Monday, January 23, 2023

Time Travel Trading Update #73

 
Get cozy, because we're going to be here for awhile. We're charging into the new year with the biggest update yet, thanks to 11 trades featuring over 150 cards! I can feel it - this is going to be an incredible year!
 
We'll kick things off with a trade that was pending as of the last update, courtesy of the famous Greg (Night Owl Cards). Greg snagged a quartet of cards (the post of which also shows off the card he won for being the 200th Time Travel Trade), and sent back a nice variety of cards:


Another pending trade comes from TCDB memeber JF. This was a good sized trade with a Canadian who has time traveled with us before. Admittedly a good amount of cards from the "overproduction era", but don't overlook that sweet vintage hockey card!

 
Trade #3 Jeff (Wax Pack Wonders) did something I never thought would happen - he traded back for cards he himself had previously sent me! I love the reason too - a Hall Of Famer frankenset! That works for me, because I got some great vintage and reprints from the deal!


For the 2nd straight month, I completed a trade with Ken through the TCDB. This return consisted of mostly 1950's cards. Is it me or could Cole and Oravets pass as brothers?

 
Sometimes I'm just overwhelmed by the generosity of my fellow collectors. Greg (The Collective Mind) joined the fray with his first Time Travel Trade. I sent him 3 cards. he sent me a lot of cards from the 1970 set:


 Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) checks in with his monthly trade. Thanks to him, the 1975 Topps set gets a nice little boost:
 
 
On the TCDB, I keep the Time Travel cards in a separate collection from my personal collection.  Unfortunately, the web site doesn't distinguish between these collections when someone is looking at cards marked for trade. Occasionally I'll get someone who offers something from my want lists (personal collection) in exchange for something on my trade lists (Time Travel project). Such was the case with a trader named Chris, who requested a 2019 Derek Jeter card I had in the stack and offered two cards from my want list:
 
 
Obviously I made the trade, but since I wanted to keep these cards I made a Time Travel Trade with myself. Instead of Sano and Bell, I'm adding these cards to the project:

Mike was another TCDB member who offered up personal wants for Time Travel cards, but since he wanted vintage I made a counter-offer. Fortunately he had older vintage on his For Trade list, and after explaining the project a deal was struck for these cards:


Long time blog reader Ken emailed me and claimed 31 cards! That establishes a new high for most cards ever mailed out in a Time Travel trade. He also obliterated the record for cards received, sending in a generous but insane 61 cards!
 
We start out with a sizable lot of last year's Heritage set:

 
 
Along with some great vintage:
 

And finishing up with a bunch of football cards:

 
Between this and the 1970 Topps lot, the stack has generously grown to over 600 cards! To think, this all started with a 12 card pack of 2018 Topps!
 
It seems only fitting that the last featured trade from this epic post circles back to the lead-off hitter, Greg (Night Owl Cards). His latest trade (which also happens to be his 20th Time Travel trade!) features a trio of 70's cards, including a few Buffalo Bills:
 

You have to love that Mario Clark card - there just aren't enough cards depicting athletes keeping themselves hydrated!
 
Whew! There you have it, so many great new cards. My eternal thanks to all of 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 Heritage
#75 Niko Goodrum
#97 Tyler Naquin
#121 Nick Pivetta
#151 Alex Kirilloff
#301 Yan Gomes
#304 Myles Straw
#312 Chris Taylor
#316 J.P. Crawford
#327 Josh Hader
#330 A.J. Pollock
#393 Ji-Man Choi
#506 Kevin Plawecki
#526 Tony Gonsolin
#538 Eduardo Escobar
#540 Josh Reddick
#555 Marcus Stroman
#560 Jake Arrieta
#566 Clint Frazier
#578 Marco Gonzales
#583 Chris Paddack
#601 Luke Jackson
#632 Bailey Ober
#637 Chris Sale
#683 Sonny Gray

2022 Topps Opening Day - Opening Day
 
2022 Topps Opening Day - Opening Day Autographs
#ODA-LWJ LaMonte Wade Jr. (AU) 
 
2021 Topps
 
2017-18 Upper Deck (hockey)
#298 Matt Nieto
 
2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners
 
2016-17 Upper Deck (hockey)
#12 Mike Smith 

2014 Topps
#131 Junichi Tazawa
#194 Joel Hanrahan

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     
 
2008 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces (non-sport)
#5 Black Queen 
 
2007 Donruss Threads (football)
#105 Marques Colston

2007 Playoff Prestige (football)
#57 Greg Jennings
#92 Marques Colston

2006 Donruss Threads (football)
#91 Joey Galloway

2005 Leaf Rookies & Stars (football)
#69 Kerry Collins 
 
2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia
#44 Shawn Green
 
2004 Bowman Heritage
 
2002 Fleer Maximum
 
2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#85 Tino Martinez
#88 Andy Petitte
 
2001 Fleer Greats Of The Game
#77 Lester Lockett 
 
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
 
1997 Topps (football)
#241 Elvis Grbac
#329 Greg Hill 

1996 Leaf

 
1995 Topps
#311 Bryan Harvey  

1995 Collector's Choice (football)
#31 Barry Sanders (DYK)
 
1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer   
 
 
1994 Ted Williams
 
1994 Topps Archives 1954
 
1993 Leaf

1993 Classic Draft Picks (basketball)
#33 Will Flemons
#67 Bennie Seltzer
 
1992-93 Humpty Dumpty I (hockey)
#NNO Troy Murray
 
 
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 
 
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 Fleer (football)
#76 Phil Simms
#81 Cris Carter
#152 Rod Woodson
#156 Darrell Green

1990 Pro Set (football)
#443 Bruce Smith
#517 Warren Moon 

1990 Pro Set - Theme Art (football)
#10 Super Bowl X Pittsburgh Steelers / Dallas Cowboys- PENDING!
 
1990 Score (football)
#436 Chet Brooks (RC)
#440 Deron Cherry 
 
1989 Fleer
#299 Roberto Alomar  
 
 
1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre
 
1988 Donruss
#384 Denny Walling
#441 Greg Gagne
#459 Jim Dwyer

1988 Donruss - Stan Musial Puzzle
#25-27 Stan Musial (PUZ)
#34-36 Stan Musial (PUZ)  
 
1988 Score
#546 Todd Benzinger (RC)
 
1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#30 Terry Steinbach  
 
1988 Topps Traded
#9T Bret Barberie (OLY, XRC) 

1987 Burger King All-Pro
#1 Wade Boggs

1987 Donruss
#655 Luis Aquino (RC)
 
#332 Joe Price
#619 Jerry Reed  
 
1986 Donruss
#287 Claudell Washington
 
1986 Fleer
#322 Goose Gossage  
 
1986 Topps
#40 Ken Griffey  
 
1986 Topps Traded
#7T Steve Bedrosian
#68T Mickey Mahler
#109T Tim Teufel 
 
1985 Topps
#497 Gary Pettis 
 
1985 Topps (football)
#38 Bill Bates (RC)
#39 Doug Cosbie
 
1984-85 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#343 Andrew McBain (RC) 
 
1984 Donruss

1984 Fleer
 
1984 O-Pee-Chee 
 
 
1983 Galasso T-206 Reprint
#NNO Carl Lundgren (VAR: American Beauty back)

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  
#598 George Vuckovich (RC) 
 
1981 Fleer
#8 Larry Christenson 

1981 Topps
 
1981 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#16 Cecil Cooper 
 
1980 Topps 
#90 Manny Trillo
 
1980 Topps (football)
 
1979 Kellogg's
#59 Ron Jackson (VAR) 

1979 Topps 
 
1979 Topps (football)
#12 Bernard Jackson
#20 Bill Bergey (AP)
#101 Joe Klecko
#140 Brad Van Pelt (AP)
#191 Tony Galbreath
#204 Thom Darden (AP)
#260 Gene Upshaw
#296 Revie Sorey (AP) 

1978-79 Topps (basketball)
#118 Kevin Porter 

1978 Topps  
 
1978 Topps (football)
#41 John Ebersole
#57 Mario Clark (RC)
#176 Willie Parker (RC) 

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 SSPC
#7 Elias Sosa 

1976 Topps

1976 Topps (football)
#74 Bryant Salter

1975 Topps
#11 Bill Melton
#43 Cleon Jones
#45 Joe Rudi
#53 Dave Giusti
#122 Al Hrabosky
#166 Woodie Fryman
#169 Cookie Rojas
#398 Elias Sosa 
 
1974 Topps  
#84 Rick Wise
 
1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn

 
1972 Topps  
#371 Jack Hiatt
 
1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui
#3 Darrel Chaney
#4 Tom Egan
#7 Indians 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)
#8 Jose Martinez (RC)
#12 John Hiller
#13 Jack Hiatt
#18 Carlos May
#18 Carlos May
#19 John Boccabella
#28 Billy Wilson
#29 Sandy Alomar 
#34 Willie Crawford
#36 Reds 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)
#39 Mike Nagy (ASR, RC)
#47 Bob Miller
#47 Bob Miller
#52 Bruce Dal Canton
#56 Phillies 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)
#57 Pat Kelly
#59 Dick Ellsworth
#60 Jim Wynn
#74 Angels 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)
#76 Carl Taylor
#77 Frank Linzy
#85 Max Alvis
#86 Lum Harris (MGR)
#87 Steve Renko (RC)
#91 Rich Morales
#97 Joe Moeller
#99 Bobby Pfeil (RC)
#115 Alex Johnson  
#117 Don Young
#122 George Stone    
 #130 Ollie Brown
#206 Clete Boyer
#266 Wally Bunker
#274 Gerry Arrigo
#276 Ron Hunt
#283 Angel Bravo (RC)
#284 Jack Baldschun
#287 Fred Talbot   #390 Willie Davis    
#404 Rich Reese
#430 Andy Messersmith
 
1969 Globe Imports Playing Cards Gas Station Issue
#8Hearts Jim Wynn
 
1969 Topps
#11 AL 1968 Strikeout Leaders (LL)
#18 Dick Schofield
#19 Ken Suarez
#66 Orioles 1969 Rookie Stars (RC, RS) 
#98 Dave Giusti
#136 Cardinals 1969 Rookie Stars (RC, RS)
#163 World Series Game #2 - Tiger Homers Deck The Cards (WS) 
#183 Don Shaw
#185 Tom Phoebus 
#187 Leon Wagner 
#195 John Odom
 
1968 Topps
#159 Don Kessinger 
#245 Tony Gonzalez 
 
1967-68 Topps (hockey)
#30 Reg Fleming 

1967 Topps

1966 Topps
#46 Howie Koplitz
#57 Jim Lefebvre
#145 Bill Freehan
 
 
1965 Topps - Embossed
#13 Al Kaline 

1964 Topps 

1962 Topps
#68 Ken Hunt 
1961 Topps
 
1960 Topps
#130 Frank Herrera (RS)
#131 Ed Hobaugh (RC, RS) 
#140 Julio Navarro (RC, RS)
#198 Jerry Lynch 
#367 Bill Tuttle 
 
1960 Topps (football)
#28 Jim Ray Smith 

1959 Topps
#168 Carroll Hardy 
#263 Buddy Daley (VAR: white back)
 
1958 JCM 30a Doyusha Team Name Back (solid front w/o borders)
 
1958 Topps (football)
#3 Joe Schmidt 

1957 Topps
#179 Ernie Oravetz
#234 Dick Cole  
 
1956 Topps
 
1956 Topps (football)
#42 Tom Fears
#51 Ted Marchibroda
 
1955 Bowman
#83 Max Surkont
 
1955 Topps
#101 Johnny Gray (RC) 
 
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

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: 223
Unique trading partners: 69

Number of cards mailed out: 1,074
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 1,631
Year of oldest card received: 1890
 
 
 

10 comments:

  1. I can use the '75 Rudi. Will send a return PWE. Thanks!

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  2. For now I'll claim '60 Topps Navarro and Lynch. Thank you!

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    1. If still available, can I also claim:
      '65 embossed Kaline
      '61 Post Brown
      Burger King Boggs
      Any '22 Heritage
      '07 Donruss Threads Colston
      '07 Playoff Prestige Jennings
      '06 Donruss Threads Galloway
      '05 Leaf Rookies & Stars Collins
      Did You Know Barry Sanders
      '90 Pro Set Moon
      '90 Pro Set Bruce Smith
      '90 Fleer Simms, Carter, Woodson and Green
      Thank you!

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  3. Wow, quite a selection, sadly not a lot that I need. But I'll jump on that '79 Football: Bergey, Van Pelt, Galbreath, Darden, Upshaw and Sorey, please.

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  4. I would like the whole 1971 Topps baseball stuff & the 2 from the 1997 Topps football Please kind sir

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    1. Please email me with your contact information (mattkeppel -at- yahoo -dot- com)

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    2. Matt make sure you check your junk folder in your email I sent you my Addy thanks again

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  5. Wow what a list! I'm excited to see what trades you make with these beauties.

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  6. I mailed out all the trades today! Thanks everyone!

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