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Tag Archives: football cards
Mailday – Antonio Gates 40 Card Lot
One of my goals for this year is to beef up my stash of Antonio Gates cards. What I currently have in my collection is woefully inadequate. A few autographed cards, couple of jersey/patch cards, and not much else. So … Continue reading
Mailday: 1961 Fleer Paul Lowe SGC 92 NM-MT+
A very nice addition to my personal collection arrived in the mailbox today. I won this beauty from Ebay. Paul Lowe’s 1961 Fleer card, graded 92 (NM/MT+) by SGC. This adds another card to my SGC graded 1961 Fleer Football … Continue reading
Collecting Goals For 2012
A new year brings new opportunities for collecting. For the past couple of years, I really haven’t been collecting as much as I would like. But one of my goals for the new year is to make more of an … Continue reading
Posted in announcements Tagged announcements, antonio gates, baseball cards, chargers, fleer, football cards, padres, Set Building, SGC
Collection Highlight – 1995 Skybox Impact Stan Humphries
Card: 1995 Skybox Impact #124 featuring Chargers Quarterback Stan Humphries Why is this card so awesome? First off this is a card of Stan ‘The Man’ Humphries, one of the toughest men to ever quarterback the Bolts. Secondly, it is … Continue reading
Collection Highlight – 1984 Topps Dan Fouts #180 Instant Replay
With football season fast approaching, I thought I should show off some of my favorite Charger cards. Now, I’ve been a Chargers fan for most of my life. And when I think of Charger Football, I always think back to … Continue reading
Set Building: 2008 Upper Deck Football – Update 6
I was very excited when I received this card in the mail today: Why the excitement over a card featuring Cowboys cornerback Mike Jenkins? Well my friends, I have now completed the 2008 Upper Deck set (cards 1-325). I started … Continue reading
Mailday: Ladainian Tomlinson 2008 Donruss Threads
I got this card in a trade with a member from Trading Card Central. I traded a couple of cards from my recent pack break of 08 Topps Mayo – the Donnie Avery autographed card and the Jonathan Stewart mini … Continue reading
Posted in Mailday Tagged chargers, donruss playoff, football cards, jersey card, ladainian tomlinson, traded
Pack Break: 2009 Topps Heritage and 2008 Topps Mayo
So the wife and I are walking through Target, just running a few errands. After several minutes of pestering and pleading, she relents and lets me buy a few packs. Like a kid who just received his allowance, I scan … Continue reading
Posted in Pack Breaks Tagged baseball cards, football cards, pack break, topps, topps heritage, topps mayo
Video Preview: 2009 Topps Magic Football
Another vintage card design from Topps. This one looks promising. It is Topps’ second football set of 2009, scheduled for a mid-June release. It will feature the largest autograph set in Topps history – all 300 cards from the base … Continue reading
Set Building: 2008 Upper Deck Football – Update 5
I’ve been diligently trying to put the finishing touches on the 2008 Upper Deck football set the past few weeks. Getting a lot closer to completion. I went on Ebay and started hunting for most of the short prints that … Continue reading
