Monday, February 20, 2023

Time Travel Trading Update #74


I hope you like football.
 
The season may have ended a little over a week ago, but I think the playoffs got people in a particular mindset. I received exactly 100 cards since last time, and a whopping 76 of them feature NFL players. If you're not a fan, don't worry! There's still plenty of baseball, plus representatives of 3 other sports.
 
Our first trade comes from Tom (The Angels In Order) and happens to be the only pure baseball card lot. Tom picked up a '75 Joe Rudi, and sent along a half-dozen cards in return.

Blog reader and frequent trade partner Ken claimed another bunch of cards. In return, he sent some modern and vintage football, with a few vintage baseball cards for good measure.



Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) made his monthly trade of course. (And yes Bo, this is our largest trade ever!) A huge lot of 1980 and 1979 Topps football if anyone happens to be working on those sets...



Greg (Night Owl Cards) is one of those people working on the 1979 set, so hopefully he needs a few of the ones above. He picked up a few last time, and added these cards to the stack:
 
After 75 Time Travel Trading posts, I've come to assume that anyone reading them understands the gist of the project - trading cards in the stack for older cards in return. You know what they say about assuming, right? I need to remember to clarify the parameters, especially with new trade partners. Thanks to my lack of communication, I made a great trade with blog reader Stuart (aka Poison75). He claimed a few cards, even wiping out the stock of 1971 Topps. What he sent in return hit a lot of my personal collecting needs, but were significantly newer than what I had sent out. No worries, I just exercised my right as "Supreme Overlord of the Time Travel Trading Project (TM)" to make a personal swap with myself. I didn't have much to offer in terms of vintage baseball, but I did have - you guessed it - football cards I could part with:

(Don't ask me what happened to that Rossovich card - it's almost like someone spray painted over it. It's a interesting piece of art if nothing else!)

Back in December, I showcased a card featuring the Super Bowl trophy. I didn't have any takers on my blog, but I did manage to find a TCDB member named Chris with the card listed on his Want List. I made the trade and shipped the card off to Canada in exchange for a hockey card:

(Brief aside: I hope Chris got his cards. I mailed them out over a month ago, but he never marked it as received. I've sent him a follow up message last week, but he hasn't logged into the TCDB since 01/31. I'm hoping things are OK on his end. EDIT: Wouldn't you know he responded hours after this posted! We're all good!)

Another TCDB trade went much smoother, but that's no surprise. Mark Z. has made numerous Time Travel trades before, and he always gets a thumbs up from me! This time around, in addition to some great vintage, we get the first racing card to make its way into the stack!

Finally, we have a fantastic trade with Jon (A Penny Sleeve For Your Thoughts). Any time I send off cards from the 1950's, I can't wait to see what comes back. In return for a few 1955 Bowman, Jon sends a couple of gangsters boxers from the 1930's!

Very cool, if I do say so! Thanks again to all my trade partners!

As always, these cards are all available in exchange for an older card. You can claim your cards below, or through the TCDB (Kep75). Let's make some trades!

The Time Travel Trade Stack:

 
2022 Topps Opening Day - Opening Day
 
2022 Topps Opening Day - Opening Day Autographs
#ODA-LWJ LaMonte Wade Jr. (AU) 
 
2021 Topps
 
2019 Donruss - All-Time Gridiron Kings (football)
#AGK-5 Dan Marino 
 
2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners

2016 Donruss - Legends of the Fall (football)
#21 Ray Lewis


2014 Topps Allen & Ginter

  
2010 Bowman - Prospects Black
#BP51 Chase D'Arnaud
#BP56 Rolando Gomez

2010 Bowman Platinum - Prospects
#PP38 Brian Johnson    
 
2009 Bowman - Chrome WBC Prospects
#BCW18 Tao Bu    

2007 Playoff Prestige (football)
#92 Marques Colston
 
2006 Playoff Prestige (football)
#123 Drew Brees

2005 Donruss Classics (football)
#73 Terrell Owens

2005 Donruss Zenith (football)
#75 Terrell Owens

2005 Leaf Certified Materials (football)

#78 Michael Strahan

2005 Leaf Rookies & Stars (football)
#3 Larry Fitzgerald
#9 Ray Lewis
#73 Donovan McNabb
#74 Terrell Owens
#94 Clinton Portis
 
2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia
#44 Shawn Green
 
2002 Fleer Maximum
 
2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#85 Tino Martinez
#88 Andy Petitte
 
2000 BBM Diamond Heroes
#241 Hawks Checklist
#244 Marines Checklist

2000 Upper Deck MVP

#216 Bernie Williams
 
1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber

1998 Pinnacle Inside
#25 Andruw Jones
 
1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo
 
1997-98 Score New York Rangers (hockey)
#8 Alexander Karpovtsev

1997-98 Score Philadelphia Flyers (hockey)
#18 Vaclav Prospal
 
1997 Collector's Choice
#215 Glenallen Hill 
 
1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio   
 
1997 Topps
#268 Scott Rolen
 
1997 Upper Deck
#13 Mark Lemke

1996 Leaf

 
1995 Topps
#311 Bryan Harvey  
 
1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer   
 
 
1994 Topps Archives 1954
 
1993 Leaf
 
 
1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian   
 
1992 Leaf - Gold Rookies
#BC-10 David Nied

1992 Pinnacle - Team 2000
#42 Jim Abbott
#48 Roberto Alomar
#59 Gary Sheffield
 
1992 Post Cereal
 
1992 Upper Deck
#723 Sammy Sosa 
 
1991 Post Cereal

1991 U.S. Playing Card Co.
#2Spades Eddie Murray
 
1991 Fleer (football)
#305 Otis Anderson  
#416 Bo Jackson (LL)
 
1991 Pro Set Platinum (football)
#81 Lawrence Taylor
 
1991 Topps Desert Storm (non-sport)
#147 Working Together  
 
1990-91 Pro Set Super Bowl XXV Silver Anniversary (football)
#88 Nick Buoniconti
 

1990 Fleer
 
1990 Leaf
#16 Hubie Brooks  

1990 Post Cereal
#22 Pedro Guerrero 
 
 
1990 Upper Deck
#626 Frank Viola
 
1990 Score (football)
#436 Chet Brooks (RC)
 
1989-92 Racing Champions Stock Car (racing)
#01113 Jimmy Means
 
1989-90 Topps (hockey)
#37 John Tucker
 
1989 Fleer
#299 Roberto Alomar  
 
 
1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre
 
 
 
1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#30 Terry Steinbach  
 
1988 Topps Traded
 
 
1986 Donruss
#256 Curtis Wilkerson 
 
1986 Fleer
#322 Goose Gossage
#577 Curtis Wilkerson   
 
1986 Topps
#40 Ken Griffey
#495 Mark Langston
#765 Don Baylor 
 
1986 Topps Traded
#7T Steve Bedrosian
#68T Mickey Mahler
#109T Tim Teufel 
 
1985 Topps
#497 Gary Pettis 
 
1984 Donruss

1984 Fleer
 
1984 O-Pee-Chee 
 
 

1983 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#14 Dave Kingman
 
1982-85 Galasso Baseball Hobby Card Report T-206 Reprints
 
1982 Dover Publications Reprints National League
#15 Robin Roberts 
 
1982 Topps
 
1982 Topps (football) 
 
1981 Donruss  
#77 Gene Garber 
 
1981 Fleer
#8 Larry Christenson 

1981 Topps
 
1981 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#16 Cecil Cooper 
 
1980 Topps 
#90 Manny Trillo
 
1980 Topps (football)
#17 Isaac Curtis
#30 Mike Reinfeldt (AP, RC)
#41 Mike Hartenstine
#58 Billy Johnson
#59 Reuben Gant
#66 Dexter Bussey
#67 Ken Mendenhall
#75 Roger Wehrli (AP)
#84 Mike Bragg
#89 Don Cockroft
#98 Charley Young
#101 Doug Plank
#116 Lyle Blackwood
#126 John James
#137 Ike Harris
#139 Sam Adams
#142 Rusty Jackson
#145 Ken Houston (AP)
#148 Tom Banks
#150 Greg Pruitt
#166 Terry Hermeling
#167 Roland Hooks
#172 Leonard Thompson (RC)
#180 David Lewis (AP)
#185 Charlie Waters 
 
1979 Kellogg's
#59 Ron Jackson (VAR) 

1979 Topps 
 
1979 Topps (football)
#12 Bernard Jackson
#100 Chuck Foreman
#101 Joe Klecko
#158 Mike Patrick
#201 Leon Gray (AP)
#211 Jon Keyworth
#213 John Fitzgerald
#252 Robert Newhouse
#265 Lawrence McCutcheon
#313 Haven Moses
#378 Jeff Siemon
#493 Curtis Johnson
#510 Harvey Martin

1978-79 Topps (basketball)
#118 Kevin Porter 

1978 Topps  
#145 Rick Monday
#630 Ron Cey (AS) 
 
1978 Topps (football)
#424 Paul Seymour 

1977-78 Topps - Glossy Inserts (Rounded Corners) (hockey)
 
1977-78 Topps - White Backs (basketball)
#78 Richard Washington (RC) 
 
1977 Dover Publications Classic Baseball Cards Reprints
#10 Lefty O'Doul
#18 Jimmie Dykes
#99 Hal Chase
#NNO Melvin Harder
#NNO Fred Merkle
 
1977 Topps
 
1977 Topps (football)
#4 1966 NFL Scoring Leaders (Moseley/Linhart) (LL)
#7 Mike Phipps
#15 Charlie Waters
#24 Phil Villapiano
#40 Tommy Hart (AP)
#79 Jim Mitchell
#160 Blaine Nye (AP)
#183 Mike Boryla
#240 Robert Brazile (AP)
 
1976 Funky Sales Corp Funky Facts Baseball
#2 In A Trance
#3 Fans Vs Players
#5 Baseballeese
 
1976 SSPC
#7 Elias Sosa 

1976 Topps

1976 Topps (football)
#74 Bryant Salter

1975 Topps
 
1975 Topps (football)
#185 Paul Seymour
#233 Fred Carr
#236 Conrad Dobler
#272 Mike Tilleman
 
1974 Topps  
#84 Rick Wise
#466 Dick Billings 
 
1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn

 
1973 Topps (football)
#336 Bob Chandler (RC)
 
1972 Topps  
#113 Rogelio Moret
 
1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)
#37 Dave Parks
#46 Kark Kassulke (RC)
#55 Willie Wood (AS)
#89 Ralph Neely
#99 Ernie Wright
#137 Kent McCloghan
#212 Bob Anderson (RC)
 
1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui
#287 Fred Talbot   #390 Willie Davis    
#472 Atlanta Braves (TC)
#513 Preston Gomez (MGR) 
 
1970 Topps (football)
#167 Tim Rossovich (RC)
#235 Greg Cook (RC)
#260 Calvin Hill (RC, VAR: name in red)

1970 Topps - Glossy (football)
#28 Bob Griese 
 
1969 Globe Imports Playing Cards Gas Station Issue
#8Hearts Jim Wynn
 
 
1968 Topps

1967 Topps

1966 Topps
#46 Howie Koplitz
#333 Senators 1966 Rookie Stars (Coleman/French) (RC, RS)
#378 Dick Tracewski
#392 Cubs 1966 Rookie Stars (Hands/Hundley) (RC, RS)
 
#149 Wayne Schurr

1964 Topps 
#15 Zoilo Versalles

1962 Topps
1961 Topps
 
1960 Topps
#269 Gene Green 
 
1960 Topps (football)
#28 Jim Ray Smith 

1959 Topps
#61 Dick Brown
#283 Russ Heman (RC, VAR: white back)
 
1959 Topps (football)
#78 Buzz Nutter (RC)
 
1958 JCM 30a Doyusha Team Name Back (solid front w/o borders)
 
1958 Topps (football)
#3 Joe Schmidt 

1957 Topps
#91 Mack Burk (RC)
 
1956 Topps
 
1956 Topps (football)
#42 Tom Fears
#51 Ted Marchibroda
 
1955 Bowman
 
1955 Topps
 
1955 Bowman (football)
#9 Don Stonesifer

1955 Topps All-American (football)
#46 Arnie Lassman
 
1954 Topps
#215 Ed McGhee

1954 Bowman Power For Peace (non-sport)
#91 USS Coral Sea (CVB43)

1953 Topps
 
 
1939 Wills's Garden Flowers by Richard Sudell (non-sport)
#46 Sweet Sultan 

1938 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Tenth Series (J9-6) (non-sport)
#2 Black-throated Green Warbler
 
1938 Churchman's Boxing Personalities
#46 Sam Russell
#47 Johnny Sharpe 

1937-38  Diamond Matchbooks Tan 6 (hockey)
#NNO Glenn Brydson
 
1935 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Eighth Series (J9-4) (non-sport)
#10 California Jay

1933 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Fifth Series (J9-1) (non-sport)
#5 Indigo Bunting 
 
1925 Sports Records (multi-sport)
 
1924 Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada (ITC) Dogs Series (non-sport)
#4 Otter-Hound

1922 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Third Series (J7) (non-sport)
#7 Prothonotary Warbler

1915 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America First Series (J5) (non-sport)
#1 Quail
 
1910 Champions (T218) (multi-sport)
 
1890 N245 Sweet Caporal Actors & Actresses (non-sport)
#NNO Frankie Raymond

The Time Travel Trading Project is simple in concept. I started out with a random pack of 2018 Topps Series 1 baseball cards. My aim was to trade every card in that pack for something older. Each card I receive in turn is then made available for trade, with the goal to get the oldest card I can get.

Number of trades completed: 231
Unique trading partners: 70

Number of cards mailed out: 1,145
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 1,719
Year of oldest card received: 1890
 

8 comments:

  1. I'll claim the Marino and '72 Moret. Offer coming via TCDB. Thanks!

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    1. Also added these:
      2021 Topps #130 Josh Bell, #312 Marcel Ozuna (LL)
      2014 Topps #131 Junichi Tazawa, #194 Joel Hanrahan
      2014 Topps Allen & Ginter #284 Will Clark
      2005 Leaf Certified Materials (football) #78 Michael Strahan
      1995 Flair #354 Charles Johnson
      1992 Pinnacle - Team 2000 #42 Jim Abbott, #48 Roberto Alomar, #59 Gary Sheffield
      1990 Leaf #16 Hubie Brooks
      1982 Topps #132 Lee May, #786 Red Sox Leaders (Lansford/Torrez) (TL, CL)
      1972 Topps #10 Amos Otis

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  2. Yup, I'm collecting '79 Topps football, but Bo just sent me some cards and there's only one there I need.

    I'll take:
    1979 Topps football Leon Gray
    1986 Topps Traded Tim Teufel
    1995 Topps Bryan Harvey
    1997 Topps Scott Rolen
    Thanks!

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  3. If they're still available, I'll take the '57 Mack Burke and the '70 Braves team card.

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  4. Can I please claim (all football):
    2016 Donruss Ray Lewis
    2006 Playoff Prestige Drew Brees
    2005 Donruss Classics Owens
    2005 Zenith Owens
    2005 Leaf Rookies & Stars - all five cards
    1991 Fleer Bo Jackson
    1977 Topps 4, 7, 15, 24, 40, 79, 160, 183, 240
    1975 Topps 185, 233, 272
    1973 Topps Bob Chandler
    1971 Topps 37, 89, 99, 137
    1970 Topps 235, 260
    1970 Topps Glossy Griese
    1959 Topps Buzz Nutter
    Thank you!

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  5. All Time Travel Trades were mailed out today! Thanks guys!

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