Christmas Delivery

Apparently, a few weeks ago, Oscar from "All Trade Bait, All The Time" posted that he was sending out some Christmas packages to people he has traded with in the past. I read the post but didn't look to see if my zip code was listed because I haven't traded with any bloggers in a few years. After I received the cards, I went back and looked and sure enough, my old zip code was listed. He also asked for updated addresses but because I didn't think he was sending anything my way, I didn't bother to update him. Lucky for me, it's been just under a year since we moved so my change of address was still at the post office and eventually, it made it to me. Sorry about that Oscar, but a big thank you for thinking about me after all these years, I do appreciate it. Let's check out what he sent me. I'll start with cards for the White Sox Collection.

2001 Fleer Futures

1995 Pinnacle

1995 Topps Stadium Club

1995 Topps Stadium Club

1994 Fleer Flair

1990 Score

1965 Topps

That's a nice grouping of White Sox players. None of them were just average players. The 1965 Pete Ward card I got was much more loved then the photo though, not that I mind, It'll still go as part of the collection. The Tim Raines action shots are pretty cool as well.

Oscar even hit a couple of my player collections with the following cards.

1992 Fleer

1994 Topps Stadium Club

1995 Topps Stadium Club

 These 3 all go to the Cal Ripken Jr Collection which has been moving right along and is now at 260 cards.

1987 Donruss Opening Day

He added a card to the Carlton Fisk Collection as well. This is my 142nd card of him. It's always better to see him in a White Sox jersey.

2001 Fleer Futures

He also added this cool looking card for the Mark Buehrle Collection. This is a pretty slick looking card, the base cards are decent enough but the Bright Future ones are so much better. This is my 181st card of Mark Buehrle.

2012 Topps Golden Greats

I thought I had this one when I pulled it out, but apparently he has 3 cards in that insert set. This being the 3rd one I needed. My Tom Seaver Collection is now at 335 cards.

2001 Fleer Futures

This is the 3rd card from this set featured today and it's from my biggest (and probably most favorite) collection. This card gives the Paul Konerko Collection 403 cards.

A huge thanks to Oscar, be sure to check him out at "All Trade Bait, All The Time". Have a Merry Christmas Oscar and thanks for the generosity.

Weekend Arrivals

I slacked and didn't post what I received Friday and Saturday so your going to get a ton of cards on today's post so I can catch up. I had to work yesterday and just was in kind of a blah mood last night so I got lazy. I had planned on posting Friday's cards on Friday and Saturday's cards on Saturday so today I could post the Christmas gift I received but now it's all getting thrown into one post.

Friday came with 3 envelopes, 1 of those you'll see later in this post because it was the Christmas gift.

1996 Score Dugout Collection Series 2

I added another to the Barry Larkin collection, I now have 103 cards of the former Wolverines. Picked this one up for $.15/shipped.

I also got another 80's card for the Vintage Collection. I picked up this 1985 Donruss for $.17/shipped. It's only my 34th card from that set so it's only at 5% completed.

Yesterday, I received a bunch of cards from 1 seller. He had listed a ton of stuff for my Vintage Collection. Obviously, since I won them for a quarter or less, they are all 80's but they are still needed.

I picked up one for the 1987 Donruss set. Grabbed this one for $.20/shipped. This is my 226th card in that set which puts it at just under 35% completed.

I picked this one up for the 1986 Donruss set. It is my 469th card of that set which put it at just over 71% completed. I picked this one for a dime.

I picked this one up for the 1985 Fleer set. It is my 242nd card of that set which puts it at 37% completed. I picked this one up for $.12/shipped.

 

I also got these 4 cards for the 1984 Topps set. These cards put that set at 260 cards which is around 33% completed. I picked them up for $.22/shipped, $.06/shipped and both the bottom cards at $.16/shipped each.

I got these 2 cards for the 1981 Topps set. Those cards put that set at 544 cards which is good for 75% completed. I picked up the first card for a quarter/shipped and the 2nd for $.20/shipped.

This was the bulk of the package as I managed to grab 8 cards from the 1981 Fleer set. I'm not sure how I ended up with 2 cards for each team represented as I purchased them as singles but it happened. I grabbed the 2 Orioles cards for $.25/shipped and $.12/shipped. The 2 Dodgers cards for $.12/shipped each. The 2 Astros cards for $.22/shipped and $.25/shipped. Finally, the 2 Royals cards for $.23/shipped and $.12/shipped. These cards put that set at 57 cards and only 9% completed.

That's all for yesterday's cards. I think since this post is so big that I'm going to go ahead and make the Christmas gift a whole other post. I'm going to go ahead and get it together today but post it one day next week when I don't receive any cards in the mail.

Thursday Mail Day

I got a couple of cards in the mail today, nothing terribly exciting but they were cheap and they are White Sox cards.

1990 Fleer

Like I said, nothing terribly exciting but I needed it. I do search for White Sox cards on the cheap and this came up. I stole it for a whopping $.06/shipped.

1990 Fleer

This card came up to and to be honest, I was surprised I didn't have it, considering I have a player collection of him. Then again, knowing my record keeping, I probably do and don't realize it. These 2 cards came from the same seller and I picked this one up for $.22/shipped.

Monday Mail Day

I did get a couple of cards today. I'm getting way more than I thought I would when I lowered my high bid to a quarter. I don't even add on a couple of extra cents to make sure I outbid someone else bidding a quarter.

1985 Topps

For some reason, I drew a complete blank on these being 1985 Topps, I thought it was from 1983 until I was adding it to my Google Docs. Now that I've Googled and brought them back to memory, I think I was confusing them with the Super Veteran cards. This goes to the Vintage Collection and puts the 1985 Topps set at 700 cards even, only 92 to go.

1989 Donruss

I picked this up thinking I needed it, now I don't know if I do. When I checked my Google Docs page before bidding, it showed a 1989 Donruss but the number was 102 and I didn't think anything about it, figured it was a subset or something else. After I received it, I was logging it in and actually took the time to figure it out, only I didn't. I couldn't find another 1989 Donruss Larkin that had a number of 102. So many different things could have happened. Maybe the card I have was his 1988 Topps, it would be number 102 and it would also go one line above the 1989 Donruss on my sheet. Or, I could have just put the wrong number. I won't know for sure until I put it away in the album which will probably be this weekend. Either or, this is card number 257 and if it's a different card then the one that is listed, it will be my 102nd (great, there's that number again) card in the Barry Larkin Collection.

Snowy Saturday Mail Day

I got 9 cards today in the mail, all in one envelope. I picked these 80's cards for the Vintage Collection. 

1987 Topps

Nothing real exciting here but it is the set I'm closest to finishing. I got this for $.12/shipped and it brings the 1987 Topps set to 87% completed.

1987 Donruss

Again, another not so exciting card but it is a pretty cool action shot of a bunt. I grabbed this for $.15/shipped. It puts the 1987 Donruss set at 34% completed.

1986 Donruss

Now were getting a little better, yes, it is an 1986 but it's a Donruss which I didn't have much of. Now I do though as this set is at 71% completed with this addition. I picked it up for $.15/shipped as well.

1984 Topps

Now were getting a little older (do you see the pattern). I picked up this 1984 Topps card for $.22/shipped.

1984 Topps

Another 1984 Topps, not sure I remember ever seeing this one before. I picked it up for $.15/shipped.

1984 Topps

What? Another 1984 Topps? Yep, The last of that set I promise. This one actually goes towards 2 collections as half the card makes it a White Sox Collection card as well. This card was $.12/shipped and those 3 cards put that set at 32% completed.

1982 Topps

Just a touch older but I have far less of this set as this card only puts it at 9% completed. This card came to me for $.16/shipped.

1981 Fleer

The last set featured today starts with this 1981 Fleer that I got for $.12/shipped.

1981 Fleer

Last but not least, my most expensive card, and it's a checklist. Go figure. I picked this up for $.25/shipped and those last 2 cards put the 1981 Fleer set at just under 7% completed.