PWE Sox

I love the title of the blog"It's Like Having My Own Card Shop" because when I was a kid, that's what I though about all my cards. I was collecting to have every card out there and that's what I thought card shops should do. Have any and every card available. As I've grown up, that view has obviously changed. I would still love to have every card out there but that's just not feasible. It's hard enough getting the ones that I need for my collections.

Daniel from the aforementioned blog, had posted a 1973 Topps want list and I sent him a few. I think it ended up being about 5 or 6 and I threw in some mascot cards of Southpaw that I had. I told him he didn't need to send anything back but that's not the kind of bloggers we are, are we?

I received a PWE from Daniel with some Sox cards needs.

I needed 6 of them as you can see above. A purple Alex Fernandez (44 cards) from classic as well as a couple of Bowman (Zack Erwin-2 cards & Tyler Danish-12 cards). I like receiving Bowman I don't have because I hate trying to find them with a couple sets that all share the same subsets. I hate Bowman. The Ron Karkovice (44 cards) is the Cyberstats parallel. I was surprised I didn't have the Dan Pasqua (33 cards), I have a bunch of the 1992 Pinnacle's but apparently not that one. Last but not least, Daniel sent this gold Update of Jose Abreu (131 cards), I like the action shot on that card.

Thanks for the cards Daniel.

Completed Team Sets–1989 Fleer

This is the other set that I picked up for $.99 that I mentioned in the Complete Sets – 1987 Donruss post.  One of the uglier designs ever for fleer.  Maybe because it’s gray pinstripe which makes everyone think of the New York Yankees who not all of us are fans of.

Even though it’s not a great looking set, they did put the White Sox logo on the front which for me, other than there name, is a must.  I’m not as much of a stickler for the position being on the front as long as it’s easy to find on the back.

Definitely not a very exciting.  5 action shots out of 23 cards definitely isn’t helping this set any.  But it’s another completed set.  And it’s the final one that I have completed so from now on, you’ll get them as I complete them.

Ebay pick-up #1

We’re starting this edition of Ebay pick-ups with some high dollar merchandise.  Not 1, not 2, but 3 1991 Donruss cards for the White Sox collection for the low, low price of $.25/shipped.  Not what I search for when I do Ebay shopping, but I needed all 3 and for a quarter, to hard to pass that up.