Monday Mini

I have way too many "mini" collections. In the past I've cleared these out or at least thinned them down a bit. It is Famous Names or Names binder. Where I take an athlete that shares a somewhat same name as another celebrity be it an athlete or not. Sometimes though it is super difficult to find a trading card for the counterpart and I must rely on others for help. One such person is none other than Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown. He helps out with some customs.

Customs like these. One of these days in the not so far future I will post the complete binder.

Gavin does a fine job, front and back and I put all my faith in his own creativity to whatever design he chooses.

When I do scan up this binder which is already full, and I only have half of the cards that I need it will take many consecutive posts. I still have a lot of cards to obtain that are out there.

And a handful more customs (fingers crossed) that I've realized I will eventually need.

This was a great movie, educational you might say. (RE: the first 2 Charlie Wilson's above)

How cool would it have been if the 3rd Charlie wrote or played the one of the songs for the movie?

Another great movie.

And look Gavin gave it a 1/1.

That's right folks Howard Johnson was a restaurant before it was a hotel or baseball player.

More from Gavin tomorrow.  Thank G-Man, I really appreciated this.

Shadow Shots

It is time to reach back into the farthest corners of your mind.

You're going to need to hit that imagination button to figure out what is seen in these shadows.

I could say a baby elephant with this one.

Champs' shadow is just not there, and I don't know what to make of that shadow on the card.

Okay, I'll say a pistol with a broken trigger guard, lol.

Whatever this is, is jumping at you.

P-Town trade

Not long ago I posted some of the 2017 Archives, and I had pulled a double Kris Bryant retail
coin, Tom reached out, and I sent it and some other Cubbies his way. He returned fire with a padded bubble mailer of his own.

These are just a few of the cards Tom sent my way, and I needed them all.

Silver parallel.

Gold Rush.

Toy's R Us Rookies.

Came with it's Treat certification.

Green parallel.

 
A very heavy Medallion.  Tom also sent a Spahn MLB Debut, but I did have that one.

Wrapping up the highlights with this very shiny autograph of Darrell Evans. As a kid (back when you listened to the Braves games on radio when they weren't on t.v.) I remember Mr. Evans, a couple of my girl cousins had a crush on him.  Another  note from my childhood, you could sit in the nose bleeds at Fulton County Stadium for a a buck fifty sometimes for the same price field level all the way down right field line.  Try that these days........

The rest of the......

Okay, as I mentioned yesterday my focus was stay with the cheap stuff. I strayed a bit.

Not on this auto. I got it for a buck, as it is not certified verified or anything and it was from a dealer I've spent a lot with this year.  But he and I both agree it looks legit, it was in a box of vintage cards he bought at the show and I got to go through it before he did, yeah me. Either way, a buck!

Okay, this one is tad rough, but the price was right in my alley.

In fact, I picked up this trio for a total of $30.00. So far, I've stuck to my guns.

Now, the McCovey RC might have pushed the limit, but I found this one for a mere $19.00. I have no idea why, it looks great to me. The other  Cup card (both needed for that mini collection) was a buck.

Even this Mantle to cross the line at $18.00

But this one did. Even with the pin holes specifically and exclusively on the Mick himself (somebody obviously didn't care for him). Even though I dropped some coin on this one I still consider it to be on the cheap. I scanned this card Tuesday night when I got back to Georgia, low & behold while reading blogs, Brian (HSCA) posted a graded version of this card that very night.


Enjoy the weekend!

July 1st card show

Last Saturday I made it to the Jax. card show. I had previously posted that I would be trying to stick to the cheap stuff this go around.  A few of the regular's weren't there this time, and that was a bummer because those are the guys that I get really good deals on. Let's see how I did with what I had to work with.

2003 SP Authentic the tenth anniversary. One dealer had a bunch of $5.00 complete sets on a table.
I grabbed this one and.....

this one. Yes, Fick is a Braves card and I count Glavine too as he is in his Braves uniform. I have mentioned recently that once I am home I plan on cleaning out. By that I mean a lot of the sets I built and/or are building will be discontinued. I'll pull out the keepers for the PC, Braves, and any mini collection needs. The rest will go into the trade boxes which I have to dump on those too. These two sets were hard to pass up for a Lincoln. I haven't decided if these are two of the "brands" set builds that I will be making light of, but more than likely.

I grabbed this set too, and I know I will be pulling out what I want here. I had made up my mind about two months ago to thin the set builds down to mainly the Major base or flagship brands like Topps, Upper Deck, Score, Fleer, Bowman, Pacific, and Donruss. But on this last trip home I had some encouragement to do so. I have a hundred or so large/full complete sets already, but they are in 800 ct. boxes and not in binders. The shelf that these sets plus all of the smaller sets were sitting on is collapsing, several brackets have popped out of the wall and left a terrible sag in the middle. so I pulled out about a third and set them on the floor figuring t his should last until I get back home. I certainly hope so.

A dealer had a box of autos and relics, etc. with prices as marked, but told me not to worry about we'd work it out. so I pulled these Braves cards.

I wound up pulling 3 doubles here, and I also grabbed a nice Biggio you'll see in a moment for $2 or $3.00 each. I was feeling a relic itch, so I found another dealer with some cheapies.

Springer, yes.

That Frank Robinson isn't a relic card, not sure what it is really.

There's the Biggio I mentioned earlier. I think this is the point I stop and will resume tomorrow. But the relics above were right around a buck a piece.

Wacky Wednesday

Back in GA. Computer and scanner in one place. I'll have a fun show/post for you tomorrow night. Heck, I may make it last two posts. Tonight brings us more Wacky Packages from ANS 9.

The ad/coupon backs.

More backs.

Back when I was first collecting Wacky's in the mid 70's, the first couple of puzzles I remember was Planet of the Grapes, and Badzooka. Back then just one puzzle to a 33 card set. I like that better.

That's all folks (for tonight and Series 9). I have to scan up the rest of my new Wackys.

A Teaser

I'm in Florida for the night and without my scanner. I've got a card or two to scan when I get back to Georgia tomorrow. For now I'll just show a couple of Hank Aaron items that I picked up recently.

The scuff is on the top loader not the card.

1968 coke cap #B3.

Rusty ain't it?

Happy 4th of July (Independence Day). Thanks to all veterans for everything!

Shadow Shots

A Quickie for sure.

A stork?

A hand grabbing.

Tucan!

A staple remover.