Monday, May 18, 2026

Time Travel Trading Update #113

 
It's a big one today, thanks to 5 trades and a generous gift from a former blogger! Are you ready to impulse trade? Let's go!
 
We lead things off with a trade over at the TCDB. A collector named Ben, who has time traveled with me twice before, sent these great cards my way:
 

Kellogg's cards are always popular, as well as oddball sets like those Expos cards. I'm sure these won't last long!
 
Jeff (Wax Pack Wonders) is up next with a bunch of vintage, an all-time dominant pitcher, and a minor league card that I at first thought was another Hall of Famer but turns out was just someone with the same name. 
 
 
 
Bo Rosny (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) may or may not be trying to troll this Red Sox fan with our latest trade, which is full of Yankees! (OK technically the A-Rod card is with his time in Seattle, but still..) The Yankees are having a much better season than the Red Sox so far, so hopefully that'll get people in the mood to take this pinstripped group off my hands and out of my stack!
 

 
Brendan Hart's (The View From The Third Floor) latest trade features a lot of big names as usual. From what I understand, the Matthews card is considered an erro due to a finger-shaped ink blot on the back. 
 

Next up we have Stuart (S.R. '75 Cards) who sent a card from the same set as the card I traded to him, as well as a classic 1968 team card!
 

 
Finally, Jon (formerly of A Penney Sleeve For Your Thoughts) emailed me last month stating he had a bunch of well-loved vintage cards and wondered if they could potentially find new homes through the Time Travel Trading project. Jon sent all of these great 1969 and 1972 Topps cards:


 

 

Big thanks to jon and all of my trade partners from the past month! You are all amazing! 

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)     
 
2021 Topps
#43 Jo Adell (RC) 
 
2019 Topps Opening Day
#20 Jon Lester

2017-18 Donruss (basketball)
#75 Chandler Parsons
 
 
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  
 
2008 Upper Deck Goudey
#130 Graig Nettles 
 
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)
 
2006 Upper Deck Artifacts
#57 Mike Piazza 
 
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 
 
 
2000 Royal Rookies Futures - Wall Street Alex Rodriguez
#NNO Alex Rodriguez ("ET") 
 
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
#339 John Olerud 
 
1993 Leaf
#5 Ivan Rodriguez  
 
1993 Ted Williams
#142 Bob Gibson (GN) 
 
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 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
#103 George Brett (VAR) 
#347 Marquis Grissom (VAR)
#586 David Justice (RC, VAR) 
 
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 ProCards Minor League Team Sets
#1317 Billy Williams (HC) 
 
 
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)
#5 Walter Payton (RB) 

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
#30T Mike Dunne 
 
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
 
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
 
1984 Stuart Montreal Expos
#9 Roberto Ramos
#10 Bob James 
 
 
1984 Topps (football)
#369 James Owens (VAR) 
 
1983 Donruss
#15 Willie Wilson (DK)  
 
1983 Fleer
#72 Lenn Sakata 
 
 
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
#81 Tommy John
#83 Rick Cerone 
#98 Oscar Gamble 
#251 Gary Matthews (ERR) 
 
1981 TCMA Wisconsin Rapids Twins
#15 Michael Cole 
 
1981 Topps
 
 
1980 Topps 
#65 Al Bumbry
 

1979 Topps  
 
1979 Topps (football)

1979 Topps NASL (soccer)
#6 Dallas Tornado Logo

1978 Topps  
 
 
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
 
1975 Fleer Official Major League Patches - Pioneers of Baseball
#15 John McGraw  
 
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
 
 
1972 Topps  
#35 Jerry Johnson
#36 Jerry Johnson (IA)
#36 Jerry Johnson (IA)
#43 Rick Wise 
#61 Cubs 1972 Rookie Stars (Hooton/Hiser/Stephenson) (RS, RC) 
#101 Astros 1972 Rookie Stars (Greif/Richard/Busse) (RS, RC)
#101 Astros 1972 Rookie Stars (Greif/Richard/Busse) (RS, RC)
#106 Milwaukee Brewers (TC) 
#108 Gary Waslewski
#158 Jerry Kenney
#159 John Boccabella
#159 John Boccabella
#160 Andy Messersmith
#161 Brock Davis
#163 Tug McGraw
#173 Clay Kirby 
#175 Tom Haller
#176 Tom Haller (IA)
#176 Tom Haller (IA)
#180 Dock Ellis (IA)
#182 Ed Kranepool (IA)
#194 Fred Norman
#225 1971 World Series Game No. 3 (WS)
#225 1971 World Series Game No. 3 (WS)
#225 1971 World Series Game No. 3 (WS) 
#231 Casey Cox  
#248 Tom Bradley
#249 Harry Walker (MGR)
#295 Dick Dietz
#296 Dick Dietz (IA) 
#344 Dave McNally (BP) 
#363 Ron Klimkowski 
 
1972 Topps (football)
#11 Bobby Joe Green
 
1971 Topps
#57 Von Joshua (RC)
#60 Dick Bosman 
#317 Athletics 1971 Rookie Stars (Driscoll/Mangual) (RS, RC) 
#377 Greg Garrett
 
1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)
 
1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui
 
1970 Topps (football)
#126 Randy Johnson  
 
1969 Topps
#14 Al McBean
#206 Phillies 1969 Rookie Stars (Hisle/Lersch) (RS, RC)
#228 Dave Leonhard 
#330 Tony Conigliaro
#358 Athletics 1969 Rookie Stars (Lauzerique/Rodriguez) (RS, RC)
#363 Russ Nixon 
#411 Larry Dierker
#455 Sonny Siebert
#507 Cookie Rojas
#553 Ron Davis
#568 Cecil Upshaw
#577 Mike Hegan 

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
#139 Chris Short
#190 Bill White 
#401 New York Mets (TC) 
 
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
#488 Hal Brown 
 
1961 Post Cereal (F278-33)
#15 Bobby Shantz
 
1961 Topps
 
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: 435
Unique trading partners: 94

Number of cards mailed out: 2,259
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 3,286
Year of oldest card received: 1890
 

2 comments:

  1. I can use the 1962 Topps Brown #488, and the 1993 Fleer Olerud. Trade coming through TCDB shortly.

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  2. Jeez, Time Travel Trading already? I can never get my return sent in time.

    I'll request the '68 Mets team card and Bill White from same set.

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