lmcgown

Stopped building sets in 09 and now have stopped chasing SFGiants/49ers in 2019. But still have lots of wants. Due to a generous divorce court had to return to work, so trading is still important to me but now pulling and mailing can only be done on tuesday and wednesday

Stopped building sets in 09 and now have stopped chasing SFGiants/49ers in 2019. But still have lots of wants. Due to a generous divorce court had to return to work, so trading is still important to me but now pulling and mailing can only be done on tuesday and wednesday

Hi Folks, I love cards but need to take a break for a while. Will finish up current trades. Will decline with no prejudice offers I received in the last couple weeks that I could not respond to. I hope you will feel the same way. Happy to trade when I am back at it. Life, work, mother, taxes all take priority for a while. Go Giants!! Please save your cool Giants for me. By all means message me and I will respond when I can. Take care, Art 

My mom is home from hospital and getting better. However, I am very busy helping her, grocery shopping, taking her to appointments etc. Lots of driving. I will do trades but I may be slower to respond than usual but I will fill, pack and mail like I always do. I even will send out a few proposals.  I would rather be doing trades than helping my mother but I have to do for family before cards. Offers with SF Giants will take priority.  Thanks Art     

Currently looking to complete 23 Pristine base and refractor set as number one priority. I have base and refractor to trade for what I need. 

Buster Posey, Willie McCovey, Brandon Crawford, Sean Hjelle, Patrick Bailey top players for me.

Save your cool NY or SF Giants for me. Always welcome San Francisco Giants cards 2002 - 2020 not on want list if they are not in my collection yet. Goal of 10,000 SF Giants cards.

Working on 2021 Heritage Master set. Need Varieties mostly.

Heritage set collector. If you have Heritage base or SPs on my wantlist lets trade. Also welcome Heritage Inserts I don't have even if not on want list. 

I will only go to the PO on Monday morning and Friday morning to mail whatever trades have been accepted by the night before. 

Thanks Art  

CUBS

Trading to finish team sets & for CUBS I don't have .

Also trading to help friends wants .

I like to use the Beckett Online Price Guide - OPG

as a guide to keep trades balanced & both parties happy.

Will be updating my collection almost daily  

Thanks for looking

BOB

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mNywgLU1nh8-CBAyfbdxD_2e0i67eRFb3IpvWsKK_Us/edit#heading=h.3dm5yova3s1t

*****  042924 ****

..A set back on my ankle...I need another surgery on my ankle which I am having Friday May 3rd. I will be laid up another 6 weeks...NO WEIGHT BEARING ON FOOT...I have to turn off my trades...I have 11 trades in process and cards have been mailed out....I am so bummed but it has to be done.....

04-14-24....OK I'M GOING TO TURN ON MY TRADING TODAY. I WILL SEE HOW IT GOES...STILL REHABBING BUT GETTING BETTER...

03-30-24

SET BACK ON SURGERY...THE ROD THEY PUT IN MY LEG BROKE SINCE SURGERY ON 11-06-23...

BACK TO SQUARE ONE WITH REMOVAL OF ROD IN THE NEAR FUTURE.....

01-25-24

*****SURGERY WENT WELL...STILL NOT HOME ...RECOUPING NOW...WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW WHEN I RESUME TRADING...THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT REACHED OUT TO ME.....************

10-10-23

^^^^^^^^^^^   UNFORTUNATELY...I NEED RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY ON MY RT ANKLE. I WILL BE LAID UP FOR 6-8 WEEKS WITH NO WEIGHT BEARING FOR 6 WEEKS...I'LL HAVE TO TURN OFF TRADES FOR AWHILE..SORRY....THANK YOU..  ^^^^^^^^^^^^

*******  RIGHT NOW I AM ONLY TRADING WITH THE USA  AND CANADA....INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE.....***********

********** Priority on Baseball Sets to complete....**********

2001 TOPPS ......need 2

2010 TOPPS.....need 1

********  Trying to Finish the 80-81 Topps HOCKEY set.....I'm looking for the UNSCRATCHED cards ....Any help will be appreciated  *****

Baseball and Hockey. Trying to complete sets in Hockey and Baseball from my childhood...Also collecting modern day sets..Basically a BASE SET builder..... No trade, too small or too big.....

As always, you can counter any trade I propose....I just want a FAIR trade for both parties...

Also collect PHILADELPHIA FLYER cards and PITTSBURGH PIRATE cards. 

 Happy Trading.....TOM.....

Back to collecting Baseball cards after an almost 10 year hiatus.  I'm mainly a set builder, so I'm working on completing sets that I have a start on. I also PC Juan Gonzalez, mainly from his Texas Rangers days.  My trade/for sale list is up to date, and I'm always looking for trades. 

When trading, I usually default to PWE.  Specifically, I use Armalope mailers from cardshellz.com.  If I get a trade over 12 cards or so, I'll opt for a wider envelope, and protect the cards more on the inside.  I also typically will mail Non-Machinable and pay the extra charge.  I do this just as much for my peace of mind as much as for who I'm trading with.  I would prefer trades of at least 4 cards, mainly to keep it more cost effective.   I'm definitely open to larger trade as well, and have no problem shipping in a bubble mailer.  

My current sets of focus are:

• Topps Flagship sets 2014-2022
• 2023 Allen & Ginter Mini insert sets, base minis, and A&G back minis
• Various Topps Chrome sets and insert sets
• 2016 Bowman sets and inserts
• 2023 Bowman sets and inserts
• 1992 Leaf
• 1993 Stadium Club
• 1993 Select
• 1993 Leaf
• 1993 Ultra
• 1994 Ultra

So far, this site has been a big help and resource for filling out sets, and getting my extra cards out to those who need/want them. I look forward to many more trades in the future!

I am a set builder, mainly baseball. Over a million cards to trade, 1982-2020, not listed here, were already listed on another site. I have listed some cards here for trade,  and most cards listed in the Sportlots collection are for trade/sale as well.  Thanks!

Bobby Leonard
5545 Willard Norris Road
Milton, FL. 32570-8817

Prefer to trade base for base, insert for insert and so on.

Will trade outside USA if it's in our favor some to offset the USPS high shipping. 

    What were focused on but not limited to:

1. Reds team sets (topps products)

2. Reds players in other unis. 

3. 2024 topps base and inserts

4. All-Star insert sets

5. National card convention sets.

6. National trading card day sets

7. Various Players such as 

Trout, Acuna, Ohtani, Bo Bichette,

Mason Miller, Frank Thomas,

Mike Piazza, Giancarlo Stanton

Any and all Braves cards from 1954 - Present (RIP Hank Aaron).

I have decided to scale back from trying to collect every Braves card ever made and concentrate on the sets I like. Lately it seems to be next to impossible to collect team sets since there are so many inserts, VAR, SP, and just all to many brands. Topps has once again turned collecting into $$$ for them by making so many different brands. The cost to collect is getting to be very expensive and making me question the hobby again. I still plan on trading and looking for the cards I am still missing.

Willing to trade just about anything for Braves cards......

I have been trying to do the impossible and collect the entire 2016 Topps and Update Sets. Any help would be appreciated!

2016 Topps - (Last Updated 5/10/24)

Base Set - Complete!

VAR - a ways to go!!!

100 Years at Wrigley - Complete!

65th Anniversary - Complete!

All-Star - Complete!

All-Star Game - 63.7%

Amazing Milestones - Complete!

Amazing Milestones Gold - 60%

Back-To-Back - Complete!

Berger's Best - Complete!

Berger's Best (Series 2) - Complete!

Celebrating 65 Years - Complete!

Changing of the Guard - Complete!

Chasing 3000 - Complete!

First Pitch - Complete!

First Pitch (Series 2) - Complete!

Gold - 83.9%

Hallowed Highlights - Complete!

MLB Debut Bronze (Series 1 & 2) - Complete!

MLB Debut Silver (Series 1 & 2) - Complete!

MLB Debut Gold (Series 1) - 77.5%

MLB Debut Gold (Series 2) - 55%

MLB Debut Medallion (Series 1) - 20%

MLB Debut Medallion (Series 2) - 17.5%

MLB Wacky Promo - Complete!

Perspectives - Complete!

Pressed Into Service - Complete!

Purple - 4.9%

Rainbow Foil - 76.1%

Record Setters - Complete!

Rookie Variations - Complete!

Spring Fever - Complete!

The Greatest Streaks - Complete!

Tribute to the Kid - Complete!

Walk Off Wins - Complete!

2016 Topps Update -

Base Set - Complete!

3,000 Hits Club - Complete! 

500 HR Futures Club - Complete!

500 HR Futures Club Silver - 25%

500 HR Futures Club Gold - 10%

Chasing 3,000 - 83.3%

Fire - Complete!

First Pitch - Complete!

Gold - 35%

MLB All-Star Game Access - 64%

Rainbow Foil - 16.7%

Target Retail Exclusive Rookies - 5%

Team Franklin - Complete!

Walmart Retail Exclusive Rookies - 40%

PLEASE READ BEFORE SENDING A TRADE OFFER:

>>> I DO NOT BUY OR SELL ON TCDB. I ONLY TRADE, AND I WILL NOT TRADE ANYTHING OUT OF MY PC. <<<

I will gladly trade PWE worldwide with almost anyone. I will only mail about 18-21 cards per #10 envelope domestically (with a few exceptions), and 12-18 cards per #10 envelope internationally. I've found that sending about 12 cards per envelope is ideal for international trades. For large amounts of cards (>36) with U.S. traders, I can do either PWE or bubble mailer, as long as both parties agree on the method of shipping.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I want to complete special issue and insert baseball and hockey sets that I've been working on, and to work on my PCs of Jerome Bettis, Martin Brodeur, Ilya Kovalchuk, Bernie Williams, Vladimir Guerrero, and Garrett Anderson.

SPECIAL PROJECTS: An Alec Mills collection (he played for my high school and he helped coach my son some one season); a collection of players from the four major American sports with the last name Davidson and its variations; a collection of baseball, basketball, and football RCs of former Southern Illinois Salukis. I am always wanting RCs of former Tennessee Volunteers football players, whether in a Vols uniform or a pro uniform.

Ebay ID: darth1970

Allen & Ginter Mini Sets (Regular Back, A&G Back, Black/Gold)

Just starting to list more of my cards here. On the Heritage SP's I have, I'm looking to trade these for other Heritage SP's I need. I am in the process of listing my wants but I'm constantly buying SP's at shows so my needs will vary. 

BASEBALL

I collect Ernie Banks, Rod Carew,  Roberto Clemente, Vladimir Guerrero Sr., Rickey Henderson, Derek Jeter, Clayton Kershaw, Sandy Koufax, Albert Pujols, Mariano Rivera,  Nolan Ryan, Tim Salmon, Mike Trout

BASKETBALL

I collect Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, and Dan Majerle but do not concentrate on basketball as much.

FOOTBALL

I collect Brian Dawkins, Randall Cunningham, Ronnie Lott, and Walter Payton. I also like some other eagles players like Jason Kelce, Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, Jalen Hurts, and Lane Johnson.

I have just started to add cards I need and cards I want to trade. I'm looking to do larger trades to make it worth the rising cost of postage. I'm not a fan of PWE trades. Prefer to do larger trades where I am filling a bunch of wants at once vs. a 4 or 5 card trade unless the cards being traded have a higher value to them.

I have tons of stuff not listed as it takes lots of time to add to my for sale/trade list. If you see something like, send and offer and I can see what else I have on your want list.

I've opened over 60 boxes of 2008 Upper Deck Documentary and am trying to build the documentary gold set. Ideally, I would like to trade the documentary base cards towards the gold cards.

If you like something from me and do not have anything I need on my want list, I will consider cards of the players I like on the right hand side. I prefer to trade my Ginter minis for other Ginter minis I need or like. I also collect 2011 Gypsy Queen minis and dabble in other mini sets like 2002 topps 206, Panini Golden Age, Goodwin, and some Diamond Kings and pacific minis. Send a message if you're searching for those as well and I can add them to my for sale/trade list.

Phillies and Yankees

If there is a Phillies card I do not have, I want it. :) 

12/4/2023 - Updated my PC lists, so there will be a mass of Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente & Corbin Burnes cards available for sale/trade here soon.  As I mention below, my want list is quite narrow, so I am more than willing to sell cards if we don't match up for a trade.  

Came across tcdb.com towards the end of 2019, and I have now completed over 1,500 transactions, with over 23,000 cards changing hands!  Love everything about this site.  I have met so many cool people from all over the Country, and even a few from Canada and beyond. (Just completed a trade to Finland, as a matter of fact).

Stole this from another member, but......my goal is to have zero cards in my For Sale/Trade List.  So keep the proposals comin'!

(I know my Want List is relatively small, so I am certainly willing to Sell cards if we don't have enough matches to work out a trade)

My PC list is as follows (with TCDB rankings as of 2/9/2024):

NBA: Giannis (4), Dirk Nowitzki (4), and Tim Duncan (2).  

NFL: Sterling Sharpe (3), and Don Majkowski (2)

MLB: Robin Yount (7), Tony Gwynn (6), Hal Morris (3), Mark Grace (7), Pat Listach (1) and Mark Langston (1)

Golf: Rickie Fowler (2)  & Joel Dahmen (2)

WWE: Lita (3)

UFC: Conor McGregor (4)

Non-Sport: Eddie Vedder, Judah Friedlander, Big Jay Oakerson, The Brothers Osborne (TJ & John), Rob Riggle, Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura, Charlie Berens, Post Malone and Brody Stevens

Although I currently live in Florida, I was born in Milwaukee.....hence my obsession with Wisconsin sports teams.  Ha.

Please check out my For Sale/Trade list, and feel free to message me or send me trade proposals any time.....let's see what we can get done!  (I don't necessarily trade based on "book value", but rather the value to me, so please feel free to counter if I propose a trade that you feel is unfair.  I also have no rules about "insert for insert" or any of that nonsense, so don't be shy to shoot me a proposal)  

Cal Ripken, Jr. cards are my main focus. I also collect Fred Lynn And Baltimore Orioles cards. I am currently ranked on TCDB as # 10 for Ripken, # 5 for Orioles, and # 3 for Fred Lynn.

I am currently looking for Baltimore Orioles Pocket Schedules.

I am also actively searching for the Holiday Inn room key cards of Cal Ripken that parallel the 2007 Upper Deck Holiday Inn Ripken set.

This has been an adventuresome +/- 8 months rekindling my love of trading cards.  Thanks to all who have traded and helped me complete several sets, both new and old.

Variations (dots, asterisks & whatnot) – I try my best to keep my FS/FT accurate.  When trading for my set builds, I generally do not care which variation I have.

I will trade across eras, sports, etc.

I prefer larger trades via box/BMWT, both for the overall economy of scale, as well as a growing dissatisfaction with the postal service and their inconsistent handling of PWEs.

Very little in my collection is untouchable for the right trade.  Please, when making an offer, put a few words down to indicate your overall intent, prioritize your requested cards, really anything to add the human element back into trading.

At this time, I'm only accepting offers for trade or to sell, not to buy.  PWE only to Canada/overseas unless otherwise agreed to.  Thanks.
 

PC targets:

Dan Marino – anything I don’t already own
Former Miami Dolphins (70’s- mid 80’s, plus Zach Thomas, Brian Cox, Jason Taylor)
Former Baseball Favorites (Dale Murphy, George Brett, Nolan Ryan, Jose Canseco)
Current Astros (primarily Yordan, Tucker, Altuve, Bregman, Pena)
Oklahoma Sooners (while in school uniform, any sport)

Set priorities

1 card remaining:

1991 Topps Desert Storm Series 1 (#19b variation)
1985 Topps WWF (#5 Orndorff)
2023 Bowman Platinum (#79 G Henderson)

2 cards remaining

1988 Donruss (99.7%, need 2/660  - #640 D Wells, #659 G Berroa - any variations)
2021 Topps (99.5%, need 2/660)

3 cards remaining

1991 Pro Set Desert Storm (#251, #252, #253)
 

< 10 cards remaining

1991 Topps Desert Storm Series 2 (5 card variations #140b, #142b, #148b, #157b, #160b) - #140b INBOUND
1992 Donruss (base set complete, need 7 / 27 Diamond Kings)


Others being worked on (all baseball):

1980 Topps (98%, need 15/726)
1983 Topps (97%, need 23/792)
2022 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary (94%, need 32/500)
2023 Heritage (92%, need 59/726 all SP’s)
1978 Topps (90%, need 70/726)
2022 Heritage Series 1 (90%, need 74/725 all SP’s)
2022 Archives (89%, need 43/380)
2021 Heritage (87%, need 93/725 all SP's)
1977 Topps (85%, need 97/660)

Most retro/throwback Topps cards with 50’s-90’s designs & modern players

Lower priority baseball but will accept to fill trades, not necessarily populated on my wantlist but I’ll take them if I don’t already have them:
Topps:  1979, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Donruss:  1981, 1982, 1987, 1991
Fleer:  1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2002 Tradition
Pinnacle:  1992, 1996
Upper Deck: 1989, 1990


Already completed thanks to TCDB trades:

1989 Donruss
1990 Donruss
1990 Topps
1991 TSN Conlon Collection - thanks JEGoethe for the last few
1991 Upper Deck -- thanks Dmurry
1992 Classic Four Sport - thanks jeremyjmohr
1992 Donruss
1992 Upper Deck
1999 UD Choice -- thanks
2022 Bowman Platinum - thanks Genokz
2022 Topps - thanks Dmurry
2022 Topps Gallery
2022 Topps Heritage Series 2 - thanks alexbending
2023 Bowman - Base, Prospects
2023 Topps Series 1 (base & Stars of MLB) - completely by trade
2023 Topps Series 2 (base & Stars of MLB)

Currently working on:
1993-94 Finest Basketball
Base Set: 220/220 | 100.0% COMPLETED!
Main Attraction Insert: 27/27 | 100.0% COMPLETED!
Refractors Insert: 47/220 | 21.4% Complete

1986-87 Fleer Basketball
Base Set: 24/132 | 18.2% Complete
Stickers: 4/11 | 36.4% Complete
2007-08 Fleer - 86-87 Retro Rookies: 6/30 | 20.0% Complete
2007-08 Fleer - 86-87 Retro Rookies Glossy: 1/30 | 3.3% Complete

1993 Finest Baseball
Base Set: 31/199 | 15.6% Complete
All-Star Jumbo: 0/33 | 0.0% Complete
Promotional Samples: 0/3 | 0.0% Complete
Promotional Samples Refractors: 0/3 | 0.0% Complete
Refractors: 0/199 | 0.0% Complete

1994 Finest Football
Base Set: 100/220 | 45.5% Complete
Refractors: 1/220 | 0.5% Complete
Rookie Jumobs: 1/37 | 2.7% Complete
 

Hey everybody, Jeremy here.

Big time Husker fan as I've grown up and lived in Nebraska my entire life. I'm an alum and will cheer for any sport.

Been a card collector since a wee child. Took a 15 year hiatus in college and post-college and getting back into it collecting my childhood favorites. Boy have things changed! I'll dabble in some new cards, thus, I have newer cards for trade as well.

My goal: is to help you complete your sets and/or collect your favorite players or teams. I only have 1-5% of my collection logged into TCDB thus far, so most likely have many more in your want list then what appears. I'm very open and actually prefer trading 100-400 cards for 5-15 cards in return. I understand a number of my want list includes potentially "higher" priced cards ($1-$20+), so if I need to trade 1:10 or 1:20 if you're open to that, I am as well and will ship accordingly. As stated above, I love helping others complete sets as I have a TON of doubles and commons.

I will always send PWE, unless the trade is over 30+ cards, then use a padded envelope.

I enjoy collecting: (ranking week of 4/22 ---> 5/6)
* Shaquille O'Neal (#24 ---> #22) (765 Cards | 4.6% Complete)
* Ken Griffey Jr. (#42 ---> #42) (1,317 Cards | 4.2% Complete)
* Dan Marino (#15 ---> #15) (969 Cards | 5.0% Complete)
* Kobe Bryant (#29 ---> #27) (693 Cards | 1.5% Complete)
* Michael Jordan (#92 ---> #92) (615 Cards | 3.8% Complete)
* Lebron James (#22 ---> #23) (156 Cards | 0.9% Complete)
* Alex Rodriguez (#33 ---> #33) (445 Cards | 1.7% Complete)
* Ricky Williams (#7 ---> #7) (252 Cards | 5.1% Complete)

Always open to fair offers and selling any cards in my FS/FT list, as I have a BUNCH of cards I'm looking to purge as well. As I continue to get back into it, I may grow my wants/needs in completing sets, etc. I accept cards in all conditions, they don't have to be perfect.

Appreciate all considerations and will try to communicate if a card isn't in "gem mint" condition as well, as I do have some that aren't, as I actually traded cards waaaayyyyy before TCDB came along!

I do have a SportsLots Page for selling as well: https://www.sportlots.com/dealers/?dealer=Jmo34353

Topps complete sets 1960-present & KC Royals cards

^^^^^^                   ^^^^^^                    ^^^^^^                   ^^^^^^                                                        

Jack Squirek (RIP) is my profile picture only because he is my cousin!   

Hi All,

I have a 20+ year history of trading in various online groups since the early 2000s including the former sportscardfun, tradingcardfools, Trading Bases, TheBench, Beckett, and the amazingly-difficult-to-navigate Facebook.  My spreadsheet indicates that I've completed just under 4,000 trades with over 1500 different trading partners in 12 countries and all 50 states.  I hadn't checked that in a while... that's nuts!.  With one trader (not here), I've completed 100+ trades and there are 20 other traders with over 25 trades... it's been like having the old neighborhood back together.

I'm still adding cards to the database to improve my trade options and increase the size of trades to take advantage of postage costs.  It's a HUGE undertaking with inventory dating back to the 60s and I'm limiting my trades here to some degree.  At the bottom of this message you can find my baseball and football websites for my wants (these represent the cards I'm loading into the TCDb wantlist database).  

I currently have a handful of active trades and 30+ offers in the backlog with most having cards tied up in other trades.  I will follow up as soon as I can.  If you need to withdraw, no worries and please no hard feelings.  I'll save your offer and try to complete something down the road as we obviously had something to offer each other.

This is my hobby and "free time to play" is precious as I have a busy career, family life, and too much yard work.  Appreciate your patience... I will get back to you! 

I'm open to any and all trades, but particularly motivated to move my non-baseball for baseball in an effort to focus my overall collection a bit.  I have a dozen 3200-count boxes sorted by NFL team, year, so if you are a team collector, I can very likely fill some holes. 

If you are trying to move your baseball for either football, hockey, or basketball... I'll drop everything to make that happen next.

If you are football only, I'd look at Steelers and Panthers in return.  Tell me your team and I'll let you know what I have, then get the best stuff listed here.

For hockey, I primarily have a Penguins collection that I'd like to move, with a spattering of singles for other teams.  For basketball, I primarily have a Cavaliers collection to move, with a mix of other teams.  Yes, I have Lebron RCs available.  Hockey and basketball collections are not in my future... please take it all!

My favorite trades are the ones that include a fat envelope/box of hits and are at least $50 in BV to take advantage of postage.  This is why my focus is on getting the 50+ years of inventory updated here.  The expectation is that these are sent in padded mailers with tracking both directions. 

Quick, smaller PWE trades can work well, too, and this is the majority of what I've completed on this site thus far.  I've sent 500+ trades via PWEs (most not from this site) and have had very few issues.  Using top album plastic pages, trades of around 27 cards seems to be the safe maximum.  To be successful with PWE trades, you cannot use top-loaders, so GU/relics and similarly thick items are out of consideration for PWE.  Stiff, cardboard mailers are required at a minimum but the post office is trying to make these "packages" if too thick. 

Also, if you put a layer of clear shipping tape around the paper envelope it helps with anything that goes through the machines.  It doesn't stop the occasional crumple, but generally will allow for a delivery in a postal body bag.  Choose the "rigid" option and pay the extra quarter to get the hand cancel and sortation.  USPS is a mixed world of technology, so none of this is an exact science or guarantee.

Let's trade our unwanted singles for better homes!

Michael

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My TCDb player collection rankings...

Jim Thome (#2)

Robin Yount (#14)

Dean Palmer (#1)

Jake Peavy (#1)

Brook Jacoby (#1)

Jimmie Foxx (#2)

Adam Wolf (#1) - local kid

Buddy Bell (#1)

Dave Dravecky (#4)

Larry Fitzgerald (#1)

Tony Gonzalez (#1)

Steve Largent (#7)

Donovan McNabb (#1)

Richmond Webb (#2) - born the exact same day as me and I'm three hours older than him (yes, I asked him!).

Ben Watson (#1)

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Baseball:   Tribe HQ (google.com)

Jim Thome, Robin Yount, Jimmie Foxx... see my players collections for more local favorites.

Cleveland Indians Team Sets, parallels, everything....

Football:    Steelers HQ (google.com)

Not as strong or organized collection as baseball, but chasing my Steelers and favorite players:  Larry Fitzgerald, Ben Watson, Tony Gonzalez, Steve Largent,... others.

Due to some space constraints and needing to down size, I would love to sell off some of my cards listed on my For Sale / Trade List.

I have completed hand collated sets, tons of base cards and a lot of inserts and parallels.

Let me know what you would be interested in .

If you do have something from my wantlists I am interested in trading in your favor.

Still looking for Mike Sweeney & Bobby Murcer I don't have.

If you have any Mike Sweeney or Bobby Murcer cards to trade, please click on my separate collections to see what I have and what I am looking for.

Thanks

Colin Mercer

35615 25th Pl. S.

Federal Way, WA 98003

Pete collects Hall of Fame baseball players, retired HOF candidates and active superstars.

Looking to trade for any and all St. Louis Cardinals that I do not have.  Only want cards showing the player in a Cardinals uniform (I do not need Nolan Arenado Rockies cards)  There are tons not listed on my want list that I need.  Always willing to listen to a trade offer.  Will also trade for Jose Altuve cards that my son needs.  

PWE or bubble mailer is fine with me.  Please put all cards in sleeves or 9 pocket pages and use blue (or any color) painters tape over the top of any top loaders or sheets.  Shoving cards into team bags without a sleeve results in bent corners. I have received quite a few packages from traders who must own stock in a scotch tape company.  Don't over due it to the point that I may damage a card removing it from an envelope.  Bending over one edge of the tape to create a pull tab is always helpful.  Please let me know if you receive any damaged cards or postage due mailers from me so I can make it right.

I have not owned a price guide in over 10 years.  I try to use sold EBAY auction prices if trading for high dollar cards.  If I shoot you an offer that is way off, feel free to counter.  It is not my intention to insult anyone.   

Last, but not least remember to HAVE FUN!  This is a hobby.    

- Pittsburgh Pirate cards (looking to trade for those that I don’t have).  Ideally I can match up with other Pirate collectors and we can help each other out.  I have tons of Pirates items to swap: vintage, modern, parallels, inserts, odds ‘n ends.

- Vintage baseball from 1950 - 1978 (want lists and “to improve” lists…… my condition requirements / requests vary from set to set; I will list the condition of the vintage I’ve got on my trade / sell lists as my time allows)

-Select modern sets and singles (need some that are listed on my website, and others that aren’t listed; need others / have many listed on my website under “Available to Trade” and many others that aren’t list….. a work in progress)

-Most of my wantlists / upgrade lists are posted on my website.  Many other wants aren’t listed.  Over time I hope to transition all card wants and all trade lists to the Tcdb site.

Good communication, effective packaging, prompt mailing, and above all……a mellow “fairness” are what I’m hoping to find with trade partners

Main PC: Alex Gordon, Ronald Acuña, Wade Boggs, mini A&G inserts, 2023 All Aces

Secondary PC: Yordan Alvarez, Salvador Perez, Carlos Zambrano, Jake Meyers, Michael Harris, Bob Gibson

Low priority PC: flagship throwbacks, other miscellaneous insert sets

If I have something you’re looking for, but no matches, message me and I will look for a way to make a trade  

Willing to buy/sell at fair prices.

Trying to keep my collection from growing too much, please no trades offering quantity for quality.

Vintage FS/FT is not great quality, much of it available for free for those needing to complete collections.  Just message me and we can work something out.

TLDR for below…you don’t gotta read the whole rambling mess below for us to put together something. Suffice to say this is a diversion thru a tough stretch. Baseball, hockey, weird non sport cards are what I’m after. I’m less about teams and players than assembling certain kinds of strange action shots you may pick up on looking at my wants. I’m also building sets, especially the Topps Heritage and Archive lines, but also the last 2-3 years. And the 1996-7 Metal Uniiverse baseball and hockey.  Any card from a “Randy” goes into my pc like a black hole. I don’t necessarily actively search them but always interested. HOF Johnson to the 2 late 70s obscure Johnson’s, Ato z.  Soft spots for Ernie Banks, Shawon Dunston, Andre Dawson, CJ Edward’s jr. Any member of the Cubs, Red and White Sox and Nats World Series winning teams, especially the role players. Satchel Paige and old Negro leaguers. And certain Autographs will interest me for the style of The signature rather than player. Nick Madrigal or Franklin kilome for instance. I’m the number one collector of Jahmai Jones who has my fave Autograph that evolved significantly over 10 years that I can’t get enough examples to study. If you have an interesting auto let me check it out. I may want to trade for it too, even if they are an obscure never was cuppa coffee prospect who spent more time practicing his auto than double play turn. This wasn’t much better in terms of disjointed ramblings. So let’s just talk trades. In theory I’ll trade anything for anything else across brands, eras, type, material, volume so long as we are both happy. Generally it’s on a case by case basis depending on everything. 
 

Confessions of a rambling Scatterbrain trying to find order sorting cards. 

I’ve collected a lot of things over the years, stamps and Coins a a kid, records for most of the last 40 years, zines, comics, musical and studio gear just to name a little bit.  Circumstances have led to multiple liquidations several times in my life, often time that collection(s) was a literal lifesaver.  Cards are certainly a much smaller lighter easier subject matter until they aggregate from small little piles and repack boxes stacked all over to…..

As we all came out of the catastrophe of covid and the lock downs I took a look around me and found myself to be unemployed and recently homeless newly located back in an old city and then suddenly a widower.  All a few years before I turned 50.  It has been a tough journey, one I slowly continue literally 1 step at a time wandering the neighborhood at night.  Somewhere along the way I picked up one of those blue baseball repack hanger boxes at Walgreens.  I’m not sure what made me do so, but I enjoyed seeing old faces from my youth in Chicago where we had 2 middling baseball clubs.  I got another one, found some cards thrifting and pretty soon found that through all the grief and sadness, the loneliness and uncertainty organizing cards was about the only thing I really enjoyed.  I started putting together some small sets of my fave teams and players, continued in enjoying the new old time reissue programs of Topps Archives and Heritage.  Now I’m working on my own league of teams  based around odd similarities like Team Chew (tobacco), team Afro, Team biker mustache and so forth. 

I have watched precious little baseball this year, but briefly enjoyed hockey the last couple years so as the cold kills the grass this year I may start the same for the NHL.  I’ve also found non sports collections to be increasingly enticing.  Things like Bone comics, Mad Magazine, and the Bloom county collections.  Rat Fink hot rods and tasteless precursors of GPK like Baseball’s Greatest Gross-outs, Toxic High, Awesome All stars.  In many ways I’m “Stumbling through the dark” and found some comfort in the simplicity of youth when things made sense: Baseball and comic books.  

I’m interested in trading as much as I am just meeting people to chat with here.  Maybe I can find my way back to some kind of actual community or group of real people too.  

I start by set building off of whatever is handy and cheap. I’ve got large chunks off  a couple off the last few Topps Heritage sets and a couple of the Topps Archives sets.  Getting ever closer to the base Topps 2023 set and a couple hockey sets that will become this winters projects.  I’m also slowly starting to pull things out of these sets to build my own Frankensets based upon my own personal criteria, like how far along can I get to a full set under the rules and conditions I hold only myself to.  It’s not really about getting full sets built for the most part, but much more about justifying the process that I’ve found helpful.  

So I think I’ve got my FS/T and collection visible.  For the vast majority of things I’m willing to entertain offers on.  Even if I’ve almost got a set done, you might have something I need more. I’m willing to trade tons of nickel cards for 1 vintage or single equal card for card out of the exact same set and just about any scenario in between.  I occasionally buy things if I have a few bucks, but I’ve been unable to work for a while and don’t have much.  I’m willing to sell as a way to build up a small nest egg for cards.  Make me an offer of cash, cards, or barter.  Please keep in mind that I have very good days and very bad days, sometimes in the same 24 hour period.  Sometimes I’m gung ho and sometimes I can’t do anything but stare at the wall for hours.  I don’t get things packed up and mailed right away, everything usually takes me a few days.  So please be patient and maybe offer a reminder.  If you happen to be in Milwaukee or maybe Chicago and know of gatherings (aside from card shows) or just wanna get together in a small group to talk about, show off, trade cards or whatever it is that is done at such events I’d be interested in checking it out.  

To My Trading partners:

For starters please know that I take care of my elderly mother in her home. Sometimes this gives me a ton of time to sort and fiddle (our in house term for my  card activities). But sometimes there are health issues that flare up and dealing with sudden Dr Visits or even trips to the ER can take up my time and energy and that can cause delays in my getting cards pulled and mailed out. Something’s I may have to hold small packages until I have the money to pay for non PWE postage. 

I really do try to get things out quickly but if I can’t I always try to include a little something extra, be that one of your “guys”, something that was dropped from a larger deal and especially an item that I have from your want list. 

When I mail binder pages I will put the cards with PS into the pocket upside down to protect the top edges from tape, dirt, etc. I’ll use old wrappers to cover the open edges of PS rather than taping across the top of the card. I’m constitutionally unable to just throw away wrappers for some reason so if you are looking for or collecting any wax junk or foil packs I can stuff a few in with a trade if I got em, but I don’t have a comprehensive list. 

I am willing to trade anything for any other thing if it works for me. I’ll trade across sports, junk for rare, rare for commons, sports for non. Nothing it to weird for me to consider. 

I generally wil list most of anything from this 21st century fairly quickly. I’ve got times of stuff from before that. Rather that trying to list all of Donruss 87-92, fleer 88-92 base, Leaf etc etc I’ve picked a few things to list a small section of. So if you find a few of your wants on a given set you are building please ask if I got more. For example I recently put up Some Leaf Studio 91 & 92, Fleer Ultra 92, tops TSC 90-92, etc. I would give very favorable terms to anyone who needed dozens or hundreds of these cards to fill your holes. Same with the aforementioned junk wax. I’m also interested in the idea of accepting less defined trades, like you want XYZ and have a bunch of set ABC that I’ve had some curiosity of or there is an a line I haven’t explored that looks cool I could just agree to a pile of random things from whatever. I also have some limited Football and basketball of unknown years that turned up in larger collections I bought. There is some junk wax and some more recent flashy sparkly ones but nothing particularly special afaik. I’m trying to put up a few things little by little just in case someone’s set needs them. If this is of interest ask and I can take a look at it for you. 

I do have some guys and teams in Baseball and Hockey. I grew up in Chicago and have been a die hard Cubs fan since 1976 when Mr Wrigley the Gum Magnate opened the bleachers for kids to come see the game after the 7th inning stretch. 

Ernie Banks is my Fave all time player, the 2016 team (and I’m interested in assembling players cards from before that and where they went after, not necessarily every players every card from all stops but a nice representation of where did they come from and how were they spread to the winds after.) I’m similarly interested in slowly getting this type of set for 2005 White Sox, 2004 Red Sox, the 2019 Nats, the Chicago Blackhawk 2010-2015 dynasty, the Colorado Avs and Washington Caps Stanley cup teams. 

My guys (besides the obvious god like stars of various teams above) are Ernie Banks, Andre Dawson, Shawon Dunston, Carl Edwards Jr/CJ Edwards but known and loved in our hearts always as the “Stringbean Slinger”, Sean Doolittle, Rick Reuschel, guys in old timey uniforms, guys who look like they are dancing on the card (but not really), Negro League players, Satchel Paige, pictures where the bat or ball seems to just float in the air for no reason largely unconnected with the player around it, balls (or pucks) caught just before or after it was caught or even better still on the bat. Love mascots, ballparks and the landmarks that make them special, Wrigley field, old Comisky park, defunct teams (not moved unless they took on a whole new identity like Pilots/brewers. As for Hockey I’m fond of the not quite star players like Brooks Liach, Johnny Oduya, Mike Greir, Mike Marson, Val James, cards with partially undressed skaters, those with recent stitches or blood on the sweater, WHA, defunct teams, old time sweaters, the same general absurdities as baseball. So let’s see what you got and tell me what of mine you need. If you know of trading meetups or events that are more social and less business than usual card shows in Chicago or Milwaukee please invite me. And finally my name, Randy, is just obscure enough but not so uncommon that i pull any card of any sport and put it aside. For what exactly I’m not sure, but generally i try to find them in the wild or have them show up, but there are occasional things that end up on wantlists too. 

Baseball Set Collector.  Modern and Vintage.  Vintage Football and Basketball set collector

My son collects Derek Jeter  - His have list is on my www page

I prefer cards with no writing, stains, trimmed, rips, tears, tape or multiple heavy creasing. VG or better, but I'd consider lesser grades on vintage to fill a collection hole for reasonable offers. I've recently added wantlist upgrades to my 1974 Topps set and am looking for EX or better on those. 

I am slowly (emphasis on slowly) adding to my trade lists here. I've got thousands more baseball cards listed for trade on my www. 

YouTube - BreakingTheSeal - Opening trading cards, collectibles, video games, and other nerdy stuff.
Instagram - BreakingTheSeal_YT - Reposts of any YouTube shorts and maybe other content.

Open for trading.  Due to time and postage would prefer at least 5 or so cards in any trade usually.

Any duplicates I have are likely also up for trading.  Just haven't gone back and determined which sets I want to finish.

Currently prioritizing completing the following sets:

• Baseball - 2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary
• Baseball - 2021 Topps Chrome
• Baseball - 2021 Topps Chrome Update
• Baseball - 2022 Topps Chrome
• Baseball - 2022 Topps Chrome Update

Prefer PWE and will ship up to 12 cards (depending on thickness) per PWE using 9 pocket pages and Kraft envelopes (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B094K1QDW4/)

YouTube - BreakingTheSeal - Opening trading cards, collectibles, video games, and other nerdy stuff.
Instagram - BreakingTheSeal_YT - Reposts of any YouTube shorts and maybe other content.

Open for trading.  Due to time and postage would prefer at least 5 or so cards in any trade usually.

Any duplicates I have are likely also up for trading.  Just haven't gone back and determined which sets I want to finish.

Currently prioritizing completing the following sets:

• Baseball - 2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary
• Baseball - 2021 Topps Chrome
• Baseball - 2021 Topps Chrome Update
• Baseball - 2022 Topps Chrome
• Baseball - 2022 Topps Chrome Update

Prefer PWE and will ship up to 12 cards (depending on thickness) per PWE using 9 pocket pages and Kraft envelopes (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B094K1QDW4/)