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Hi Folks, I love cards but need to take a break for a while. Will finish up current trades. Will decline with no prejudice offers I received in the last couple weeks that I could not respond to. I hope you will feel the same way. Happy to trade when I am back at it. Life, work, mother, taxes all take priority for a while. Go Giants!! Please save your cool Giants for me. By all means message me and I will respond when I can. Take care, Art 

My mom is home from hospital and getting better. However, I am very busy helping her, grocery shopping, taking her to appointments etc. Lots of driving. I will do trades but I may be slower to respond than usual but I will fill, pack and mail like I always do. I even will send out a few proposals.  I would rather be doing trades than helping my mother but I have to do for family before cards. Offers with SF Giants will take priority.  Thanks Art     

Currently looking to complete 23 Pristine base and refractor set as number one priority. I have base and refractor to trade for what I need. 

Buster Posey, Willie McCovey, Brandon Crawford, Sean Hjelle, Patrick Bailey top players for me.

Save your cool NY or SF Giants for me. Always welcome San Francisco Giants cards 2002 - 2020 not on want list if they are not in my collection yet. Goal of 10,000 SF Giants cards.

Working on 2021 Heritage Master set. Need Varieties mostly.

Heritage set collector. If you have Heritage base or SPs on my wantlist lets trade. Also welcome Heritage Inserts I don't have even if not on want list. 

I will only go to the PO on Monday morning and Friday morning to mail whatever trades have been accepted by the night before. 

Thanks Art  

- - I do not buy cards and I only trade with people in the United States Thank you for understanding

looking for

 1995 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man

New York Rangers

Boston Redsox auto and patch cards

always taking cards that you don't want

Art Samel 1700 tuckerstown rd dresher pa 19025

Any and all Braves cards from 1954 - Present (RIP Hank Aaron).

I have decided to scale back from trying to collect every Braves card ever made and concentrate on the sets I like. Lately it seems to be next to impossible to collect team sets since there are so many inserts, VAR, SP, and just all to many brands. Topps has once again turned collecting into $$$ for them by making so many different brands. The cost to collect is getting to be very expensive and making me question the hobby again. I still plan on trading and looking for the cards I am still missing.

Willing to trade just about anything for Braves cards......

I have been trying to do the impossible and collect the entire 2016 Topps and Update Sets. Any help would be appreciated!

2016 Topps - (Last Updated 5/10/24)

Base Set - Complete!

VAR - a ways to go!!!

100 Years at Wrigley - Complete!

65th Anniversary - Complete!

All-Star - Complete!

All-Star Game - 63.7%

Amazing Milestones - Complete!

Amazing Milestones Gold - 60%

Back-To-Back - Complete!

Berger's Best - Complete!

Berger's Best (Series 2) - Complete!

Celebrating 65 Years - Complete!

Changing of the Guard - Complete!

Chasing 3000 - Complete!

First Pitch - Complete!

First Pitch (Series 2) - Complete!

Gold - 83.9%

Hallowed Highlights - Complete!

MLB Debut Bronze (Series 1 & 2) - Complete!

MLB Debut Silver (Series 1 & 2) - Complete!

MLB Debut Gold (Series 1) - 77.5%

MLB Debut Gold (Series 2) - 55%

MLB Debut Medallion (Series 1) - 20%

MLB Debut Medallion (Series 2) - 17.5%

MLB Wacky Promo - Complete!

Perspectives - Complete!

Pressed Into Service - Complete!

Purple - 4.9%

Rainbow Foil - 76.1%

Record Setters - Complete!

Rookie Variations - Complete!

Spring Fever - Complete!

The Greatest Streaks - Complete!

Tribute to the Kid - Complete!

Walk Off Wins - Complete!

2016 Topps Update -

Base Set - Complete!

3,000 Hits Club - Complete! 

500 HR Futures Club - Complete!

500 HR Futures Club Silver - 25%

500 HR Futures Club Gold - 10%

Chasing 3,000 - 83.3%

Fire - Complete!

First Pitch - Complete!

Gold - 35%

MLB All-Star Game Access - 64%

Rainbow Foil - 16.7%

Target Retail Exclusive Rookies - 5%

Team Franklin - Complete!

Walmart Retail Exclusive Rookies - 40%

WBB, vintage Pirates and WNBA autographs, oddballs, basketball players from Pittsburgh, 1979-80 Topps / OPC hockey set builder, players I like.

My Pirates Autographs, 1970-1979

I collect the following teams and players:

New York Mets
New York Giants
Philadelphia Flyers
Penn State Nittany Lions Football (in Penn State uniform)
Keith Hernandez
Mike Piazza
Al Hrabosky
Mario Lemieux

Always open for making trades. I have an extensive collection of cards mainly from the late 70s through the early 2000s, but also have some more modern product. If you see it in my collection and it doesn't fit my PC, I might be willing to sell or trade it, even if it isn't listed as being on my For Sale/Trade list. It can't hurt to ask, so feel free to reach out

In addition to the teams/players above, I'm working on building complete sets of Stadium Club, Fleer Ultra and Fleer/Skybox Metal, various 90s inserts (the 90s had the best inserts) and player lots of my favorite first basemen.
 

Looking to Return to the #1 Spot for Chris Sabo Collectors. I would love to trade for any Sabo I am missing. 

I also Collect Any and all Reds but mainly Gray, Votto, Stephenson

mainly MLB Showdown 2001

• Working on low to mid grade 1970 through 1972 complete Topps baseball sets, but I'll take any condition just to complete these sets. I'm focusing on these right now and I hope to trade as much for these as I can. I will buy if the price is right. I'm over halfway on 1970-1972 with HOF and High #'s remaining.

• Detroit Tigers Topps Team Sets, including SP (Complete 1958 to present)

• Detroit Lions Topps and Donruss post 2015 Team Sets, including SP (Complete 1956 to present)

• West Michigan Whitecaps Team Sets (Complete 1994 to present)

• Topps Flagship Baseball Sets 1970 to present (Complete 1973 to present)

• Topps Flagship Football Sets (Complete 1981-1992)

• Topps Traded/Update Sets (Complete 1974 to present)

• Topps Pro Debut Sets (Complete 2010 to present)

• MLB Mascots

• Any other local teams of interest - Grand Rapids Griffins, Muskegon Lumberjacks, Grand Rapids Rampage, Traverse City Beach Bums, Traverse City Pit Spitters, etc.

I've been very blessed in my trades and transactions here on TCDB. Thank you to all. I will trade vintage for modern and vice versa as long as there is roughly equal value felt on both sides. I am a set builder and collecter. I do not speculate on my cards for future value. I do this for fun, not for profit. I will sell, but only to build a small bank of money to use for buying cards I can't trade for. I've traded hundreds of cards each way and I've done many 1 for 1 trades, so no trade is too big or small for me.

In packaging, I use painter's tape ONLY. I try to use a photo mailer for small trades of about a dozen or less.  I use #10 PWE for trades up to about 2 dozen cards and maybe 2 PWE for 4 dozen.  After 50 cards, I typically will use a bubble mailer with tracking.  If it is 200 or more cards, they will likely be in a box well padded.

NOTICE: I've decided to make a slight change my trading approach.   I really don't have any interest in doing these large "player collection" trades anymore.  I'm a set collector and all my traders are stored by set (in nearly 100 3,200 count boxes).  It sometimes takes me hours to pull cards where someone is only looking for certain players.  Going forward, I will be rejecting these types of large trades.  I'm looking to help people complete their sets and vice versa.  A good rule of thumb when sending a trade proposal... think how many boxes will I have to pull from?  Sorry, but I hope you understand.  Craig

I’ve been collecting cards for over 47 years and have over 523,000 unique cards in my main collection, including some nice vintage stuff.  I collect older cards of the four major sports but lately I've been expanding to some more recent sets.  I'm primarily a Set Builder and I’m looking for other like-minded set builders to trade with.   I’ve accumulated tons of extra cards that I would like to trade away with almost 250,000 cards in my current For Trade list.  Big trades don't bother me. I have a huge Want List, so hopefully you have something I need.  Feel free to make me an offer. 

For Canadian Traders: It's expensive for me to trade across the border.  Going forward I would like to limit cross border trades to two (2) PWEs. That's about 54 standard-size cards.  Thanks.

For Anyone Outside US/Canada: The increased postal rates have made it impossible for me to trade outside North America cheaply.  So going forward I will have to decline trades from outside US/Canada.  Sorry about that.

Update on Donruss/Leaf * Variations and Upper Deck Holo Variations:
I can't guaranty the junk wax era Donruss/Leaf cards and the UD holo variations are listed with the correct variation.  Going forward I will no longer check the variations on these cards.  If you want these cards regardless of the variations, feel free to request them in the trade.  However, If you want a specific variation of these cards, I'm no longer your guy - please don't put them in the trade request.  For all other cards that have variations, I will continue to check and make sure you get the correct one.

Note on Vintage Cards:
I have over 6,000 vintage cards listed for trade (I consider vintage to be 1977 or earlier).  For each card I've noted a condition grade and if you check closer, a note on each regarding any condition issues (be sure to select the correct one if multiple cards are shown).  Please note that I'm by no means a professional grader and if you're hyper-sensitive on card condition, please message me first and I'd be happy talk about it.  In exchange for these cards, I have three priorities:

• 1) similar vintage cards that I need (any sport)
• 2) inserts for my 90s sets that I need (any sport)
• 3) or non-junk era base cards that i need as a last resort (any sport)

Note on Card Condition: A card noted as Pr, Fr, Gd, or GdVg will have some obvious condition issues such as creasing, corner wear, or marks.  I would consider them place holders in a collection at best (I've listed them because some people do want place holders).  A VG card will usually be a clean card with some corner wear or a centering issue.  For me, VG would be the bare minimum for my personal collection.  EX will be nice sharp card and VgEx will be something just between VG and Ex, still a nice card with a small issue that prevents it from being EX.  NM in vintage is a tough find.

Phillies and Yankees

If there is a Phillies card I do not have, I want it. :) 

Thank you to all who leave your kind feedback! 

Collecting all players who ever played even one game for the Quebec Nordiques and all their career cards.

My current prime focus is Basketball's Vince Carter and Chris Bosh; and Baseball's Tony Fernandez, Carlos Delgado, Cavan Biggio and Brett Lawrie.

See any mutual needs??? Let's trade!!! Small trades are fine with me. Selling as well.

THANK YOU for helping with my collection. Feel free to chat.

I speak English, German, Japanese.

Top players in my PCs:

Hockey: Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin, Owen Nolan, Jocelyn Thibault, Guy Lafleur (RIP 04/22/22).

Baseball: Tony Fernandez (RIP 02/15/20), Carlos Delgado, Dave Stieb

Basketball: Vince Carter, Chris Bosh

Also 29 Nordiques related players/ with over 100 cards in the PC.

12/4/2023 - Updated my PC lists, so there will be a mass of Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente & Corbin Burnes cards available for sale/trade here soon.  As I mention below, my want list is quite narrow, so I am more than willing to sell cards if we don't match up for a trade.  

Came across tcdb.com towards the end of 2019, and I have now completed over 1,500 transactions, with over 23,000 cards changing hands!  Love everything about this site.  I have met so many cool people from all over the Country, and even a few from Canada and beyond. (Just completed a trade to Finland, as a matter of fact).

Stole this from another member, but......my goal is to have zero cards in my For Sale/Trade List.  So keep the proposals comin'!

(I know my Want List is relatively small, so I am certainly willing to Sell cards if we don't have enough matches to work out a trade)

My PC list is as follows (with TCDB rankings as of 2/9/2024):

NBA: Giannis (4), Dirk Nowitzki (4), and Tim Duncan (2).  

NFL: Sterling Sharpe (3), and Don Majkowski (2)

MLB: Robin Yount (7), Tony Gwynn (6), Hal Morris (3), Mark Grace (7), Pat Listach (1) and Mark Langston (1)

Golf: Rickie Fowler (2)  & Joel Dahmen (2)

WWE: Lita (3)

UFC: Conor McGregor (4)

Non-Sport: Eddie Vedder, Judah Friedlander, Big Jay Oakerson, The Brothers Osborne (TJ & John), Rob Riggle, Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura, Charlie Berens, Post Malone and Brody Stevens

Although I currently live in Florida, I was born in Milwaukee.....hence my obsession with Wisconsin sports teams.  Ha.

Please check out my For Sale/Trade list, and feel free to message me or send me trade proposals any time.....let's see what we can get done!  (I don't necessarily trade based on "book value", but rather the value to me, so please feel free to counter if I propose a trade that you feel is unfair.  I also have no rules about "insert for insert" or any of that nonsense, so don't be shy to shoot me a proposal)  

Cal Ripken, Jr. cards are my main focus. I also collect Fred Lynn And Baltimore Orioles cards. I am currently ranked on TCDB as # 10 for Ripken, # 5 for Orioles, and # 3 for Fred Lynn.

I am currently looking for Baltimore Orioles Pocket Schedules.

I am also actively searching for the Holiday Inn room key cards of Cal Ripken that parallel the 2007 Upper Deck Holiday Inn Ripken set.

I am currently just shipping via PWE transactions of 3 ounces or less to limit my exposure/costs. Multiple PWE transactions will be acomodated,if applicable. I am turning off trading for a little while to organize my cards for a better trading experience in the near future-Thanks to everyone for your trades-I love this site and look forward to more trades soon.

I've been a baseball collector since the late 80's and love to trade.  I am primarily a set collector and belong to several online trading clubs.  My never ending goal is to collect all the regular issued Topps cards from 1952 to present.

My main collecting interests are vintage cards,  Minnesota Twins,  a few newer sets and Bert Blyleven.

Vintage sets:  1952 Topps, 1953 Topps, 1954 Bowman, 1954 Topps,  1955 Topps,  1956 Topps,  1957 Topps,  1963 Topps,  1967 Topps

Newer sets: 2004 Donruss,  2005 Donruss,  2012 Cooperstown.

* I prefer not to trade vintage cards (below 1976) for newer cards.

* Before delivering or accepting a proposal please make sure you have all of the cards.

PRIMARY COLLECTION GOALS:
Baseball: Complete Sets, Topps Base and Archives, New York Yankees.
Football: Topps 1969-1974 & 1972 Sunoco
Basketball: Topps 1969-1972
Hockey: Topps 1972-73: (I only need 10 cards from this set, with 55 cards for trade)

MY WANTLIST HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS:

1. pre-1960 Topps baseball
2. 1960-1969 Topps baseball inserts (base set)
3. 1995-2009 Topps baseball inserts (base set)
4. Everything else

NOTHING FROM MY WANTLIST?
If you don't have anything on my wantlist, try offering some of these:

• New York Yankees: any card not in my collection
• Complete Baseball Sets: any complete baseball set I don't have in my collection. I like the junk-era small sets and Topps mail-in sets.

NOTE ON TRADING FOR VARS (variations)
Please be willing to verify or send images of VARS offered in trade.

PERSONAL PREFERENCES
Just guidelines, not absolutes. I prefer the following:

• Trade within the same sport. Baseball for Baseball. Football for Football.

12.29 - New number 1 priority.  I absolutely love the 2023 Topps X Bob Ross The Joy of Baseball set.  I know this will be a tough one to complete but I've got 18 incoming and looking for any of the base cards.  My wife and son are actually interested in my hobby for the first time! 

09.26 - In the process of adding my vintage to my trade list.  I'm not listing anything with creases or markings but these are old and have corner issues in most instances.  I am happy to provide pictures for any vintage card I have.  Just let me know.

***Please know that I will always promptly reply to your trade proposal, but it may take me a day or three to confirm the cards.  Weekdays are busy for me.  Weekends allow for more time spent on cards.  If I reply with a "this should be good to go" or something along those lines, there is a 99.9% chance the trade will happen.  Please have patience. 

Priorities

1a.  2024 Topps Series 1

1b.  2001 Topps Master set - I'm down to the tough ones.  Eight golds left, most of the game used and autos.  I realize completing this set is a pipe dream but I love the chase.

1c.  Looking for a Mike Schmidt g/u card.  Needs to be a licensed product.  Getting my hands on one may help me pick up one of the 2001 Topps cards I've been hunting down for 20 years.

2.  2019 Topps 150th Anniversary parallel set - Need just 119 of the flagship set and 105 of the Update set.  Most of the really tough ones I already have.  This set is totally doable.

3.  Any Topps card I need.  I'm a set collector, first and foremost.  going back to my first year of collecting (82) thru today. 

4.  I'll never say no to Diamondback cards I need.  last I checked, I needed 107,000+ Dbacks cards, lol.  

I have the following rookies not listed on my for trade list.  I'd move these for tough rookies on my wantlist.

All Topps - Tatis Jr, Vlad Jr, Acuna, K Bryant

Set collector of Topps, Topps Chrome, Topps Update sets.  Also collect Diamondback cards.

I AM STILL ACCEPTING TRADES BUT AM BACKED UP AND MAY NEED EXTRA TIME TO CATCH UP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE :D

93-present, Marlins, dbacks, dodgers, angels, and really obscure players that played one game in 2003.

My profile picture is me with my favorite player Manny Sanguillen in the summer of 2023.

My Collecting History

My first pack of cards was in 1971.  My mom bought me the pack of cards from Bullman's Market in Mt. Chestnut, I remember that.  But I was only 5, so the collecting bug didn't take hold.  It wasn't until I was 11 in the summer of 1977 when I started collecting baseball cards.  I would buy all the 15 cent packs of baseball cards I could with my allowance money and the money I made from my paper route. Later that summer my grandmother had given me a bag full of hundreds of older baseball cards she had collected.  I didn't know many of the players names at the time, but thought they were cool.  Turns out they were mostly 1960 Topps baseball with a bunch of 1959 and 1961 Topps baseball.  In the summer of 1979 my father took me and my friends to a flea market in North Park, I think it was called Wildwood Flea Market.  It was the first time I saw a dealer that sold baseball cards.  I remember buying a Mint condition 1960 Yogi Berra for $5.00, I am sure there were others, but the Berra is the one I remember.  (I may add more to this in the future, but that is enough for now.)

What I Collect

Mostly vintage baseball.  Vintage being 1980 and before.  After 1980 just cards that I really like or have a special meaning to me.  My favorite sets are 1954, 1956 and 1960 Topps Baseball, also 1949 and 1953 Bowman Baseball.

I 

11/16/22   -  I have turned off trading while I decide what parts of my collection that I keep and what I'll liquidate. If you see something that you need, send me a message. 

Team Collectors - I have 1000's of pocket schedules from MLB, NBA, and some NFL, NHL, MiLB & College that I no longer collect. Let me know if you are interested in them to either trade for or buy.

I started collecting autographs and Mets stuff in the early 70s.  After a few years away from the hobby I'm getting back into it, and getting my existing sets back up to speed.

METS COLLECTION

-I have a near complete run of signed Mets Topps cards (Topps main set) from 1962 to 2006. I have 1,335 of the possible 1,379 cards signed from those years

- I'm also working on getting an autograph of every Mets player. I have 987 of the 1,111 players in Mets history

- Individual signed balls from Mets players on the 1962, 1969, 1973, 1986, 2015 teams

- I'm currently 2nd on the David Wright collection list with over 1,000 cards.

- I also collect Mets Yearbooks Programs, Tickets, Pins, Bobble Heads and just about anything Mets 

HALL OF FAME COLLECTION

- I collect individual signed balls, Gold HOF Plaques, B&W HOF Plaques, Dexter Press Color HOF Plaques, Perez Steele Postcards, TCMA Baseball Immortls, Donruss HOF Heroes, cards, 8x10s and index cards

- I'm trying to get 1 card of every HOFer but I can only use 1 card from any set. For example once I used a 52 Topps Monte Irvin, that set became off limits to me for any other player. 

CURRENT SETS (Signed and unsigned)

- I try to get the all the cards signed in the sets that I collect.  

- 1985 Topps set COMPLETELY SIGNED

- 2001-2010 Topps Hertitage

- 2004 Bowman Heritage & Topps Cracker Jack

I'm slowly adding sets, traders and wants to the site. If you need something from my trader list but don't have anything on my wantlist, please reach out to me.  

I'd rather trade, but I'm willing to listen to buy and sell offers as well.

I get dozens of trade matches a week, where collectors have common cards from the junk wax era on their wantlist but have nothing for me. If that's you, I'm willing to sell these cards for the cost of postage and a few bucks for my time.

I'm happy to make a 1 for 1 PWE trade for any of the SPs that need.

Thanks for reading

Bob

Follow me on Twitter @Mets86champsT to see a daily post of additions to my collections, and on days when I don't get any mail, I post cool (at least I think so) items from my collection

Trading on pause while on vacation

Still working on completing Topps Baseball sets 1960,1969, and 1970.   I have complete sets from 1971 to 1981 But I need to upgrade some as I sort through them.Trying to complete Reds team sets from any year, have most of the 70s covered and am working backwards.  Have a good start on the 60s.  Partial Reds sets from 1980-2020 are sitting in boxes waiting to be sorted.  I have alot of reds duplicates including specials/inserts for former reds stars (Bench, Morgan, etc,)

Also working on modern base sets and some inserts as they catch my interest.

Still working on updating my collection in the database.

J. Buhner, A.Rhodes, C.Bosio,  D. Wilson, J.Nelson, J.Kruk, R.Dibble, M.Blowers, R.Myers, D.Boyd, M. Blowers, M. Fidrych, B. Blyleven, D. Parker.

DISCLOSURE:

My Topps 59' 60' 61' and 62's are all Ex or Ex+ and looking for good homes.

My OPC/Topps 70's vary widely.  I hesitate to grade, but I do  know the parameters.  Ask for condition and I will put eyeballs on the card and let you know.

My Topps 79' and 80' are weathered.  Some dings, soft edges. Pesentable. Handled by me as a child.  If its creased, it isnt listed here

Everything else Ex+/Nm or better.

CURRENTLY PAUSED FOR TRADING - WILL BE BACK AROUND 5/15/23

Set builder of Topps/Bowman product baseball; some junk era, some vintage, some modern. Focus on the Chrome and Update sets for modern. Starting in Dec '22 I'm expanding to Vintage set building of Topps baseball and football for all '70s sets.  Collect some modern football sets but mostly singles of PC teams (Browns & Bengals) and select HOF players

I'm excited that my son is now involved in "Our" collections so adding current and HOF Bengals to the wantlist mix.  Since we share the Angels as fans in baseball the PC there is pretty easy.

I'm open to selling anything on my offering list and I'm typically asking no more than 75% of recent comps.  If the price goes over $20 I'll pay any shipping fees.

Trade Notes: I don't pull cards before making a trade offer within the site but I do check all cards before sending. I will pull cards before accepting a trade.  Cards ship if I consider NrMt-Mt in handling condition (corners, surface, edges) and NrMt in printing otherwise I will send a message to discuss condition.

Shipping Notes: PWE should be assumed for less than 20 cards.  I'd prefer trades of 20 cards to be BMWT, higher valued cards ($20+) should be discussed before assuming PWE.  Canada and US addresses only, PWE only to Canada unless being paid for by the recipient

CURRENTLY PAUSED FOR TRADING - WILL BE BACK AROUND 5/15/23

Always looking for a good trade. Let me know if I have anything on your Want list. 

Hockey, Baseball and Football

favorite teams: Atlanta Braves, Jacksonville Jaguars, Nashville Predators and Chicago Blackhawks

Favorite Players: Ronald Acuna Jr, Hank Aaron, Michael Jordan

Main focus is to complete my 1972 Topps baseball set.  I need around 80 more lower-grade high numbers (>#656).

I’m also looking to acquire, either through trade or purchase, a 2011 Topps Update Mike Trout rookie.  I would trade many personal collection cards for this since getting this card would complete my run of Topps base and Update sets from 1973-2022.

1970’s cards in for-trade list are generally in VG or worse condition.

Cardinals, Rod Carew, Brooks Robinson, Albert Pujols

I trade away all duplicates, inserts, and cards from sets I don't plan on completing.

Royals

Dallas Cowboys

Championship Era Bulls

Bo Bichette

Boxing 

Willing to sell stuff as well if no trade can be worked out. Must have a positive transaction history, and a pay method that protects both. Prefer any deal of this nature to be a minimum of $20 to make it worth the time. Willing to do large lots or single cards. 

Due to work, will likely respond to trades/messages on weekends

Baseball - Primary is any Trea Turner, Adley Rutschman, Washington Nationals in general

USWNT Soccer - Alex Morgan, Julie Ertz/Johnston, 

Star Wars - Aanything Aayla Secura. 

Mainly vintage.  Prefer 70s to mid 80s.  Mostly baseball, but also football and basketball.  Trading inserts and doubles for my needs,  I also collect Don Money, Frank Tanana, Bill Madlock, Bobby Murcer, Dave Baldwin, Jim Adducci, Ken & Bob Forsch, Rick & Paul Reuschel, Al Oliver, Erik Kratz, Haven Moses, Willie Buchanon, Bobby Portis, Khris Middleton, Jrue Holiday, Giannis and many others!  
 

Special obsession with 70s Hostess!

Recent interests: 

O-Pee-Chee Baseball 

1992-93 Topps Archives Basketball

1987-88 Fleer Basketball 

2005 Topps All-American Football 

Burger King Baseball

Favorite teams include the Brewers, Bucks, Packers and Badgers.

Would like to trade for Brewer parallels.
 

I'd like to trade base for base, if possible.  Vintage for vintage, again if possible.

Collecting: I collect Topps flagship baseball mostly working on my vintage sets now, Bowman base, Pro Debut, and Qypsy Queen. Depending on my cardboard addiction I will dabble in inserts and parallels but usually I just trade them away. Autos will ALWAYS take priority in trades with me and I will trade multiple cards for a single auto.

Shipping: I usually only ship once a week typically on Friday. All trades sent by me will arrive in a padded envelope with tracking. I'm totally fine with receiving PWE, though. Unfortunately I am forced to have to decline international trades as I've had too many cards either held in or damaged by Customs. Sorry about that, Blue Jays fans.

Purchasing: Maybe. 99.9% of my interactions here will be trades but I will buy autos or more expensive one-offs to finish a set if it's reasonable.

Looking to build out Topps baseball sets, primarily from 1970 to present, and building my Tom Seaver collection (currently in the top 10 on TCDB).  Collected back in the early to mid 70s as a kid, then lost interest in high school (girls!).  Back to it in the mid 80s and sporadically since. 

Grew up in upstate New York as a Mets fan (hence the Seaver collection) but have lived in Chicago since the early 80s and now a fan of both the Cubs and White Sox (yes, you can root for both - I just want winning baseball in Chicago!)

All football, basketball, hockey and non-Topps baseball cards (except Seavers) are availalble for trades.

A note on condition:  most of the cards I have for sale/trade that are from 1973 and earlier are of the "well loved" variety and have some sort of flaw (bad corners, creases, writing, etc.).  I would definitely be interested in trading them for similar condition cards from the same or similar years.  Shoot me an offer or a message if you have some you'd be interested.  Thanks.

1. My trading philosophy is very simple, if I have a card you want and you have a card I want, we can trade. I only ask that the trading values be comparable.
   1. I have no issue trading Modern for Vintage or Stars for Commons or Regulars for Inserts
2. I have no geographic trading restrictions, just make sure the trade is worth the postage.
3. I usually start out with small trade and work up to larger sets.
4. If there is ANY issue with any trade, I will do my best to make it right.

Not collecting anymore. Getting rid of all my cards.

If my trading is turned back on, it's only to list what someone wants to get from me, not for trades.

It's been fun, but there comes a time for all good things to come to an end. This is my time.

Topps sets & Detroit Tiger team sets. HOF & ROY winners

I collect baseball only and currently looking to trade only at this point.  My current collection is slowly being added and I hope to find good homes for many of the duplicates I have.  I try to be fair on all trades based on wants/needs not just price.  I am willing to look at all trades even though we may not always agree.

Current Sets working on

2013 Prizm Baseball Blue Pulsar--Need 13 cards including 3 SP(really want to complete this set)

2021 Topps Update

2022 Topps Update-COMPLETED

2023 Topps-COMPLETED

2023 Topps Update-COMPLETED

I am a set builder but also focus on certain players mainly my beloved New York Yankees.

PC:

Don Mattingly

Paul O'Neill

Derek Jeter

Andy Pettitte

Jorge Posada

Mariano Rivera

Tom Murphy

Kris Bryant

Tony Gwynn

updated: 07/01/2023

Main goal: Empty out my for sale/trade list. COMPLETE!

Currently collecting (order of importance)

1: Randy Johnson

2: Paul O’Neill; Hideki Matsui

3: 2006; 2009 NY Yankees

4: NY Yankees autos and relics; I am trying to collect 1 relic (preferably game-used jersey) for each Yankee that has one. This is an impossible goal but will be fun to see how many I can get. I am also interested in players that played for the Yankees but only had a game used jersey from when they were playing for a different team. 

5: Topps Allen & Ginter (incl "X" and "Chrome" series) Yankee base team sets and mini parallels

Collections I am considering starting/continuing:

1: Ichiro (Yankees only)

2: “Vintage” (pre-2000) non-sport

I have one of the biggest refractor collections and complete set collections in the world, which my father started 25+ years ago.  Joining here to try to find some of the remaining cards in my want list and finish off more sets!  I have a very long way to go in adding to my 'collection' section, hoping to have everything added in by the end of the year but we shall see. 

I have tons of extra refractors available to trade or sell, and am working on getting them added into my collection as time allows.  Note: Cards will range from EX to Mint.  These are mostly chrome refractors so they may have greening, surface scratches, etc. If you are very particular about condition please ask for pictures before agreeing to a deal. 

***Most of my extra refractors are now added with the exception of random odds and ends. I am open to selling anything in my for sale/for trade list with payment via Paypal/Venmo/Zelle.*** I will accept reasonable offers, especially if you put in the effort to make the offer and don't just ask me for a price on a ton of cards.  However, I am a top rated ebay seller and will not just give my cards away for a tiny fraction of what I would get on there, so please do consider the fair market value of the cards you want before making an offer.  I am happy to negotiate back and forth with someone on prices as long as you are realistic.

Willing to overtrade for certain cards on my want list, and I am ok with shipping things PWE when appropriate (less than ~10 cards and lower in value mainly).  I recently got a bunch of double pocket Armalopes which I will use for anything more than 5 cards PWE. 

My want list is very close to final at this point, so I likely will not want to trade if we do not have matches already.  The only exception might be for green bay packers hall of famer autographs, if you happen to have any. 

Small trades are ok, but prefer bigger ones whenever possible.  

I always leave feedback from a positive deal, and ask that you do the same. 

Topps Baseball & Football and any former Mississippi State players. 

US Army Combat Vet. (Iraq x 3, Afghanistan x 1) Originally from Brooklyn, NY. Older than I look.

Trades were officially shut down as of 8:30 PM (PST) on 9/19/2020...

UPDATE: Made it to NC. Health makes things interesting but I can work through it. Have completely wiped out my TCDB collections as I have no idea what I have or where it is. More to follow... (11/5/23)

Collecting since 1984.  Everything baseball that I don't have--I want. Cards listed under the "For Trade" collection are available for trade. 

Set collector. Trades only...  Not in this to make or spend money.

-Baseball: 1948 Bowman and everything from then on in Baseball. PC: Don Mattingly, Rick Cerone, David Cone, Cal Ripken Jr, Tony Gwynn, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, Ozzie Smith, Nolan Ryan, Derek Jeter, Aaron Judge, Anthony RIzzo, Ichiro, New York Yankees

-Football: 1977-2011 Topps, 1986-1995 for everything else PC: Tiki Barber, Saquon Barkley, Jerome Bettis, Blake Bortles, Terry Bradshaw, Brett Favre, Jeff Hostetler, Brandon Jacobs, Daniel Jones, Jim Kelly, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Phil Simms, Michael Strahan, Lawrence Taylor, Thurmon Thomas, New York Giants.

-Basketball: 1977-78 through 2009-10 Topps, 1986-1995 for everything else. PC: Charles, Barkley, Stephen Curry, Patrick Ewing, Walt Frazier, Allen Iverson, Karl Malone, Shaquille O'Neal, Pat Riley, David Robinson, Detlef Schrempf, John Starks, New York Knicks.

-Whatever Hockey I happen to come across. Focus on Topps and Upper Deck. PC: Mark Messier, Chris Kreider, Mika Zibenajad, Adam Fox, Mike Richter, Marc-Andre Fleury, Brian Leetch, Dylan Larkin, Steve Yzerman, Igor Shesterkin, Henrik Lundquist, New York Rangers.

-Various Non-Sport sets including: Marvel, 80's Batman, Jurassic Park, GI Joe, 80's movies, Desert Storm, etc. 

-Multi-sport sets if they include baseball.

-Mattingly Doubles PC collection are doubles based on my main collection. (If it's not in the main, collection I don't own it.)

Happy to be here and excited to find a tool to catalog my cards. I have wanted something like this for 38 years.  

Joe

Priority of my want lists:
1 - Any and all Phillies cards (almost anything not in my collection is a "want")
2 - Various set ventures (baseball - 1972 Topps, 2016 Topps Chrome, Archives, Heritage sets, then hockey sets)
3 - Baseball HOFers (1980s)
4 - Baseball HOFers (1970s)
5 - Baseball HOFers (1990s)
6 - Baseball HOFers (other decades)

If there are any other categories of want lists, they would fall between set completion and HOFers.

I added approx. 90,000 cards available for trade in early 2023.

[The next section has been updated on 3/4/2024]

Note: Currently transactions are ON.

While I have transaction requests turned on, trade proposals will be handled in the order in which they are received. I am continuing to take it slow because I don't have the time or patience to take on too many trades at once. Additionally, I have found that it makes it easier on both sides because the cards are known to be available. And please, when we do trade, please make it so that the postage to/from your location to mine makes a trade worthwhile for both of us. Thank you.

Please also note that I am very much open to selling in addition to trading. If you see stuff you want and don't have anything in return, that's okay. We'll work out a deal that will be fair for both of us, not just me (and not just you, please). (The listings over at the SwamiLee account are in my possession and I am also selling those. The only sport left there is baseball.)

Before I accept any offers, I like to pull my cards to ensure I've really get them, they are the correct variations, their condition is ok, etc. So, it may take me a few days to respond. Please be patient.

Not a big fan of 1 or 2 common card trade requests. At least make the offer where the cards are worth more then the postage?

I am really getting into NON-SPORTS cards in a big way. Superhero, movies, old TV shows...just about any and all subjects. Don't be shocked if I counteroffer any proposal to trade sports cards for non-sports. Trying to grow my non-sports collection while eliminating what little racing, hockey and basketball cards I have.

That being said, I am really looking at sports-for-non-sports offers in a more favorable light.

IF YOU HAVE NON-SPORT CARDS NOT ON WANTLIST...

- does not mean I don't want them, probably just haven't added every non-sport cart to the wantlist!! Let me know what you have and I'll let you know if I want to collect them.

My trading philosophy...

I use the values listed in the database, not as absolute truths but more as a set of scales to weigh each side of a transaction.

Still trying to get my collection organized. To be honest, I still don't know what I have, what I want to collect and what I want to get rid of. This site has given me the push I needed to organize things. I am trading but not everything (maybe 70%) is recorded. I plan on trying to focus on just baseball, football and non-sports going forward. And to be honest, right now I'm trying to focus on non-sport. I'll trade baseball and football for non-sports. 

Collecting: I'm mostly a set builder, focusing on baseball, football and non-sports (movies and superhero type cards).

- Always had a soft spot for holograms.

- Prefer smaller sets to the mega series of earlier days. 900 card sets? Meh...

- Just got back into modern set building and I'm really liking Topps Allen & Ginter sets, although the gazillion subsets and variations is confusing/annoying.

- Really don't have true "favorite players" or teams. Gravitate towards Red Sox and Patriots but I don't fixate on them anymore.

- upgraded my Mac to a new MacMini and need to re-install scanner drivers, etc. Have some cards missing in the DB and I'll spend a day or two scanning once it's up.

Stole this from another profile..."Note: I always pull before accepting a trade so please give me time when you propose a trade."

Back to sorting cards and updating my collection online...