Before I get into the trade, I finally got my stuff scanned tonight. Now it’s a matter of getting them typed up and ready to post. But I can do that on the comfort of my couch, with my feet up. ZZZZZZZZ
I made a trade with Sam a little while ago, I thought I had posted this already but the scan’s were still in my “scanned and waiting” folder so I went searching and sure enough, no post. So here goes.
Sam contacted me with some Sox cards he had but I didn’t have much to send him. So I told him to give me some time and I’d pick some up, which I did. Shipped them off to him and here’s my return package, or at least the highlights.
Some Topps gold cards. I don’t think I have very many of these. I’ve always liked these parallels. I hate parallels because it’s more cards to collect as a team collector, but I have to admit, I do like some of them. I’ve always liked the gold, and I liked the original sparkly diamond ones, I didn’t care that they started going with cognac and whatever else they had. The hope diamond ones look cool but the odds make them a lot harder to get.
Absolutely love these cards. I believe I have the Michael Jordan white one but I know I don’t have the green framed. And if you remember my photo cleansing posts, I was a big MJ fan. Plus, the Big Hurt, one of the greatest Sox ever. And I’ve grown quite a bit of fondness to Aparicio so to get a green framed, awesome. I really do love the Masterpieces set.
I’m not positive what the Thomas blue card is but I believe I have the Tom Seaver one that I picked up at a card show awhile back. I didn’t even know Rios had a Kimball card but I like it. And you can never go wrong with vintage, even if it is a reprint of a vintage.
Tadahito was a huge part of our 2005 championship and it’s a great looking prospect card. The Konerko goes into my player collection which I am always grateful to add to. Plus it’s got a cool, shiny look to it.
And on top of all those great cards, he throws in these 3 relics. A Paulie bat card, which I believe is my first bat card of his. A Danks A&G, I like these framed mini relics. Plus it has a jersey stripe to boot. And I assume the Carlos Lee is a dupe for Sam since he’s an Astros fan. Either way, it’s a great card.
Thanks for the great trade Sam, be sure to check out “The Daily Dimwit”, one of the best card blogs out there.
Don’t the name fool you, Sam knows what he’s doing over at the “the Daily Dimwit”, He held a box break of some nice sets. You got 2 teams, you picked one and one was randomed. My randomed team was the A’s.
A Frank Thomas card, too bad it’s with the A’s. The Manny Ramirez/Matt Holiday card on the bottom right is numbered. I assume the cards that weren’t with a specific team got randomed, that’s where the Michael Beasley comes in. As well as these 2 cards.
I would have posted that MLK card on Monday had I realized I had it. All the above are available if you are interested.
I haven’t checked to see which of these cards I have yet but I only recognized a few. The Thome SP Authentic is numbered so it’ll go to the Sox collection whether I already have it or not.
I like thse cards and it was one of the reasons I joined this break. I really like the Konerko card at the bottom. I love the design, and it’s numbered.
So a great box break, thanks Sam, for hosting and running it. I enjoyed it and I look forward to others. Be sure to check him out at “the Daily Dimwit”.
Sam over at “The Daily Dimwit” had a group break with 2011 Topps Chrome. I selected the White Sox (shocker!) and was given the Tigers (Damn!) as well. Here are my Tigers, all are available for trade.
I didn’t realize I had refractors and base when I scanned these. I have both of the top 3 so if your looking for the base or the refractor of either one, let me know. The Victor Martinez Heritage is numbered 100/562. Now for the Sox, nobody cares about the Tigers anyways.
I even had duplicates of the Konerko, 1 for the player collection, one for the team collection. I really like these cards in chrome.
Both are numbered so I assume that makes them refractors. Morel is numbered to /1962 and Dunn is numbered to /562.
And yes, the reason we all get in group breaks, I got a hit.
I really like this card. Chris Sale has been great in the bullpen and it’s rumored that he will be in the starting rotation in 2012. Which as much as I hate not seeing him in the bullpen, I’m looking forward to watching him every 5th game. Thanks Sam, for the great group break.
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