Mail x 5 and Writing On My Other Blog

I'm not really sure who knows, but before I started this blog, I wrote primarily on my other site, Bean's Ballcard Blog.  I'm going to be writing more hobby-related pieces (as opposed to writing here about personal collecting).   If you haven't already, please follow, subscribe, etc. to my other blog.

Today I wrote a piece discussing iconic cards.  Hopefully you'll take a look.

After a few days off over the weekend, Memorial Day and a couple days of job interviews, I posted a mailday post today on YouTube.  If you haven't, please give me a subscription and some likes on videos.  It does mean a lot and help keeps people going, no differently that bloggers with views and comments.

Today's post includes junk wax, buybacks and a 1990s autograph.




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Make sure if you're shopping online (including eBay) that you're using ebates.  Four times a year, the amount I get back is put into my Paypal account, and I have it for more cards.  Click on that link and once you've spent $25 (remember to go THROUGH ebates), you'll get $10 put into your account.  

My Sports Card Direct store - If you're only interested in a card or two, I can do PWE shipping and save you the money.  Just gotta let me know.  

Finally, please help me out by subscribing to my YouTube page and liking videos.  It does help out a lot.  You can also follow me on Twitter at @beansbcardblog.

2018 Trading Card Database Trade #25 - T206

This trade with Trading Card Database user T206 did not contain any T206 cards, unfortunately.


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Make sure if you're shopping online (including eBay) that you're using ebates.  Four times a year, the amount I get back is put into my Paypal account, and I have it for more cards.  Click on that link and once you've spent $25 (remember to go THROUGH ebates), you'll get $10 put into your account.  

My Sports Card Direct store - If you're only interested in a card or two, I can do PWE shipping and save you the money.  Just gotta let me know.  

Finally, please help me out by subscribing to my YouTube page and liking videos.  It does help out a lot.  You can also follow me on Twitter at @beansbcardblog.

2018 Trading Card Database Trade #24 - bwvjones -or- Bravos Buybacks

The three cards that I acquired in this trade didn't have any images on TCDB at the time of the trade.  I was surprised to find that all three players were pictured in Braves uniforms, since all the cards I sent in return were Braves.  I guess he just doesn't like buybacks and I benefit!  

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1970 #367 Mike Lum 

Collectors have really been excited about the 2017 and 2018 Heritage designs.  I'm looking forward to this design, which will be used next year.  I might actually attempt the Heritage set.  Probably not. But maybe.  

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1976 #281 Dave May 

I love these uniforms.  The Braves should bring them back full time. 

 

2015 Topps - Topps Originals Buybacks 1976 #364 Elias Sosa 

Those badass warmup jackets need to come back too.  Viva la 1970s!!!

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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 earlier this month.

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 #23 - minibbcards -or- Another Mini Trade

I posted in the TCDB forums that I was looking for buybacks and a (not-so) old trade partner got ahold of me about a trade.  When I was in Birmingham I picked up a bunch of mini cards knowing he'd be interested.  It was easy to make our trade.  

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Bronze #654 Ron Pruitt  

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Blue #537 Mark Grant 

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Bronze #8 Bobby Thigpen 

I wonder how many modern card collectors/baseball fans have no idea that for a time, Bobby Thigpen held the single-season saves record.  

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Silver #446 Craig Grebeck 

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Silver #717 Steve Farr  

It's not exactly a beauty, but it is a card number in the 700s and may be in the set for awhile.

2017 Topps - Rediscover Topps Stamped Buybacks Silver #485 Kevin Millwood 

Thanks for the trade!  

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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 #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 #20 - alanschwarz -or- And a Buyback In a Pear Tree...

Most of my recent trades through TCDB have involved buybacks.  My trading partner on this one only had one, but had some of those much maligned insert sets with the 1987 Topps design. 

There was one buyback.  All buybacks are loved. 

2014 Topps - 75th Anniversary Buybacks 1973 #427 Rick Auerbach

Thanks for the trade, Alan!

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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.

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 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!