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Not a lot of rules, regulations, expectations, or life story for trading. I just ask the following;

1. Have fun!
2. I am not buying. Sorry.
3. Please let me know ahead if cards are damaged.
4. I use a plain white envelope for up to ~27 cards (if they fit safely) and padded envelope for more.
5. 1991 Topps Stadium Club variations do not concern me. I am just collecting a base set.
6. Keep if fair.

• 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)

I am relatively new to TCDB but have been part of the baseball card blogging community for well over a decade. I have over 100,000 cards to trade. Also if you collect matchbooks/matchcovers, stamps, or bottle caps (including MLB/NFL caps from the 60s) I have some of those to trade, especially the matchbooks which I also collect.

PLEASE NOTE: While my modern cards are almost all mint/near-mint, the condition of my vintage cards vary greatly. Some are in quite good shape for their age; many more are in good/fair/poor condition.

ALSO NOTE: For the time being I will usually only be mailing out all packages, including PWEs, once a week, on Saturdays.

For my TCDB wantlists, first priority is my vintage Topps setbuilds. Second priority is the modern cards that I have on there. Lowest priority is the 2017-present Topps setbuilds. I do collect everything baseball, so even if you don't have cards that are on my TCDB wantlists, you will probably have plenty to trade that I would be interested in, so I'm happy to browse through your tradelist if you see cards on my tradelist that you would like to trade for.

Anybody born on February 14th

Toronto Raptors

Buffalo Bills

Ottawa Senators

Kitchener Rangers alumni

Jamal Murray

And I'm always up to bust a repack!

I'm slowly adding tradeable cards as I go, so check back often.

I DO NOT BUY/SELL CARDS. I TRADE ONLY.

Player collections:

• Nolan Ryan
• Jim Fregosi
• Frank Tanana
• Wally Joyner
• Jim Abbott
• Joe Rudi
• Vladimir Guerrero
• Mike Napoli

Baseball sets I'm Working: 1983 Topps Traded, 1983 Topps Glossy All Stars Send Ins, 1984 Topps Glossy All Stars Send Ins, 1991 Classic Best Minors, 1992 Topps Match The Stats, 1992 Upper Deck Minor League, 2007 Topps Turkey Red, 2008 Upper Deck X X-Ponentials, 2008 Upper Deck Timeline, 2009 Upper Deck, 2009 Upper Deck First Edition, 2012 Bowman Platinum.

Other Collections: Baseball Cards #444; Fleer Logo Stickers; baseball checklists; baseball sweepstakes/special offer/game/contest/scratch-off/giveaway/info/etc. cards; All Star Game Ballots; Animated Batman Cards, 1992 Impel DC Comics cards.

Baseball: Astros, Cardinals, Dodgers. Nolan Ryan, Bo Jackson, Cody Bellinger 

Football: Dallas Cowboys and The Patriots, OU. Emmitt Smith, Dak Prescott, Dez Bryant, josh Gordan, Kenneth Murrey and Tanner Schafer

Baseball PC

• NY Yankees(focus on Bernie Williams)
• Kevin Kiermaier
• Taylor Motter
• Willy Adames
• Brandon Lowe
• Brendan McKay
• Wool E. Bull
• Trea Turner (former NC State guy)
• Barry Bonds
• Juan Gonzalez
• Negro League players

Football PC

• Denver Broncos (especially mid-late '90's players, Von Miller, Bradley Chubb)
• Mario Williams
• Russell Wilson 
• Julius Peppers

Basketball PC

• Serge Zwikker (trying to collect all)
• Gary Payton
• Shaquille O'Neal
• Anfernee Hardaway
• Vince Carter
• Dirk Nowitzki
• TJ Warren

Wrestling/MMA PC

• Stone Cold Steve Austin
• Sting
• AJ Styles
• New Day
• Dean Ambrose/John Moxley
• Adam Cole
• Alexa Bliss
• Rhea Ripley
• Shotzi Blackheart
• Ember Moon
• Trish Stratus
• Matt Riddle
• BJ Penn
• Robbie Lawler
• Yair Rodriguez
• Ronda Rousey

'Other' PC

• Santa Claus
• Kelly Slater(pro surfer)
• Carissa Moore(pro surfer)
• Laird Hamilton(pro surfer)
• Brian Shaw(strength competition)
• Robert Oberst(strength competition)
• Phil Pfister(strength competition)
• Shannon Miller(gymnast)
• Andre Agassi(tennis)
• Rafael Nadal(tennis)
• Eden Hazard(soccer)
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang(soccer)
• USWNT Soccer - past/present
• USMNT Soccer - past/present

Ken Griffey Jr., Jay Buhner, Steve Largent and Ryan Bader

Collecting Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Maple Leafs, Magic The Gathering Artifact Cards, Wrestling Cards and unopened packs of the above - Looking to trade to collect.

Though not on my want list - happy to trade for any Boston Bruins cards as well, for a friend.

Robin Yount, Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Braves. I especially like Brewers police cards -- all the varieties and municipalities are the kind of obsessive type of collecting that I tend to like. So, I'll take any of those variations that I don't have, whether they are on a wantlist or not.

Otherwise, I used to write blogs but I got too busy with work for that. I used to trade a lot more too, but my wife's health has declined lately so I don't have a ton of time for that right now either. She used to take my packages to the post office for me but now she can't.

My old "Off Hiatus" blog has a ton of want lists and the like that I'm trying to phase out by entering my collection here at TCDB. I spend more time on Twitter than anywhere else these days, and I'm also a member of the SABR Baseball Cards Committee.

Note: I'm starting over again from scratch with getting my collection entered here. I'm focusing on that as opposed to trading currently. I haven't had time to trade lately, so please understand that it's not personal if I don't respond. 

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!

Detroit Tigers, Red Wings, Real Madrid, Spain and Topps Oakland A's, Autographed Cards, Jerseys, Pucks, Vintage Lions

Any trade offer should be reasonable and make sense, anything crazy will be a No Go at this station. prefer small PWE Trades of at least 2  up to 20 cards due to time constraints. I travel alot for work and might not be in your country at time of request. 

Condition of Vintage cards are identified in how they are. 

Using this site mainly as tracking collection, TRADING ONLY, ANY request for selling will be replied with a 20% over Beckett price.

Trades will also depend on status of my mood as well as yours

No Trades to Florida, Alabama, Missouri, Arizona, so called "Patriots", MAGA, Israel, China, Cuba, Haiti, Liberia, Iran, Mauritius, Belarus, Hungary, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Russian Fed., Serbia, Sierra Leone, Turkey, Afghanistan, North Korea, Venezuela

NY/SF Giants baseball cards.

The ALS has advanced enough that I'm no longer collecting or trading. It's been fun guys! 

Michigan Wolverines (all sports), Detroit Tigers, Griffey/Gwynn/Maddux/Ripken
#1 collector of Rich Hill!

*Cards in my collection are not available for sale or trade, only those on my For Sale/Trade list are available in deals*

Players I collect: Peter Worrell (#1 collection on TCDB), Alex Ovechkin, Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier, Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman, Charlie McAvoy, Martin Brodeur, Trevor Linden, Ken Dryden, Larry Robinson

Baseball: Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz, Pedro Martinez, Ted Williams, Robin Yount, Andrew McCutchen, Kenny Lofton, Sandy Koufax

Football: Dan Marino, Eric Dickerson, Christian McCaffrey, Sterling Sharpe, Walter Payton, Art Monk, Lawrence Taylor, J.J. Watt, Jim Everett

Basketball: Damian Lillard, Hakeem Olajuwon, Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, Khris Middleton, Steve Nash

Teams I collect: New Jersey Devils, Green Bay Packers, Boston Red Sox, Hartford Whalers, New Haven minor league teams (Ravens, Nighthawks, Beast) and any other Connecticut teams.

I'm very interested in any West Haven Yankees, A's, and Whitecaps minor league cards or cards of West Haven, CT athletes like Art Ceccarelli, Ken Strong, and Matt DelGuidice. Please keep me in mind if you have any cards of these players. Thanks!

 

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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 :) 

What I Collect:

Steve Finley

D-Backs team sets and inserts (1998-2003)

90's Inserts

UD Ultimate Victory (99-00) - All sets, parallels, and inserts

UD Ionix (99-00) - All sets, parallels, and inserts

Trading:

I'm always open to trades but may take me a while to respond.

2024 Hobby Goals:

1. Have fun, but not too much fun
2. Attend a few shows
3. Check out some card shops
4. Continue to consolidate/organize collection
5. Participate/Contribute more on TCDB

I am buying pre 1987 Non Sports

Don't go by my want list.  

Let's discuss if you have any for sale, even if they are not listed in the database. Vintage Misc. Sports as well.

The primary teams I collect are: St. Louis Cardinals, Portland Trail Blazers, Oregon Ducks (college and alums), Portland Timbers and Portland Beavers. Secondary interests include collecting sets (especially Topps Heritage and Allen & Ginter) and picking up the odd Philadelphia Eagles card that suits my liking.

Player collections:

Ozzie Smith
Jim Edmonds
Chris Carpenter
Adam Wainwright
Darryl Kile
Matt Holliday
Matt Carpenter
Brendan Ryan
Clyde Drexler
Wesley Matthews
Rasheed Wallace
Randall Cunningham
Sabrina Ionescu

I absolutely do not use the pricing feature on TCDB for trading (or for anything, really.) Common sense should prevail here.

I am always interested in numbered, autographed and/or memorabilia cards related to the above teams/players, even if they aren't in my want list.

Cards in my collection are not for trade or sale unless specifically marked as "for sale/trade". I'm open to PWE and larger offers to all countries. Please let me know immediately if you do not want cards sent via PWE.

Notes for trading pre-1980 cards: For anything on my want list, I am most likely interested regardless of condition (within reason, of course.) For anything in my trade list, I have made an effort to add a condition tag to anything that I would consider less than near mint. I have zero experience in actually grading cards, though, so feel free to reach out if you want more details about any individual card including a scan or picture.

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. **

Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos, Charlie Simmer, Canadian MLB Players

Barry Larkin primarily, also a set collector (mostly Allen & Ginter, both original 1800s and the modern Topps sets)

LEGO  (Don't have anything I'm looking for?  I'll happily trade baseball cards for LEGO stuff)!

I have my own baseball card collecting Discord server (see my profile for an invite link)!  I host contests, giveaways, and plenty of group breaks over on my Discord!  I also run my own baseball card group break page over on Facebook though most of the action has moved over to the Discord to keep things all in one place.

Finally, I am willing to sell cards from my For Trade lists but I now require a potential buyer to include their price in their initial request.

Shipping only to USA and Canada currently.  Trades involving 9 or fewer cards will be shipped via PWE (cards in a row of a 9-pocket page) unless other arrangements are made prior to the completion of the trade.  

I'm willing to sell if you don't have anything to offer in return that I need.  I'm also willing to buy if I don't have anything to offer in return to you!  Shoot me a message.

 I HAVE A NEW ADDRESS for anyone who has swapped with me in the past.

I collect:
Baseball: TIGERS esp. Mize, Manning, Torkelson, Topps Home Run challenge usable code cards and winners, JaCoby Jones (Baseball), Juan Soto, Brandon Dixon, Mark Fidrych, Justin Verlander, Nolan Ryan, Brandon Inge, Fielder (both), Rey Ordonez, Omar Vizquel, Max Scherzer, Prospects, RC's, Topps Game cards (1968 topps game style from all years), Vintage. Too many pc guys to mention. Try me.

Basketball: Luka Doncic, Pistons, Elena Delle Donne

Hockey: Marcel Dionne, Gilbert Dionne, Red Wings 

Football: Lions

Oddballs: Fish and Fishing related cards! Santa/Xmas related cards. Athletes named Nolan. 5x7 cards.

Sets I am slowly building: 1973 Topps, 2019 Topps Holiday master set all SP, SSP, and SSSP's.

Doesn't have to be on my wantlist or this PC list, just try me. 

Communicate well and package well, expect the same.

If I have a card you want but nothing on the trade match, then please message me and like the Beatles sing "we can work it out..."

Current projects: Ryne Sandberg, George Brett, and Nolan Ryan (playing career only) and base Topps for Joey Votto and Mike Trout.

Ongoing projects: Darryl Strawberry and John Kruk, one example of every Topps card, and the last Topps cards of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Baseball - Football - Hockey

Baseball, Hockey and Football

Hi gang, just a couple of notes:

1)  I don't sell on this website.  I rarely buy.   Probably better off not asking me.

2)  If you don't have more than 24 hours to wait on a response to a trade that you proposed, please don't send it to me.   Patience is a virtue.  I generally give people a week to respond if I make an offer.

3)  Have fun when trading.  

Detroit Sports! Tigers, Lions, Pistons, Red Wings

Michigan and Michigan State (and other Michigan Universities)

Minor league baseball: Lexington Legends, Wilimington Blue Rocks, Toledo Mud Hens

**Trade requests closed until i catch up and/or get back from vacation.**

Hey, I apologize if i dont respond to your trade requests promptly.  Since the pandemic started, I am in the process of reorganizing my collection to make it easier to find cards for trade, however I try not to mix multiple boxes out of storage at a time.  I'm trying to look at trades but do not want to accept until I know I have the cards in hand.  If the trade is a few days old, I will reach out if the trade is still on the table before accepting.

Also I am not trying to use this as an excuese but I have school age children and work 2 jobs so those things take precidence over the hobby.  That said I will try to respond as quickly as possible but sometimes life happens...

Canada and overseas traders.  i'm up to trade, but as you know customs costs are rediculous for baseball cards.  I'm willing to do PWE sized trades only. 

**Not trying to beg for sympathy but my ex wife is trying to take my kids from me.  so i've been working a ton of overtime to pay for leagal fees for this fight.  sorry if i dont reply promptly.  this is a HOBBY and stress releif for me to sort and inventory cards. I am usualy on daily to add new cards to my collection and such but dont always have a huge window to look at, pull and reply to trades. i dont want to turn trading off but am trying to make time to respond.** 

Not sure when I will be back to trading. I am still collecting Detroit Tigers, Detroit minor league sets, and Topps Now Detroit Tigers. Top player collection is Miguel Cabrera. Updated 07/05/22

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

My goals: I'm trying to complete a few sets from the 1980s and early 1990s. Please have a look at my goals list for details.

Your goals: If you need any cards from my trade lists, feel free to send a trade proposal. Even if you don't have anything on my want lists to send in return, let me know anyway. I'm always willing to try to work out a trade.

About me: I blog about trading cards and also create and sell custom cards and other sports-related items. If that piques your interest, please have a look at the following sites:

My trading card blog: Nine Pockets

My 8-bit sticker shop: redbubble

My custom card store: eBay

Focusing mainly on the Detroit Tigers; team sets and the players from WS Champs in '68.

Trades turned off temporarily while I get more organized.

Trades only.  No buying or selling.    

I make a lot of trades through counter offers.  So decide if you're okay with that before making an offer.  

Use some common sense, please.  I'm probably not trading for one card that's worth less than what I'll spend on postage. 

Don't be a jerk. 

September 2023:  Not happy with the direction this site has gone.  Still willing to trade, but not initiating like I used to.   

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.)