Monday, April 20, 2026

Time Travel Trading Update #112


Life is good! We've got more trades and more cards to show off in this month's edition of Time Travel Trading! Let's jump right in and look at some cards!
 
We'll start off with Greg (Night Owl Cards), who claimed a couple of cards from the 2026 Topps pack I added back in February. In exchange for two Dodgers, he sent two Cubs. It seems weird to me that the Christmas themed Holiday card is the older of the two. 

 
Next is the monthly trade with Brendan (The View From The Third Floor). In addition to the always popular baseball and football, Brendan included cards from the sports of racing and soccer.  


Jeff (Wax Pack Wonders) is also a frequent trade partner, and has infused the trade stack with some more cards from the 70's and 80's. 


TCDB member Matt makes his 2nd Time Travel Trade, with a small trio of cards. Since that Piniella is one of the small number of cards I need to finish off the 1977 Topps set, I'm putting a claim in for him right off the bat! I still left 2 great 1973 cards for you though... 

 
We also welcome a new time traveling trader, also through the TCDB. Kurt sent over a small trade, which like Matt before him, included a couple of 1977 cards I needed. Funny how that works out when you have certain cards on your Want List... 

 
Our last trade partner of the day is the famous Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!)  who sent another trio of 1973 cards along with a great card from 1961! 


Now, since I jumped in claimed 3 cards from 1977 Topps, I need to fill the gap with some other cards. Hopefully these will be acceptable substitutes:


Thanks again to all my traders fro this month! There are a few still pending, so next month is already looking good! 
 
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:

2025 Topps Archives
#299 Ryne Sandberg

2025 Topps Holiday
#H123 Shoto Imanaga (ASR)
  
 
 
2021-22 Donruss - Magicians (basketball)
 
2021-22 Donruss (soccer)
#183 Jose Macias (RR)     
 
2021 Topps
#43 Jo Adell (RC) 
 
2019 Topps Opening Day
#20 Jon Lester

2017-18 Donruss (basketball)
#75 Chandler Parsons
 
2017 Topps Heritage
#568 Koda Glover (RC) 
 
 
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
 
2001 Topps Post 500 Home Run Club
#6 Harmon Killebrew 
 
 
1999-00 Topps (basketball)
#16 Eric Williams 
 
1999 Stadium Club
#214 Tony Saunders    
 
 
1998 Donruss
#22 Tony Gwynn

1998 Upper Deck Pop Weaver (racing)
#PW3 Rusty Wallace 
 
1997 Pinnacle X-Press (football)
#76 Marshall Faulk 
 
1996 SP
 
1995 Cardtoons
#7 Fowl Boggs
 
1995 SkyBox Lois & Clark (non-sport)
#73 Be Mine!
#75 Do You Love Me?
 
1994-95 Finest (basketball)
#43 Rex Chapman
 
1994 Mother's Cookies Mike Piazza
#1 Mike Piazza 
 
1994 Panini Stickers
#207 Sean Berry
#208 Wil Cordero    
 
1994 Pinnacle Church's Hometown Stars
#21 Edgar Martinez
 
1994 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis 500 Champions Collection (racing)
#NNO Danny Sullivan 
 
1994 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#145 Chad Penney   
 
1993-94 Score (hockey)
#442 Mark Recchi (LBM)
 
1993 Donruss
#302 Jeff Kent 
 
1993 Fleer
#339 John Olerud 
 
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 Upper Deck Fuji World Cup Preview (English/Spanish) (soccer)
#F5 Marcelo Balboa 
 
1993 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#246 Mike Rathje
 
1992-93 Ultra (basketball)
#204 Hakeem Olajuwon (JS)    
 
 
1992 Diet Pepsi
#9 Bryan Harvey
 
 
1992 Fleer - Roger Clemens Career Highlights
#13 Roger Clemens (EXCH)
#15 Roger Clemens (EXCH)    
 
 
 
 
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 Pro Set - Gold MVPs (football)
#MVP2 Anthony Munoz
#MVP15 Don Shula (HC) 
 
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 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 Pinnacle (football)
#1 Warren Moon 
 
 
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)
 
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 Donruss
#255 Mark Grace (VAR)
 
 
1989 Fleer Baseball's Exciting Stars
#20 Tony Gwynn
   
 
1989 Star
#51 Rich Garces
 
 
1989 Topps Ames 20/20 Club
#32 Dave Winfield  
 
1989 Upper Deck
#275 Eddie Murray 
 
1989 Pro Set (football)
#58 Boomer Esiason
 
1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre
 
1988 Donruss 
 
1988 Donruss - Bonus MVPs
#BC-23 Mark McGwire (VAR)

1988 Donruss - Stan Musial Puzzle
#25-27 Stan Musial (PUZ)
 
 
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 Sportflics 

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
 
1986 Donruss Highlights
#25 Fernando Valenzuela
#50 Steve Sax
 
 
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)
#48 Gorman Thomas
#53 John Tudor 
 
1986 Topps Kay-Bee Young Superstars of Baseball
#19 Don Mattingly 
 
 
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 Drake's Big Hitters Plus Super Pitchers
#3 Don Baylor
 
1985 Topps (football)
#38 Bill Bates (RC)
 
1984-85 Topps (hockey)
#3 Tom Fergus  

1984 Fleer
#210 Ben Oglivie
 
#347 Allan Ramirez (RC) 
#762 Rance Mulliniks
#770 Ken Griffey
#777 Tom Paciorek
#784 Leon Roberts 
 
1984 Topps (football)
#369 James Owens (VAR) 
 
1983 Donruss
#15 Willie Wilson (DK)  
#72 Rick Sutcliffe 
#336 Steve Sax

1983 Donruss Hall of Fame Heroes
#25 James Bell 
 
1983 Fleer
#457 Joe Niekro 
 
 
1983 O-Pee-Chee
 
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 Donruss
#360 Oscar Gamble
 
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
 
1981 TCMA Wisconsin Rapids Twins
#15 Michael Cole 
 
1981 Topps
 
 
1980 Topps 
#65 Al Bumbry
 

1979 Topps  
 
1979 Topps (football)
#443 Ron Howard 

1979 Topps NASL (soccer)
#6 Dallas Tornado Logo

1978 Topps  
#352 Tony Scott (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 (football)
 
1976 SSPC
#515 John Ellis  

1976 Topps
#605 Al Downing
#624 Tony Taylor
#629 Sandy Alomar 
 
1975 Topps
 
1975 Topps (football)
#47 Bivian Lee
#101 Bob Windsor
 
#158 Jack Billingham 
#305 Tito Fuentes 
 
1974 Topps - Team Checklists
#NNO Milwaukee Brewers (CL, VAR) 
 
1974 Topps - Traded
 

1973 Topps
#13 George Hendrick
#23 Dave Kingman
#30 Tug McGraw 
#68 1972 Leading Firemen (Carroll/Lyle) (LL) 
#495 Tommy Helms 
 
 
1972 Topps  
#58 Ernie McNally 
#74 Cecil Upshaw
#83 Dalton Jones 
#163 Tug McGraw
#175 Tom Haller
#231 Casey Cox 
 
1972 Topps (football)
#11 Bobby Joe Green
 
1971 Topps
 
1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)
 
1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui
 
1970 Topps (football)
#126 Randy Johnson  
 
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
#196 Ed Bouchee 
 
1960 Topps   

1959 Topps  

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

1956 Topps
 
1955 Bowman
 
1955 Topps
 
1954 Bowman
#73 Don Mueller

1954 Topps
#12 Del Crandall
 
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
 
1951 Topps Red Backs
#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
 
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 
 
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
 
1916 Player's Cries of London (2nd Series) (non-sport)
#19 Maids, Buy a Mop  

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: 430
Unique trading partners: 94

Number of cards mailed out: 2,238
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 3,221
Year of oldest card received: 1890
 

2 comments:

  1. Hey Matt, I'll do these. Thanks!

    2025 Topps Archives
    #299 Ryne Sandberg

    1974 Topps
    #158 Jack Billingham

    1973 Topps
    #13 George Hendrick
    #23 Dave Kingman
    #30 Tug McGraw
    #68 1972 Leading Firemen (Carroll/Lyle) (LL)
    #495 Tommy Helms

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  2. One of my favorite parts of the month!

    I'll take:
    1961 Topps Ed Bouchee
    1976 Topps Tony Taylor
    1986 Topps Glossy Send-Ins John Tudor

    Thank you!

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