I recall a guy on the Beckett board coming, new user, coming in and declaring his chase for one of the white frame sets. Everyone chuckled and said good luck, they being 1/1s, but a couple months later he posted what he had accumulated so far and he had I think 50+ already and everyone was in...
I was excited to pick up the Mike Schmidt recently for my 2010 Exquisite set.
I was also extremely excited that the Phils are going to be in the London series this year. I love London, though I've not been back in a long time. This seemed like a perfect reason to head over, but flights...
Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Goes from the Big Red Machine winning two rings to the Yankees at the start of their 70s dynasty. He didn't play in the 1978 postseason but I assume he got a ring that year, and never pitched again.
from...
When I requested my last shipment January 5 (expected this week but now not until mid-March) there were 350,000+ items ahead of mine. There are currently still about 250,000. I don't like to think about the logistics of managing that many cards so I can't complain but man, it does take the fun...
Getting to be such that I can copy-paste my goals with minimal editing.
1) Continue chipping away at my 2021 Heritage Superset. I had been planning to transfer my mania to the 2024 Heritage set as 1975 Topps is my all-time favorite set, but it does not seem to be in the cards. They continue to...
Yes, they usually debut the design months ahead of time, but I expect things will change with Fanatics taking over fully and working out their own planning and scheduling. They do seem to favor holding all info until the last minute, though.
I like the design quite a bit. Something about it...
I follow Heritage on twitter and was floored when they posted it. All those packs, cellos and window boxes, just so clean. Straight outta Duryea. I asked if there was any 1971 Greatest Moments stuff, of which there has only been maybe 1 empty box ever found and I think a couple wrappers, but...
As a Frank Thomas collector, I decided long ago to focus only on his in-career cards, 1990-2008. As a big name in the sport and the hobby, I'm sure he'll be included in sets basically forever, and it's not like there is a shortage of stuff from his playing days. I have a few post-career cards...
Realistically, somewhere between 100-300. It's a subset card from a fairly unexciting set. But it is an Ohtani #/10. I see you have it starting at $500, which I believe is a real stretch. You MIGHT find one bidder, which is all you need, but I doubt it. I think it'd be better to start it at...
Updating my post on page 1 from 9 years ago.
Top 5 Sizemore needs
2006 Topps Blue #/10
2003 Topps 205 Bazooka back minis, both red and blue (RED acquired Summer 2023)
2005 Donruss Team Heroes Platinum #/10
2010 Topps Triple Threads Sapphire #/3 "2X Gold Glover" die-cut
Other Sizemore 1/1s
Top...
A couple new cards came in just in time for me to set up my shrine in front of the TV as lineups were announced last night.
My starting lineup
1) 2023 Topps Heritage Flip Stock (PR /5) Kyle Schwarber
2) 2023 Bowman Trea Turner
3) 2022 Topps Chrome Heart of the City Auto #/99 Bryce Harper
4)...
One thing I'm learning is the COMC pricing does not always track with ebay. I guess once you have cash built up, you tend to keep it in the system because of their ridiculous 10% cut to cash out. That appears to cause some sales to be higher than on ebay. I listed my Greinke for $75 and it...
I just looked at sold items on COMC for the first time in a while and saw there were 3 Mike Schmidts sold in one quarter a couple years ago. Did anyone here get them? That's one I still need, and will pay nicely for it if anyone wants to break it off. Same with Adrian Gonzalez, though that...
Parallels rule baseball now. People love to chase them, the rarer the better. I imagine the card companies love them because they are huge value-adds for the least possible amount of work and you don't have to have different photos and all that. And the more tiers the better, though there...