An AMAZING DAY! TRADE NIGHT GALORE!!!! EPIC CARDS OF MOMENTOUS MAGNITUDE WITHIN!!!!

Ok, so trade night was tonight... things got crazy... but before I even get to those things, I picked up the mail along the way and got this AMAZING CARD in from eBay!

Sorry it didn't scan all that well, I kept it in the magnet case! OMG.... AWESOME.... back side:

What an amazing book! I am SUPER pumped to have this in my collection now. Easily the centerpiece of my Biggio collection!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!

And in a separate package, I picked up this nice relic:

I was hoping to pick one of these up for a long time and finally found one at a price I liked and pulled the trigger!

Ok, so that is pretty great and all... here's where it gets crazier... trade night. Lots of product being busted and the wife & I went a little crazy with it being our last trade night in Alabama (most likely we'll be moving to Amarillo in about a month or so...). So the card shop owners have become great friends, and I'm telling you, you'll never find more genuine, honest and great guys. I'm really going to miss them and their shop. They presented me with the following as a thanks for hanging around and spending a ridiculous amount of money over the last 2.75 years:

WHAT?!?!?! Yea, I was floored. I did my best to not completely geek out and be appreciative. These guys have been like brothers to me and they know I've had my eye on this card for about 2 of the 2.75 years I've been here! Wow, awesome card. Can't believe it still. BigHitSportsCards, just an awesome shop.

But like many informercial salesmen I have to say, "But wait, there's more..." There was trade night! Pack wars! Boxes being busted! I won a prize ($50 off my tab) but the bigger thrill was some of the great cards I pulled... from a couple boxes of Triple Threads (the Walker is from a group break and came in the mail today as well):

Lots of great looking cards there! That Giants trio is numbered /9! Anyways, I love Triple Threads and all of the base cards in the boxes were ones I needed as well! If nothing else, I've got myself a bunch of decent trade bait!

Alright, you'd think that's it, but it's not... the wife got to ripping Golden Age and Goodwin... and we pulled this RARE redemption!

WHOA! Lucky!!!!!! We've redeemed it, although instantly regretted it as it may ship right about the time we move, depending on UD speedy-ness. May have to go in an change my address to one where I know it's not going to change between now and then! But a freaking sweeeeeeeeeet stroke of luck.

She didn't do too shabby on the Golden Age either:

Tatum O'Neal! That's the second auto of hers we've pulled, sold the first for $80! Great looking autos, even got a jockey! The relics are sweet too, Grace Kelly, Knute Rockne, Yogi Berra and Barry Williams. That Eve Plumb is a white bordered SP! 

I also went with one box of Museum Collection, not the greatest results but definitely more trade bait!!!

That Billingsly is out of just 10 while the Gwynn is out of /25! Not too bad! 

Ok, so one more... I picked up a box of 2009 UD Signature Stars just because it was cheap and why the heck not... here's what I got:

Kolten Wong, I've at least heard of him! Tony Wolters, not so much... oh, and Daniel Murphey, not too bad either! Solid box for the price I paid for it.... oh wait, this box guaranteed 4 hits, you say? Where's the 4th hit? Oh, just this catcher from Team USA, have you heard of him?????

AND BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My first ever Bryce Harper auto pull!!!!! Out of a cheap throw away purchase just to open something different! WHOA!!!!! I instantly had a guy asking if I'd trade it away. I don't think so, think I'm holding onto this one for a while! 

That'll wrap up today's mail and trade night post. Sorry for all the scans, just couldn't hold back on showing stuff off!!!!!!!!! 

If there is anything you're interested in trading for on here, by all means please let me know. And Wes (Jaybarkerfan's Junk), it was great seeing you again tonight at trade night here in Mobile! Had a blast and hope you enjoyed it once again! 

Ok, off to try and get some sleep.... wow... what a night!

More Mail... As Promised!

Wow, a post from the Dimwit two days in a row?!?!?!?!? CRAZY! Ok, so I wrote yesterday's and today's posts at the same time but give me credit for writing at least two posts... it's a miracle...

Alright, first up are some awesome cards from north of the border... Canada, eh? CANADA! Where I get an awesome card of a Canadian Astro from Doug at Sportscards from the Dollar Store.

Holy Maple Leaf that is an AWESOME ORANGE CARD of Terry Puhl!!!!! Terry was a great fully time and then utility OF for the Astros for years. Great to get a unique card of a guy who will probably never get a mainstream Topps memorabilia card! The Andre relic card is just plain sweet and the Ryan disk is intimidating... he's starring me down... alright Nolan, starring contest... 1, 2, 3. GO!........................................ ok you win, make that 325 wins for his career...

And the last trade post that was lagging is from new-to-me blogger Matt over at the epically named blog: Bob Walk The Plank. We need more Pirates bloggers!

I'm sure Matt bought/obtained the Appel auto after the Pirates took him two years ago, but then failed to sign. His loss is my gain! That Bagwell is SICK and numbered out of just 47! Why 47? Because Donruss doesn't pander to my OCD's, THAT'S WHY! .... must....have....round... numbers.....

Alright, I'm going to go have a breakdown... you all have a great Saturday.... ebay goodies may start hitting the blog tomorrow.... if you're lucky...

Mail Days Are My Favorite!

I have a huge stack of mail piled up on my computer desk right now! Lots of packages!

So lets get started with a group break package from... well, I can't remember which breaker site I entered this break, but it was a half case of Museum Collection 2014.... there are Bagwell autos in this product! (SHOCKING!!!) So I took a chance... this company rewards you with a pack or two if you go hitless, thus the auto I received in the free pack:

Whoa! A Geno Smith auto out of a free pack! Sweet! And a Bagwell base out of the Museum Collection part of the break... Is it sad I'm just as excited about the Bagwell as I am about the auto?

Next up we have my buddy Jeroen from across the Atlantic, in the wonder land known as Netherlands. I want to go some day, the Dutch seem like such a happy group, and I want to ride some bikes across their country... Jeroen, let's make this happen... haha! Anyways, he sent along a huge stack of Astros, here's the highlights:

I threw Oswalt and Berkman up there since they are officially retiring as Astros in a pre game ceremony tomorrow night! The Wallace auto is pretty sweet and of course I had to find a Bagwell and Biggio to throw in there! Thanks Jeroen!

Next up is Jeff from 2 x 3 Heroes, I'm not sure what I did to deserve these cards, but he said they were long over due, so by all means I'll gladly show them off!

Jeff sent a huge stack 'o Astros so I cherry picked the best ones out! A couple of SWEEEET cards of future Astros major leaguers, Springer and Correa. They certainly impressed in Spring Training. Sweet Bagwell swatch as well! Thanks Jeff!


I'll stop there for now, I've got two more trades to show off! One from Canada and another that I had to walk the plank for! Finally, I'll have a series of posts on some MAJOR PC collection additions, including some highway robbery on eBay for some awesome patches! Stay tuned!

Redeemed!!!!

Got an unexpected package in the mail yesterday from Panini! I had submitted a Jeff Bagwell redemption a little while back from their Pastime set that I bought off eBay!

That my friends is how you do an unlicensed product. Great design. On card autograph. Big open area for the autograph. Find a picture where you can crop it in close and then have his sunglasses rest across the hat logo that would have been obscured anyways. LOVE this card! And that's without even mentioning that it's numbered out of just 75!

A Blaster of A&G

Picked up a blaster this weekend... here's the highlights:

Yep. two cards.... I needed the UVB-76 and the Zimmerman is just a nice jersey swatch!

Got some great stuff on the way from eBay and COMC to show off this week! Can't wait!

2011 Gypsy Queen Photo Show Off!

A fellow 2011 Gypsy Queen collectory, Ryan, (@RyansPitch) and I got to chatting about the set the other day, and he was curious if I had pictures of my complete collection of mini and full sized relic from the set, as well as my autograph set that is only (4) autos away from completion at this point! Well, I grabbed the iPhone and took some shots, hope everyone enjoys this a bit!

Wow, that's a bunch of cards! And yes, that Sandberg at the end is a 10! Well, hope you all enjoyed!

Cards with Cheese Sauce On Them

I got an envelope in the mail the other day from Chris over at Nachos Grande. I had claimed a random Astros card a while back and I think he grew tired of it sitting there on his desk, so he graciously packaged it up and threw in a few extras for the hell of it. I've got a return PWE on my desk for the next mail box run with his name inked on it, so get ready Chris! Here's my side of the loot!

How about that Custom A&G likeness? Awesome /10 custom auto from the man himself. I'll never argue with a Nolan Ryan being sent my way. And in the top left is the card I coveted, the John Hudek silver signature from UD Collector's Choice! Back in the day before fancy numbering and limited edition refractor craziness, these silver and gold signature parallels were some of the best inserts there were! Thanks Chris!

Speaking of PWE's waiting on my desk, I've got A BUNCH! Here are the zip codes or areas of the country that'll be going out this weekend (provided one or two of you confirm addresses or card wants with me in time!)

77546
78620
19426
13601
02445
16933
Netherlands (we all know who this is!)
North Dakota (Matt, I need an updated address for you!)
N2H 5M5

If you feel I owe you something or you've been waiting for something from me and you don't see your zip code there, let me know! I want to make one big run to clear out all the stuff I owe to my friends out there, and I know I've been negligent lately with getting things out timely. I'm trying to get better about it, I promise!!!!

2014 Topps Heritage - Wants and Duplicates

Ok, here's the official "Wants" and "For Trade" lists for 2014 Topps Heritage:

WANTS

Short Prints
426, 427, 429, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 437, 439, 441, 445, 447, 450, 452, 456, 464, 466, 467, 473, 476, 477, 480, 483, 484, 487, 491, 494, 499, 500

Inserts:
New Age Performers
Myers, Bogaerts, Darvish, Puig


And now for the stuff I have available for trade:


FOR TRADE

BASE
TONS OF BASE CARDS!!!! Send me a want list on 1-425 and I'll help you out as best I can.

SP's
433, 446, 446, 453, 459, 459, 479, 479, 481, 481, 485, 485, 485, 493, 493

SSP's
Action Shot Variations - Chris Davis - 475; Clayton Kershaw - 300; Hyun-Jin Ryu - 84; Mike Trout - 250; Hanley Ramirez - 437; Max Scherzer - 493; Justin Verlander - 430

Inserts:

New Age Performers:
Stanton, Harper, Strasburg, Alvarez, Davis

Then & Now:
Koufax/Kershaw, Mays/Davis, McCovey/Votto, McCovey/Votto, Gibson/Wainwright, Willis/Ellsbury, Willis/Ellsbury

Baseball Flashbacks:
Astrodome, Bob Gibson, Ernie Banks

News Flashbacks:
Aleksei Leonov, Bill Cosby, Muhammed Ali

1st Draft:
Nettles, Nettles, Nettles, Bench, Ryan, Ryan, Ryan

Buybacks:
Wade Blasingame - Braves - #44 - 1965 Topps

Box Toppers - Advertising Panels:
World Series - "PAPI" POPS TWO Hs ; Joe Kelly ; Stephen Drew
AL Batting Leaders - Cabrera, Mauer, Trout; Dayan Viciedo; Luke Hochevar
J.J. Hardy; Trevor Rosenthal; Miguel Gonzalez

Anything highlighted is already on the way in trade, or claimed by a trader. Thanks!

2014 Topps Heritage

I went a little crazy at the card shop yesterday.... needless to say I have a complete base set 1-425. There are about 40 SP's that I still need. I've got duplicates of SP's and base cards galore!

If you have a needs list, email it to me and we can see if we can work out a deal. There are a few inserts I need and then of course the SP's. Anyways, let me know what you got! I have some of the Action Shot SP's, one Logo Variation SP and an Andrew McCutchen "Error Card" variation.

I'll get some scans up, and a needs list, soon.

Thanks for stopping by everyone!

Another one bites the dust...

As many of you know, I've been putting together the complete autograph set of 2011 Topps Gypsy Queen for some time. I'm down to just a handful, and the other day a pretty rare one popped up on eBay and my wonderful wife told me to GET IT! This card was originally a redemption in the live product, and at this point the redemptions expire next month so any that are left unredeemed only create more scarcity of this card. Even in the live product, this was a GROUP E level auto and thus the odds were in the range of 1:1422 hobby packs or 1:3200 retail packs. Needless to say, there are not a lot of these floating around:

Sweet looking Roy Halladay auto! It's not as off centered as it looks (I blame the scanner for not getting the full edges).

This leaves me with just (4) autographs from this set: Hank Aaron (Group E), Sandy Koufax (Group E), Ryan Howard (Group E - and the only sticker auto in the set) and Mike Stanton (Group D). The original autograph checklist is much longer than the actual checklist that made it to pack-out. There are quite a few names on that list that never got made (Brett Wallace for instance, who I was able to confirm as a non-pack-out auto via Topps "customer service"). I can absolutely foresee being able to pick up the Stanton and Howard some day, however I just don't know if the Koufax or Aaron will make it into my collection. Both are so rare and so expensive. There are a couple of Aaron's floating around eBay right now but it's literally been years since I've seen a Koufax and even with the product came out I only saw a few.  But I'll keep plugging along and hopefully someday maybe I'll find a blaster or two on a discount rack and hit it big!

Sorry for the long stretch between posts, life once again finds a way to keep me away from the hobby, although you wouldn't guess it based on the way my desk looks right now!