Monday, May 19, 2025

Time Travel Trading Update #101

 
I'm going to lead off with a question for my faithful trade partners/readers - Is it worth putting the photos of the backs of cards? I do this so everyone is completely aware of condition, but it seems like I could save myself some time if I just did the fronts. Of course if there was some obvious condition issues present on the back of a card I would still show it, but if the backs look fine is it worth it? An added benefit would be that I can make the front pictures bigger going forward as well. It's just something I've been mulling over, and I'd like some outside input please.
 
Anyway, on to this month's new arrivals!
 
Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) leads things off with a sizable trade. The first batch is heavy with oddball and food issue baseball cards.

 
Bo also included some football cards, mainly from the 1980 Topps set. It's almost like he noticed another trader claiming a handful of them last month... ;)

 
Brendan (The View From The Third Floor) picked up a trio of cards this time around. His return volley hits all four major US sports!
 
   
New trader alert! Over on the TCDB, a collector named Jeff recently posted on the forum looking for vintage trade partners who are OK with receiving and sending low grade cards. I decided to take a shot at unloading a card I had in the stack that was in poor condition. (The card, a 1970 Topps football Tim Rossovich, had what I believe was black spray paint all over the back. You can see the card for yourself on the Time Travel Trading Update #74 post.) Anyway, Jeff agreed to take it off my hands for this 1961 Topps card.


It took me awhile before I noticed the team name had been meticulously altered. Someone was quite skilled with a typewriter!
 
I still have two trades incoming as of this writing, but they'll have to wait until next time. I had to get this post wrapped up earlier than usual, as this past weekend was a busy one - my oldest child graduated high school! 
 
My thanks to this month's trade partners Bo, Brendan, and Jeff!
 
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 Pro Set
#PS16 Riley Greene
 
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 
 

2012 Topps Stickers
#237 Bernie Brewer (MAS)    
 
2011 Topps Lineage
#186 Mel Ott
 
2010 Topps (football)
#249 David Garrard
 
2010 Topps Chrome (football)
#C141 T.J. Houshmandzadeh
 
2009 Bowman - Chrome WBC Prospects
#BCW18 Tao Bu   
 
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 Topps (football)
#301 Larry Fitzgerald (PB)   
 
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)   
 
 
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 William 
 
1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber
 
1999 Stadium Club
#214 Tony Saunders   
 
1998 Donruss
#22 Tony Gwynn
 
1998 Donruss - Diamond Kings
#6 Kenny Lofton (DK, SN10000, PR9500)
 
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 Scoreboard Mickey Mantle
#71 Mickey Mantle Day (1965)

1996 Leaf
 
1996 SP
 
1995 Cardtoons
#7 Fowl Boggs
 
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
#26 Ozzie Smith
 
1994 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#145 Chad Penney   
 
1993-94 Score (hockey)
#442 Mark Recchi (LBM) 
 
 
1993 Post
#18 Darren Daulton 
 
1993 Classic '93 Hockey Draft (hockey)
#40 Saku Koivu 
 
1993 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#246 Mike Rathje
 
1992 Diet Pepsi
#9 Bryan Harvey
 
 
1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian   
 
 
 
 
1992 Post
#26 Tony Gwynn 
 
1992 Score
 
1992 Score - 90's Impact Players
#48 Mike Mussina
#54 Doc Gooden

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
#147 Mike Gartner (ORIG6)
#174 Jeremy Roenick (ORIG6)

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 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 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

 
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 Upper Deck
 
1990 Pro Set (football)
#668 Stan Humphries (RC)
 
1990 Score (football)
#327 Dalton Hilliard (GF)
 
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 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 Topps Bazooka Shining Stars
#13 Tony Gwynn  

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 
 
 
1988 Pacific Legends I
 
1988 Score
#385 Tony Gwynn
 
#186 Rafael Palmeiro 
 
1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#13 Mike Henneman
 
1988 Topps Traded
 
1988 Topps (football)
 
1987-88 Topps (hockey)
#119 Kelly Hrudey 

1987 Donruss
#404 Bud Black

1987 Fleer Update
#U-36 Dan Gladden
 
1987 Fleer Update - Glossy
#U-69 Bill Madlock 
 
1987 Fleer Limited Edition
#16 Steve Garvey 
 
1987 Fleer Update
#U-108 Kevin Seitzer
 
1987 O-Pee-Chee
#353 Ernie Camacho 
 

1987 Topps 
 
 
1987 Zoot U.S. of ALF (non-sport)

#43 Texas - The Lone Star State
 
1986 Donruss
 
1986 Donruss Highlights
#1 Will Clark
#25 Fernando Valenzuela
 
 
1986 Fleer - Fleer All-Star Team
#7 Rickey Henderson
 
1986 Fleer Baseball's Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers
 
 
1986 True Value Super Stars
#6 Fernando Valenzuela 
 
1986 Topps (football)

1985 Donruss
#463 Doug Flynn
 
 
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)
#51 Danny White 
 
1984-85 Topps (hockey)
#3 Tom Fergus  

1984 Fleer
#210 Ben Oglivie
 
 
1984 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#19 Fred Lynn
#21 Gary Matthews
#32 Dave Winfield  
 
1983 Donruss
#22 Johnny Bench (DK)  
 
 
1983 O-Pee-Chee
#179 Luis Tiant (SV)  
 
1983 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#13 Steve Kemp
 
1983 Topps (football)
#109 George Rogers (TL)

1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport)
 
1982-85 Galasso Baseball Hobby Card Report T-206 Reprints
 
1982 Topps
 
1982 Topps (football) 
 
1981-82 Topps (hockey)
#51 Dale McCourt (TL)
 
1981 Donruss  
 
1981 Fleer
 
1981 Topps
 
 
1980 Topps 
#65 Al Bumbry
 
#80 Russ Francis
#83 Bobby Jackson
#84 Mike Bragg
#89 Don Cockroft
#97 Greg Coleman
#98 Charley Young
#106 Sherman White
#123 Randy Cross
#126 John James
#131 Jimmie Giles (RC) 
#167 Roland Hooks
#172 Leonard Thompson (RC)
#181 Duriel Harris
#185 Charlie Waters
#194 Danny Buggs 
#199 Louie Giammona (RC)
#252 Rob Lytle
 
1979 Kellogg's 3-D Super Stars
#25 Darrell Porter (COR, SP)

1979 Topps 
 
1979 Topps (football)

1978 Topps  
 
1978 Topps (football)
#316 Greg Landry
 
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 Topps
 
1975 TCMA 1954 Cleveland Indians
#NNO Don Mossi 
 
1975 Topps
 
1975 Topps (football)
#47 Bivian Lee
#89 Jimmy Johnson
#101 Bob Windsor
 
 
1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn
 

 
1972 Topps  
 
1972 Topps (football)
#11 Bobby Joe Green
 
1971 Topps
 
1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)
 
1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui
 
1969-70 Topps (hockey)
#21 Phil Goyette
 
1969 Topps
#14 Al McBean
 
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 Topps
#208 Larry Osborne
 
1960 Topps   

1959 Topps

1957 Topps
 
1955 Bowman
 
1955 Topps
 
1954 Bowman
#73 Don Mueller
 
1954 Topps
#215 Ed McGhee

1954 Bowman Power For Peace (non-sport)
#91 USS Coral Sea (CVB43)
 
 
1952 Topps Look 'n See (R714-16) (non-sport)
#75 Elias Howe
 
1952 Topps Wings Friend or Foe (R707-4) (non-sport)
#129 PO-1W Lockheed
 
1951 Bowman (football)
#118 Frank Reagan
 
1951 Topps Red Backs
#13 Dale Mitchell
#51 Eddie Robinson 
 
 
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)
#45 Ted Broadribb
#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: 366 (2 pending!)
Unique trading partners: 88

Number of cards mailed out: 1,948
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 2,812
Year of oldest card received: 1890
 

13 comments:

  1. I'd love to trade for the 2021 Pro Set Riley Greene

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  2. I do check the scanned backs, but not a lot. Maybe you could only the scan the backs if there were condition issues? I don't know if that would help.

    I'd like to claim the Don Mossi and the Danny White, as well as the 1980 football cards (yup!) of Russ Francis, Randy Cross, Roland Hooks, Charlie Waters and Rob Lytle. Also I'm in the market for another '79 Topps Tommy John and Mark Fidrych, if they aren't beat up.

    Congrats on the graduation!

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    1. Brendan claimed the Francis and Cross ahead of you via the TCDB. I'll message you about the two '79 Topps.

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  3. Fronts only are good with exception of noted flaws on back. Someday I need to do a time travel. Congratulations on the graduation. Typewriter on a card? I have never seen that before.

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  4. I guess I'm not looking at the backs much.
    But if there's a flaw, you should show it.
    And if there's an interesting picture maybe, like '93 Leaf baseball.

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  5. Personally I like the back views as it makes it easier to identify the card sometimes.

    Yes, I do try to see what "moved" the previous month and send accordingly.

    Just claiming the '92 Score Gooden this time. Thanks!

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  6. If there's a flaw, show the back. Otherwise I'm good.

    I'll claim these:
    2012 Topps Stickers
    #237 Bernie Brewer (MAS)    

    1992 JOGO - Missing Years (football)
    #8A Junior Ah You

    1980 Topps football
    139 Sam Adams

    1975 Topps football
    89 Jimmy Johnson

    1961 Topps
    358 Earl Averill

    Thanks!

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    1. Brendan claimed the Sam Adams, but the other 4 are yours!

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  7. All cards have been mailed out! Thanks again guys!

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  8. Sorry for the late comment, but I prefer to see the backs: helps itentify the year and card number for a quick TCDB lookup and I'm always looking for #444s.

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