The opposite of going to a card show

I was supposed to be at a card show today. But for this show the weather likes to play tricks on me. Throw in a cash shortage, and I’m home instead with nothing exciting going on at all.So I thought it’d be appropriate to open a pack of 1991 Donruss Se…

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I go to the post office about once a week. It’s a small office in an almost vacant business building that houses everything from a bridal store to an outpatient chemical dependency clinic.I’ve mentioned before that, except for Christmas time, hardly an…

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There were 30 of these cards for sale on the bay the other day, no one bid on them, so I did.  It was three lots of 10 each for $2.50 plus $2.50 s&h.  I won all three lots and got them today.  30 cards no duplicates, ranging in numbe…

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#128 Mike CameronHere is a card of the veteran outfielder, Mike Cameron, that was given to me by Rod, from Padrographs, a few years back. Just like the last 2006 Topps card I posted, the signature on this card did not take stick too well. I doubt that …

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(In the event that you don’t feel like wasting your time reading the next 4000 or so words – ALL of the non-Rays cards in this post are for trade) So, it has been OVER a month since my last post and that wasn’t a REAL TROLL post. Time HAD been very l…

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Saturday afternoon I dropped by the LCS and picked up six packs of American Pie, 4 to open and 2 to put away for Christmas and my birthday.  Out of the 4 packs that I opened these are the best cards I got.  Many of the cards were of no one an…

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 General Manager Josh Byrnes returned this 2011 Padrographs card in just about a week and a half.  Josh is the ninth General Manager the Padres have had since 1969 and I realized that I have signed cards of three of them, Buzzie Bavasi, Jed H…

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The last of the commemorative lithographs, this one is from Toy Story.  Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar’s first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entire…

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A Commemorative lithograph from Disneys Aladdin.   Aladdin is a 1992 American animated family film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Aladdin was the 31st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Cl…

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A Commerotive lithograph from a DVD release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-anim…

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A commemorative lithograph from the DVD release of Cinderella, comes with the original envelope. Cinderella is a 1950 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale “Cendrillon” by Charles Perrault. Twelfth in the Walt Disne…

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An authentic bumper sticker from the 1960 Presidential campaign which saw John F. Kennedy defeat Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge.   RULES AND TERMS OF AGREEMENT1.  The first person to respond that they want the item will be awarded p…

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On Sunday afternoon while most people were watching football or napping, or bemoaning Ryan Braun,  I got to do something completely different.  The Multnomah County Library is hosting an exhibit called Pride and Passion about Negro League Bas…

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Keith Gordon Green (October 21, 1953 – July 28, 1982) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, musician, and Contemporary Christian Music artist originally from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York.[1] Beyond his music, Green is best known for his st…

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 May 1989 Padres magazine featuring Roberto “Robbie” Alomar Velázquez (Spanish pronunciation: [aloˈmar], English: /ˈæləmɑr/; born February 5, 1968)[1] is a former Major League Baseball player (1988–2004), regarded by many as one …

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Anthony Keith “Tony” Gwynn, Sr. (born May 9, 1960), nicknamed Mr. Padre and Captain Video, is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is statistically one of the best and most consistent hitters in baseball history. He played his entire 20-y…

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These are 20 8X10 photocards of players from Oregon State University.  A few have already made the majors, Eddie Kunz, Mike Stutes and Cole Gillespie.  One is autographed by Shea McFeely.  No Ellsbury or Barney, I believe they had gradua…

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 For all of those of you who follow Japanese baseball here is just the thing to brighten your day.  A 1999 Pro Baseball Yearbook, featuring among others Seattle Mariner outfielder Ichiro.RULES AND TERMS OF AGREEMENT 1.  The first person …

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 Today’s giveaway is an assortment of comics, first a DC/Marvel crossover featuring the Green Lantern and Silver Surfer.  The Lantern in this one is Kyle Radner and the surfer is Norrin Rand. Next up is four comics from the Amalgam Label…

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Rates and Amous Mericans Dover Electronic Clip Art.  Two books from Dover of Clip Art of Pirates and Famous Americans, each book comes with a CD of 1000′s of images for you to use however you want.  You could make you own set of American Heri…

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 Magnetic Marvel Heroes, the box opens and has two different magnetic backgrounds on which you can arrange your Marvel superheroes.  You can reenact your favorite Marvel stories or go all Joss Whedon and make up your own story.  You will…

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Today’s doorbuster is three Dodger Hall of Fame postcards, Tommy Lasorda, Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax.  I have spoken to Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax back in the 90′s when they signed at card shows here in Portland.RULES AND TERMS OF AGREEMENT1…

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#BP20 Nate CulpHere is another Padrograph that Rod sent me a couple of years ago. This one features Nate Culp, the Padres fourth round pick in 2006.Nate pitched in the Padres system through the 2010 season. That year, he made four starts in AAA and he …

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 Today is the James Bond Aston Martin and my all time favorite the Ford Mustang.  As I dig deeper into my stuff there will be even more Hot Wheels and Matchbox Mustangs and a few other vehicles. RULES AND TERMS OF AGREEMENT1.  The f…

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Up for grabs today is a complete set of 1990-1991 Skybox NBA Basketball in sheets and in a binder.  All the greats of the game at the time and lots of people we have forgotten about. RULES AND TERMS OF AGREEMENT1.  The first person to re…

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Joseph Wheeler Sewell (October 9, 1898 – March 6, 1990) was a Major League Baseball infielder for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.This is a copy of a newspaper photo and caption of Joe S…

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I am running a giveaway and it was ok when I was sending out cards I could send them pretty cheap.  Then last night I mailed out a few of the action figure give a ways and it cost me $40.  I am not poor, but not the 1% either.  Since I a…

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This is a poster that was held at a local restaurant to promote organ donation, shortly after the Mick passed away.  It had has a few dings around the edges, I have had this the entire time (16 years) and have moved several times, it also has tack…

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First up in the miscellaneous portion of the giveaway is a unopened box of 1991-1992 Skybox basketball cards.SkyBox International Inc. was an American trading card manufacturing company based in Durham, North Carolina. A subsidiary of Vector Group, it …

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LaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979) is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Te…

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John R. “Johnny” Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, actor,[2] and author,[2] who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.[3] Although he is primarily remembered as a coun…

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erry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames include “Mr. Clutch,” for his ability to make a…

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Jonah Hex is a Western comic book antihero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga and published by DC Comics. Hex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is horribly scarred on the right side. Despite his poor reputation and p…

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Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired Hall of Fame American basketball player and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers.Baylor was a gifte…

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I have been so good at trying to keep my trade posts to one per package that I almost forgot that I used to do those massive posts of five trades in one.Well, I didn’t really “forget.” More like “blocked it out.”But then I was happily reading Cards Fro…

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