RJ Smith

Mostly Basketball 80's to current and 49er's Football

Pre- 1980 Astros and a few new (Altuve, Bregman, Springer) pre-1977 Baseball; Ty Cobb and Detroit Tigers in general. Catchers in gear and multi-bat cards are my favorite mini-collections. Only adding pre-1974 cards to these collections now. 

Baseball and Hockey Set Builder.

All the cards I list here are sorted by variation and are NRMT unless specified. I keep my lists up to date and I try to add new cards as much as I can. I use painter's tape for all shipments and I am fine with shipping cards in PWEs, if the cards are properly packaged, and it saves on shipping costs.

Tip to save on shipping costs: you can use PWEs to ship larger quantity of cards and not just for mailing a card or two. Ship as flat as you can (cut 9 pocket pages in 3 rows and insert 4-5 cards in each pocket) and avoid big stacks or plastic boxes to keep your envelope thickness as much as the usual first class letter thickness. The more it looks like documents mailed in a regular letter instead of a package, the more it tends to be cheaper to ship. In 2019, U.S. to Canada first class postage (under 1 oz) is $1.15 and that rate won't increase in 2020. 

Also, I prefer trading, not selling or buying, but I am open to trade my cards for UNUSED U.S. postage stamps.

Sets near completion:
- 1989 Fleer (needs 15 / 660 base cards [97.7% complete] + 4 / 12 World Series)
- 1990 Donruss (needs 4 / 716: #251 - McDowell, #548 - Hayes, #598 - Hall and #652 - LaCoss [99.4% complete])
- 1991 Donruss - Series 2 (Set 2: needs 10 / 385 cards [97.4% complete])
- 1991 Upper Deck (needs 110 / 800 base cards [86.25% complete])
- 1992 Topps Stadium Club - Series 1 (Set 2: needs 10 / 300 cards [96.6% complete])

Vintage (all sports), michael jordan, jim brown, julius erving, walter payton, bo jackson, frank thomas, joe montana, jerry rice, ken griffey jr, muhammad ali /cassius clay, current Cleveland Browns 

I am open to selling any and all cards in my main collection.  I am open to offers on cards, partial and complete sets, whether on my FS&T list or not.  The Cubs and Bears Topps sets are my ultimate goal to keep.

Thank you for taking a look.

Baseball and Hockey. Trying to complete sets in Hockey and Baseball..Also collect Philadelphia Flyers cards and Pittsburgh Pirates cards

NBA, NHL, NASCAR, Star Wars, History, Military, DC Comics, Olympics, whatever interests me

Current project is trying to get at least one card of everyone to ever get one for NBA, NHL and NASCAR. Also working on getting at least one example of every set ever for the above sports. (Wantlists on Cardboard History)

At the moment, attempting to dial back on the hobbies so I can fulfill my lifelong dream of classic car ownership.

1997 Score set

Mike Trout
Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez
Jeff Bagwell
Barry Bonds
Kirby Puckett, Lew Ford, Joe Mauer, and Justin Morneau

*Consider all cards in my collection up for trade.

BIG COLLECTOR of:

Error/Variation Cards and Fleer Stickers

Vintage Sports and Non-Sports

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 FAVORITE TEAMS and Players

Philadelphia Eagles, Oakland A's and Peyton Manning

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TRY my other Account

Other Sales Page below: dupesaplenty

clickety click>>>collection then Trade Sale

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CARD CONDITION REFERENCE:

cut & paste the following:

http://www.cycleback.com/1800s/beginners.html

Condition of cards:

Mint No flaws, the perfect card. Four perfect corners, 55/45 or better centering, smooth edges, original color and gloss, no print spots, color or focus imperfections. A professionally graded mint card receives a large premium in price, often 200% or much more than Near Mint prices quoted in price guides. Many of the cards pictured in this book do not even in exist in this grade, and Mint examples would sell for lots of money. Gem Mint is the absolutely perfect card, considered higher than Mint. For example, for all the 1909-11 T206s out there, only a handful or so are Gem Mint.

Near Mint-Mint (Nrmt-Mt) Close, but not a Mint card. Centering must be 60/40 or better. There may be a minor flaw with the card such as a slight 'touch' (a light point of wear where the card was bumped or touched), the picture slightly out of focus, or a slight color imperfection. Nrmt-Mt cards also receive a premium in price over a Near Mint card. This premium is not as high as a Mint card. Again the cards from this book are rarely found in this high of grade. Cards from the 1990's are regularly found in this grade

Near Mint (Nrmt) Close, but not a Near Mint-Mint (Nrmt-Mt) card. Its centering can't be worse than 70/30. One of the following imperfections is allowable: very slight touch to two or three corners, slight wear to the edge, minor print spots or color imperfections. This is the standard grade which cards are measured buy in the hobby. The prices quoted in most books are for Near Mint cards.

[*TCDB #1 Bending OK*][**TCDB #2 Centering OK, NO miscuts**][*** TCDB #3 Corners OK, Minor chipping, dinging***] 

Excellent-Mint (ExMt) Card may have visible surface wear or a printing defect which does not detract from its overall appearance. Corners may have slight fraying. The picture may be slightly out of focus. The card may show loss of original gloss or have a minor wax stain on the back. Centering must be 80/20 or better.

[*TCDB #1 Bending OK*][**TCDB #2 Centering OK, NO miscuts**][*** TCDB #3 Corners OK, Minor chipping, dinging***] 

Excellent (Ex): Centering must be 80/20 or better, with four fuzzy corners. It may also have rough edges, minor discoloration, print spots or focus imperfections.

[*TCDB #1 Bending OK*][**TCDB #2 Centering OK, NO miscuts**][*** TCDB #3 Corners OK, Minor chipping, dinging***] [**** TCDB #4 Wrinkles OK****] > Fading, UV Damage <

Very Good (Vg): This card shows wear, but still retains some attractiveness. Corners may be somewhat rounded. There may be edge wear, border discoloration, hairline creases.

[*TCDB #1 Bending OK*][**TCDB #2 Centering OK, NO miscuts**][*** TCDB #3 Corners OK, Minor chipping, dinging***] [****TCDB #4 Creases****]

Good (Gd), Fair (Fr), Poor (Pr): The bottom rung of cards. Good is the best and Poor is the worst. A Good card has significant wear, such as severe corner rounding, creasing, fading, staining or other problems. Altered or retouched cards will fall into this category). A Good card still retains some attractiveness. A Poor card has extreme problems, such as a significant part of it is missing, or ink or paint has marred it. The difference between a Fair and a Poor card, is that a fair card has some semblance of appeal while a Poor card is utterly repulsive

[*TCDB #1 Bending OK*][**TCDB #2 Centering OK, NO miscuts**][*** TCDB #3 Corners OK, Minor chipping, dinging***] [****TCDB #4 Creases][*****TCDB #5 Tape/Glue/Pinholes*****][******TCDB #6 Trimming******] 

Additional Factors:

TCDB Factors - Moisture ~ Bricking ~ Poor presentation in Album

Some cards are given a grade between grades. For example ExMt is really a grade between Ex and Nrmt. GdVg is a grade between Gd and Vg. VgEx is a grade between Vg and Ex.

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Some cards are described with qualifiers. For example, a card may be graded as Nrmt off center 0/100 left/right. This means that a card would be Nrmt but is off center. It is not a Nrmt card.

Any and all Braves cards from 1953 - present.

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

 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Trades turned off at least until the new year. If there is something you really want, send a message so I can turn it back on. Or...if you want to do a large trade.

Sorry for any inconvenience.  

Baseball, Hockey, Football, Basketball, Cal Ripken Jr. & Odd Stuff...

Braves, Ty Cobb, Cris Carpenter.

I tend to work slow when it comes to evaluating trades. I'm likely researching the cards, or browsing other cards on your fs list. Thanks for being patient!

I am currently updating my collection. 

Detroit Tigers

NY Mets cards for any and all years, including former and future Mets.  Giants, Rangers and Knicks as well, but main focus is on the "Amazing Mets". LGM

Also looking for any Cap Anson cards.  Just found out he is my boy's great great great uncle.

Trading cards from same subsets.  ie Rainbow Foil Team X for Rainbow Foil Mets, etc.

MEGA-DEAL JUST BEING TWEAKED!

TRADE PREFERENCES:

1. 15-card minimum
2. PWE up to 30 cards
3. Photo mailer or small business envelope 31-50 cards (domestic / international)
4. Large business envelope 51-99 cards (domestic)
5. Package with tracking 100+ cards (domestic)
6. Large envelope 51-180 cards (international)

PRIMARY FOCUS:

1. Biggio, Bagwell, Mays, McCovey, Ryan, Barry Bonds, Griffey Jr., Jeter, Mo Alou
2. Baseball All-Stars, Inserts, & Small Sets particularly those with less than 50% completion
3. Vintage Houston Colt 45s/Astros

SECONDARY FOCUS:

1. Altuve, Springer, Correa, Bregman
2. Vintage Dallas Cowboys
3. Selling cheap + postage (If we don't have mutual matches just make me an offer)

All Collectible Items

Baseball Sets. Baltimore Orioles

Baseball and hockey, plus a small amount of football and non-sport.

Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos, Denver Nuggets, LA Lakers

Baseball: Hall of Famers, Sandy Koufax, and Blue Jays / Expos .... 

‘53 Topps

’84 Topps

’87 Topps

Basketball: Raptors, Penny Hardaway, Shawn Kemp, and Hall of Famers