njmatt04

My primary focus right now is Yordan Alvarez rookie cards and Astros autographs. I'm also working on Astros parallels, SPs, and numbered cards. I started collecting in 1988 so I'm putting together the complete 35th anniversary '88 insert sets.

Throw me a trade offer, I’ll make a legitimate effort to make something work. I like to maximize postage so please keep that in mind when making offers, 12 card trades are my preference. Also willing to sell anything in my FST list. Only trading US domestic PWE due to staffing at my local post office counter, sometimes there's nobody there at all.

Cards that I love: Topps, Topps Chrome, Archives, Stadium Club, Heritage, and Bowman sets. All Star Rookies (gold cup), RC logo, Rated Rookies, Future Stars, throwbacks, numbered cards, photo variations, color variations, retro cards, and final Topps cards.

Building Astros Topps team sets from 1964 to present. Putting together an all-time greats binder.

Favorite Players to PC:

• Yordan Alvarez
• Jose Altuve
• Lance Berkman
• Craig Biggio
• George Springer
• Hunter Pence
• Jeff Bagwell
• Kyle Tucker
• Roy Oswalt
• Hakeem Olajuwon
• Yao Ming
• Warren Moon
• J.J. Watt

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. **

​​​Picture of me (right) at Wrigley Field . The guy in the Cubs hat (left) claimed to be Billy Williams. He let me get a photo with him and and graciously autographed my wife's chest. That Billy is quite the guy! 

I LOVE TO TRADE!               

    I LOVE TO TRADE!

I collect Chicago Cubs team sets. Currently I have base sets from 1951 - present (mostly Topps). Right now I'm collecting other brands and non-base sets. I love those junk wax era cards.

Prefer PWE trades!  ​​​​​​But not a requirement.

Trades of any size are welcome!

I'm very easy to work with. I don't have any rules. So anything and everything is up for consideration.

I promptly respond to all offers. 

I won't leave you hanging for days, even if it's just to let know I'm looking at it.

Rick Long

113 W Leyte Ave

Mishawaka, Indiana 46545-3319

• Edouard Julien (TCDB #1) 
• Bo Bichette (4)
• Vlad Guerrero Jr (8)
• Shohei Ohtani 
• Gunnar Henderson
• Royce Lewis 
• Tom Brady 🐐 

I love trading, please send offers. 

Yes, I’m in Canada but don’t let that stop you from sending offers. We can keep the shipping down through a PWE. It doesn’t need to be expensive.  I have helped a few members out, who were hesitant to ship to Canada. All agreed it was easy and cheap. Any questions just reach out. 
 

2023 - Focusing on 1971 Topps Baseball and Gill Hodges Collection

Personal Collection Priorities

Vintage Dodgers (pre 1980)

Gil Hodges

Rod Carew

Hunter Pence

Darin Erstad

Hideo Nomo

Pitchers in Batting Stance

Pre-War Track and Field

Set collecting 1971 Topps baseball, Topps Archives and Stadium Club sets, and 1932 American Caramel 

Hey all! Like a lot of guys, I was a collector in the early 90s, stepped away for a while and then came back in 2018 (and even harder in 2020 during the pandemic) to rediscover my love for this hobby.

I'm a set builder through and through; with the exception of Barry Sanders, I don't PC any particular players, and I don't care about inserts, parallels, parallels to inserts, autos, relics, etc. I trade those as soon as I get them. The base set is king, always has been. I'm not an investor, just a collector having fun.

As for trades: I check this site daily, respond quickly to offers and ship quickly. I think it's reasonable, on a site dedicated to trading, that others will do the same, so if you log on and don't bother to check your trade offers within a couple days, I'll move on. Communication is so easy and quick on here, so if you need more time, that's fine. Just talk to me and we'll work it out. I've done 1100+ trades and still have a 100% rating because I care. PWE is preferred on both sides, though anything above 36 cards (two PWEs) usually goes in a bubble mailer.

Sets: I'm a Topps guy who recently finished building out all the base sets from 1983-2023. Working currently on a couple of Chrome and Update sets. Being a junk wax guy, I always have a soft spot for those early 90s sets (nearly every set from 1993 is beautifully designed and underrated, and I'll die on this hill; seriously, revisit Leaf, Donruss, Flair, Fleer and Upper Deck from that year; they hold up). I don't really care about vintage cards either, so anything prior to 1983 generally gets traded right away.

Look forward to working with you all of you and having fun in this hobby!