Still catching up a some great envelopes received here are Chateau 2x3. One blog that I find a wealth of great info is Lifetime Topps. Charles decided to collect the base Topps set for each year since his birth. Now there is a project. It's also a site with some awesome need lists that I am more than willing to fulfill. Charles replied in kind for the cards I sent, and does Charles know how to fill an envelope.
I didn't scan off the 2012 and '13 Gypsy Queen, but he knocked a few off the needs lists.
Those? Oh, just the last 3 Heritage I needed for the base set. And the Kinsler is another SP off the list.
MINIS!!! The three A&G were needs, and the Thomas GQ turns out to be a card I don't have. NICE!
COLORED PARALLELS! Hmmm - that doesn't carry the same sound as 'minis'. But I do love me some gold, Target and sparkle White Sox parallels. Charles could have stopped here and I would have felt like I get the better side of the trade. Then he added these three and it was a slam dunk.
With the train wreck (in my opinion) of the whole Turkey Red online deal, I gave a crap about the Sox in the set. Now I have half of them. They are pretty sweet in person. I may have to work on the Sale and Peavy if I can find them at a good price. I hate last year's Heritage, but I don't hate them when they are chromed!
Charles, thanks a bunch for the great trade.Now go help Charles and his base set needs.
Every Thursday, I post a card showing a ballplayer wearing a throwback uniform from my collection. Hopefully, he will be wearing it well, with proper pants blousing. I'll try not to duplicate a uniform. The picture may be from the front of the card, or the back. Enjoy the uniforms from years past.
Scott Erickson - 1995 Upper Deck - Minnesota Twins
I don't need to go too much into Listia. I think we all know what it is, and how it works, blah blah blah.... I think we also know that people on there are frigging out of their minds thinking some '90 Score card of Brian Holman is worth 499 credits. Free or not - that's real money in my book. But, from time to time, something will come on Listia that makes it worth the effort. This is the culmination of one of those times.
See, about a month back, an auction hit for a Panini National Trasures booklet of Lance Berkman. Now, there isn't a binder on Lance here at Casa Dos por Tres. However, there is an avid collector of Mr. Berkman in Alabama. Here's what was listed.
I was fairly certain that while the swatch was not Lance as an Astro, I was sure the Dimwit would be interested. Also, what the hell else did I have to spend my 20k+ of credits I have earned from surveys? After an intense bidding war, I snagged this for just under 8400 credits. Listia math puts that about $28. But since I sold nothing to get the credits, it was free to me. I have had my eye on a card from Dimwit's trade bait, and I knew this could wedge it from his hands....
....only to learn it was already promised to someone else. CURSES!!!
I'll get you next time, Plaschke! And your fantasy wife too!
So I had to come up with a plan B. Which, after a lot of white board work, came down to "Hey Sam - let me know what you want to trade for it". One of my better plans, if I say so myself. It took Sam less than a week to come up with the perfect trade. In the package came some new...
Some old...
YUMMY VINTAGE! And the prize of the trade was this...
Errrr.....well that didn't scan so well. Let me try this another way.
Ahhh - much better. My original plan was to swap the booklet for a Pee Wee Reese relic card. After that fell through, Sam offered a TriStar certified autograph of Harold Baines. Well hell yeah! This is my first autograph on a baseball, and I couldn't ask for a better player.
So, children, what have we learned? Free can be pretty dang cool.
Every Thursday, I post a card showing a ballplayer wearing a throwback uniform from my collection. Hopefully, he will be wearing it well, with proper pants blousing. I'll try not to duplicate a uniform. The picture may be from the front of the card, or the back. Enjoy the uniforms from years past.
Albert Belle - 1998 Upper Deck - Chicago White Sox
I should have expected that Jaybarkerfan would not leave his bombing at just 6 envelopes. Sure enough - 4 more arrived yesterday. None today, so maybe 10 will be the final count. A fine, fine final count if you ask me. So, let's look at the best 3 again in each penny sleeve - 8 sleeves to view.
A nice 91 Leaf of Big Frank. Great shot of Ozzie on the 86 Topps All Star set. Love the kick up of dirt from the bat. I have that Thome Upper Deck X, but I need one for my throwbacks binder. Not any more.
Needed that 05 Topps of AJ. A Topps Ultimate Archives of Bill Wilson. And dig the specs on Kelly!
Vintage-y. Tolleson and Fregosi are gazing longingly into the future. I love seeing Flecher choking up on the bat a bit. Don't see players doing that much these days.
Lot of white space on the Just Minors of Lumsden, but I like that they used the team logo. I do not remember Flash being a Chisox. Early Wynn Archive - do I really need to say anything about that?
Pod-zillas are always welcome at 2x3 headquarters, based on this hit. More Frank, signing autos (yes, I know Nick....I know). And more Alex in the lovely yellow of Fleer.
A Ray Durham Finest that I released from its cover. Even more Big Hurt. And a nice Jose Valentin on the base paths of Comiskey.
I have pulled a few of those UD Premier Prospects from repack boxes, but never any player I cared about. This one....I care about. Vasquez in a Topps black parallel. There were three of those Score cards in the penny sleeve, all players sporting those beautiful stirrups.
The last sleeve had 10 cards, and picking just 3 was too difficult. You can see why. Rookie of Alex Fernandez. Great chops on the Spencer. Topps sticker of Melido Perez's no-hit. A blue parallel (#247/309) of a minor league prospect. Pauly 06 Topps Walmart exclusive. And that sweet Buehrle Cracker Jack. That is a set I should try and complete.
If you have been around the blogs, you know that Jaybarkerfan has been dropping PWEs like the Bible's got Psalms. I was his latest recipient, coming home Saturday to 6 envelopes. All total, I got about 75 cards in the envelopes. Jaybarker nailed it with a fine assortment of White Sox though the envelopes. About 6 cards per penny sleeve - let's pull the three best of each sleeve to show off.
Nice vintage DP card to start off the images. A mini from 1990 and an '82 KMart Allen.
Couple a Apaicios. I have the Fleer great as an auto, so I am glad to get the base. Dig Hoyt frontier-man beard. Suck it, Brian Wilson. Always love the Aparicio from the 2001 UD Hall of Fame set.
Love that picture's face, Ken. Documentary - a set I really need to complete (insert humor here). And a shiny of the Big Hurt.
More shiny with the Pearson Bowman. A great Marsh reprint from the Ultimate Archives, and a 89 UD of Hillegas, where the highlight is the beautiful stirrups on the back. Though the front has a great background of old Comiskey.
OCD ALERT! Nice to add another of the UD Prosig cards to my collection. A decent OPC of Konerko, cuz all the other 09 OPC suck).The Belle is a nice batting cage shot. The back is cool, too. I like the inserts of the old timers. Not sure how Belle relates to them, but it's still pretty neat.
Not sure when 322ft made someone a "hero", but ok. Like those All Time Great cards - so simplistic, yet classic. Was Frank ever that skinny?
Bowman of a guy in AAA ball. Nice All Star set from Topps. And a Fernandez. I liked Alex a lot - great young pitcher. Should have had a longer career.
Shiny Harold (that I had to release from the sticker. Frank praying about something. And a great vintage of Squires.
Addison Reed Bowman? Yes please. Harold Baines All Star? Yes please. Ed Farmer vintage? Err...sure!
The Thomas scan shows no justice. But take note, Panini. It's Pri-S-m done right.
Garland is another Sox I wish stayed in Chicago longer. Gotta love a Baines Sportflix. I'm must showing that Lee to get a rise out of the Dimwit.
Last, but not least, two great Buehrles with a sweet Crede All Star in the center.
Thanks again, Jaybarker, for the bombing. You sure know how to work a stamp.
Every Thursday, I post a card showing a ballplayer wearing a throwback uniform from my collection. Hopefully, he will be wearing it well, with proper pants blousing. I'll try not to duplicate a uniform. The picture may be from the front of the card, or the back. Enjoy the uniforms from years past.
