CardpocalypseNC

Currently not trading or buying at this time.  Pre- 1980 Astros and Altuve.  Pre-1977 Baseball; Ty Cobb and Detroit Tigers in general. Catchers in gear and multi-bat cards are my favorite mini-collections. Only adding pre-1974 cards to these collections now.  I use TCDB to track my collections. 

• MAIN FOCUSES
  • Indianapolis 500 / IndyCar related cards, postcards & match books
    • 1911 T36 American Tobacco Co. Auto Drivers
    • 1954 Stark & Wetzel Indianapolis 500 Winners
    • 1960 Parkhurst Indianapolis Speedway Winners
    • 1960s Marhoefer Indianapolis 500
  • Dale Earnhardt - specifically autographs & relics
  • T210 - Fort Worth, Galveston, Dallas and Birmingham
  • 1935 National Chicle Football
• OTHER PROJECTS
  • James Bond actors autographs
  • former WVU Mountaineers
  • Topps Buybacks
  • basketball players - Charles Barkley, Jason Williams, Bob Sura, Michael Jordan
  • baseball players - Will Clark, Dale Murphy, Russ Davis, Chris Enochs, Darrell Whitmore
  • hockey players - Andrew Shaw & Jeremy Roenick
  • racing - Dale Earnhardt, Lloyd Ruby, Jim McElreath
  • wrestling - 80s and early 90s
  • Fort Worth & Galveston baseball
  • T206
  • 1955 All American Football
  • T37 - Turkey Red Automobiles

I collect: NBA, NHL, NASCAR, Star Wars, History, Military, DC Comics, Olympics, whatever interests me

Current project is trying to get at least one card of everyone to ever get one for NBA, NHL and NASCAR. Also working on getting at least one example of every set ever for the above sports. (Wantlists on Cardboard History)

I have some health problems that make it challenging for me to get to my trade stash. It makes me a slow trader as there are some days when I'm simply in too much pain to access the boxes. My health problems are not transferable so you do not need to fear catching anything from trading with me. I generally only can mail on Saturdays.

Trading: 

I prefer to trade 1 card for 1 card. I do not care about any made up "book value". I will gladly trade more than one card for some as well...there are a few cards on my tradelist that I do need more than one card for in return though. I only put sets on my wantlist that are close to completion, so if you have something else in any of the three sports or the Non-Sports topics I focus on, odds are I will want it. Only reason I wouldn't is if I had it already.  If you don't have anything from the topics I mainly collect, but I have something you want, I will also accept football or baseball in trade, pretty much anything to get a trade done. I would prefer not to trade with smokers. I have breathing problems and cards that come from smokers are essentially useless to me, I cannot handle them. I prefer larger trades but will do any size at all.

I have tried to make sure all the cards on my Tradelist are problem free, with no corner dings, scratches or other flaws, but I am human and it's possible I may have missed something, but all cards sent out are cards you shouldn't need to worry about ever finding a replacement for. I don't demand problem free cards in return as my theory is that a damaged card is better than no card, but writing and paper loss means to me that I don't actually have that card so please don't offer them to me in trade. 

If you don't care about condition, take a look through my "Damaged Cards" collection. These are all cards that I rejected from my tradelist for having flaws but they are available for trade. I would put them at one third a card "value" so 3 damaged cards vs. 1 of your cards. If you do want any of them, let me know and I will move them to my tradelist. I don't want to put them all there and cause matches for people expecting good cards and getting damaged cards in return. Some of the flaws are pretty big problems, some you will probably wonder why I didn't list it in my tradelist. While my collection doesn't demand perfection, I am very strict with condition on cards I send out in trade.

Trading Prioroties: (what makes me the happiest to get in trade, in no particular order)

• 1995-96 and 1996-97 NBA Cards
• 1994 NASCAR Cards
• Any NASCAR card that actually focuses on the car
• Automotive Non-Sport cards
• New York Rangers
• New York Knicks
• New Jersey Nets (and Brooklyn and New York Nets, but the NJ era is my favorite
• Elton Brand
• Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Henrik Lundqvist
• History related Non-Sports cards
• Attractive women (with or without clothes)
• Anything from Racing Champions I don't have
• Team logo cards for NBA and NHL
• Non-sports subjects in Allen & Ginter
• People with last names starting with Q, U, Z and especially X. 
• With that said, I will trade for anything at any time, whether it's on my wantlist or not. I prefer "quantity" to "quality" and I'm a set builder at heart. 

There are also a couple of specific sets I'm really hoping to complete some day:

• 1996-97 Ultra (NBA), my favorite set ever
• 1988 Leesley Bigfoot (the set that got me started collecting)
• 2002-03 Topps Chrome Refractors (NBA) Refractors are my favorite parallel and this is the closest one to completion
• 1994 Action Packed (NASCAR) tied for my favorite NASCAR set
• 1989-90 Marine Midland New York Rangers (just need the cover card!)
• 1993 & 1994 Skybox The Simpsons (One base card away from completion, also chasing inserts)
• 1954 Topps Scoop (my favorite Non-Sport set ever)
• 1953-54 Topps World on Wheels (my favorite automotive set ever)

Hey all, my trading priorities at the moment are vintage (mainly 1972 high numbers) and Topps refractors from the early-mid aughts of past greats (mainly ATFF refractors [2003-2005], Topps Retired refractor autos [2003-2005], Archives Reserve hits [2001-2002], and 2005 Topps Pristine Legends [refractors only]). Offer me any of that stuff and I'll be motivated to work out a deal! We could probably still trade even if you don't have any of that particular stuff, but I ask that you please don't offer me "junk" (forgive the term) unless it's "junk" that you're asking for in return, as I'm generally less interested in overproduced stuff.

Check out my blog Baseball Card Breakdown that I've run since 2013. I also do a 1991 MusiCards Blog where I get to ramble more about my youth and music I like. Also worth noting that I occasionally make my own custom cards, often printing extras for trading and surprise bonus throw-ins.

I haven't logged that much of my collection/wants into TCDB yet, but I'm working on it. My card blog, however, features a big wantlist as well as a trade bait page that I'd encourage potential trade partners check out in addition to the "trade matching" option here. Thanks!

07/01/23 CURRENT UPDATE: I need to take a break from trading to get myself caught up, thanks for understanding!

Teams: Atlanta Braves, Carolina Hurricanes, Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, NC State alumni (all 3 sports), Marvel & WWE

Players: Ray Durham, Jeff Francoeur, Freddie Freeman, Tom Glavine, Vladimir Guerrero Sr., Tony Gwynn, Tim Hudson, Brian Jordan, David Justice, Rey Ordonez, Cal Ripken Jr., Tim Salmon, John Smoltz, Darryl Strawberry, Dansby Swanson, Frank Thomas

Sets: 1995 Pinnacle Museum Collection, Anything WCW/WWE, 90's Comic Sets

07/01/23 CURRENT UPDATE: I need to take a break from trading to get myself caught up, thanks for understanding!

Teams: Atlanta Braves, Carolina Hurricanes, Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, NC State alumni (all 3 sports), Marvel & WWE

Players: Ray Durham, Jeff Francoeur, Freddie Freeman, Tom Glavine, Vladimir Guerrero Sr., Tony Gwynn, Tim Hudson, Brian Jordan, David Justice, Rey Ordonez, Cal Ripken Jr., Tim Salmon, John Smoltz, Darryl Strawberry, Dansby Swanson, Frank Thomas

Sets: 1995 Pinnacle Museum Collection, Anything WCW/WWE, 90's Comic Sets

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 :) 

I am busy, busy, busy, but go ahead and send trade offers. I'll do my best to get back to you. Most of my traders are in storage, but they're accessible. If it's from 2020 or newer, I should have it with me.

Bagwell, Biggio, Nolan Ryan, Astros/Colt .45s, 60's-70's Pirates, Pre-1967 Baseball.

** PWE trades work better at the moment, unless you've got something really special for me. **

2014 Topps Baseball - Priority

1977-1979  Topps Baseball 

1990 Leaf Baseball

1994-1995  Leaf Baseball

1992 Fleer Baseball

Player Specific - Dansby Swanson, Ty Cobb

*** Anything Godzilla ***

Complete Sets For Sale/Trade

Baseball - 1990 Fleer Baseball

Football - 1991 Pro Line Portraits 

Football - 1991 Score Supplemental

Football - 1995 SP

Football - 1991 All World CFL

Basketball - 1989 Converse

Basketball - 1990-91 Hoops

Basketball - 1994 Classic Draft

Basketball - 1998 Press Pass Double Threat

Unopened Material For Sale/Trade 

Baseball - 23 Jumbo Packs of 1989 Donruss Baseball  (39 cards + 6  puzzle pieces per pack)

Basketball - 1992-93 Upper Deck High Series (20 Jumbo Packs - 27 cards per pack)

Football - 1991 Pro Line Portraits - Signet Series 

Currently mailing Monday thru Friday .... next day almost always 

--- Trade offers will be deleted after 3 days if unresponded too. 

--- Please - if variation is important to you,  ask me to verify. 

Rodney Hampton Super Collector!

Collecting NY Giants (all in blue), Charles Way and Eli Manning especially.

Also collecting Celebrity autographs and relics!

Michaela Shiffrin,  Chevy Chase, Darius Rucker, RL Stine as well

Boston Red Sox, Hartford Whalers

Main collecting focus: Tino Martinez, Ty Hensley, Anthony Volpe

Also collect: Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Gerrit Cole, Gleyber Torres, Clarke Schmidt, Yankees Prospects, Joe Burrow, Syracuse Orange cards

#TeamPWE and prefer quick PWE trades

Select Sets (see wantlists)

Football:
Green Bay Packers
Former BYU Cougars
All-Decade Teams--1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Heisman Winners
Trying to get one card of every player named 1st-Team All-Pro in the Super Bowl Era

Baseball:
Chicago Cubs
All-Star Game MVPs
Rookie of the Year
Trying to get one card of every player ever named to an MLB All-Star team

Priority of my want lists:
1 - Any and all Phillies cards (almost anything not in my collection is a "want")
2 - Various set ventures (baseball - 1972 Topps, 2016 Topps Chrome, Archives, Heritage sets, then hockey sets)
3 - Baseball HOFers (1980s)
4 - Baseball HOFers (1970s)
5 - Baseball HOFers (1990s)
6 - Baseball HOFers (other decades)

If there are any other categories of want lists, they would fall between set completion and HOFers.

I added approx. 90,000 cards available for trade in early 2023.

[The next section has been updated on 3/4/2024]

Note: Currently transactions are ON.

While I have transaction requests turned on, trade proposals will be handled in the order in which they are received. I am continuing to take it slow because I don't have the time or patience to take on too many trades at once. Additionally, I have found that it makes it easier on both sides because the cards are known to be available. And please, when we do trade, please make it so that the postage to/from your location to mine makes a trade worthwhile for both of us. Thank you.

Please also note that I am very much open to selling in addition to trading. If you see stuff you want and don't have anything in return, that's okay. We'll work out a deal that will be fair for both of us, not just me (and not just you, please). (The listings over at the SwamiLee account are in my possession and I am also selling those. The only sport left there is baseball.)