Collection Highlight: 2009 Bowman Chrome Beamer Weems Autographed Card
By my calculations, it is 76 days until Padres pitchers and catchers report for duty in Arizona. Just 123 days until baseball’s Opening Day. For those of us (like me) who can’t wait for the cold weather to pass and for spring to arrive, here’s a random Padre card from my personal vault of random … Continue reading
Mailday: 2012 Five Star Tony Gwynn & 2006 Ultimate Collection Antonio Gates Autographed Cards
First off, I hope everyone had a wonderful Turkey Day. I spent some much needed time with the family and successfully avoided the Black Friday crowds. All in all, a relatively stress free four day weekend. I also received a couple of cards for my collection this weekend. Both cards were purchased from Ebay. One … Continue reading
Let’s Trade: 2012 Topps Triple Threads Brett Lawrie Game-Used Relic Card
Here’s the hit I pulled from a recent 2012 Topps Triple Threads group break. A game-used relic card featuring Toronto Blue Jay (and native Canadian) Brett Lawrie. Since this card does not feature a Friar, I am sending this one straight to the tradelist. Full disclosure: if you look real close at the swatch, you’ll … Continue reading
Collection Highlight: 1995 Topps Finest Natrone Means
Sunday morning. I’m just sitting around waiting for the Chargers-Broncos game to kick off later this afternoon. I need a card to get me hyped up for the game. A card reminiscent of the glory days of the 90′s – “state of the art” design, no redemptions, no infinite number of parallels, no game used … Continue reading
Mailday: Ladarius Green, Ryan Mathews Autographs Plus Melvin Ingram & Eric Weddle
I received some brand new additions to my Charger collection today. These arrived courtesy from a fellow collector from Trading Card Central. First off, an autographed card of TE Ladarius Green from 2012 Rookies & Stars. Green was a fourth rounder in the 2012 draft. He hasn’t seen much playing time, only recording one catch … Continue reading
Group Break: Five Hobby Boxes From MojoBreak – Padres Draft Pick Autographed Card
Here are the results of a group break I joined at Mojobreak. As usual, I had dibs on any and all Padres cards. We broke the following five hobby boxes: -2010 Panini Elite Extra Edition -2010 Bowman Sterling -2011 Panini Elite Extra Edition -2011 Bowman Sterling -2012 Leaf Metal Draft A prospect heavy break. There … Continue reading
Mailday: 2007 Topps ’52 Chase Headley Red Ink Autographed Card
This weekend’s mail brought me another Ebay pickup – a Chase Headley autographed card from the 2007 Topps 1952 Rookie Edition set. I already have the standard autograph, which I added to my collection about 3 years ago. This is the red ink variation, numbered 17 of 52. Other than cards from 2007-2008, there aren’t … Continue reading
Collection Highlight: 2002 Pacific Heads Up Flutie, Brees, Seau, Tomlinson Game Worn Jersey Quads
Today’s Collection Highlight features one of my favorite jersey cards. It’s from the 2002 Pacific Heads Up set and features four Chargers – Doug Flutie, Drew Brees, Ladainian Tomlinson, and Junior Seau. Pacific Trading Cards was a fairly small trading card company that was eventually bought by Donruss/Playoff. Here is the front of the card, … Continue reading
Collection Highlight: 2005 Donruss Zenith Ladainian Tomlinson
Here is one of my favorite Ladainian Tomlinson cards. It’s just a plain old base card from 2005 Donruss Zenith. But what a design. The card is one of the few of the 21st century to feature dufex. What’s dufex? It’s a special type of printing that gives cards a cool, “etched foil” look. It … Continue reading
Let’s Trade: 2012 Topps Golden Moments Madison Bumgarner Relic Card
This is a simple plea. I need someone, anyone to get this card off my hands. I’m in need of a trade offer for this card, and fast. I do not like having my storage space taken up by cards of Giants players. My other cards might get cooties or something. And I especially do … Continue reading
