TRADING
—Suggestions if you would like to trade: Prefer trading inserts/short prints for inserts/short prints, vintage for vintage, junk wax for junk wax, and modern base-set cards for same. I don't mind getting modern cards in return for junk wax (1980s and early 1990s), depending on the cards involved. These are just general guidelines, and if you want to make a deal different from that, just message me. I'm sure we can figure something out.
—Why I prefer trading inserts for inserts: Even if the value of a particular insert is no more than an ordinary base-set card, inserts typically are more scarce here than base-set cards. Check each card, and in most cases, you'll see that inserts are included on more Want lists than For Sale/Trade lists. A large majority of modern base-set cards are on more For Sale/Trade lists than Want lists. That's why I don't consider base-for-inserts to be an equal trade. Again, message me if you disagree, and I’ll try to work with you.
WHAT I'M WORKING ON
—Modern baseball set priorities:
**Topps flagship, Series 1 (2024) 64 to go
**Topps Heritage (2024) 234 to go
**Topps flagship (2018) 386 to go
**Topps Update (2023) 8 to go
**Topps Archives (2023) 64 to go
**Topps Update (2018) just started, 298 to go
**Topps Update (2019) just started, 177 to go
**Topps Heritage (any year, but especially 2017)
**Topps Archives (2020) 229 to go
**Topps Allen & Ginter (2022) (Not a big priority for now)
**Donruss (2019-23) (Not a big priority for now)
**Fleer (1983) (Need cards to be NrMt or close to it)
**Donruss (1986) (Need cards to be NrMt or close to it)
—Priorities on insert sets:
**2017-24 35th Anniversary sets (I love them all)
**2017 Heritage: 1968 Topps Game
**2020 Topps Archives: 1960 All-Star Rookies
**2017-23 Heritage: New Age Performers
**2018 Anything (Especially Legends in the Making, and Highlights of Judge, Bellinger, Bryant and Jeter)
—Football priority: Cards of former Alabama players. To a lesser extent, I'm interested in former Alabama basketball players, too. Also, I'd like to complete the 1982 Topps football set, but cards need to be NrMt because all the ones I have for that set are NrMt or better. I'm trying to finish my 1973, '74 and '75 Topps sets, too, and I'd like to get at least Vg to VgEx.
CARDS FOR SALE/TRADE
My goal is reduce the number of trade cards to zero. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. What I'm offering:
**Baseball, 1981-current: These are almost always Ex-Mt or Nr-Mt. (If they aren't, I've got condition marked.) If you ask for a particular card, I'll check condition before accepting the deal.
**Baseball, 1961-80: I've listed condition for everything baseball from 1961-80.
**Football: Everything 1980 and newer is almost certainly Ex-Mt or Nr-Mt. I've listed condition for 1982 and everything 1979 and older. The 1969 and 1970 cards are almost all Poor to Fair, with a handful of Good sprinkled in. (Sorry, I got them years ago from a friend who didn't take care of his cards.) I've got some 1970 cards to trade that are Ex-Mt or better.
**Basketball: I've got some 1981-82 Topps listed. All those cards are Ex-Mt or Nr-Mt. I've also got some 1990-91 Hoops and 1990-91 Fleer cards listed. They're all NrMt.
MY OWN CARD RANKINGS
—Where I rank, as of March 2, 2024, in TCDB rankings: Shaun Alexander (21), Bob Baumhower (1), Cornelius Bennett (60), Paul Bryant (1), John Hannah (1), Bobby Humphrey (10), Wilbur Jackson (1), Lee Roy Jordan (1), E.J. Junior (1), Barry Krauss (1), Woodrow Lowe (2), Marty Lyons (2), Johnny Musso (1), Joe Namath (10), Tony Nathan (1), Ozzie Newsome (3), Jeff Rutledge (1), Nick Saban (1), Ken Stabler (5), Bart Starr (81), Dwight Stephenson (1), Derrick Thomas (93), Richard Todd (1) and Mike Washington (1).
