Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Group Trade highlights: The Keepers

Whew!

I used up every bubble mailer and shipping supply I had on hand (and had to run out and buy some more Sunday night), but I'm happy to say that every address I've received now has a parcel of cards on their way!

The Group "Trade" turned out very nicely for me, even before any return packages have been opened. I claimed the Twins and Athletics for myself, and in addition I am hanging on to all the unclaimed teams as well.

Before this weekend, I had zero cards from 1999 Fleer Ultra, zero from 2002 Topps Gallery, zero Fleer Greats of the Game, and zero 2003 Topps Stadium Club. Now I have a nice fat stack of a little bit of everything.

Here are some of my favorites from each box:

1996 Pinnacle:
That's quite the mullet.

1999 Fleer Ultra:
Otis Nixon with the facemask, the ridiculous PC interface on the Eric Chavez card, Tony playing a little D, and Kenny Rogers ... yeah.
How about some horizontal heroes?

2002 Topps Gallery:

2002 Fleer Greats:
Stan "The Baby Face" Musial, a great action shot of Vida Blue, and three greats of the Twins/Senators franchise.

2003 Topps Stadium Club:
Just great photos, as you might expect, from Stadium Club.

If you missed out on the trade and/or one of the unclaimed teams is of interest to you, I can still be persuaded to trade those cards for something. I've been trying to expand my "collecting goals" page to include more Players, and over the next few days/weeks/etc. I plan on building up the Junk Wax list to move beyond 1993 to start to fill in the years I missed the first time around.

3 comments:

  1. Man... the Topps Gallery cards are just gorgeous. Thanks again for hosting the break.

    I'm working on a return package for you, but if it's alright with you I may wait until Monday to ship as I've found another card show in my area to hit.

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    1. Oh of course, take your time! I'm really looking forward to packages coming back from all over for the next few weeks. If it takes awhile to put something together, it just means I will get mail over a longer period of time.

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  2. That JD Drew Stadium Club card is a beauty.

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