Trade with Arpsmith

Arpsmith has been a long time reader of the baseball card blogs, and finally a few weeks ago he jumped in with his own. ARPSmith’s Sportscard Obsession. If it’s not on your blogroll, it should be!He mentioned that he had a couple Kenny Lofton cards and…

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Have you ever seen the “grab bags” at a card show ?  You know, the sealed up brown paper bags full of cards of your favorite team or sport selling for $1-2.  That’s what Kyle’s Blogarage Sale reminds me of. And I’m a sucker for them almost ev…

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In spite of any rumors you may have heard, I did not die. I did not move to Africa to become a missionary and I did not trade all my baseball cards for a cigar box full of Pokemon cards !I love to make trades. Sometimes I get a little too carried …

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When my daughter was younger and still considered my wife and I as “desirable company” (as if she had a choice), we could not walk past a toy aisle or a toy store without her trying to strike up a deal so that we could wander among the toys for, oh, I …

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It’s not real close, about an hours drive from my home. Its called Medina Sports Cards and Collectibles. Located in, well, Medina ,Ohio.I had a redemption card for week 5 of the Home Run Legends promotion. I figured there were some card shops up aroun…

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Way back in December, The Diamond King, ran a terrific contest .I was fortunate to win the above stack of cards. The best part of the stack is that they are all serial numbered ! My favorite was this Ultimate Bob Feller,and this Legendary Cuts Jim Tho…

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I happened to stop at Target on my way home tonight and Opening Day was on the shelf.Almost on the shelf.There is an unused checkout lane right next to the card aisle. The card distributors use this as a table when sorting new products. I’ve seen unope…

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…..there was a 12 box break. That’s right, 12 boxes of cardboard. Well, mostly cardboard, there was some Topps Tec involved. I’ve had this pile in front of me for way too long, just waiting to get photoized and posted. Well, the time has come ! Sorry…

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This is the third trade package that I’ve featured from Jack over at All Tribe Baseball in the last couple of weeks.  We’ve sent each other quite a few packages lately, often in spurts.  In fact, I recently sent a pair of envelopes his way in…

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The good news about my trade posts is that I’m now (almost) caught up with packages from before the start of 2012.  Between graduate school last semester and work this semester, it seems like time has been of the essence…and I suppose it didn’t …

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I started working on a couple of trades with Scott from the blog Scott Crawford on Cards and Jack of the blog ALL TRIBE BASEBALL at about the same time. My portion in each trade was the 2011 Topps Diamond Anniversary D-Backs Team Set. Both trades took …

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Jack (from All Tribe Baseball) and I have completed many trades over the last couple of years.  Lately we’ve sort of shifted away from formal trades to just sending each other packages at random times.  However, we still try to formalize the …

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The names listed in red are all the 2011 Topps Indian base cards I have.I think I have a complete set. Please correct me if I am wrong !I need all the parallels listed in black.As I acquire cards I will remove them from the list.28 Carlos CarrascoDiamo…

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I love to trade cards ! It seems like I almost never get a package without at least one card I need or want. Even with my terrible want lists ! (I am working on them) Night Owl sent a nice assortment of 2011 base cards. He even dug into Opening Day ! …

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I wanted to get some trade posts up this past week but it just didn’t happen. I’m really behind so I’m making time this week-end ! These Tribers came from The Angels,In Order. He wanted in on my Diamond Anniversary team break but, unfortunately, the An…

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I love a good mystery. Jack aka Baseball Dad over at All Tribe Baseball sent me a package that had a mystery in it.Here’s a note from Jack. Here is the 1/2 a play at the plate in question. It’s from the 1988 Panini sticker collection. I NEED the othe…

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Parallels. You’ve got to be kidding me ! This is where Topps went way over the edge. Now, I don’t mind chasing a parallel set, but nine different sets ! Ten if you count the Platinum 1/1. Give me a break ! The base card. I really like these cards. Clea…

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Whew ! This whole ordeal has been quite an affair. It’s been fun but I’m glad it’s about over. I still have have cards and packages everywhere !Just a few minutes ago I received a package from Dan over at It’s Like Having My Own Card Shop. We recently …

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This is the first installment of the Tribe cards I received, in trade, for the Diamond Anniversary Set I split up into team sets. I wasn’t going to post any until Saturday, but when I got started, I decided it was too big for one post. So this is appro…

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What list you ask ? Why, the parallel list, of course.There were only two places I hadn’t checked for 2012 Topps.K-Mart and Toys ‘R Us.Now I just need to check K-Mart.I found these individually bubble-wrapped packs at the Toy store. $2.99 per pack. Why…

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Late last year I had some thoughts rolling around in my head, they had plenty of room. (not a big head, just empty space). I was debating on what the new year would bring to card collecting and this blog. Many of you have had posts about your personal …

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Marie, over at A Cardboard Problem, always sends some great stuff !Over the past couple of years she has really helped out my wrapper collection, as you will see.She also sent some cards, so let’s look at them first. I needed both of these update base …

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I saw a post over at Crinkly Wrappers.He had some Australian Baseball League cards.That was a first for me, I had never seen them before.Actually, I was intrigued by the wrappers. I wanted one ! After some discussions about Topps stickers, which actual…

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Everyone is always looking for the answer to life. How do I find that secret way to the land of milk and honey ? to the utopia of Shangri – la ?Maybe, just maybe, Night Owl discovered the way to find that magical doorway !!A few weeks ago he made a com…

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Anyone reading this bottom of the totem pole blog surely knows of Nachos Grande’s trade stacks. I’ve requested two or three of them over the past few months. For him, it is a great way to get rid of some cards and get something he needs for his collect…

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League Park. Home of baseball history in Cleveland.Babe Ruth hit his 500th HR here.Cleveland stopped Joe D’s hitting streak here.The Negro League Buckeyes played here.Louis Sockalexis played here.The 1920 World Series Champion Cleveland Indians played …

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Now I’m starting to get excited about baseball ! The 2012 Cleveland Indians press tour made a stop at Great Northern Mall last night. Our oldest son, Josh, and I were there. For those of you not familiar with Cleveland Indians baseball, This is Ketchu…

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Imagine close to your ugliest day at work. I’m having it today. Throw in a sleep-robbing cough and there is no time for nothing today.So here is a simple showing of cards from Baseball Dad at All Tribe Baseball:Baseball Dad sent the stamps, too. He and…

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I was amazed to find Cheryl Burke on our kitchen island tonight !Well, not literally. That would have been amazing, but my wife would never let that happen !This is the second time in my collecting career that I have received a redemption card. The las…

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I love Goodwill Stores.But what is Goodwill?The following two paragraphs came from the Goodwill website.For nearly 110 years, Goodwill® has been an entrepreneurial leader, environmental pioneer and social inn…

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The Tradin’ BoxHere’s how it works :All you have to do is have a favorite team and request a trade. I will fill the the box with 50-75 cards from the team of your choice, and send it to you. Once you have it in your hot little hands, you review the con…

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Happy New Year !! I’ll forewarn you, this is a long post, but there are a lot of pictures so bear with me!First of all, this was a Christmas present from my oldest son Josh.Yep ! This is the patch that all the Tribe players wore, this past season, in h…

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Jolly old Santa Claus is not the main focus of this holiday, but he has been a major player during the season for many, many years. There have been many renditions of him through the years, and here are a few.What ever you are celebrating this time of …

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At least I think it’s my Secret Santa !The return address says ” Sanity Clause”, from Acworth, Ga.That must be Santa’s summer home, ’cause everyone knows he lives at the North Pole.The little kid in me ripped open the box and right on top was a note sa…

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I haven’t had much time for posting lately. We’ve been preparing for the upcoming holidays.This is my new baseball Christmas tree. I have always had a small one on top of computer desk in the past, but this year I upgraded to 3′ one. I added a few more…

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