2018 Trading Card Database Trade #21 - CardsThatTimeForgot -or- A Favorite Buyback

This is one of my favorite trades on TCDB so far, because of one card that I picked up. 

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Bronze #366 Mark McGwire

The combination of writing this blog post and the recent sale of some Mike Trout card for $400k has me thinking about "iconic" cards and I'll probably write something about iconic cards on my other blog (Bean's Ballcard Blog).  I'll stop short of calling this an iconic card, but it's probably among my personal top 10 cards of the time I've been collecting.  The opportunity to add it as a buyback was something that I couldn't pass on.  During my first year of card collecting (1987) this was one of the cards I was always hoping to find in a pack as McGwire hit more and more homers on his way to the rookie home run record. 

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Bronze #US-326 Miguel Cabrera

Meh.

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-66 Daniel Murphy

I'm still not sure if I'm going to do this set. 

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I've decided to try selling on Sports Card Direct again.  Hopefully you'll take a look at my page and see if there's anything you're interested in.  I can always sell off the site and ship in a PWE if you're only looking for a card or two and don't want to pay $3 shipping.  I'm going to start listing more cards daily.  It's time to get out of a lot of my stuff.  

If you shop online and haven't signed up and used ebates yet, you're missing out.  I also use it on eBay to get money back from purchases there.  Between referrals and cash back, I've gotten over $150 in a year.  FREE CARDS!  Another $40 was depostied into my Paypal account last week.

If you're on Twitter, please give me a follow.  You can also find me on Trading Card Database.  I love trading cards, when it makes sense.  Happy collecting!

2018 Trading Card Database Trade #19 - vrooomed -or- SO MANY BUYBACKSSSSSS!!!

I don't know how many Phillies fans there are on Trading Card Database, but I know that two major trades have wiped out most of what I have.  They've also been two of my biggest and best trades for my collection.  In exchange for some Phillies and some mini cards from random sets, I was able to get all of these!

2014 Topps - 75th Anniversary Buybacks 1974 #199 Mike Kekich 

2014 Topps - 75th Anniversary Buybacks 1979 #462 Otto Velez

2014 Topps - 75th Anniversary Buybacks 1980 #31 Jay Johnstone

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1973 #36 Steve Barber

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1973 #56 Merv Rettenmund

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1973 #210 1972 World Series

I'm not sure what other #210 cards I have, but I have to think that this one will be tough to beat.

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1974 #16 Baltimore Orioles

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1974 #592 Ed Bane

In the last few days either on a blog or Twitter, someone was commenting on players wearing sunglasses on their cards.  How about these specs?

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1974 #639 Joe Lovitto

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1975 #32 Reggie Cleveland

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1976 #224 Jim York

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1976 #283 Merv Rettenmund

Anyone out there good enough at math to figure out the odds that I'd get two Merv Rettenmund cards in one trade package?

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1976 #371 Ellie Hendricks

 2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1977 #171 Ken Sanders

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1978 #97 Stan Bahnsen

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1979 #68 Joe Niekro

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1979 #129 Marty Pattin

 2016 Topps - Buybacks Blue Stamp #518 Tommy Boggs

2016 Topps - Buybacks Blue Stamp #628 Del Unser

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Bronze #27 Rick Leach

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Bronze #348 Ed Hearn

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Gold #251 Mark Lemke

I had to check.  Yes, this Mark Lemke is a glowback card.

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Gold #251 Mark Lemke

So, there you have (most of) it.  The package contained 23 buyback cards.  In addition were a few of the 2018 Topps 1983 design inserts.  I'm not sure how much I want to complete this set with my recent decision to get rid of most of my modern, but I'm leaving them on my want list because of how many other cards are currently in my traders.

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-10 Eric Thames

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-11 Matt Carpenter

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-20 Alex Wood

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-29 Harrison Bader

I follow baseball so little that I've never heard of Harrison Bader.

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-76 Ryan McMahon

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-93 Chris Sale

If you read this, thank you so much for the trade, Dan!  Hopefully we'll get the chance to work out another one down the road.

I've decided to try selling on Sports Card Direct again.  Hopefully you'll take a look at my page and see if there's anything you're interested in.  I can always sell off the site and ship in a PWE if you're only looking for a card or two and don't want to pay $3 shipping.

If you shop online and haven't signed up and used ebates yet, you're missing out.  I also use it on eBay to get money back from purchases there.  Between referrals and cash back, I've gotten over $150 in a year.  FREE CARDS!  I have another $40+ going into my Paypal account in the next couple weeks.

If you're on Twitter, please give me a follow.  You can also find me on Trading Card Database.  I love trading cards, when it makes sense.  Happy collecting!

2018 Trading Card Database Trades #13 - 16

I've decided to start posting these more in groups when I receive them all at once.  I'd probably stop posting them altogether, but I want to make sure to thank people and also promote what I've found to be a great site. 

Trade #13 - minibbcards

As you might surmise from his name, I traded back some mini Allen & Ginter cards for these.  That's all he collects, it appears.  This was my second trade with him. 

2012 Topps Update - 1987 Topps Minis #TM-144 Mark Trumbo

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-40 Ozzie Albies 

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-67 Ichiro

 2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-100 Wade Boggs

All of these are set needs.  On a somewhat loosely related note, my fiance and I have been watching "Cheers" on Netflix.  A few days ago there was an episode that Boggs guest starred on.  He walked into the bar, said who he was and none of them believed him.  Seriously?  I have never been to Boston and I would know him if I saw him.  They also pantsed him.  Good times! 

Trade #14 - SteelPerogie

This was also my second trade with him and it likely won't be my last.  There was a small issue, as one of the cards in the trade was shipped to someone else, but he certainly made up for it by replacing it with the Hank Aaron I needed for my set!

2017 Topps Gypsy Queen #314 Hank Aaron

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-64 Robinson Cano

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-35 Nelson Cruz

Trade #15 - 860502

This trade had a slight hiccup, but my trading partner went above and beyond to make it right.  When he went to pull the cards, he couldn't find the Dozier card.  If he'd just let me know, I wouldn't have even given it a second thought.  I've not been able to find cards myself.  However, he purchased it off another site and had it shipped to me.  The people that make things right and go above and beyond are those that make the hobby great. 

2017 Topps - 1987 Topps Baseball #87-69 Kenta Maeda

2017 Topps - 1987 Topps Baseball #87-99 Joc Pederson

2017 Topps - 1987 Topps Baseball #87-162 Carlos Gonzalez

2017 Topps Gypsy Queen #106 Hunter Dozier

Trade #16 - corozco

 2017 Topps Gypsy Queen #239 Asdrubal Cabrera

 2017 Topps Gypsy Queen #108 Giancarlo Stanton

 2017 Topps Gypsy Queen #191 Marcell Ozuna

 2017 Topps Gypsy Queen #12 Greg Bird

 2017 Topps Gypsy Queen #51 Kevin Kiermaier

2018 Topps - 1983 Topps Baseball #83-33 Michael Fulmer

All four trading partners were great and I have no concerns trading with them again.  In fact, I've completed 33 trades on the site since October and there's just been one person I'm not keen on trading with again. 

The best part about these four trades?  They were all PWE trades.  I paid less than $2 to ship my cards to the others and all were received without incident.  I wish I'd gotten active on the site years ago.  Regerts. 

If you shop online and haven't signed up and used ebates yet, you're missing out.  I also use it on eBay to get money back from purchases there.  Between referrals and cash back, I've gotten over $150 in a year.  FREE CARDS!

If you're on Twitter, please give me a follow.  You can also find me on Trading Card Database.  I love trading cards, when it makes sense.  Happy collecting!