Phrasingforlight

I trade cards to build baseball, hockey and some miscellaneous sports / non-sport sets. I also PC Felipe Alou, Derek Aucoin, Steve Begin, Jennifer Botterill, Kevin Dineen, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Bob Kudelski, Manon Rheaume, Gabriela Sabatini and P.J. Stock as well. I do not buy cards. I also have a sweet spot for oddball / food issue / regional sets. New cards are regularly added to my FT/S list and all the cards I list here are NRMT or EX unless specified and I expect the same of you.

I don't collect micro-variations (dots, stars, copyright marks, holograms, printing plate codes...), they're not fun to search and I dislike the incessant frequency with which new ones are added. Seriously, what's the point if you gotta need to use a magnifier glass to check out if there's a dot on the back of a 1991 Fleer? However, I do all my best to check all my cards and to keep my lists up to date, but please ask me first, if micro-variations matter to you. The site really needs some way of opting out of micro-variations (just a default / any var. / unverified option for each card).

Besides helping to complete our collections one step closer each time, the opportunity would be nice to have traded with all the states, provinces and territories of North America. On this site only, I traded with members in 46 states, D.C., 9 provinces, N.W.T. and overseas. I can't wait to have a trade in Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, Wyoming, Manitoba, Nunavut and Yukon. However, if you don't live in the above jurisdictions, you're still more than welcome to trade with me. No trade to Russia, Belarus and Iran.

I'm an easy going, helpful and patient guy, but here's now my turn to announce that my NO TRADE LIST is growing due to an increased lack of civility on the forums and the full site. If (1) you nitpick and/or always have an opinion on anything and/or act like you own the site and you're not Admin or (2) you do not respond to counters or decline without expressing a reason or don't PM me to ask more time after several days of wait or (3) you send me ridiculous off-balanced offers or (4) you accept the trade and you can't mail your cards in a timely manner or you send me loose or severly damaged cards or (5) have a brand new (empty) account without info / feedback and ask for valuable cards or (6) you clearly didn't read my profile (ask first, at least) and ask me to buy your cards, then chances are that you just won a place on my NO TRADE LIST regardless of how much I may want what you have.

I am fine with shipping cards in single or multiple PWEs, if the cards are properly packaged. Also, I don't mind large or small transactions, but I currently prefer trades with 10 to 20 cards going each way or at least that the cards carry more value than the postage. I am working 12 hour shifts, but I always try to ship the same or the next business day. Just remember that Canada Post doesn't pick up or deliver on Saturday and Sunday.

International shipping is very easy, but it costs more for BOTH traders (not just from the U.S.). Here are some tips to save on shipping costs to Canada: use PWEs (Plain White Envelopes) and avoid bubble envelopes, plastic boxes and big stacks of cards. Ship as flat as you can (cut 9 pocket pages in 3 rows and insert 4-5 cards in each pocket). The more it looks like a greeting card or documents mailed in a regular letter instead of a package, the more it tends to be cheaper to ship. Current U.S. to Canada first class postage rate (up to 2 oz) is $1.40 and if non-machinable, $1.79. If you don't have Global Forever stamps handy, three regular Forever stamps work as well. There's also no need to pay $14.85 for shipping with international tracking, because it is just too expensive, it will be way slower to arrive and Canada Post won't track your postal item anyway. Overall, postal service tends to be slower in Canada and at times a bit harder to predict, but it is as reliable as in the U. S.. Lastly, no cross-border shipping by Fedex or UPS: they charge $40.00+ custom brokerage on each and every package they handle no matter if it is duty free or not.

A.S.

Dec. 15, 2023 - This past year was an extremely difficult one for me. I logged in just a couple of weeks ago, after a 5 month haitus from life. I'm more or less just trying to catch up on my wantlists and figuring out where I last left off. I think it will be quite a while until I'm back to my old self. If you're interested in a bubble envelope sized trade, please send me a PM. - Happy holidays, Eric

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2024 Goals / Milestones

- 650 transactions

- 600 Ichiro Suzuki cards 537/600

- Complete 1977 Topps Star Wars Stickers - @ 25/55 (45.5%)

- Complete 1980 Topps Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back set @ 301 / 352 (85.5%)

- 300 Albert Pujols cards - I've got a long way to go on this. 196/300

- 300 David Ortiz cards 277/300

- 200 Ken Griffey Jr. 142/200

2023 Goals / Milestones

✓ - 600 transactions

✓ - 400 Ichiro Suzuki cards - A big thank you to BobbyL and OraInPA for their generous gifts! Thank you, guys!

✓ - Complete 1977 Topps Star Wars - @ 330/330 (100%)

- 200 Ken Griffey Jr. - A little tricky, considering my wantlist isn't all that big. 142/200. Thank you, Ora!

2022 Goals / Milestones

✓ - Hit 50% on all Star Wars sets

✓ - 500 Tony Gwynn cards - A huge thanks to OraInPA, who once again, graced me with a tremendous PIF!

2021 Goals / Milestones

✓- 500 Greg Maddux cards - Thanks to OraInPA for a big bump towards the goal, and also BobbyL for getting me over the hump.

✓- 400 Dwight Evans cards - Thanks to Nowhereman317 for getting me to my goal!

In honor of my dad, going to try and complete the below listed sets. He gave me his collection before his death, and I decided on these sets.

Baseball

• 1955 Bowman: 194/326-60%

Non-Sports

• 1952 Topps Look 'n See (R714-16): 104/135 77%
• 1952 Topps Wings Friend or Foe (R707-4): 179/200  90%
• 1953 Bowman Antique Autos (R701-1): 5/48  10%
• 1953 Topps Who-Z-At Star? (R710-4): 53/80  66%

PC Person:

• Britt Baker           
• Halle Berry (#5 Collector on TCDB)                       
• Ray Bourque (#5 Collector on TCDB)  
• Christy Hemme (#1 Collector on TCDB)    
• Ian Laperriere (#2 Collector on TCDB)              
• Fred Lynn  (#9 Collector on TCDB)               
• Maryse (#1 Collector on TCDB)              
• Jenny McCarthy              
• Peter McNab (#1 Collector on TCDB)              
• Valeri Nichushkin (#2 Collector on TCDB)              
• Jeff Odgers (#1 Collector on TCDB)              
• Scott Parker (#2 Collector on TCDB)              
• Jason Pominville (#1 Collector on TCDB)              
• Manon Rheaume (#13 Collector on TCDB)               
• Velvet Sky (#4 Collector on TCDB)
• Tim Thomas (#3 Collector on TCDB)           
• Kendra Wilkinson (#1 Collector on TCDB)

NHL Trophy Card PC

• Art Ross Trophy         
• Calder Trophy              
• Conn Smythe Trophy              
• Hart Trophy              
• James Norris Trophy
• Stanley Cup    
• Vezina Trophy         

Team PC

• Colorado Avalanche  (#2 Collector on TCDB) 
• Boston Bruins

Goals for 2024

• Organize my collection, I cannot find anything and need this fixed. 
• Reach 700 unique Jason Pominville cards have 680 @66% Including 1/1
• 100 PIF's
• Increase my Ultimate Hockey Card Project to 7000+ unique cards. Have 5956 (Trying to acquire one card for every for every set, insert and related sets, minor, euro, team issue, oddball etc. sets produced for Hockey including multi-sport sets)
• Scan all the missing images in my collection.
  • Football 9 images
  • Hockey 297 images
  • Multi-Sport 21 images
  • Non-Sport 157 images
  • Racing 1 images
  • Soccer 15 images
  • Wrestling 1 image
• Organize PC to better enjoy my collection with soft sleeves and top loaders. Validate and store.
  • Avalanche PC
  • Bruins PC
  • Ultimate Hockey Card PC
  • PC Sets in card house done.
  • Organize my Sportscaster set 2184 cards in set, need 625. 

I am suspending trades for a while so I can re-input my collection and to correct some counting errors but will be ready after that. 

Please do not submit trades.  

Hockey Cards one card all sets, Jason Pominville, All the Vault cards

Trying to acquire one card for every for every set, insert, parallel, minor, euro, team issue, oddball etc. Sets produced for Hockey. Been an interesting project.

Multi-Sports- Sportscasters Cards-Trying to one of variations for all cards. US Series. My want for these series shows all variations.

Baseball Sets: Trying to complete the below listed sets lost in a divorce. 

• 1965 Topps: 418/598   70%
• 1974 Topps: 656/678   97%
• 1975 Topps: 141/660   21%
• 1976 Topps: 556/660   84%

Hockey Sets: Trying to complete the below listed sets lost in a divorce. 

• 1965 Topps: 15/128     11%
• 1972 Topps: 133/176   76%
• 1974 Topps: 150/264   57%
• 1975 Topps: 316/330   96%
• 1976 Topps: 175/264   66%
• 1979 Topps: 230/264   87%

5956/41737 is the total for one card per hockey sets 7%

1/1 Cards 98//_ _ _ _ different sets so far for %.

3332/52725 different Hockey Players so far for 16%

Set Builder: Baseball and Hockey

Teams: Maple Leafs, Blue Jays

Players: Wayne Gretzky, Dave Keon, Tim Horton, Auston Matthews

Bobby Orr, Connor McDavid

Sell and Trade only

Trading:

· Trading within Canada and USA only

· PWE for trades - Bubble mailer upon request

· Trading only from my For Sale/Trade list

· Prefer to trade same era: 70s for 70s, 80s for 80s, etc

· Base cards for base cards, inserts for inserts, etc….

· Card Condition:

CARDS FOR TRADE ARE EX+ - NRMT AND I'M LOOKING FOR THE SAME IN RETURN – Please, do not send any cards with creases, bends, corner dings, soft/rounded corners, chipping or any other surface defects.

·  VARs:  Collecting VARs and ERRs. Check that you're sending the correct VARs and ERRs in a trade.

Working on completing these sets:

Baseball: 1977 Topps 
                 1978 Topps 
                 1980 Topps 
                 1983 Topps
                 1984 Topps
                 1986 Topps 
                 1981 Fleer
                 1985 Fleer
                 1992 Fleer
                 1982 Donruss
                 1983 Donruss
                 1987 Donruss

Hockey: 1971-'72 O-Pee-Chee 
               1972-'73 O-Pee-Chee
               1974-'75 O-Pee-Chee
               1975-'76 O-Pee-Chee
               1976-'77 O-Pee-Chee
               1977-'78 O-Pee-Chee
               1978-'79 O-Pee-Chee
               1982-'83 O-Pee-Chee
               1999-'00 Upper Deck
               2019-'20 Upper Deck
               2020-'21 Upper Deck

March '24 Update: Trading is turned back on. Woohoo!

Topps Baseball (flagship 1969-present) and now Topps Heritage Baseball 2018-present along with some oddball/food-issued cards. I'm also trying to complete my sets of older Topps football and baseball (1969-73) in NM condition (sorry for being a condition snob). Always happy to leave positive feedback.

I prefer to trade base cards for base cards and inserts for inserts. If my For Sale/Trade list has pre-1975 vintage or SPs or serial-#'s cards you want, I will trade them for pre-1975 vintage or SPs or low serial-#'s cards (mix or match) that I need, i.e. a pre-1975 vintage for SP or a SP for low SN or low SN for pre-1975 vintage, then offers will be happily be considered.

The bigger the trade, the better. :)

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).

>>>Anyone in need of TOPPS 1988 BIGS variations<<<

**The NEW BOBSCARDZ is finally taking shape**

For starters I have entered @36,000+ cards in my TRADER/SELL COLLECTION.

Here is the link:  https://www.tcdb.com/Collection.cfm/member/BOBSCARDZ/collection/19

When you go to the link, scroll to the  SPORT ETC and browse. I can be reached at 

BOBSCARDZ@aol.com, or the 2 websites listed below [under construction]. I'm downsizing 4+ rooms of cards and have plenty of great deals. Please check us out. Bob

$$NOTE: Prices are based on the TCDb crowd sourced prices. I use the prices ONLY to organize my albums. ALL prices are negotiable. So please ask.

**A CHANGE IS COMING** Some links could be affected and/or disabled

I'm working on updating my websites; setting up a website on

GODADDY     https://bobscardz.godaddysites.com   Is the current Website that will link all websites.

BOBSCARDZ      MAIN MENU | bobscardz.com

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HERE IS THE LINK TO MY WEBSITES >>>> click here>>>> BOBSCARDZ   MAIN MENU | bobscardz.com

. **Just a reminder, the only way I can communicate onsite with you is through PMs. I cannot use the forum. Thanks, Bob

 **Sometimes you just have to move on**

 Trading is a very slow process, using only PMs as of now, I'm always here, just very slow going. Hopefully the new websites will help with communication.

~THE BIG PICTURE is UNDER CONSTRUCTION and has begun. ~

TO Sort and organize all cards, physically and onsite. Makes all trades much easier. Also changing my signoff from ~bob~ to just Bob

**NOTE: see BOBSCARDZ Website [The World of Trading Cards] for some available cards.

How to reach BOBSCARDZ websites
Click here>>>            BOBSCARDZ   [  MAIN MENU | bobscardz.com
Takes you to the MAIN MENU
Each of my websites has a specific purpose:
This Main Website focuses on my COLLECTIBLES
As you click around  you will  see Links
In Links you will see Doodlekit [presenttly disabled] and The World of Trading Cards
[Click on Doodlekit - brings you to Fleer Stickers and Err/Cor/Var Cards] DISABLED[
Click on The World of Trading Cards brings you to my Trade/Sell Inventory
My contact information can be found throughout the sites.
*REMEMBER ALL SITES ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION* Please be patient

>>>I Would appreciate greatly...PLEASE, If you visit my sites, PLEASE Sign in, contact me with comments and suggestions, even Blog,  While the site is under construction. This will help me tremendously.

SETS: I've always built or bought sets. ALL sets up to the early-mid '90s. Can't do it anymore, too many releases. As of the early '90s, I will add 1 representative set/year, Favorite Team Sets and Players for BB and FB. Individual faves for all other sports and non-sports. Vintage pre-90s will always be collected.

COLLECTIONS: Will be arranged like chapters of a book onsite. [ongoing, updated often]

ALL >TRADE/SELL options were moved to "The World of Trading Cards" see BOBSCARDZ Website

>>TRADING OFF in TM, PM requests only, while under construction. 

  "MY CROSS TO BEAR" 

My History, My Tunes, My Way, That's the way I saw it years ago BUT I've changed

  Frank is a Jersey boy, sing it Frank

Read, Listen and Enjoy, "I did it....."

 My Way

Elvis, great rendition....

Elvis "I Did It My Way....

"To think I did all that....And may I say....Not in a shy way Oh no, oh no, not me

I did it my way"

Thank You TCDb for the many opportunities!

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BOBSCARDZ is linked to the following:

EBAY  ~  SPORTLOTS  ~  TCDB  

                      ***New -- Try visiting the BOBSCARDZ WEBSITE *** [UNDER CONSTRUCTION] 

   at.......................   https://bobscardz.com/430486382/

 [href="http://pub10.bravenet.com/guestbook/775669448/">View my Guestbook]

 BOBSCARDZ can also be found on

FACEBOOK & TWITTER.....Drop in for a chat

Break My Stride   Nice tune from Thomas & Friends, thanks Mathew Wilder

She~Her~ADMINs are all the same in my rendition.

BIG COLLECTOR       Great References

Error/Variation Cards: Good reference -

1. My Card Variation Guidebook

2. Fleer Stickers: Good reference  

3. The Fleer Sticker Project

4. Vintage Sports and Non-Sports

5. POCKET SCHEDULES

6. Sportscard Forum

8. MY CARD CONDITION CHART [CCC] 

https://www.rksportspromotions.com/content/card-condition-guide

Everything You Need to Know About Grading Vintage Baseball Cards | Just Collect | Free Appraisals

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MY  FAVORITE TEAMS and Players

Philadelphia Eagles, Oakland A's and Peyton Manning

*F1- my feedback

Like so many, I got sucked back into collecting during the pandemic but I'm not going anywhere.  I am usually working on sets (slowly working to get them into here but have a google doc with all my builds).  My 13 year son collects Pokemon, Sony Michel, Tatum and Brown, Benintendi, and Tuukka Rask and David Pastrnak.  My daughter collects mascots and women athletes (especially soccer and basketball).

My biggest hobby accomplishment was collecting every Topps flagship gold cup rookie ever...from Willie McCovey to Wander Franco and everyone in between.

I pride myself on being an easy trader and easy seller most of the time.  If I have cards you want and you're not a jerk, we'll figure it out.

Find us on twitter at ccc_collects.

Happy Collecting

Things I need to add since being active here on tcdb:

- PWE is assumed so let's discuss if you think otherwise.

- When I send a trade proposal, I usually include the message "Thoughts?"  That is short for: Hi my name is Chris.  I would love to work out a trade that is good for both us.  If you don't see a match, no worries.  Thoughts? is just easier.

- If I withdraw a trade too quickly, feel free to send a proposal.  It's usual because I'm making a proposal with some of those cards (mine or what I've requested) and it's to keep things straight if I withdraw one.  I appreciate not everyone responds right away or even within a couple of days.  Fortunately, you're not all degenerates like me.  

Detroit Tigers, HOF's, Topps sets

Was a Junk Wax era kid who has gotten back into the hobby in the summer of '22.

Current Focus is Topps set and insert set building. Working backwards from 2021 and forward from 1991:

'93 Topps = 15% = This will be my winter project

'22 Topps '87 Inserts (Series 1, Series 2, Update and Chrome):

• Series 1 = 100% complete!
• Series 2 = 100% complete!
• All Stars = 100% complete!
• Series 1 Chrome MOJO = 12%
• Series 2 Chrome MOJO = 10%
• Chrome = 100% complete!
• Update = 86% = 7 to go
• Update Chrome MOJO = 10.7%

'23 Topps '88 inserts (Series 1, Series 2, Update and Chrome):

• Series 1 = 48%
• Series 2 = 12%
• All Stars = 14%%
• Series 1 Chrome MOJO = 9%
• Series 2 Chrome MOJO = 0%
• Chrome
• Update
• Update Chrome MOJO

Although this is where I'm focused at the moment, I'm still open for any trade proposals.

I enjoy proposing/accepting trades of all sizes, bring 'em on! With that said, I will leave a proposal up for 48 hours and if there is no traction on the trade, I'll withdraw it. No hard feelings, it just helps me keep track of trades better this way.

I'm fine with trading different eras or sports as long as both sides are happy with it. I do prefer to trade modern #'d cards for #'d cards, parallels for parallels, inserts for inserts, ect, but again, as long as both sides are happy with the offers then I'm flexible.

I take pride in packaging to ensure that your cards reach you in top condition.

PC Detroit Tigers = Kaline, Cash, Horton, Lolich, Trammell, Whitaker, Morris, C. Fielder (DET only), Cabrera (DET only), Verlander (DET only), Mize, Skubal, Manning, Torkelson, Greene and K. Carpenter

Non Detroit Tigers PC = HOF's

Shipping to U.S. only

This site has greatly increased my collecting interest. I'm looking in building Pre-1980 Baseball Sets and my PC's of Johnny Bench, Tony Perez & Dave Concepcion. I am now starting to build interest in non-sports cards as well. I am open to trade most cards not part of any set I am trying to complete.

My current set priorities are - updated 4/23/2024:

1950's & 1960's Reds Team sets

1965 Philadelphia War (need the checklist)

1972 Topps (need 4 cards)

2019 Topps Chrome (need 2 cards)

2020 A&G Base Mini set (need 3 cards)

2021 A&G Base Mini set (need 5 cards)

2010 Allen Ginter (need 1 cards)

2009 Allen Ginter (need 2 cards)

2012 Allen Ginter (need 28 cards)

2008 Upper Deck Masterpiece

2011 Topps Update Kimball Champions (need 2 cards)

All A&G inserts and mini cards

Packers, Brewers, Bucks, Blackhawks, Robin Yount, Rollie Fingers, Ryan Braun, Reggie Jackson, Brett Favre, Bo Jackson, Frank Thomas, Christian Yelich, Dennis Eckersley, Gary Sheffield, Andre the Giant

 Always looking to do trades.  I prefer PWE (4-27 card trades), but I'm not afraid to work out a big trade. I usually send PWE for smaller trades (27 and under) unless we work something out before the deal gets done, just FYI.  

Finished adding most of my football and baseball auto and relics for trade..  They will usually ship BMWT so all I ask is you make the trade worth the shipping and I'd prefer to do like for like on the autos and relics.  But I'm always open to GOOD offers.

Concentrating on completing my Topps Baseball and Football Flagship sets.  And my Packers Team sets from 1970-2015 Topps Flagship, and base Allen and Ginter sets.  And of course any Robin Yount cards I don't have.  But I'm open to trade for anything on my want list.

Only shipping packages and PWEs to the US. 

PWE to Canada only. (of course for the right trade and cards we might be able to work out a deal for a package)

Sorry no other international shipping (just too darn expensive).

I collect mainly baseball, plus some non-sports sets.

Sets - N4, N20, N21, N31, N224, T6, T28, T51, T57, T96, T108, T200, 1962 Post

Players - Al Oliver, Bill Madlock, Claudell Washington, Dane Iorg, Don Mossi, Don Robinson, Don Zimmer, Edgar Martinez, Garth Iorg, Harold Baines, Jesse Orosco, Jim Rice, Joe Morgan, Johnny Grubb, Jorge Orta, Jose Cruz Sr., Ken Phelps, Larry White, Luis Salazar, Mike Greenwood, Mike Morgan, Oscar Gamble, Oscar Stanage, Otis Nixon, Sam McDowell, Shooty Babbitt, Sixto Lezcano, Terry Forster, U.L. Washington, Wade Boggs

Players with last name of Greenwood (baseball only)

HOF'ers - one contemporaneous plus one GU and auto for every HOF'er player / manager from 1901 - 2001

Players on the 1977 Mariners Roster

Type - 1800's to 1989 (baseball only)

Blank Backs and Wrong Backs - 1957 Topps - 1986 Topps baseball only (one of each)

I mostly collect Comic Books!

However my trading card focus is mainly Marvel trading cards also I'm a big fan of Aliens, Predator, Robocop, or Terminator. I do like Batman and related characters, but I collect some of the dc universe stuff.

I started collecting Cards in 1990 and It was more sports cards focused collecting back then. I grew up in a suburb of Pittsburgh so I loved anything pirates, penguins, or steelers. I used my trading cards to trade!! A few cowboys cards for an extra milk with lunch or a stack of basketball commons for a few comics! I traded my 1996 fleer michael jordan for a copy of super mario 3 when I got my first nintendo!

Also interested in trading comic books for cards as well. If I have some cards you need and you have a comic book thats on my wantlist I'm happy to trade for it.

also trying to rebuild  my Ben Franklin half dollar collection restarting it from scratch. I sold the whole binder to a collector so, I have only a 53-p and a 52 -d right now. doesn't have to be MS-63 but at least Vf-20 w/legible date ok.

A NOTE ON TRADES: I will try to get trades out as soon as my schedule allows from now till the end of the year.  I'm expecting to be working lots of overtime therefore I'll designate Fridays for trips to the post-office, thanks for all the offers and your patience! 

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)  

Lover of all things baseball and avid card collect and trader.

First and foremost a baseball vintage set collector (1980 and earlier) with my daughter, but we also enjoying opening packs together so secondarily a current baseball set collector as well.

Happy to trade baseball for baseball, and trying to trade all non-baseball cards to make room for more baseball.  

For the most part, when trading baseball for baseball, we would like to trade like for like: vintage for vintage, current for current, SPs for SPs, etc.

Dot-vars: We are listing variations accurately for trade, but not collecting different variations.  Adding all variations to our want-list to "cast a wide net" but only collecting one variation of each card.

Since I've been asked where our username came from... my daughter picked it for our geocaching name years ago and wanted to carry it over here.  Pretty simple.

Happy to post pictures of cards for trade for any trading partners that need. 

***Constantly updating our want/trade lists so please check back for trades.

Mainly Hockey and Soccer with a touch of Formula 1, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Wrestling, Marvel cards and comics, Doctor Who, MST3K and all kinds of recipes.

My Collections:

• Gunny's Main Throng Not Thong - Stuff for my personal collection not fer sale/trade. (5 Boxes complete)

• Gunny's Small Boxes of Stuff - PC Stuff stored in Small Boxes. (31 Boxes complete)

• Gunny's Buncha Binder Books - A buncha cards in Binders (7 Binder Books Complete, now working Book 8)

• Want List & For Sale/Trade List - Pretty much explains itself.

Hut Stricklin and Tom Peck racing cards and memorabilia; Hooters Girl/Playmate Lynne Austin cards; and Magic the Gathering Vizzerdrix cards, especially in foreign languages.

A Note regarding my FS/FT list: most of myBaseball  "junk era" sets were initially entered prior to the various new variations added since mid-2020, such as Inc/Inc., */**, etc. The system places everything under variation "A" by default, and though I've tried to update everything there are probably a couple of set I've not sorted yet; just ask if want me to check a specific card or set. I have revised my FS/FT list for 1991 Topps; the listed versions are correct for that set, and the cards showing a grade (usually NRMNT) are those with normal backs. The glow-back cards are those listed without grades.

Regarding trades in general, I'm happy to ship and receive by whatever method you prefer from PWE to insured with tracking so long as it makes sense from both ends. Also, I know I have substantially more on my FS/FT list than my Wantlist, but I'm open to other offers if I have something you need. Everything on my FS/FT list is just waiting to be turned into something I collect and I don't mind if it takes multiple steps to reach that end. Here's my general preference for trades:

1. Obviously, anything on my Wantlist;

2. Anything on your FS/FT list that matches the Wantlist of another member who has someting on my Wantlist (which is any Hut Stricklin, Tom Peck, Lynne Austin, or Vizzerdrix card, even if they don't show up; I don't always remember to add things back to the Wantlist after I get them in a trade, but I'm always looking for dupes);

3. Other Racing cards that have at least as many people looking for them than there are listed as FS/FT;

4. Baseball cards that have at least as many people looking for them than there are listed as FS/FT; 

5. All other cards that have at least as many people looking for them than there are listed as FS/FT; and

6. I'll consider anything else; coins, cds, dvds, books, memorabilia, fossils, whatever--make me an offer.

Let's make a deal.

I collect all things Iowa.  Players from Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Drake.  Players from DMACC, Iowa Wesleyan, Indian Hills, Coe, Simpson, or whatever school in Iowa.  Players born in Iowa like Roger Craig and Darren Sproles.  Players who lived there when they were kids like Jim Harbaugh.  Politicians like Herbert Hoover and Fred Grandy.  Actors like John Wayne and Fred Grandy.  Artists like Grant Wood.  Whatever it is, as long as its Iowa.

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.

Baseball -  80s Fleer, 80s Donruss, Topps, and Topps Heritage set builder, multiple individual player PCs 

currently working on these sets:

• 1955 Topps
• 1972 Topps
• '86 Fleer
• '87 Fleer
• '89 Upper Deck 
• '93 Donruss
• '94 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes
• 2012 Topps Chrome
• 2012-2022 Topps Heritage & insert sets (SPs as well of course - always)
• 2013 Topps Archives
• 2019 and 2021 Stadium Club
• 2019 and 2021 Topps Archives
• various insert sets

Football -set builder, HOFs,  & all current and former Miami Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Panthers 

currently working on these sets: 

• '72 Topps
• '92 Stadium Club
• '94 Stadium Club
• 2017 Donruss
• 2017 Score
• 2018 Donruss
• 2021 Panini Playoff
• 2021 Score
• 2023 Bowman Chrome University 
• various insert sets

I have a unique work schedule that keeps me away from the card room at times but I try to communicate regularly in regards to where I stand during transactions. Willing to do any size trade across sports/eras.

*Of note, some of the 70s & 80s baseball and football cards on my tradelist have conditions indicated and some do not.  It's a work in progress for me to have all of these updated.  If you have any questions about any, I'd be happy to answer them.  Most of my vintage traders have condition issues to some degree (some are fillers only!). If you're looking for nm or ex-mt, I'm probably not your guy. If you need/want fillers or lower grade, they can be had for minimal/no trade depending on the situation. Thanks!

Trades are off for a bit.  Just ran into an unexpected home repair project.  Hope to be back soon. 

Collecting the four big sports, mostly hockey. Most interest in the NHL Winnipeg Jets both eras and the Atlanta Thrashers. Baseball is the Tigers of Detroit, NFL is the Cowboys and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in our CFL. Trying to collect the rookie cards from all these teams as well. Enjoy trading with our members, willing to entertain any and all offers.

Home of the Time Travel Trading Project!

With a few exceptions, every card older than 2016 listed on my FS/T is part of my Time Travel Trading Project. The project goal is to get an older card than what I sent out. I provide monthly updates on my blog as well.

The following cards are part of the Time Travel Trading Project, but the sets are not yet listed on the TCDB:

1. 1964 Ed-U-Cards Washington Senators Baseball Card Game #NNO Ball
2. 1930 All-Fair Authors Card Game (non-sport) #13 Louisa May Alcott
3. 1890 N245 Sweet Caporal Actors & Actresses (non-sport) #NNO Frankie Raymond

Primary focus is Topps Baseball.  My main goal being the 71 set.  I'm also big into Star Wars.  Don't have much on my want list but I'll never turn down star wars cards I don't already have in my collection.

My son and daughter are both big into different non sports (Pokemon, Mars Attacks, and anything political) and boxing.

If it's on my want list I'm willing to trade for it.  Shoot me an offer.

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.

Due to some space constraints and needing to down size, I would love to sell off some of my cards listed on my For Sale / Trade List.

I have completed hand collated sets, tons of base cards and a lot of inserts and parallels.

Let me know what you would be interested in .

If you do have something from my wantlists I am interested in trading in your favor.

Still looking for Mike Sweeney & Bobby Murcer I don't have.

If you have any Mike Sweeney or Bobby Murcer cards to trade, please click on my separate collections to see what I have and what I am looking for.

Thanks

Colin Mercer

35615 25th Pl. S.

Federal Way, WA 98003

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

Currently in the midst of a huge overhaul with my fs/ft list and will not be ready for very many trades in the next few months. I PC quite a few things but mainly looking for Zach Aston-Reese, Jalen williams, Jeremy Sochan. If you are looking to buy something I am interested in selling.

 I HAVE A NEW ADDRESS for anyone who has swapped with me in the past.

I collect:
Baseball: TIGERS esp. Mize, Manning, Torkelson, Topps Home Run challenge usable code cards and winners, JaCoby Jones (Baseball), Juan Soto, Brandon Dixon, Mark Fidrych, Justin Verlander, Nolan Ryan, Brandon Inge, Fielder (both), Rey Ordonez, Omar Vizquel, Max Scherzer, Prospects, RC's, Topps Game cards (1968 topps game style from all years), Vintage. Too many pc guys to mention. Try me.

Basketball: Luka Doncic, Pistons, Elena Delle Donne

Hockey: Marcel Dionne, Gilbert Dionne, Red Wings 

Football: Lions

Oddballs: Fish and Fishing related cards! Santa/Xmas related cards. Athletes named Nolan. 5x7 cards.

Sets I am slowly building: 1973 Topps, 2019 Topps Holiday master set all SP, SSP, and SSSP's.

Doesn't have to be on my wantlist or this PC list, just try me. 

Communicate well and package well, expect the same.

Available Sets (NRMT/MNT) for Sale (Make An Offer)

BASEBALL

• 1994 UD Bsbll All Time Heroes (Slf Collated) 1-225
• 1994 Pinnacle Bsbll Score Select Series II (Slf Collated) 211-420
• 1994 UD Bsbll Srs I and Srs II (Slf Collated) 1-280, 281-550
• 1995 UD Bsbll SP (Slf Collated) 1-200

FOOTBALL

• 1994 Fleer Ultra Ftbll (Slf Collated) 1-525
• 1994 UD Ftbll Cllctrs Chc (Slf Collated) 1-384
• 1994 UD Ftbll Cllctrs Chc (Then & Now Inserts) (Slf Collated) 1-6
• 1994 UD Ftbll SP (Slf Collated) 1-200
• 1994 Pinnacle Ftbll (Slf Collated) 1-270

Interested in any Eric Davis or Tom Seaver cards (as a Red). I will usually find some Reds cards on your trade list that are interesting so don't be surprised when I counter to make your trade a little bigger.

VARs are up to date as of Nov 2022.

Trading Priorities:
One of each Cincinnati Red in my lifetime (99.9%; 900/901 through 2023 season; missing Kevin Herget); (as a Red; 75.7%; 682/901; missing DeJesus Jr./Holt/Ohlendorf/Hembree/Salazar)
Topps Cincinnati Reds 1952-1977 (76.1%; 607/798)
Other Reds team sets
2018-2022 Stadium Club
Diamond Kings sets
2017 Topps/Update - 1987-style set

Lower priorities: All-Star cards (base Topps, '80s rack pack inserts/Glossy Send-Ins/modern Update subsets, etc.)
Topps 1978-present (95.6%; 28097/29407)
One card from each team from each year 1952-1977 (62.5%; 325/520)
2003/2004 Topps Heritage SPs

No trades right now. Only selling cards for the time being. March 2024

No PWEs ever! I won't send them and won't accept them. I only use BM's or boxes for shipping and only accept the same in return.

MLB - St. Louis Cardinals; NFL - Panthers/Packers/Patriots; NASCAR - Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Bubba Wallace, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, Davey Allison, Ricky Rudd, Jennifer Jo Cobb

December 2023 Update

Still trading with my main focus being the collection reorg. I'll be adding cards from my collection to FST as I go so watch for new items. 50% of sales go to Lahaina Restoration Foundation.

Favorites:

Baseball: Boston Red Sox, Dennis Eckersley, Carl Yastrzemski, Harmon Killebrew, Eddie Murray

Football: Brett Favre, Walter Payton, Danny White

Basketball: Boston Celtics & Larry Bird

Hockey: Boston Bruins

Other: AFL/VFL (Aussie Rules Football), NRL (National Rugby League (AU)), Texas Longhorns, Georgia Bulldogs

I enjoy buying large lots of random cards from estates, auctions, yard sales and digging through them to find my favorite players or just anything I don't already have. I'm open to trading/selling. Cards are in various conditions as some are from packs I bought vs. large boxes of randomness bought from various places across the country. 

TRADING: Will process trade requests in the order they are received. FST cards are ExMt or better with a few vintage exceptions. Trades of all shapes and sizes are welcome. I'm not particular about condition except I have a 'no writing' rule. Seeing writing on a card reminds me of the horrors I inflicted upon my cards as a kid...lol.

VARIATIONS: I checked my sets when I initially entered them in 2021, but some of this years additions to 'variation hell' have not been double checked (EX. 1991 Fleer Baseball). If the VAR is important, please let me know and I will check my cards.

BUYING: Not currently buying. 

SELLING: Currently selling from FST list. Working on moving some to collection items to FST.

DO NOT USE FEDEX to ship here. The local hub is notorious for losing, misdelivering, and flat out lying about packages.

NOTE: I will reply as soon as I can. Full-time job doesn't allow much spare time during the week (what's up with that?!?) Most trade processing will happen Fri-Mon as of August 2023

My goals: I'm trying to complete a few sets from the 1980s and early 1990s. Please have a look at my goals list for details.

Your goals: If you need any cards from my trade lists, feel free to send a trade proposal. Even if you don't have anything on my want lists to send in return, let me know anyway. I'm always willing to try to work out a trade.

About me: I blog about trading cards and also create and sell custom cards and other sports-related items. If that piques your interest, please have a look at the following sites:

My trading card blog: Nine Pockets

My 8-bit sticker shop: redbubble

My custom card store: eBay

Thanks for reading my profile. I enjoy trading cards I don't need for those that I do. I've been in this hobby for many years (I remember opening 1955 Bowman packs at our local candy store)! I usually don't pull my end before making a proposal; most times, I'm trying to get a feel for how doable it is, and it saves me from having to refile cards if things fizzle out or if I'm countered.  I will, however, (usually) pull before accepting a trade.  Please counter, if need be!  Communication is key to good trading!   I have some physical limitations..it may take me a bit to pull cards so your patience is appreciated!  

1.  My top priority is completing sets.  

2.  Recent Phillies teamsets and inserts.  I do multiple teamsets to help local Philthies Phans!

3. Older Phillies teamset needs..all brands.

As mentioned, I love to trade, will reluctantly sell ... cheap, if we cannot swap!  PLMK what I have that you can't live without!  Phillies is my team, through thick and (mostly) thin!  PWE trades are great and assumed unless we agree otherwise - bubbles used if worth the shipping costs!  Slowing down though - the old body won't let me hoss those 5000 count boxes too much - thanks in advance for your patience with me!!

Hey all! Like a lot of guys, I was a collector in the early 90s, stepped away for a while and then came back in 2018 (and even harder in 2020 during the pandemic) to rediscover my love for this hobby.

I'm a set builder through and through; with the exception of Barry Sanders, I don't PC any particular players, and I don't care about inserts, parallels, parallels to inserts, autos, relics, etc. That stuff is ruining the hobby. I trade those as soon as I get them. The base set is king, always has been. I'm not an investor, just a collector having fun, and a set builder who doesn't chase the current hot rookie year after year. 

As for trades: I check this site daily, respond quickly to offers and ship quickly. I think it's reasonable, on a site dedicated to trading, that others will do the same, so if you log on and don't bother to check your trade offers within a couple days, I'll move on. Communication is so easy and quick on here, so if you need more time, that's fine. Just talk to me and we'll work it out. I've done 1300+ trades and still have a 100% rating because I care. PWE is preferred on both sides.

Sets: I'm a Topps guy who recently finished building out all the base sets from 1982-2024. Someday I'd like to complete all the Update and Chrome sets that exist as well, but due to the price of some of the rookies, that will never happen. I do the occasional football set too in between baseball releases. 

Look forward to working with you all of you and having fun in this hobby!