oktoberrust

March '24 Update: Trading is turned back on. Woohoo!

Topps Baseball (flagship 1969-present) and now Topps Heritage Baseball 2018-present along with some oddball/food-issued cards. I'm also trying to complete my sets of older Topps football and baseball (1969-73) in NM condition (sorry for being a condition snob). Always happy to leave positive feedback.

I prefer to trade base cards for base cards and inserts for inserts. If my For Sale/Trade list has pre-1975 vintage or SPs or serial-#'s cards you want, I will trade them for pre-1975 vintage or SPs or low serial-#'s cards (mix or match) that I need, i.e. a pre-1975 vintage for SP or a SP for low SN or low SN for pre-1975 vintage, then offers will be happily be considered.

The bigger the trade, the better. :)

Baseball Cards

• Mariners - Current players and select former players:
  • Team HoF: Alvin Davis, Dave Niehaus, Jay Buhner, Edgar Martínez, Randy Johnson, Dan Wilson, Lou Piniella, Ken Griffey Jr., Jamie Moyer, Ichiro Suzuki, and Félix Hernández
  • Select Japanese Players: Mac Suzuki, Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Kazuhiro Sasaki, and Ichiro Suzuki
  • Other former players: Mike Cameron, Yusei Kikuchi, and Ryan Rowland-Smith
  • 2001 and 2023 All Star Games: Any cards associated with Seattle All Star Games
• Hall of fame pitchers and other top pitchers from the 90s/00s:
  • Special focus on Glavine/Maddux/Smoltz and Rollie Fingers
• Nature/animal insert sets from products such as Allen & Ginter and UD Goodwin Champions:
  • National Parks
  • Ocean creatures
  • Other interesting sets/cards with a nature/animal/travel theme 

Trading:

I am open to trades and am fine with you offering cards that are not on my Wantlist if you think they match one of the above or would otherwise be something that I want. I am open to doing larger trades (either $ amount or number of cards) so that BMWT makes sense, but I am also fine doing smaller trades (even just a one for one trade) by PWE.

Always trading never buying

Currently collecting all things Rockies, Nuggets, Broncos and Avalanche 

Sets trying finish.

2000-01 Topps basketball

2000 01 Bowman basketball 

1976 Topps baseball

2019 Topps S1 and S2

2020 Topps series 1

2021 Topps S2

Trading

I welcome trading and PWE is the norm.

Selling

Happy to sell.  Feel free to make me an offer. 

Set Building

As of 2024, here is a rough order of my set building needs:

1. Dog Lovers (Started with Baseball cards with dogs in them but have branched out to all trading and tobacco cards.  Probably the most fun set I've put together, and its not even for me)
2. Yuka Morii Pokedex (Pokemon cards created by artist Yuka Morii.   Stumbled into these cards in 2023 when my Pokemon card learning started . An example of the affordable and fun way I enjoy collecting)
3. Seattle Sports Team Sets (Started with Seattle Pilots Topps team sets and expanded to Mariner Topps Team sets through 2000.  But why not Seahawks & Sonics?!  Adding all sets is a work in progress as I still have some cards I have yet to inventory in TCDB)
4. Seattle Sports Mascots & Icons (Started with the Seattle Police Seahawk card and Mariner Moose RC and has expanded.  Secured all the Seattle Police mascot cards, but there are still a few I am searching for and many Moose cards on my wantlist.  This has expanded to Seattle icons, landmarks and team logo cards).
5. Garbage Pail Kids OS Series (Started to inventory what I have so I can build complete sets of the OS cards I originally purchased back in the day.   Priority is OS2, then OS1 and on.  I also like to pick up singles of newer sets based on the theme and name)
6. Baseball Hall of Fame (HOF) (Want to have one card from each person inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Ideally a player card.  Have not started this yet but its on the TODO list)
7. Yo! MTV Raps & Other Hip Hop Cards (TCDB trading has helped me get to a good spot with this collection, but I still have plenty on my wantlist) 
8. Set Type Collection (I like to pick up oddball cards or cards represented a personal memory or fun aspect of pop culture.  I prefer to pick up one or a few cards instead of chasing an entire set.  This type of collecting was mentioned in the Mint Condition book so I suppose 'type collection' is the name for it.  I could be wrong.)
9. Pokemon: Snorlax, Morpeko, Mew & Mewtwo (Shortlist of the favorite Pokemon in my household.  Gotta catch them all!)

Details

My goal involves inventorying, refining, creating custom cards, autographs TTM, and ultimately showcasing my collection.  New binders, plastics, encapsulation, 3dprint stands and more.  This site has allowed me to really enjoy the hobby of collecting, trading, set building and expanding my card interest based on connecting with other collectors and traders.  

Lets trade!

Doing a mix of set building and collecting Braves (mostly vintage, some modern).

To my fellow set builders: willing to sell base cards for cheap ($.20/card; minimum 10 cards). Just shoot me a message. 

Feel free to propose a trade. 

**I'm often slow to respond to Transaction Proposals but I do look!  No hard feelings if you need to withdraw a proposal due to getting a faster deal with someone else.**

I'm currently prioritizing ToppsNOW, working on getting a copy of every Ozzie Albies card, and filling holes in a few insert sets.  I'm longterm working on a 2022 Max Fried flagship rainbow, and am now only needing cards numbered /25 or less.  I also am building out Stadium Club from 2021 on, needing only autos for 21 but a bunch for 22 and 23; looking for 2022 Topps flagship SPs, and then the various insert sets I've got on my Wantlist.  Thanks for looking!

Matt Williams (#1 TCDB)

Still in the long process of uploading my current collection of baseball cards.

New to the site since 1/25/23 after a 20-year break in collecting and have just completed 450 trades on 3/8/2024!

ALWAYS looking for 1998 Topps Tek Diffractors Patterns for card #44!

Most wanted items:

1987 The Bon Pocatello Giants Team Set

1990 Phoenix Baseball Magnetables #54 Matt Williams

1991 O-Pee-Chee - Pre-Production Sample Sheets #NNO