Monday, December 22, 2025

Time Travel Trading Update #108

 
For many of us, this is one of the busiest weeks of the year. I count myself among them, and yet I dug deep to get out the latest update to the Time Travel Trading Project! Fortunately (unfortunately?), there not a lot of trades to show off - just 3 this time, with multiple still pending for next time. Let's deck the halls with some cards, shall we?
 
We start things off with a TCDB trade with former blogger Tom. I don't follow basketball personally, but seeing the cards Tom sent reminded me that the season is in full swing now. Hopefully that'll get some people in the mood to trade for them. If not, there still some great vintage baseball to be had!

 
Milestone alert! Bo (Baseball Cards Come to Life!) and I have officially completed our 70th Time Travel Trade! That's over 5 years of monthly trades from Bo! I always find it funny when different trades feature the same player, in this case Darrell Evans shows up in both Tom and Bo's offerings.

 
Our last one of the day comes from Brendan (The View From The Third Floor). Lots of fun stuff in this trade, especially if you like Combo Cards!

 
My thanks once again to these three regular trade partners!  May there be cardboard aplenty under your tree Thursday morning!
 
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:

 
  
 
2021-22 Donruss - Magicians (basketball)
 
2021-22 Donruss (soccer)
#183 Jose Macias (RR)    
 
2019 Topps Opening Day
#20 Jon Lester

2017-18 Donruss (basketball)
#75 Chandler Parsons
 
2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners
#CYA-1 Rick Porcello      
 
2015-16 Donruss (basketball)
#49 John Wall  
 
 
2011 Topps Lineage
#186 Mel Ott
 
2010 Topps (football)
#133 Chris Johnson (AP) 
 
2010 Topps Chrome (football)
#C141 T.J. Houshmandzadeh
 
2009 Donruss Americana (non-sport)
#50 Francesco Quinn
 
2008 Topps - Trading Card History
#TCH31 Chipper Jones
 
2008 Topps New York Yankees
#NYY8 Jason Giambi 
 
2007 Upper Deck MLB Rookie Card of the Month
#ROM-4 Ryan Braun 
 
2007 Playoff Prestige (football) 
 
2006 Topps Updates & Highlights
#UH172 Mike Piazza (SH)
 
2004 Bowman Chrome
#263 Jeff Allison (FY, RC)   
 
 
2003 Fleer Tradition
#126 Steve Cox 
 
2002 Flair
#57 Orlando Hernandez 
 
2002 Fleer Maximum
 
2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#88 Andy Petitte
 
2001 Topps Post 500 Home Run Club
#6 Harmon Killebrew 
 
 
1999-00 Topps (basketball)
#16 Eric Williams 
 
1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber
 
1999 Stadium Club
#214 Tony Saunders   
 
1998 Donruss
#22 Tony Gwynn
 
1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo

1998 Upper Deck Pop Weaver (racing)
#PW3 Rusty Wallace  
 
1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio     
 
1997 Pinnacle X-Press (football)
#76 Marshall Faulk 

1996 Leaf
 
1996 Pinnacle Summit
#2 Matt Williams 
 
1996 SP
 
1995 Cardtoons
#7 Fowl Boggs
 
1995 Topps
#350 Barry Larkin 
 
1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer     
 
1995 SkyBox Lois & Clark (non-sport)
#73 Be Mine!
#75 Do You Love Me?
 
1994-95 Finest (basketball)
#43 Rex Chapman  

1994 Finest
#413 Mark Portugal
 
1994 Panini Stickers
#207 Sean Berry
#208 Wil Cordero    
 
1994 Pinnacle Church's Hometown Stars
#5 Kirby Puckett
#21 Edgar Martinez
 
1994 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#145 Chad Penney   
 
1993-94 Score (hockey)
#442 Mark Recchi (LBM)
 
 
1993 Leaf
#5 Ivan Rodriguez  
 
1993 Upper Deck
#344 John Olerud 
 
1993 Score (football)
#227 Ronnie Lott 
 
1993 Classic '93 Hockey Draft (hockey)
#40 Saku Koivu 
 
1993 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#246 Mike Rathje
 
1992-93 Ultra (basketball)
#204 Hakeem Olajuwon (JS)    
 
1992-93 Upper Deck (basketball)
#13 Tracy Murray (DPK, RC, VAR)
#66 Karl Malone/John Stockton (ST, VAR)
#278 Negele Knight (VAR) 
#312 Stacey Augmon
#334 Charles Barkley
#435 Charles Barkley (AS)
#452 Clarence Weatherspoon (FACE) 
 
1992 Diet Pepsi
#9 Bryan Harvey
 
 
1992 Fleer - Roger Clemens Career Highlights
#13 Roger Clemens (EXCH)
#15 Roger Clemens (EXCH) 
 
1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian   
 
 
 
 
1992 Pinnacle
#404 Bip Roberts 
 
1992 Post
#26 Tony Gwynn 
 
1992 Score
 
1992 Score - 90's Impact Players

1992 Topps McDonald's Baseball's Best
#18 Will Clark

 
1992 Topps Batman Returns (non-sport)
#51 Sabotaging the Batmobile
#61 Oswald Outwitted!
 
1991-92 O-Pee-Chee Premier (hockey)
#127 John Cullen
 
1991-92 Pinnacle (hockey)
#100 Wayne Gretzky  

1991-92 Pinnacle French (hockey)
#252 Paul Ranheim
 
1991-92 Pro Set - Collectibles (hockey)
#CC5 Wayne Gretzky (LL)  
 
1991-92 Pro Set French (hockey)
#306 Brian Skrudland (AS)
 
1991-92 Pro Set Platinum (hockey)
 
1991-92 Score Canadian English (hockey)
#349 Joe Sacco (TP, RC)  
 
1991-92 Fleer (basketball)
#92 Danny Manning
 
1991-92 Upper Deck (basketbal)
 
1991 Classic Best
#346 Steve Vondran   
 

1991 Donruss - Bonus Cards
#BC-9 Mark McGwrire (VAR)
 
1991 O-Pee-Chee Premier
#6 George Bell
 
1991 Score
 

1991 Ultra
#130 Lou Whitaker  
 
1991 Upper Deck
 
1991 Fleer (football)
 
1991 Pro Set (football)
 
1991 Pro Set Platinum (football)
#81 Lawrence Taylor
 
 
1991 Impel WCW (wrestling)
#157 Missy Hyatt

1991 Impel Star Trek 25th Anniversary (non-sport)
#28 Symbiosis
#42 The Schizoid Man
#46 The Dauphin
#60 Home Soil
#62 11001001
 
1990-91 Pro Set Super Bowl XXV Silver Anniversary (football)
#88 Nick Buoniconti
 
1990-91 7th Inning Sketch QMJHL (hockey)
#205 Eric Bissonnette

1990-91 O-Pee-Chee Premier (hockey)
#46 Jody Hull (RC)
 
1990-91 Fleer (basketball)
#21 Kelly Tripucka
#21 Kelly Tripucka
 
1990-91 Hoops (basketball)
 
1990-91 Skybox (basketball)
#19 Kevin McHale

1990 Fleer
 
1990 Pacific Legends
#34 Don Kessinger
 
1990 Pacific Senior League
#154 Wayne Nordhagen 
 
 
1990 Topps Kmart Super Stars
#2 Ryne Sandberg 

1990 Upper Deck
 
1990 Pro Set (football)
#668 Stan Humphries (RC)
 
1990 Score (football)
#327 Dalton Hilliard (GF)
#440 Deron Cherry     
 
1990 Topps Traded (football)
#102T Howard Cross (RC)
 
1989-90 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#141 Mike Allison 
 
1989-90 Fleer (basketball)

1989-90 Hoops (basketball)
#64 Armon Gilliam
 
1989 Classic
#176 Kirby Puckett 

1989 Donruss
#255 Mark Grace (VAR)
 
1989 Fleer
#630 Like Father - Like Sons (Roberto Alomar/Sandy Alomar, Jr.) (SSS, CPC)
#639 Power Center (Kirby Puckett/Eric Davis) (SSS, CPC) 
 
1989 Fleer Baseball's Exciting Stars
#20 Tony Gwynn
#34 Kirby Puckett
   
 
1989 Star
#51 Rich Garces
 
 
1989 Topps Ames 20/20 Club
#32 Dave Winfield 

1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Crossed Bats (unlicensed)
#6 Will Clark
 
1989 Pro Set (football)
#58 Boomer Esiason
 
1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre
 
1988 Donruss 
#473 Dave Clark (VAR) 

1988 Donruss - Stan Musial Puzzle
#25-27 Stan Musial (PUZ)
 
#315 Mike Schmidt 
#628 Masters of the Double Play (Ozzie Smith/Ryne Sandberg) (SSS) 
 
1988 Pacific Legends I
 
1988 Score
#385 Tony Gwynn
 
 
1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#13 Mike Henneman
 
1988 Topps Traded
 
1988 Topps (football)

1987 1983 ASA Collectors Kits Reprints
#2 Warren Spahn

1987 Donruss
#404 Bud Black
 
1987 Fleer Limited Edition
#2 Marty Barrett
#9 Roger Clemens 

1987 Fleer Update
#U-36 Dan Gladden
 
1987 Fleer Update - Glossy
#U-69 Bill Madlock 
 
1987 O-Pee-Chee
#353 Ernie Camacho 
 

1987 TCMA Collectors Kits Reprints - 1986 All-Time Houston Astros

1987 Topps 
 
1987 Topps Traded
#71T Bill Madlock 
 
1987 Zoot U.S. of ALF (non-sport)

#43 Texas - The Lone Star State
 
1986 Donruss
#445 Atlee Hammaker 
 
 
 
1986 Fleer - Fleer All-Star Team
 
1986 Fleer Baseball's Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers
 
1986 Topps
#40 Ken Griffey
 
1986 Topps - 1986 All-Star Set Collector's Edition (Glossy Send-Ins)
#43 Dave Stieb
#44 Bob Horner
#48 Gorman Thomas
#53 John Tudor 
 
 
1986 Topps Traded
#7T Steve Bedrosian
#68T Mickey Mahler
 
1986 True Value Super Stars
#6 Fernando Valenzuela  
 
1986 Topps (football)
#180 Dexter Manley 
 
1985 Fleer Update
#U-10 Hubie Brooks
 
1985 Topps
#403 Cory Snyder (OLY, RC)    

1985 Topps Drake's Big Hitters Plus Super Pitchers
#3 Don Baylor
 
1985 Topps (football)
#38 Bill Bates (RC)
#362 Donnie Shell
#392 Curt Warner 
 
1984-85 Topps (hockey)
#3 Tom Fergus  

1984 Fleer
#210 Ben Oglivie
 
 
1984 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#6 Gary Carter 
 
1983 Donruss
#22 Johnny Bench (DK)
 
 
1983 O-Pee-Chee
#179 Luis Tiant (SV)   
 
1983 Topps - 1983 All-Star Set Collector's Edition (Glossy Send-Ins)
#9 Buddy Bell
 
1983 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#13 Steve Kemp
 
1983 Topps (football)
#52 Rafael Septien
#58 Billy Sims (TL) 

1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport)
 
1982-85 Galasso Baseball Hobby Card Report T-206 Reprints
#NNO Dolly Stark     
 
 
1982 Topps
 
1982 Topps Stickers
#81 Omar Moreno 
 
1982 Topps (football) 

1981-82 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#133 Rick MacLeish
 
1981-82 Topps (hockey)
 
1981 Donruss  
 
1981 Fleer
#128 Jay Johnstone 
 
1981 Topps
 
 
1980 Topps 
#65 Al Bumbry
#145 Darrell Evans 
 

1979 Topps  
#248 Pete LaCock
 
1979 Topps (football)

1979 Topps NASL (soccer)
#6 Dallas Tornado Logo

1978 Topps  
#215 Darrell Evans 
 
 
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 SSPC
#515 John Ellis  

1976 Topps
 
1975 Topps
 
1975 Topps (football)
#47 Bivian Lee
#101 Bob Windsor
 
 
1974 Topps - Team Checklists
#NNO Milwaukee Brewers (CL, VAR) 
 
1974 Topps - Traded
 

1973 Topps
#329 Ed Kranepool 
#531 Ron Woods 
 
 
1972 Topps  
 
1972 Topps (football)
#11 Bobby Joe Green
 
1971 Topps
 
1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)
 
1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui
 
1969 Topps
#14 Al McBean

1969 Topps (football)
#115 Randy Johnson
 
1969 Topps - Four-in-One Singles (football)
#NNO Ralph Baker
#NNO John Bramlett
#NNO Billy Martin
#NNO Bob Talamini 
 
1968 Topps
 
1967-68 Topps (hockey)
#30 Reg Fleming

1966 Topps
#10 Tony Cloninger
 
1965 Topps
 
1964 Ed-U-Cards Washington Senators Baseball Card Game
#NNO Ball

1964 Topps 
 
1963 Topps
#26 Ray Moore
 
1962 Topps
 
1961 Post Cereal (F278-33)
#15 Bobby Shantz
 
1961 Topps
 
1960 Topps   
#128 Bill Harris (RC, RS)

1959 Topps
#401 Don Bessent 

1957 Topps
 
1957 Topps (football)
#16 John Johnson
#98 Joe Scudero 

 
1955 Bowman
 
1955 Topps
 
1954 Bowman
#73 Don Mueller
 
1954 Bowman Power For Peace (non-sport)
#91 USS Coral Sea (CVB43)
 
 
1952 Topps Look 'n See (R714-16) (non-sport)
 
1952 Topps Wings Friend or Foe (R707-4) (non-sport)
#129 PO-1W Lockheed
 
1951 Bowman
#116 Bruce Edwards 
 
1951 Topps Red Backs
#13 Dale Mitchell
#51 Eddie Robinson  
 
1951 Bowman (football)
#118 Frank Reagan
  
 
1950 Topps Freedom's War (R709-2) (non-sport)
#197 Victory Medal 

1948 Bowman
#15 Eddie Joost

1948 Bowman (football)
#28 Paul Governali (RC) 
 
1939 Wills's Garden Flowers by Richard Sudell (non-sport)
#38 Petunia

1938 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Tenth Series (J9-6) (non-sport)
#2 Black-throated Green Warbler
 
1938 Churchman's Boxing Personalities (boxing)
#1 Lou Ambers 
#48 Arthur J. Elvin 

1937-38  Diamond Matchbooks Tan 6 (hockey)
#NNO Glenn Brydson
 
1936 Godfrey Phillips Screen Stars Embossed (Series B) (non-sport)
#4 Robert Taylor  
 
1935 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Eighth Series (J9-4) (non-sport)
#10 California Jay
 
1935 Stephen Mitchell & Son "A Gallery of 1934" (non-sport)
#47 Lord Trenchard 

1933 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Fifth Series (J9-1) (non-sport)
#5 Indigo Bunting  
 
1930 All-Fair Authors Card Game (non-sport)
#13 Louisa May Alcott 

1928 Player's Flags of the League of Nations (non-sport)
#42 Roumania
 
1925 Sports Records (multi-sport)
 
1924 Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada (ITC) Dogs Series (non-sport)
#4 Otter-Hound
 
1924 Lambert & Butler Wonders of Nature (non-sport)
#25 Army-Worms and Fly 

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: 408
Unique trading partners: 90

Number of cards mailed out: 2,139
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 3,106
Year of oldest card received: 1890
 
 
 

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