It took longer than I thought it would, but it finally happened! 400 Time Travel Trades! It was well worth the wait, as I have a whopping 9 trades to show off today (OK, technically 10, but we'll cross that bridge in a bit.) I want to thank every single person who has ever made a Time Travel Trade since I started this back in 2018. My my count that's 90 different traders, and thanks to all of you the current trade stack has surpassed 900 cards, with 68 new ones to show off now. Let's get going, #500 will be here before I know it!
We kick things off with some great vintage from Greg (
Crocodile Sports). The Kellogg's card of Juan Marichal is the headliner here, but a quartet of cards from the 1950's make for a great trade!
The next trade comes from a member of the TCDB named Chris. It was a sizable trade that saw some fun baseball cards come my way:
Along with some amazing vintage hockey! Also, I don't know if any of my readers are soccer fans, particularly of the North American Soccer League that went defunct in 1984, but there's also a fun logo card from one of the teams!
This next trade stressed me out a little. As I was keeping track of who would become my 400th Time Travel Trade partner, I made a mistake that could have adjusted the result. You see, I don't number these trades based on when they were completed. I base them on either the day I send out my end of the trade or the day I receive my incoming cards (whichever comes latest). Unless the trade is done via the TCDB or shown off on someone's blog, I don't really know when the cards I send arrive. Anyway, my problem started with a TCDB with the amazing Mark Z. We've traded multiple times before without issue, and this time I did exactly as I had in the past - packed the cards in a PWE and used my handy spreadsheet to get the address. The only problem was Mark had moved, and I didn't catch the new address listed on the TCDB. I got the cards he sent quickly, but because of my mistake I didn't know if or when he would get his cards. By my counting method, his place numerically was set. However, if he never got his cards, I would have returned what he mailed me and not counted the trade at all. Things worked out in the end, and Mark got his cards a little over three weeks after I mailed them. What a relief that was, because now I can offer up these great cards for future trades!
If I had nulled out Mark's trade, then TCDB member Joseph wouldn't have been my 400th Time Travel trade! I gave Joseph a early peek at what cards would be available, and he's already made his choice for a free prize card (A 1990-91 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzsky is you're curious). As for the trade itself, here's what he sent me:
If you're wondering why I only took a picture of the front of the cards, it's because I am exercising my right as project creator to make a personal swap for these cards and keep them for myself. I had recently listed the 1990
Topps - 1989 Glossy All-Stars insert set as one I wanted to complete, and Joseph was kind enough to help with that endeavor. I ended up claiming one more card from an upcoming trade, so I'll list my replacement cards at the end.
Tom ( formerly of The Angels In Order) snagged just a single card this time around, and the return card is a fantastic looking card from the 1957 Topps set:
We've got another big trade, this time from Chris (
The Collector). 19 cards spanning 67 years of baseball and football (with a hockey card for good measure!) I'm pretty sure I've never seen those 1957 football cards before! Oh, and that O-Pee-Chee Dwight Evans? Mine!
The always reliable Brendan (
The View From The Third Floor) is our next trade partner. He only
picked up 3 cards, but sent back triple that amount! I don't get much hockey cards in these trades, so it amuses me that back to back trades have sent me cards from the exact same set (1981-82
O-Pee-Chee)!
What are the odds?
The newest blogger to join the Time Travel Trading ranks is Stuart (
SR '75 Cards)! It's another 1-for-1 trade, but I'm stoked to add a card from one of the best looking sets from the 60's!
We'll finish off with my personal swap of cards. I claimed 6 cards for myself, andI'm offering these as replacement:
Once again, thanks to all my trade partners, and another congratulations to Joseph for #400! You guys are 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:
2023 Score - The Franchise (football)#3 Lamar Jackson
2021-22 Donruss - Magicians (basketball)
2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners
2010 Topps Chrome - Refractors (Target)
#BC-1 Stephen Strasburg
2007 Playoff Prestige (football)
2002 Fleer Maximum
1996 Leaf
1996 SP
1996 Score (football)
#119 Brett Favre
#273 Brett Favre (CL)
1995 Topps
#350 Barry Larkin
#46 Fred McGriff
#208 Nolan Ryan "Passing Along Wisdom"
1992 Score
1992 Score - 90's Impact Players
1992 Pro Set (football)
#169 Barry Sanders
1992 Pro Set - Gold MVPs (football)
#MVP4 John Elway
1992 SkyBox Impact (football)
#156 Howie Long
1991-92 Pro Set Platinum (hockey)
1991-92 Upper Deck (basketbal)
1991 Score
1991 Upper Deck
1991 Fleer (football)
1991 Pro Set (football)
1990-91 Hoops (basketball)
1990 Fleer
#340 Fernando Valenzuela
#517 Roberto Alomar
1990 Topps Kmart Super Stars
#2 Ryne Sandberg
1990 Upper Deck
1989-90 Fleer (basketball)
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Crossed Bats (unlicensed)#6 Will Clark
1988 Donruss
1988 Pacific Legends I
1988 Topps Traded
1988 Topps (football)
#86 Bernie Kosar
1987 TCMA Collectors Kits Reprints - 1986 All-Time Houston
Astros
1987 Topps
#634 Rafael Palmeiro (FS, RC)
#687 Alan Trammell
#785 Terry
Francona
1986 Donruss
#310 Nolan Ryan
#374 Ron Meredith (RC)
#504 Pete
Vuckovich
1986 Fleer - Fleer All-Star Team
1986 Fleer Baseball's Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers
1985 O-Pee-Chee
#271 Dwight Evans
1984 Fleer Update
#U-7 Alan Bannister
#U-9 Dave Beard
#496 Terry Francona
#333 Lou Whitaker
1983 Topps - 1983 All-Star Set Collector's Edition (Glossy
Send-Ins)#9 Buddy Bell
1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport)
1982-85 Galasso Baseball Hobby Card Report T-206 Reprints
1982 TCMA Waterloo Indians
#19 Ed Tanner
1982 Topps
1982 Topps Stickers
#76 Manny Trillo
#81 Omar Moreno
1982 Topps (football)
1981-82 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#133 Rick MacLeish
#347 Mike Gartner
1981-82 Topps (hockey)
1981 Donruss
1981 Fleer
1981 Topps
1981 Topps (football)
#361 James Lofton (SA)
1979 Topps
1979 Topps (football)
1979 Topps NASL (soccer)
#6 Dallas Tornado Logo
1978 Topps
#237 Rich Dauer
1978 Topps (football)
#181 Steve Zabel
#186 Chuck Ramsey (RC)
1977 Topps
1977 Topps (football)
1976 Topps
1975 TCMA All Time Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers
#NNO Junior Gilliam
1975 Topps
#157 Pedro Borbon
1973 Topps
1972-73 Topps (hockey)
#23 Ted Harris
#30 Brad Park
#91 Dunc Wilson
#106
Don Luce
#130 Jean Ratelle (AS2)
#167 Gilles Marotte
#175
Lady Byng Trophy (TRO)
1972 Topps
1971 Topps
#207 Alan Foster
#115 Larry Brown (AS)
1970 Kellogg's 3-D Super Stars
#13 Juan Marichal
#144 Bob Hendley
1968 Topps
#319 Gene Freese
1965 Topps
1964 Ed-U-Cards Washington Senators Baseball Card Game#NNO Ball
1964 Topps
#22 Jerry Adair
1962 Topps
1962 Topps (football)
#153 J.D. Smith
1961 Fleer Baseball Greats (F418-3)
#110 Stan Hack
1961 Topps
1960 Topps
#261 Pete Burnside
1959 Topps
#272 Jerry Lumpe (VAR: white back)
1957 Topps
#359 Tom Cheney (RC)
1957 Topps (football)
#16 John Johnson
#98 Joe Scudero
1956 Topps
#43 Ray Moore (VAR: white back)
#267 Bob Nieman
#271 Foster Castleman (RC)
1955 Bowman
1955 Topps
1952 Topps Look 'n See (R714-16) (non-sport)
1951 Bowman
#116 Bruce Edwards
1939 Wills's Garden Flowers by Richard Sudell (non-sport)#38 Petunia
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
1933 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Fifth Series
(J9-1) (non-sport)#5 Indigo Bunting
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
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: 404
Unique trading partners: 90
Number of cards mailed out: 2,125
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11
Number of cards received: 3,077
Year of oldest card received: 1890
