Show off!

For the past few posts, Dime Box Nick has been showing his haul from the Orland card show this past Sunday. Fortunately, I have different tastes in cards, so digging through dime and nickel boxes means we don't often cross paths on needs/wants. I missed the first table Nick hit, and I am a little mad at myself for that one, but I hit a few dime boxes here and there and scored some nice cards.

I pulled all but a dozen 2015 series 1 cards for one dealer (little help on what's left?), and I also scored the last cards I needed on UD series 1 hockey. Plus he had practically a whole Fleer Ultra set of Hawks, so I snagged those as well. Not all the cards were a dime, but I think they all averaged to a quarter or so.

The show really delivered the bunts. Fourteen new cards of players laying one down were scored from the vendors. How interesting is it that the Flair card has the uniform color changed when compared to the Chasing History card.

Four new throwback cards. I snagged the base of that Alvarez in the center. Nick pointed out to me that Middlebrooks is a throwback. That is a different cap then they normally wear, so I'll picked it up.

Half a dozen new double plays. Love those Museum Quality Pinnacle cards.

Technically, Nick pulled the Rowand and the Crede for my player collections. I receive a ton of the Ring of Honor cards - they are always Jermaine Dye. Good to know there are other Sox players in the set. I learned of the Brian Roberts card a year of so ago. Great broken bat card that split length wise.

Lastly, tons of Negro League cards were to be found. Great Of the Game is a killer set. It's even better when you put amazing players like you see here. I grabbed 10 or so from the set. Again - I need a binder for my Negro League cards. Hard to appreciate them when they are in a stack.

So that's a far showing of my haul. I dropped $15 buck I think at the show, and four of that was on one card. Certainly nowhere in the range of what Nick took home. But it was less about the cards and more about hanging out and talking cards with a good guy.

A storm of PWEs

Actually, that is a bit misleading. There has actually been a storm of every form of mailing here at the worldwide headquarters of 2x3 Heroes. I had my desk fairly cleaned off, but the past week or two has been a flood of incoming. And simply amazing incoming they have been. Whether 3 cards, half a dozen or more, the generosity is appreciated. No way my collection gets anywhere near it's level without the envelopes received. So a thank you for all in the past, and for those writing my address on a mailer.

Let's post a few thank you's for the world to see. First off, if you have Sox, but are tired of sending them to me, I can easily give you someone that may need them. Check out Jeff's needs at his blog My Sports Obsession. It's nice to have a place to send dupes, and vice versa. Jeff dropped four cards on me, and four great cards they are.

So clockwise, we have a Sale Chrome for the throwback binder, two Konerko cards for the Reds section of the Konerko player collection, and a kick butt Crede prospect card for the Crede PC. Always strange to see a player NOT in their usual uniform. Thanks Jeff, and like I said, chat him up if you are sick of sending me Sox. Or if you are sitting on a lot of pre 87 Topps/Fleer/Donruss.

Next up, is the Bipping threat of Pat from Hot Corner Cards. So far, his notes have just been "the boy calling wolf" Bippings. I still don't trust the guy. But I like him, when I get two separate PWEs like this.

(I was drunk on scan two. Or not drunk enough....I forget).

DPs, bunts and throwbacks. I guess he did some pulling prior to his recent card unloading, and I benefited. Dang, that 91 Weiss is sweet. Thanks again, Pat. But I still think you will truly Bip me.

Last up was an envelope just today. While I didn't get Bipped, I did get Hoyled from the great Mark Hoyle. He emailed me a week or so ago asking about the '75 White Sox team set. I mentioned what I was missing, and today he dropped a stuffed PWE on me.

That Dent, along with 4 others, puts me 4 cards short of the team set. I am going to start working on want lists, but that will take time. I will say I am pretty good on '73, '74 and '78, but at best half done on other years. Check out the Seals on Beck. I think those are the best throwback unis. Mark also dropped 10 Negro League cards on me.

It's through this community that I even know the Ted Williams set exists. And I never knew about this subset until a few month back when two showed up from Dime Box Nick (I think). Man, this are cool cards. Thanks again, Mark.

Ok - so I have just a couple more trades to showcase over the next days. Then, I think, I will start the week of Wes, cuz after he bombed the living hell out of my card room, it will take a week to show it off.