A ridiculously overpainted Jake Peavy

Another xmas gift for the wantlist:

I have the urge to offer it in trade to dayf but the card told a Chipper Jones card I had that it didn’t want to move to Atlanta. Then I thought about offering it to Wrigley Wax, but I traded some Khalil Greene cards instead to make room [...]

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Can someone explain to me why my 800 card Upper Deck set will not fit in an 800 count card box?
Man, I wish that Update release hadn’t be cancelled.   I could really use that box.
      

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One of my goals for the new year (in an effort to streamline collecting) is to focus on completing some sets ending in the year 9.  It’s a purely arbitrary bar to raise, but I’d rather be spending time and effort on some of the older sets I want rather then something like 2009 Upper [...]

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See this card?

It means that someone out there has completed their Upper Deck Masterpieces set. Or will have once the card I’m sending in return is delivered to their mailbox. My success here is helping others.
Time to wade through some trade requests. Normal-ish blogging should resume soon.
      

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I’m not going to be back everyday again for a little bit longer, but I wanted to ask a question about a card I got for xmas:

It’s one of the Topps Trading Card History cards from this year (well, tomorrow it’ll be from last year, I guess), Cameron Maybin in the style of 1992 Bowman. [...]

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I know this is too late for xmas, but I do have a birthday that falls shortly after this for folks in need of ideas:
…[I]n May 2009, …26 unopened cases of 1975 Topps Minis go up for sale through Robert Edwards Auctions in Watchung, N.J. The boxes come from the estate of lifelong collector Charlie [...]

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I’ve been trying to keep up with posting and work and Christmas shopping and the family, but it’s not working out very well for me right now.  So I thought I’d take this little bit of time to let you all know I’ll probably be done for now, but should return shortly after the holiday [...]

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Number of releases in 2002/03 - 36
Number of companies - 4
Highest priced RC from Upper Deck’s base set - 234 Henrik Zetterberg, BV $150 (Dec 2008)
2nd Highest - 232 Rick Nash, BV $100 (Dec 2008)
Number of releases in 2007/08 - 21
Number of companies - 1
Highest priced RC from Upper Deck’s base set - 227 Carey [...]

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I’m not sure what’s happening here anymore.  Since the End of Year Clearance thing, I’ve been receiving a package or two a day and been trying to keep up with these posts.  I sorted through some cards late last night so I’d be ready to knock a few of these posts out this morning.  When [...]

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I was looking around on the web the other day for the Fleer website, and in case anyone’s curious, www.fleer.com is no more.  It’s  now just a pointer to the Upper Deck website.
While the Fleer name has been owned by Upper Deck for a while now, as recently as three months ago there was a [...]

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I’ve been meaning to post and sing the praises of NHL.com for a while, but haven’t had the time until now.  One of the best things is that radio feeds of all games are still free, and now they’ve been couple with live stats and scoreboard (think of a MLB radio/gamecenter like hybrid).   I’m [...]

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Dave recently busted a Upper Deck Legends Masterpieces hockey box and talked of building a set.  I had a few duplicates, he had a few duplicates.  He had other needs from other sets, I had other needs from his set.  In the end, we are both winners, and our wantlists are slimmer.
I’m going to do [...]

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Now that we’ve examined Upper Deck’s hockey card philosophy, let’s take a look at more of their cards.
Pack 5
15 Pavel Kubina
30 Erik Johnson
79 Brendan Witt
HH7 Hockey Heroes Sidney Crosby

170 Dion Phaneuf
192 Erik Christensen
160 Duncan Keith
153 Jordan Leopold
I’m trying not to be catty in light of the last post, but apparently another innovation from the hockey [...]

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Every now and then, I buy a copy of Beckett’s magazine. And while at the local hobby shop purchasing supplies to send out more packages, I saw the December hockey issue on top of their sale stack, so I grabbed it, paid for it, and left wondering where I’d seen the cover before.
Inside is [...]

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Here’s a set I’m not actually working on but is quite popular out there in the world o’ blogs - Upper Deck Masterpieces.  While some of the cards are true works of art, there are many other cards that simply aren’t.  Those misses along with the short prints have up until now kept me from [...]

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Mario posted the images from the Beckett Blog, but I’m not anywhere I can post my own copies of them.  Odds are you’ve already seen the images by now anyway and have come to your own conclusions.  Here’s mine. 
First, 2009 Piece of History, which looks like 2008 Piece of History (or Artifacts, whatever) in a [...]

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Before I started the Year End Clearance idea, I got an email from Joseph at MLB Collector .  He said he had a few cards for me, and I found a few cards for him, and the rest is trading history. Well, it will be once his package gets mailed. And, by the way, I believe today [...]

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I know that you’ve been waiting with baited breath for the start of the hockey card avalanche, and it’s finally begun.  First up is Upper Deck’s flagship hockey release, with a design almost exactly like that of flagship baseball.  The only difference I can discern is the bar under the player’s name on these is [...]

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Upper Deck has now added a checklist to their website for what they call the “2008 MLB MLB MMOG Digital Set.”
I get that MLB is major league baseball.  MMOG stands for massively multiplayer online game. Digital seems pretty self explanitory.   Put it all together, and it seems that Upper Deck’s developing an online MMOG.
There’s more proof out [...]

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For a brief moment in time, I was actually thinking of chasing this set.  I still might, but I’m worried about a 5000 card set and quality control issues with Upper Deck. 
Anyway, Upper Deck has the images for Documentary on their website now (the first 300 cards, anyway).  Here’s a perhaps nitpicky thing that will [...]

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When I was at the big box store the other day for some more padded envelopes, and that ill-fated Timeline blaster, I grabbed one of the 80 card “Mega Value Packs!” that dayf had blogged about before.  They were hanging under the peg marked $4.99, so I grabbed one thinking it was quite the deal.
When [...]

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Saying, “I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds,” hours before your team plays a hockey game against your ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend’s team is both a suspendable offense and a reason for your team to sever all [...]

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Not exactly a right handed power hitter, is he? But MLB Trade Rumors says Jocketty may go a-courtin’ for the speedy and light hitting center fielder.
Now, the sad thing is Taveras’ .250 average from last year would be about a 50 point improvement over last year’s model, Corey Patterson. Taveras has an off year [...]

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With only a few weeks left in the year, it’s the perfect time to close out those 2008 wantlists.  No need to have them looming over your head as we head into the new year.  So the plan is to post my wantlists one at a time and use it as a forum to help you, too.
As [...]

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I need something to clear the palate, so here’s a couple random retail packs of this year’s Topps Heritage.
I bought these on a whim a few weeks ago, and as I was pulling them out of their box at my local big box store, a girl came up to me (I suck at age guessing, [...]

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I’ve had one of these in the closet to be an interlude for all the hockey that was coming your way.  So far, the hockey boxes have been a slow go.  So I bought another one because I really like the 92 Upper Deck Minor League Votto card.  Stupid to bust a blaster for one [...]

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Today, it’s a true or false question.  Feel free to back up your answer, though:
100 years from now, today’s cards will have shown little if any appreciation in value.  There will be no surprise rookies to boost a set value and no shortage of cards, either.  There will be no mass rush to own any [...]

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First off, the obvious.  Topps Opening Day is back for ‘09, and looks exactly like ‘08 Opening Day from reading presells:
Featuring 220 cards - including veterans and rising stars from Topps Baseball - Opening Day Baseball will be highlighted with parallel cards (#’d to 2009), multiple levels of inserts including Puzzle cards, Flapper cards (individual [...]

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I’ve gotten three packages already that I haven’t blogged about and there’s more on the way.  And not only have I fallen behind in posts, but I’m now slowly falling behind in mailing cards out.  So rather than spend a lot of time detailing trades that maybe two people are really interested in (me and [...]

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With only a few weeks left in the year, it’s the perfect time to close out those 2008 wantlists.  No need to have them looming over your head as we head into the new year.  So the plan is to post my wantlists one at a time and use it as a forum to help you, too.
Let’s [...]

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Do you like Allen and Ginter baseball, but just wish it was done with hockey players and said “Champ’s” on the bottom instead of the Allen and Ginter bit?  Well then 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey (ppt file) is the release for you!
The cards are named after a 1924/25 hockey card release by the Champ’s Cigarette Company [...]

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He’s a pretty good catcher…

… about three years ago. For his services, the Reds give up Ryan Freel (oft injured, but fun to watch), Justin Turner (AA 2B who hits for average only) and Brandon Waring (Class A 3B with good power potential). The Reds also get around $1 million to pay Hernandez’ salary.
For Orioles [...]

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Holiday shopping is over, and now it’s off to work for twelve hours.  Whoo boy.
Here’s the question (well, a statement, actually):  Topps should include as an insert (say 1:6) in their Update wax boxes cards from other Topps releases put out that  year to give collectors a sample of other sets and drive up interest [...]

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Ah, yes.  Topps the third.  Much like other sequels, I enjoy it for what it is, but fail to see its long standing contribution to the medium it represents.
Updates and Highlights isn’t a bad set.  It’s just it feels like the same set I’ve already bought.  Twice.  And now I’ve gone and bought it once [...]

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Every one but me is asleep at the house, so I may have time to squeeze out the last two packs of this one. Here we go…
Disclaimer: Base cards may be depicted as Gold or Black bordered parallels. I just needed the image.
Pack 35
UH6 Yamid Haad
UH310 Kyle Lohse

I’m not sure why pitchers pitch better for [...]

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