Can't  say too much here either other than at least we have another Maddux on this page.

Until next week.

The rest of the story

As promised yesterday, I will show the rest of the cards I picked up from JC in lieu of spending serious cash to get the paralells.

Had to scoop up some Stadium Club. I now need just #s 64, 148, 544, 628.

What? is that OPC, yep.

Finally, put a dent in that team set. Need just three more #s 53, 199, 412.

had to grab these two. Just need one last card. #170 Avery.

I actually picked up two of these. One for the Franken-Set, and no idea why I grabbed the other one, I had it already.  Speaking of the Franken-Set, knocked out 11 od the high numbers in this order including the card above.   #s 720, 727, 743, 748, 749,  758, 763, 787, 789, 817, 833, which completed pages 84 & 88.

Very colorful. Need four more. #s 26, 40, 180, 241.

Was able to put a huge dent in the 2004 Topps. Need two more base #s 264 Cox, 754 Shef. I do need four traded cards. #s 5, 43, 172, 184.

Recently added to the 2015s

Grabbed up a few from Just Commons that arrived yesterday. One problem though.....I thought I also grabbed the Prizm base, but I didn't. Oh well, we'll have to scoop em on the order after next. I have to be nearing my redemption qualification pretty soon there.

Bowman Prospects (still need #97), and the Bowman Chrome Prospects complete base.

The three (just three) base Bowman. That Simmons turning two/double dip would fit into a few bloggers mini collections.

grabbed up spares of the Aaron, Glavine, and Miller for the PCs. That grip shot reminds me of Ethan, I miss him here in the blogosphere. Has anyone heard from him lately?

Surely, you didn't think I stopped with the first six, did ya? Also grabbed spares of the Smoltz and Maddux. he only had one of the SP Mathews.  Now I only need the variation Freeman (hugging) 26B, 259, and SP 332 McGriff x2.

Really did think I ordered the Prizm, shucks!  I find the parallels a bit high so I tend to stay away from most of them at JC, so I grabbed up some missing cards from years past. i will save those for tomorrow.

"Trade me Tuesday"

UPDATED: All 10 of the originals are still here. Surely somebody can come up with a card/insert or two from my want lists........


REFRESHER:  #1 Pick a scan (or 10) that you want. #2 Find 1 or 2 cards per scan from my want lists. #3 comment on this post. SIMPLE!

REMEMBER, new scans will replace the ones traded each week until I get through all of them.



Let's get started with the first 10 scans, and yeah they do get better as they go along meaning the end (say scans in the 60s and 70s) is pretty darn cool, if I must say so.


Scan 1.

Starting off with an odd set Fleer Hardball.


Scan 2.

Keeping with the Disc momentum.


Scan 3.

This was really a very sweet insert set.


Scan 4.

For you Dodger lovers out there.



Scan 5.

I probably should have broke these into two groups, but this is where I decided that for future scans.
Angel fans how about a lil Smokey Bear?


Scan 6.

Scan 7.

Scan 8.

A lil variety here.


Scan 9.

And here.




Scan 10.

Three from 1995 Post.


Okay there you go, the first 10 scans. See something you want put it in the comments, and until there is a yeah or nay in the reply there are fair game.