I collected all sports cards from mid 80's until late 2000's. This all came to a grinding halt when my first of 4 daughter's was born. Since then, it has been a long time since I even bought a pack or so. How the hobby has changed in the past 15-20 years! I also used to work at a card shop when Pokemon was first getting hot (not to date myself!).
For the Pokemon Cards - I would preferably like to work on cards on my want list below or will consider other cards that I can use for trading to other people (baseball only). If anyone is involved in Scouting, I could also be tempted with Council strips or OA flaps :)
For Bruno Sammartino - there is a unique reason for collecting him. My uncle (deceased a few years ago) was Joe Sammartino. His had quite a few siblings , two of them being the Sammartino Brothers from old school wrestling. I never met them and never even thought to see if cards were made of them... Only 505 out there, so who knows!
1) 2005 Leaf Baseball - Master set.
- Base set and Inserts: 100% complete
- Base Autos: 33/72 45% complete (notably, Recollection collection 10/40)
- Auto Parallels : 198/247 80% complete
- Base Parallels: 1217/1800 67.6% complete
- Insert Parallels: 310/352 88% complete
- Sportscasters: 289/7000 4.0%
2) Topps Anniversary Sets -
- Non Numbered base/ Chrome priority Currently 60.2% Complete
- Adding any other #'d, Auto, Relics if the price is right.
3) Paul Molitor - Currently # 2 in TCDB (1756 cards as of 6/1/2026)
4) Robin Yount - Currently # 10 in TCDB (1193 cards as of 6/1/2026)
5) Travis Hafner - Currently # 1 in TCDB (677 cards as of 6/1/2026)
6) Bruno Sammartino - Currently # 1 in TCDB (131 cards as of 6/1/2026)
7) Meatloaf - #1 in TCDB (Great Accomplishment w/ 5 cards!) He only has 38, so... yeah!
8) Ozzie Newsome - Currently # 1 in TCDB (203 cards as of 6/1/2026)
9) Bernie Kosar- Currently # 5 in TCDB (184 cards as of 6/1/2026)
For all trades: Please look at the cards. If they are off center/ not in NM (at least for recent items), please let me know. I have gotten some lately that were pretty obvious damage/ off center. In addition, trading GU'd - please send these in bubble envelopes or at least mark them non - machinable. I have had quite a few come in damaged for failing to pay the extra so it doesnt go through the rollers...
Address: Eric DeMuth 14125 Cearfoss Pike Hagerstown, MD 21740