Monday, July 31, 2023

TCDB Trade Recap: Cards From Charleston, IL

Today's trade comes from TCDB member Chad, who helped me with some newer Red Sox needs:
 
 
I never saw any of last year's Archives locally for sale, nor Heritage from this year. The League Leaders card leaves me with just 3 more Red Sox cards from this years Topps set to acquire (1 is on the way too!)

Favorite Card: The Vazquez postseason card was one of my Top 10 Red Sox Cards for 2022, so I'm glad to have it finally in the fold!

Thanks for the trade, Chad!

Friday, July 28, 2023

Trapped In Time: Remnants Of The 38th Trade

 
Just a single card on the chopping block today. This card comes from Eric of the now defunct Old Red Sox Cards blog (I believe he's still around on other media platforms.) Out of the 5 Twins cards he sent me, only one remains.
 
Trade #38 (Eric: Old Red Sox Cards)
Traded 07/12/19: 1970 Topps (football) #135 Paul Warfield, 1970-71 Topps (basketball) #16 Bob Weiss, 1971 Topps #290 Tony Oliva, 1971 Topps #385 Maury Wills

Received 07/13/19:
  • 1970 Topps #47 Bob Miller
  • 1968 Topps #44 Frank Kostro (See Trade #124)
  • 1968 Topps #181 Jerry Zimmerman (See Trade #124)
  • 1967 Topps #15 Earl Battey (See Trade #43)
  • 1967 Topps #366 Andy Kosco (See Trade #136)
Re-reading my write up that this trade was featured in reminded me of a little quirk with this card. I had a traded a copy of this card in the trade prior, only to receive another copy so shortly after! As of today, I now have two copies of this card in the stack, making it twice as unlikely that someone will trade for it now.
 

Miller is pictured slightly off-center. I can only assume the reason is to show off that house in the background, not that anyone wants to see Bob or his teammates...

Same rules as always! he's yours for an older card in return. Otherwise, he ends up in my collection as a double no less!

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Repack Haiku #316 (Mike Moore)

Eighty-nine was huge:
Won World Series ring with A's,
Placed third in Cy Young
 
1987 Topps #727 Mike Moore
 
1989 was a highlight year for Mike Moore. He went 19-11, played in his only All-Star Game, and finished third for Cy Young Award behind winner Bret Saberhagen and teammate Dave Stewart. He also earned a Championship ring as the A's swept the Giants in the World Series.

Monday, July 24, 2023

Time Travel Trading Update #79


This is unusual. Only three of six trades have come in so far, do to various delays. What's more, there are no really big trades to show off. All of these trades have fit in a standard size PWE. This will be one of the shortest updates I've had in awhile! Still, there's some good cards to be had, so let's see what we got!
 
We'll kick things with Greg (Night Owl Cards), who picked up a couple of rainy day cards. He gifted me some Hall of Famers and food product oddballs:

Our next trade comes from a TCDB member named Tom, who found a page full of Chicago players to his liking. I traded those for a package heavy on 1988 Fleer:
 
It's been awhile since I've traded with Brendan (The View From The Third Floor). He proposed a trade through the TCDB as well, and these six are his latest contributions. I'm not one for basketball cards, but the action on these two are top-notch!

We'll wrap things up with a personal swap. I grabbed some cards I wanted from the stack, and have added these in their place:


I expect those 3 pending trades to be in for next time, so hopefully we'll have a good sized update for next month. My eternal thanks to all my amazing 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 Autographs
#ODA-LWJ LaMonte Wade Jr. (AU)    
 
2021-22 Donruss - Magicians (basketball)
#7 Kevin Durant
 
 
2020 Leaf Draft - Gold (football)
#66 CeeDee Lamb (AA)
#77 Collin Johnson (TD)  

2017-18 Donruss (basketball)
#75 Chandler Parsons
 
2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners
 
2015-16 Donruss (basketball)
#49 John Wall
  
2010 Bowman - Prospects Black
#BP51 Chase D'Arnaud
#BP56 Rolando Gomez

2010 Bowman Platinum - Prospects
#PP38 Brian Johnson     
 
2010 Topps Chrome (football)
#C141 T.J. Houshmandzadeh
 
2009 Bowman - Chrome WBC Prospects
#BCW18 Tao Bu 
 
2008 Topps New York Yankees
#NYY8 Jason Giambi
 
2007 Playoff Prestige (football) 
 
2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia
#44 Shawn Green
 
2004 Bowman Chrome
#263 Jeff Allison (FY, RC) 
 
2004 Just Rookies - 05 Preview Autographs
 
2002 Fleer Maximum
 
2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#88 Andy Petitte
 
 
 
1999-00 Topps (basketball)
#12 Juwan Howard
#16 Eric William 
 
1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber
 
1999 Stadium Club
#214 Tony Saunders 
 
1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo
 
1997 Collector's Choice
#215 Glenallen Hill  
 
 
1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio   
 
1997 Upper Deck
#13 Mark Lemke

1996 Leaf
 
1996 SP
 
1996 Topps
#380 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer     
 
1995 Skybox Jumanji (non-sport)
#31 Help Us Finish
 
1995 SkyBox Lois & Clark (non-sport)
#73 Be Mine!
#74 I've Always Loved You!
#75 Do You Love Me?

1995 SkyBox Lois & Clark - Holochip Etched Foils (non-sport)
#BJ3 Belle Curve 
 
1994-95 Finest (basketball)
#43 Rex Chapman 
 
1994 Finest
#413 Mark Portugal
 
1994 Panini Stickers
#207 Sean Berry
#208 Wil Cordero 
 
1994 Score
#13 Robin Yount
 
1994 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#145 Chad Penney 

1993-94 Ultra - Inside Outside (basketball)
#5 Dan Majerle 
 
1993 Leaf
 
1993 Classic '93 Hockey Draft (hockey)
#40 Saku Koivu 
 
1993 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#246 Mike Rathje
 
 
1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian   
 
1992 Leaf - Gold Rookies
#BC-10 David Nied
 
1992 O-Pee-Chee Premier
#24 Jose Canseco
 
 
 
1992 Pinnacle
 
 
1991-92 Upper Deck (basketbal)
#31 Malone vs. Barkley (CC)
  
1991 Score
 
1991 Topps
#575 Robin Yount

1991 Ultra
#130 Lou Whitaker  
 
1991 Upper Deck
#743 Deion Sanders
 
1991 Fleer (football)
 
1991 Pro Set (football)
 
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 Post Cereal
#22 Pedro Guerrero 
 
 
1990 Score (football)
#436 Chet Brooks (RC)
 
1990 Topps Traded (football)
#102T Howard Cross (RC)
 
1989-90 Fleer (basketball)

1989-90 Hoops (basketball)
#64 Armon Gilliam

 
1989 Fleer
#299 Roberto Alomar    

 
 
1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre
 
1988 Donruss 
 
1988 Fleer
#1 Keith Atherton
#6 Randy Bush
#9 George Frazier
#42 Willie McGee
#58 Willie Hernandez
#59 Larry Herndon
#63 Bill Madlock
 
 
1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#13 Mike Henneman
 
1988 Topps Traded

1987 O-Pee-Chee
 
 
1986 Donruss
 
 
1986 Fleer Baseball's Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers
 
 
1985 Topps
#497 Gary Pettis  
 
1984-85 Topps (hockey)
#3 Tom Fergus 
 
1984 Donruss

1984 Fleer
 
1984 O-Pee-Chee 
 
 
1983 Donruss Hall of Fame Heroes
#4 Josh Gibson
#11 Satchel Paige 
 

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) 
 
1981-82 Topps (hockey)
#51 Dale McCourt (TL)
 
1981 Donruss  
 
1981 Fleer
#427 Steve Braun

1981 Topps
 
1981 Topps (football)
 
1980 Topps 
#65 Al Bumbry
 
#279 Johnny Evans
 
1979 Kellogg's 3-D Super Stars
#25 Darrell Porter (COR, SP)
#26 Dan Driessen (COR) 

1979 Topps 
 
1979 Topps (football)
#12 Bernard Jackson

1978-79 Topps (basketball)
#118 Kevin Porter 

1978 Topps  
 

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)
 
1976 Funky Sales Corp Funky Facts Baseball
#2 In A Trance
#3 Fans Vs Players
#5 Baseballeese

1976 Topps

1976 Topps (football)
#74 Bryant Salter
 
1975-76 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#99 Checklist 1-110 (CL)

1975 Topps
 
 
 
1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn
#73T Mike Marshall 
#485T Felipe Alou 
 

 
1972 Topps  
#31 Cleon Jones 
#223 1971 World Series Game #1 (WS)
#225 1971 World Series Game #3 (WS)
#231 Casey Cox
 
1971 Topps
 
1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)
 
1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui
#287 Fred Talbot   #390 Willie Davis    
 
1970 Topps (football) 
 
1969 Globe Imports Playing Cards Gas Station Issue
#2♦ Paul Casanova
 
1969 Topps
#19 Ken Suarez
 
1969 Topps - Four-in-One Singles (football)
#NNO Ralph Baker
#NNO John Bramlett
#NNO Billy Martin
#NNO Bob Talamini 
 
1968 Topps

1967 Topps
 
1965 Topps
#17 Johnny Romano
#149 Wayne Schurr

1964 Topps 
 
1962 Post Cereal
#105 Tommy Davis 

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

1959 Topps
 
1958 JCM 30a Doyusha Team Name Back (solid front w/o borders)
 
1958 Topps (football)
#3 Joe Schmidt 

1957 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 (boxing)
#45 Ted Broadribb
#48 Arthur J. Elvin 

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: 259
Unique trading partners: 71

Number of cards mailed out: 1,415
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 2,097
Year of oldest card received: 1890