Brandon Miller

Hello potential traders, here's a little info on what I'm looking for. Hope we can swing a deal!

1957-1967, I prefer at least VGEX but will accept VG with no major flaws: large creases, paper loss, writing, water damage, miscut or badly OC. Swapping pics would be appreciated.  I'm also OK with swapping fillers for fillers.

1968-1973, I'm looking for at least VGEX, no creases, paper loss, writing, water damage, miscut or badly OC.

1974-1979 I'm looking for at least EX condition, no creases, paper loss, writing, water damage, miscut or badly OC.

1980 to present, I'm looking for at least NRMT. 

All of my vintage traders (pre '81) have grades on them.  If you add a card with a VG grade to the transaction, it will be VG, GD will be Good, VGEX will be VGEX Etc. No surprises. I do my best to be honest and accurate.  If your cards have issues, please disclose them before we trade and I will do the same. 

My priorities: (as of 01/01/2024)

1) Topps Dodgers team sets 1957-1988 (8 cards to go!)

2) Topps baseball....1968-1988 ('68-'71,'73-'88 Complete)

 1972 - 99.11%

3) Topps basketball.1971-1981 ('73-'81 Complete) 

 71-72 - 66.09

 72-73 - 86.74

4) Topps football......1968-1985 (1970, '72-'85 Complete)

 1968 - 89.95%

 1969 - 88.21%

 1971 - 99.62%

5) Hostess............... 1975-1979

 1975 - 96.00%

 1978 - 78.67%

 1979 - 74.67%

6) Kellogg's - Baseball '70-'83 (1973, '75-'77, '79-'83 Complete)

 1970 - 96.67% Football

 1970 - 65.33%

 1971 - 52.00%

 1972 - 87.04%

 1972 - 73.33% ATG

 1974 - 96.30%

 1978 - 94.74%

7) Oddball Sets

1963 Fleer Baseball.....97.01%

1964 Topps Giants.......85.00%

1970 Topps Supers......69.05%

1971 Topps Supers......82.54%

I also collect the following:

Vintage Oddball Dodgers, (Bell Brand, Morrell, Jay Publishing, Postcards, Team Issued sets, Etc.)

Everything else on my want list is there to round out trades, not a priority.

As a general rule, I prefer to trade vintage for vintage and modern for modern. I will consider trading vintage commons for newer stuff, just try to be fair and reasonable with your offers. 

I work two jobs so mailing is done on Friday-Monday

At this time, I'm not doing any trades outside of the U.S. 

I am diehard Detroit Tiger fan, I will trade or purchase any cards I do not have. I use the want list for cards I need. Sorry still trying to enter more of what I do have and need. I also have a few special Interest "Bo Jackson" and "Cecil Fielder" I  will trade or Purchase any that I do not have. 

Working on

66-79 Topps baseball 

1991 Topps Desert Shield- 12 cards away! I have a bunch of dups for trade

Eric Lindros super collector.  I have almost 1000 cards in the database and still adding. Always interested in adding cards I don't have.

Mike Schmidt collector.  I haven't started adding all of my Schmidt cards yet but I am willing to look at any and all available. 

Eventually would like to have my entire collection uploaded but it is going to take quite a while as I organize it. 

I collect all sports, non sports, memorabilia and anything in-between. I prefer to trade and very rarely sell. 

Follow me on 

IG-  ctcards_memorabilia

FB- ctcardshop 

Twitter- @ctcardsandmemo1

I'm a set builder. Topps Regular and updated sets from 70s to present.  I do not sell or flip, I just like building sets and trading.

I like to be quick and responsive in trading.  My promise to you, is that if we propose a trade, I will respond very quickly, and if we both agree, your cards will be mailed out within 24 hours.  As soon as cards are received I'll mark as received / completed, and then give you a positive review.  I would hope for similar from my trading partners.  My word is my bond.

Currently working on: 

2007-2008-2009 Topps updated

Astros Cards Topps '62-'67

will ultimately work on Updated sets from 02-05

Complete sets of 83, 85, 86 and 87 available to trade for full sets I need  

Complete sets needed: 2015, 2018 (Topps base)

My goal in collecting is to obtain cards to build sets for the enjoyment of collecting and learning about the the game and who played in the past and the present. I do not sell cards and plan to pass my collection in to my boys. I also don't have condition in condition of cards  

I work in Minor League Baseball for over 20 years with the Somerset Patriots, the new Double-A affiliate | New York Yankees (But I'm an Astros fan).

Featured in these Podcast

Minor League Fan Club: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minor-league-fan-club/id1722131963?i=1000653671062

Sports Collectors Daily: (at about 1:34): https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/ttm-this-week-dave-marek/

My favorite player of all time is Nolan Ryan, and have a small collection.  

Texas A&M alumni, class of '94 - Gig ' EM AGGIES!

Trading: PWE shipping, will use multiple envelopes if needed. 

My collection is one that sparks joy to me. I have no rhythm or reason to it, each card brought joy to me and so it was added to the collection. My want list is cards that spark joy for me. My Want List is being re added to and will grow greatly over the next few weeks/months.  

This hobby is my saving grace! I found it as a way to help my anxiety and the friendships I have made in this hobby are amazing! I truly appreciate everyone in this hobby!

I look forward to doing lots of trades here and getting these cards in your mailbox and collection where they belong!

One of my binder projects is a Topps Twins project and am mainly needing the vintage now, I am happy to add cards with character aka poor condition for the vintage cards. This project is to tell the story of the decades and what better way than to have character to the cards. That's for the vintage, I don't want 1990s cards that are rounded edges and ripped up. 

My collection is valued at how much I'm smiling at the end of the day :) 

6-27-23 Update:

I have had to turn off trades for a while, I am a full time art show artist, and this is my busy season. I simply do not have time to pull trades and give them the time that they deserve. I will be back when my season slows down late fall. I appreciate all of the wonderful trades I have made and look forward to doing so many more!

MY PC:

Yogi Berra #1 on TCDB. I have almost all of Yogi's vintage playing days cards with only oddball cards left. So I am going after his modern cards too. I have all of his cards on my want list minus 1/1's, autographs, and multi player memorabilia cards but am always interested if anyone has them. 

Roy Campanella #1 on TCDB. I am in the same boat with Campy. I have almost all of his vintage cards with very few oddballs left. I am going after his modern cards with the same exceptions as with Yogi. 

Pee Wee Reese #1 on TCDB. Same as with Campy and Yogi, my Pee Wee Vintage needs list is short with only oddballs left. So I am doing the same with him. 

Jackie Robinson. Jackie is primarily for my daughter, she is a bigger Ernie Banks fan but we get Jackie for her too. 

 Satchel Paige #1 on TCDB

 Ty Cobb #3 on TCDB

George Brett

Salvador Perez

My 10 year old Daughter Marley Collects:

Ernie Banks: #6 on TCDB. Marley's Heaven Daddy passed away when she was 6 months old and his favorite player was Ernie. During Covid, I got back into cards and Marley's Mom pulled out her Heaven Daddy's cards. He had a handful of Ernie vintage cards so she wanted to collect more of them. She has his complete base career run and several oddballs, but we are trying to attain the rest. She sells and trades her own cards to get more Ernie and has sold some of her toys to buy vintage cards as well. She has been given cards from several of our friends on Twitter and if you want to see her collection look at my pinned tweet on my account. @Passion4Baseba1. 

Jackie Robinson

Salvador Perez

Nico Hoerner

Anthony Rizzo as a Cub

Javy Baez as a Cub

Marley has decided that she wants to finish her sets from when we first started buying her cards up to 2023 Topps. If you have any of the commons she needs for these sets feel free to propose a trade. 

As of 2/7/24, I will begin responding and start trading again. Apologies to those that have sent me trade offers and not gotten responses. They have been looked at but I hadn't started pulling cards yet as the sorting, organizing, and cataloging of a good 13k cards was an undertaking. lol. 

Would love to do large trades with people. Like a 100+ cards at a time as I have a lot of set needs on 2000's builds and have a lot of dupes cataloged that I would love to get to people that need them in return to fill my sets as we're primarily just dealing with base here. lol

****1/17/24-Temporarily pausing responding to trade offers. Still keeping them turned on as I have some outstanding trades at the moment. But I've taken in around 8500 cards from 2001-2010 this week and taking in another 4000 or so from 2016-2020 later this weekend. So I want to get everything logged and sorted properly to best make trades to fill my 2000's set needs.****

Collect signed Baseball HOF RC's.  Have long term dream goal of completing the topps run of sets from 1954-present.

Sets Completed:

1954 Topps,1960 Topps, 1973 Topps, 1975 Topps-1980 Topps, 1981 Donruss, 1984-1998 Topps, 1986 Topps Traded, 1987 Donruss, 1992 Score.

Currently working on the Topps run from 1970-1979.

Always up for trading.  I'm terrible at giving my cards a grade but I always try to be up front with corners/creases/wrinkles and other blemishes when trading. 

1968 Topps Baseball -trying to upgrade as much as possible.  Any 68s on my want list is likely to upgrade my existing card in that set.  Looking for centering, sharp corners and no creasing, stains or writing on the card.  Most other sets I do not mind the condition as much.

I rarely wish to trade vintage cards for newer cards--like to stick with same eras in a trade.  However, if you see some of my newer cards and have vintage to offer--I would definitely take a look at that.

Vintage HOFer cards no matter what condition.  Looking to collect at least one card for every MLB HOF member.  Currently at 305/335 collected.

1Need help in 69,70,71,72,73

PC: Nolan Ryan ,  Freddie Patek, Yordan Alvarez, Jose Altuve, Kyle Tucker, Jeremy Pena, CJ Stroud, Astros, Vintage HOF NFL Houston Oilers

Vintage Baseball Cards Pre-1980

Primarily I only collect vintage Topps Baseball and not interested in anything else.  I am a set builder and have been collecting cards for 50 years. I only dabble in football and other sports if they are vintage and major, major, stars or non-sport cards.

I would prefer to make trades where the cost/value of the cards is greater than the cost for postage.

I have many cards for trade that are not listed in the system, message me  to get things rolling if you want to trade.  Also, I’m happy to sell anything on my trade list. I accept Paypal or Venmo. 

All trades require photos of the cards being traded.  For fastest response send pics of all cards included in your offer to Downtowntodd@gmail.com for approval.  No offers will be accepted without photos.  Please include the condition of the cards you are trying to find in your offer.

CURRENTLY BUILDING:

• BB 1963 Topps – Looking for   Good (or better) condition
• BB 1965 Topps – Looking for       EX (or better) condition
• BB 1966 Topps – Looking for       EX (or better) condition
• BB 1967 Topps – Looking for VG-EX (or better) condition
• BB 1969 Topps – Looking for       EX (or better) condition
• BB 1971 Topps – Looking for       EX (or better) condition

FOR TRADE I have a lot of cards not listed

·         BB 1967 – 500 cards Poor-EX

·         BB 1968 – 500 cards Good-VG

·         BB 1970 – 2,000 cards VG-NM

·         BB 1971 – 500 cards Poor-VG

·         BB 1972 – 3,000 cards VG-NM

·         BB 1973 – 100 cards VG-EX

·         BB 1974 – 300 cards VG-EX

·         BB 1978 – 7,400 cards (6,000 VG-EX) (1400 EX-NM)

I also have lots of full sets from the 90's if that's your thing just let me know.  I don't collect them and will send you a list of what I have for you.

From 1951 on, Topps baseball base sets and Gypsy Queen base sets; Pre 1951, all baseball

I started collecting baseball cards as a kid in the mid to late-80s and collected them through the early 90s. I started out collecting them with my old man, and I look back on those days wistfully. We'd sit up at night and put together sets and lists of our missing cards and that was a great thing to share with him. At some point, though, I outgrew wanting to share that experience with him, choosing instead to share the hobby with my friends. Then I started to notice girls and found other things to spend money on. I boxed up all the cards and traded the innocence of collecting baseball cards for other, less wholesome pursuits.

At some point over the course of the next 2 and a half decades, I somehow outgrew the nomadic life, became an adult, got married, found a permanent place to live, and jumped on the wildest ride of my life: fatherhood. In a fit of cleaning out my old room to make space for her new grandkids (my sister's kids at the time), my mother transported all of the cards from my childhood bedroom and brought them to live with me. To the attic they went, and in the attic they stayed for the better part of the last decade, hidden away and silent.

While working from home during quarantine, I repurposed the attic into a makeshift office to hide from my two kids, who were also at home, and who, despite my and my wife's best efforts, have no conception of privacy or quiet, and care very little for anyone else's productivity--especially when it comes at the expense of their most immediate desire. Stuck in the attic, armed with a laptop, and facing long days of working in solitude, there sat my baseball cards staring back at me, summoning me from a place and time long since gone. In a moment of sports deprived weakness, I answered their call and opened up a couple of boxes to look at my old collection. Glorious!

Within days of our local economy's soft reopening, I found a local card shop, escaped my attic, drove to it, donned a mask, and walked in to buy some new cards. I quickly learned that the days of the $0.50 pack had passed me by--quite a while ago it seems. Undeterred by the effects of what seemed to be hyper-inflation in an economy I had ignored for some 27 years, I left with not one, but two BOXES of baseball cards. Upon opening up the many packs of new cards, I discovered the advent of the insert card's prevalence, and that, unlike unicorns, autographed cards actually DO exist in packs (helllooo Pete Alonso!). Fascinated, and in need of boxes in which to store the cards and toploaders in which to protect them, it was back to the card shop for me. A couple of carboard boxes, a few bags of penny sleeves and some toploaders just couldn't be the extent of my second excursion. So, much like an addict in search of a fix, it was another box of cards for me. 

But, this new lifestyle of big spending on cards I knew nothing about would prove to be unsustainable as my wife and I are also tasked with feeding, clothing, and sheltering (in place) these two children we created. Alas, it was back to the attic for me, and back to shuffling through all of my old cards, sorting out the commons from the hall of famers, sorting out the steroid users from the clean players. Thus, a new collection was born. Hall of Famers. Those are the cards I want to collect.

But, I needed a mechanism for organizing what I had, and what I wanted to get. When I bought my last pack of cards as something other than a novelty back in 1993, the internet was not yet a thing, at least not one to which I had access. I thought: Surely there is some mechanism online to help me organize these cards, and give me reason to continue sorting through this mess. And, after minimal searching on the worldwide web, I discovered TCDB. What a brave new world this is.

I look forward to getting back into the hobby. But, for now, I am going to stick to trying to collect Hall of Famers, mostly vintage (which, I have learned, is now a word in this industry that describes me). I'm less concerned with a card's grading, centering, corners, or condition than I am with the name and face on it. I'm not in this as an investment; I'm in it for an escape. Hopefully when this little 2 year-old ages a few more years, he'll begin to enjoy collecting baseball cards as much as his old man did once upon a time. If so, I hope to bequeath to him a worthwhile collection and to share the experience with him for as long as he'll have me.