Trade with Cards from the Quarry

Just completed a trade with “Cards from the Quarry” earlier this week.  I sent him some Colorado Rockies and he sent me a great package.  Here are the highlights.

Love the Sox team cards.  I like the vintage feel to it as well.  And an ‘84 Tom Seaver for that collection.  Can’t beat a card with Ryan, Carlton and Seaver on it as well.

All 5 of these cards are numbered beauties.  A couple of Heritage which I always like those sets.  My first National Chicle and a refractor at that.  And a couple of Topps gold.  I want to say I didn’t have any ‘09 Topps in my collection yet as well.

A nice Jermaine Dye jersey with a pinstripe.  I remember back when the stripes on the jersey swatches were huge.  Not so much anymore, but I still like them.

And on top of all those White Sox beauties.  He sends me this great Peyton Manning card.

It’s an eTopps which I’m not familiar with at all.  I know what they are and how to get them, but I don’t have a clue how they come packaged.  Do they all come in this hard cover with the sticker or is this an uncirculated eTopps card?  Considering none of them are really circulated, and you have to purchase them from Topps, I’ll assume they all come that way.  But I’ve been known to be wrong, quite often in fact.

Thanks Johnny, for the sweet trade.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner

“Baseball Cards Rule” had a contest in which I participated in last week. It was a test of strength and endurance of which I prevailed. Not really, I posted a comment, followed his facebook page and plugged his contest right here. I’m too fat and old for tests of anything that I have to leave my couch for. So this contest was right up my alley. I don’t have a Brewers trade partner, so this card is up for grabs. I’d like to get something similar in a White Sox fashion.

Prince Fielder – 2008 Upper Deck Premier 4 Remnants quad jersey #’d 10/50

Leave a comment or shoot me an email – jccsst1022 at gmail dot com.

Shameless plug

I have another shameless plug, because I get a chance at free cards and there's no shame in that. There's a contest going on over at "This Card is Cool" So go check out his contest, free to enter, free to win. And the multiple prizes are all free cards. Check out his blog on the top link, or click here for the contest post.

Or you can go here, and enter "Buckeye State Trading Post" Same contest, different blog. Although I hadn't followed his blog before, I will not (even though I don't care for the Buckeye label). So his contest has worked for this blogger. He has a new follower!! Here is the contest link.

I previously won a contest earlier in the week and will show off the card when it arrives. I have to try for free cards as much as possible until I'm able to start buying again. I have a couple of posts in my head to get out here on blogger but haven't found the time. Bare with me, I will be back to posting more regular soon.

Quick question

I have a quick question.  I’m going to try to work on my have or for trade list.  Which is the best way to list it?  By teams or by sets?  I know a lot of collectors that collect their favorite teams but I know a lot of you are also trying to complete sets.  I may even do it both ways as I don’t have an overabundance of cards at the moment.  Which is why I’m going to do the list now, because I have the delusion as I buy more, I’ll add them to the list as I go.  That’s the plan, whether that happens or not, we’ll see.  So leave me a comment and tell me which you prefer to see.  Even if you don’t plan on trading with me, let me know your preference on how you prefer to browse.

Ebay purchases

I had a white envelope kind of day. Been purchasing Sox cards on ebay for cheap. Been going through the free shipping listings which explains the white enveloped packages. I expected them so no big deal. If I had paid $2 or $3 to ship, then I would expect a bubble mailer. None of these cards were damaged during shipping and I got them real cheap.

We are going through a rough patch here at home, so I can’t spend much on cards right now. That would be the reason for lack of posts as well, been working a lot of overtime until we can get caught up. I still had some money in my paypal so I figured I’d pick up some cards for my collections. I haven’t bought packs in quite a while and have been itching too so let’s home this curbs that appetite.

Start with a couple vintage.

Bob Spence – 1971 Topps & Rich Morales – 1971 Topps

Alexei Ramirez – 2010 Topps Refractor

Paul Konerko – 2010 Bowman Chrome Refractor

Mark Buehrle – 2011 Bowman Blue #’d 481/500

Jason Stumm – 2000 Team Best Autograph

I know, a nobody, but I got it pretty cheap, I promise.

Paul Konerko – 1995 Upper Deck minors autographed.

Have no idea if it was really autographed by Paulie or not, haven’t taken the time to check yet. The seller said it was autographed in a minor league game. But for the price, I figured what the hell.

It wasn’t very impressive I know, there are other cards I purchased that I’m still waiting on but that’s what came today. It was my first venture on to ebay to see what I could add to my White Sox and Paul Konerko collection, cheaply. Total price you ask, $6.87/shipped. Here’s how it broke down.

1. Bob Spence – 1971 Topps – $.99
2. Rich Morales – 1971 Topps – $.99
3. Alexei Ramirez – 2010 Topps Refractor – $1.00
4. Paul Konerko – 2010 Topps Refractor – $1.04
5. Mark Buehrle – 2011 Bowman Blue #’d 481/500 – $.99
6. Jason Stumm – 2000 Team Best autograph – $.33
7. Paul Konerko – 1995 UD Minors auto – $1.53

7 cards for an average of $.98/card shipped. Not too shabby. 2 vintage, 2 refractor, 1 numbered parallel, and 2 autos. 7 cards received and 7 more to come.