Mail Day!

LOTS OF GOODIES IN THE BOX TODAY. Well, okay a couple came on Saturday. Real quick one tonight.

Yes, I know this is upside  down. All 4 scans are. First, you know I am not technically inclined. I took these with my phone and emailed them to myself and then opened the email and as always my phone turned the scans 90 degrees. So I rotated them 90 degrees in office manager then cropped them, and when I pull them up afterwards they are 180 degrees, WTF. I have no idea whats going on or how to correct it.

But, these came today from Adam over at Infield Fly Rule with a note.

Adam said I had sent him a "PWE" back in January, and this is the return.

5 team bags full of set build needs, some Braves, and some mini collections.


That is what I call a return, thanks Adam!

Bubble gum or money?

Seems like a relatively easy question. But it isn't. To short cut one aspect of the question, simply to say am I willing to pay "x" amount for the gum? But, I'm not talking about actual bubble gum in the general sense. I'm talking about bubble gum on a baseball card. Again cutting to the chase (or am I?) Not a gum stain, but an athlete blowing a bubble for the most part on a trading card, there are a few exceptions like obvious chewing the gum or balloon in mouth pretending it is gum. So, now am I to ask myself if I want to pay "x" amount for this or that card? Who knew that bubble gum could be the subject of a psychological brain teaser?

For instance how much is this junk wax card of McDowell worth to me? It is a double hit for me. He is blowing a bubble, and obviously just signed that baseball card for a fan. Side note: this card reminds me of another card for some reason.

Yeah, that's the one. Again, another junk wax (really crappy set too). Same thing a double bubble and signing. Ah, but this one is Nolan Ryan and he just signed a ball. Should that matter? I think not, which is all that counts as it for my Bubble Gum Binder (and Signing Binder) and yes I have it in both, plus the set build, plus the Ryan PC. Of course most of us cardboard looney toons yes terrible pun I know would pay a penny or two more for the Ryan than the McDowell, but in reality neither one is worth very much. I can only imagine being a kid collecting the way I do today. Asking my mom for "x" amount of money so I could buy this I just have to have card, and hearing her say "Money doesn't grow on trees!" You all know that expression, don't ya?  How many of us have even said it? You see, this post really isn't about bubble gum or even baseball cards. It is really about that phrase "money doesn't grow on trees". I purposely used the word psychological. I had created this idea in my mind to get into your mind, you know mess with you make you think of some card you probably paid too much for and maybe later had a buyer's remorse of sorts. And all along what I really wanted to say we even as children knew and often told that money didn't grow on trees. Hey don't get pissy I threw a hint or two in there, LOL. But, I have good news for us all.....

Apparently there is a money plant.  Have a great week ahead and I hope my round about way of showing off this package of seeds I found entertained you for a minute or two.

Shadow Shots

GOOD MORNING BLOGOSPHERE! It's a little after 6 am here on the correct coast. Okay so that was 2 lame attempts on my part to be funny or start you out with a smile. 1) reference to the Robin Williams film 2) a dig on the left coasters who are more than likely still asleep or just getting in from a night of partying.

I see a raw skinned and ready to cook frying chicken walking with an army helmet on. Man that chicken has some huge hamstrings and thighs. Maybe I should say a turkey.

I see the world's tallest man bending over.

Maybe i shouldn't have scanned this one. Or did it have something to do with the rail shadow, yep I see a ladder.

A skydiver that hasn't popped his chute yet.

I see an artists attempt to draw an eye, the right eye.

Have a great weekend.

Less than a Lincoln

I haven't posted one of these in a very long time.

I won an auction over at the Bay for a group of Braves cards for $1.31 plus $2.75 shipping.

The Dansby is what caught my eye, even though I knew I didn't need it. I have it for my team set, and I decided I wasn't going to build the Finest sets any longer. I will be breaking the ones I have up whenever I'm back home. But either way, the Dansby will set you back $2.25 on Just Commons right now so that card alone was worth the winning bid. I needed the blue Freeman, so the cheapest Blue Refractor on JC is $3.50 so that one makes it all around a win for me.

But, there were more cards. I needed this one too.

This one I don't need as it is a LA card, not a Braves. Go figure.

I didn't need this one either. (That's my scanner bed mark).

I needed this one.

and both of these were needed as well.

Didn't need this one. But with the 5 needs above plus the Dansby I was feeling pretty good, but yet it wouldn't have been enough for me to put in a low bid.

The Braves Stadium Club even though I didn't need them did push me to throw in a bid.

There you have lots of great Braves cards for less than a Lincoln delivered!.

Trade Post

My fellow OCTer (Old Card Traders) bud Bob, sent me another round of recent inserts.

All keepers!

These too.

These four are available.  Thanks Mr. D!

Wacky Wednesday

Round two of ANS 10.

Tonights' viewing are the card backs better known as coupon backs.

Will wrap up the rest of the stickers and the billboards next week. Happy Hump Day!

Also noting I updated the 2017 TSC wants and extras.


Just got another 150 in today.


UPDATED  2017 Stadium Club again 7/26 6:30 PM EST

NEED:

5, 15, 20, 23, 39, 41, 53, 57, 61, 64, 88, 98, 111, 117, 123, 155, 171, 174, 206, 214, 221, 235, 236, 282.


Available for trade:

2x2, 3x3, 4x2, 6, 7, 8x3, 10x2, 14, 16, 17x2, 19,  22, 24, 25x2, 26, 27, 28x2, 30x3, 31, 32, 33x2, 34, 37, 44, 46, 48x2, 50, 51, 52x2, 54, 56, 60, 63, 65, 68, 71, 72, 74, 76, 77, 78x2, 80x2, 82x2, 83x2, 84, 85x2, 91x2, 92, 94, 96x2, 97, 100, 103x2, 105, 107, 108x2, 109x3, 110, 114, 115x2, 118x2, 120, 125, 127x2, 130, 131x2, 132x2, 133, 135, 138, 139, 141, 145, 146x3, 147, 152, 153, 157, 158x2, 163x2, 164, 166, 167x2, 172, 173, 178x4, 179, 180, 182, 183x3, 184, 187x2, 190x2, 193, 194x3, 197, 198, 199x3, 202, 203, 204, 207x2, 208x2, 210, 211x2, 212, 216, 219x4, 220, 222, 224, 225, 226x2, 229, 237x2, 238, 239x2, 240, 245, 250, 251, 252, 253, 256x2, 257x2, 258x2, 261, 263, 266x2, 268, 270, 271, 272x3, 273, 279x3, 281x2, 284, 286x3, 287, 288x3, 291, 292, 293, 295x3, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300.

Wanted

No pics or snazzy quips, just my 2017 Stadium Club want list. I was fortunate to be the winning bidder of 375 of these beauts. I must say I was expecting all commons in triplicate. But, nope. Dang near the full set. Of course no Judge or Bryant, but wow what I got. First is my want/needs then my extras available for trade.


Just got another 150 in today.


UPDATED  2017 Stadium Club again 7/26 6:30 PM EST

NEED:

5, 15, 20, 23, 39, 41, 53, 57, 61, 64, 88, 98, 111, 117, 123, 150, 155, 171, 174, 191, 206, 214, 221, 235, 236, 265, 276, 282, 290.


Available for trade:

2x2, 3x3, 4x2, 6, 7, 8x3, 10x2, 14, 16, 17x2, 19,  22, 24, 25x2, 26, 27, 28x2, 30x3, 31, 32, 33x2, 34, 37, 44, 46, 48x2, 50, 51, 52x2, 54, 56, 60, 63, 65, 68, 71, 72, 74, 76, 77, 78x2, 80x2, 82x2, 83x2, 84, 85x2, 91x2, 92, 94, 96x2, 97, 100, 103x2, 105, 107, 108x2, 109x3, 110, 114, 115x2, 118x2, 120, 125, 127x2, 130, 131x2, 132x2, 133, 135, 138, 139, 141, 145, 146x3, 147, 152, 153, 157, 158x2, 163x2, 164, 166, 167x2, 172, 173, 178x4, 179, 180, 182, 183x3, 184, 187x2, 190x2, 193, 194x3, 197, 198, 199x3, 202, 203, 204, 207x2, 208x2, 210, 211x2, 212, 216, 219x4, 220, 222, 224, 225, 226x2, 229, 237x2, 238, 239x2, 240, 245, 250, 251, 252, 253, 256x2, 257x2, 258x2, 261, 263, 266x2, 268, 270, 271, 272x3, 273, 279x3, 281x2, 284, 286x3, 287, 288x3, 291, 292, 293, 295x3, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300.

2017 A & G

I told myself that I wouldn't, but I did anyways. I just couldn't hold back from checking the shelves at Wall World, and low behold 3 blasters of A & G. No, I'm not going to run the base this go around, just the inserts, Braves of course, and other Keepers, and a some to trade.

Go figure, I pulled these Braves. I had just ordered my Braves from JC, the day before. Another reason not to get the blasters. I told myself I was no longer going to set build them, you know cut back on some of the "off" flagship sets.

Some fish/lures and info for you. these are already on their way to a trader.

as are these.

These minis are yet to be decided where they should go, just not in my collection.

the backs for you to read.

More mini's available for trade.

These are keepers for my PC binders.

I grabbed 3 blasters and got 2 so called hits.

These are some more base and mini cards that are duplicates (base) going into the PC binders.


That's all folks!

Shadow Shots

This week flew by.

Maybe a swan????? Definitely could be a checkmark

Easy one, airplane.

A dog with a super bushy tail.

If you bend your neck to the left kind of looks like a cheerleader, pom poms in air, leg kick.

A Japanese Sumo Bunny.

Trade Post

A few days ago a trading bud. Bob D. posted he had some 2017 Topps inserts up for the grabbing. I .chimed in and here is what I got.

These are all keepers except for the duplicate Max, which is actually a triplicate. It was a boo boo to scan it, but it does remind me that in the first scan above all were doubles except for the Miggy and Freddie. Not doubles that I already had, but doubles Bob sent so that the Independence Day cards can go in my Holiday Binder, which is great!.

 

These are the inserts that I am not keeping. At least not as part of my collection, they will sit in the trade boxes known as inserts and parallels which I probably have 10K or so. I really need to get shed of these, but more importantly would be to shed the 100,000 cards in the dupes/trade boxes sitting in Ocala. Speaking of card dumps, I just unloaded quite a few packages here at the Valdosta Post Office.
Many of you folks out there will be receiving a Christmas in July package Mondayish. I am still working on a a few more that I have to get out yet.  Have a great weekend!

Wacky Wednesday

Whose up for another round of Wacky Packages.....ANS 10?

Back to a 55 sticker set, still using the ad/coupon backs as well, which is okay as most are as humorous as the fronts. It's like free sticker, but not a sticker.

I'll show most of those next week.

Wrap this set up in 3 posts.

Stickers 1-34 should be enough wise cracks for the night, have a great one!

2017 STADIUM CLUB

Okay, so I was at Wally World and as usual I stopped by the card isle. 2 Blasters of TSC calling my name. Now before I show both boxes in their entirety, I must say the boxes contain just 40 cards each. That's .50 a card.

The jumbo packs (12 cards each) WoW. were $5.98. Remember when a jumbo pack was like 40 cards? Nowadays that's a blaster. Dang how things have changed.


Here goes Box 1:

Up first we have the 1 and only Braves I pulled from the 8 packs, a Gold Foil, Black Foil, and Power Zone. The Brave and Cano are the only keepers here.

Now the vertical inserts/parallels. Two keepers here too, the Gold Ichiro, and Rizzo.  Now for the base cards (I like usual haven't checked to see if any were variations, oh yeah retail doesn't have any SPs).

Box 1 was loaded with horizontal cards (more than half), I'm looking and hoping box 2 is different. Trumbo hits the mini collections. There's bat barrel Nick may want to find.

Thats it for the upright cards. Moving on to

Box 2:

Same number of inserts, but only 1 was horizontal, liking this box so much better. Add in Chipper Gold Brooks, another Rizzo, and Altuve and the same number of keepers. The Hazelbaker is a Rainbow foil.

25/25. And you can see the card backs.

Bell hits my mini collections, and that Mattingly looks cool.

Love the clock.

I like the 2nd box better. Well, here's to hoping they busted a bunch of this set at my next card show, and I can pick up a bunch for a dime.