themarinerfanatic

Primarily I am a Minnesota Twins collector. Secondarily I am a set builder, mainly Topps baseball. I also collect Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Wild.

When it comes to trades, I ship almost exclusively in PWE - I'm meticulous in packaging (I use cereal box like material in every envelope w/ blue painters tape on all four sides. Envelopes are sealed with clear packing tape).

Ideal trade size is 1 to 18 cards and even up to 27 cards in a PWE too. All trades more than 27 will be jewel cased in a bubble mailer.

Please take a look at my want lists and for sale/trade lists and let me know if you'd like to work a trade. I'm constantly updating my collections, want lists and for sale/trade lists, so check back often.

Interesting Fact about me: My parents used to work for the company that packaged Score, Playoff, Pinnacle, Cardz, Sportsflix and Pokémon cards in the 1980's and 1990's.

TRADING

—Suggestions if you would like to trade: Prefer trading inserts/short prints for inserts/short prints, vintage for vintage, junk wax for junk wax, and modern base-set cards for same. I don't mind getting modern cards in return for junk wax (1980s and early 1990s), depending on the cards involved. These are just general guidelines, and if you want to make a deal different from that, just message me. I'm sure we can figure something out.

—Why I prefer trading inserts for inserts: Even if the value of a particular insert is no more than an ordinary base-set card, inserts typically are more scarce here than base-set cards. Check each card, and in most cases, you'll see that inserts are included on more Want lists than For Sale/Trade lists. A large majority of modern base-set cards are on more For Sale/Trade lists than Want lists. That's why I don't consider base-for-inserts to be an equal trade. Again, message me if you disagree, and I’ll try to work with you.

WHAT I'M WORKING ON

—Modern baseball set priorities:

**Topps flagship, Series 1 (2024) 64 to go
**Topps Heritage (2024) 234 to go
**Topps flagship (2018) 386 to go
**Topps Update (2023) 8 to go
**Topps Archives (2023) 64 to go
**Topps Update (2018) just started, 298 to go
**Topps Update (2019) just started, 177 to go
**Topps Heritage (any year, but especially 2017)
**Topps Archives (2020) 229 to go
**Topps Allen & Ginter (2022) (Not a big priority for now)
**Donruss (2019-23) (Not a big priority for now)
**Fleer (1983) (Need cards to be NrMt or close to it)
**Donruss (1986) (Need cards to be NrMt or close to it)

—Priorities on insert sets:

**2017-24 35th Anniversary sets (I love them all)
**2017 Heritage: 1968 Topps Game
**2020 Topps Archives: 1960 All-Star Rookies
**2017-23 Heritage: New Age Performers
**2018 Anything (Especially Legends in the Making, and Highlights of Judge, Bellinger, Bryant and Jeter) 

—Football priority: Cards of former Alabama players. To a lesser extent, I'm interested in former Alabama basketball players, too. Also, I'd like to complete the 1982 Topps football set, but cards need to be NrMt because all the ones I have for that set are NrMt or better. I'm trying to finish my 1973, '74 and '75 Topps sets, too, and I'd like to get at least Vg to VgEx.

CARDS FOR SALE/TRADE

My goal is reduce the number of trade cards to zero. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. What I'm offering:

**Baseball, 1981-current: These are almost always Ex-Mt or Nr-Mt. (If they aren't, I've got condition marked.) If you ask for a particular card, I'll check condition before accepting the deal.

**Baseball, 1961-80: I've listed condition for everything baseball from 1961-80.

**Football: Everything 1980 and newer is almost certainly Ex-Mt or Nr-Mt. I've listed condition for 1982 and everything 1979 and older. The 1969 and 1970 cards are almost all Poor to Fair, with a handful of Good sprinkled in. (Sorry, I got them years ago from a friend who didn't take care of his cards.) I've got some 1970 cards to trade that are Ex-Mt or better. 

**Basketball: I've got some 1981-82 Topps listed. All those cards are Ex-Mt or Nr-Mt. I've also got some 1990-91 Hoops and 1990-91 Fleer cards listed. They're all NrMt.

MY OWN CARD RANKINGS

—Where I rank, as of March 2, 2024, in TCDB rankings: Shaun Alexander (21), Bob Baumhower (1), Cornelius Bennett (60), Paul Bryant (1), John Hannah (1), Bobby Humphrey (10), Wilbur Jackson (1), Lee Roy Jordan (1), E.J. Junior (1), Barry Krauss (1), Woodrow Lowe (2), Marty Lyons (2), Johnny Musso (1), Joe Namath (10), Tony Nathan (1), Ozzie Newsome (3), Jeff Rutledge (1), Nick Saban (1), Ken Stabler (5), Bart Starr (81), Dwight Stephenson (1), Derrick Thomas (93), Richard Todd (1)  and Mike Washington (1).

I am primarily a set builder. Currently looking to complete:

Yankees team sets (Topps Flagship base cards from 1952-2023)

I'm a set collector, so I accept all kinds of trades. I enjoy trading so send me small or large trade requests.

I also collect several players that I have listed under my favorites. I will also trade non-baseball cards for baseball since I collect primarily baseball. 

PWE IS ACCEPTABLE TO ME AND THAT IS HOW I SHIP UNLESS THE TRADE IS LARGER. I WILL SHIP OTHER METHODS IF SPECIFIED. 

I am primarily a set builder. Currently looking to complete:

Yankees team sets (Topps Flagship base cards from 1952-2023)

I'm a set collector, so I accept all kinds of trades. I enjoy trading so send me small or large trade requests.

I also collect several players that I have listed under my favorites. I will also trade non-baseball cards for baseball since I collect primarily baseball. 

PWE IS ACCEPTABLE TO ME AND THAT IS HOW I SHIP UNLESS THE TRADE IS LARGER. I WILL SHIP OTHER METHODS IF SPECIFIED. 

If you're into Japanese pro wrestling and custom cards, I made a New Japan Pro Wrestling set back in 2021 featuring stars from the company's history. I have them for sale on eBay, you can buy them there if you want. Or you could message me here and buy them for much cheaper. Even better, we could set up a trade. Anyway, I plan to eventually add other sets I've made, but for now it's just the NJPW set.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fss=1&_saslop=1&_sasl=bt_trading_cards&LH_SpecificSeller=1

I collect music: vinyl, cds, cassettes, etc. If you have any you want to get rid of, hit me up. I collect mainly punk, ska, and 90s alternative, but not exclusively. Send me a list of what you have, and I may be interested.

If I have stuff on my for trade/sale list you want, but you don't have anything on my want list, message me anyway. I'm pretty easy going, and want way more than what is actually on my list. We'll work it out.

I'm a big Detroit Tigers fan. Baseball is my number one, then pro wrestling. After that pretty much anything from the 90s. 

I'm a set builder more than anything, but I do collect Detroit Tigers autos of any player.

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

WE ARE ABOUT TO RETURN TO OUR HOME IN NEW YORK, SO I HAVE REVISED MY MAILING ADDRESS ACCORDINGLY.

Primarily baseball, but also vintage football, vintage basketball and some vintage hockey.

I generally try to trade equal BV. I understand that there are different opinions on which source(s) to use for BV and, while I subscribe to and have usually used Beckett OPG, I am open to considering other sources (e.g. Sportslots, COMC, eBay). 

I also generally do not trade vintage for modern, although I may make an exception on a case by case basis.

I do this for fun and not for investment, profit or any other reason.

I hope we can make some trades!

I collect anything San Diego other than Chargers. 

Main Focuses are Padres, especially Gwynn and any cards with players in San Diego State Uniforms.

Standings as of 4/6//24
 

San Diego Padres #9
   Tony Gwynn #15
   Fernando Tatis Jr #9
   Benito Santiago #114
   Bip Roberts #21
   Ken Caminiti #143
   Ethan Salas #1
   Trevor Hoffman #33
   Tim Flannery #13
   Gary Sheffield #520

San Diego State
   Football #1
   Basketball #1
   Baseball #3

Other San Diego teams
   Clippers #169
   Gulls (2 iterations) #6/#4
   Sockers #84
  

And...we're back. Trades should go MUCH quicker now.!!

Buccaneers / Mariners / Supersonics / Tri-City Dust Devils (MiLB)

Boggs / Haniger / Martinez, E / Benintendi / Biggio, Cavan / Raleigh, Cal

I got into collecting after my brother, Andy from Flying Dutchmen Cards, started his YouTube channel in 2020. My two favorite players are Ken Griffey Jr. and Darryl Strawberry.  I especially look for Ken Griffey Jr. cards with "Bellingham" (my hometown) somewhere on the card.  My favorite teams are the Cubs (National League) and Mariners (American League).  I also collect insert sets and odd ball cards.

I love to trade on TCDB and try to get trades out in a timely matter.  If I can't find a card, or mis-list a card, I will do my best to make things right be either finding a replacement or offering other cards.

I am Don't Talk to Robots on YouTube.  Rock & Roll!

NOTICE: I've decided to make a slight change my trading approach.   I really don't have any interest in doing these large "player collection" trades anymore.  I'm a set collector and all my traders are stored by set (in nearly 100 3,200 count boxes).  It sometimes takes me hours to pull cards where someone is only looking for certain players.  Going forward, I will be rejecting these types of large trades.  I'm looking to help people complete their sets and vice versa.  A good rule of thumb when sending a trade proposal... think how many boxes will I have to pull from?  Sorry, but I hope you understand.  Craig

I’ve been collecting cards for over 47 years and have over 521,000 unique cards in my main collection, including some nice vintage stuff.  I collect older cards of the four major sports but lately I've been expanding to some more recent sets.  I'm primarily a Set Builder and I’m looking for other like-minded set builders to trade with.   I’ve accumulated tons of extra cards that I would like to trade away with almost 250,000 cards in my current For Trade list.  Big trades don't bother me. I have a huge Want List, so hopefully you have something I need.  Feel free to make me an offer. 

For Canadian Traders: It's expensive for me to trade across the border.  Going forward I would like to limit cross border trades to two (2) PWEs. That's about 54 standard-size cards.  Thanks.

For Anyone Outside US/Canada: The increased postal rates have made it impossible for me to trade outside North America cheaply.  So going forward I will have to decline trades from outside US/Canada.  Sorry about that.

Update on Donruss/Leaf * Variations and Upper Deck Holo Variations:
I can't guaranty the junk wax era Donruss/Leaf cards and the UD holo variations are listed with the correct variation.  Going forward I will no longer check the variations on these cards.  If you want these cards regardless of the variations, feel free to request them in the trade.  However, If you want a specific variation of these cards, I'm no longer your guy - please don't put them in the trade request.  For all other cards that have variations, I will continue to check and make sure you get the correct one.

Note on Vintage Cards:
I have over 6,000 vintage cards listed for trade (I consider vintage to be 1977 or earlier).  For each card I've noted a condition grade and if you check closer, a note on each regarding any condition issues (be sure to select the correct one if multiple cards are shown).  Please note that I'm by no means a professional grader and if you're hyper-sensitive on card condition, please message me first and I'd be happy talk about it.  In exchange for these cards, I have three priorities:

• 1) similar vintage cards that I need (any sport)
• 2) inserts for my 90s sets that I need (any sport)
• 3) or non-junk era base cards that i need as a last resort (any sport)

Note on Card Condition: A card noted as Pr, Fr, Gd, or GdVg will have some obvious condition issues such as creasing, corner wear, or marks.  I would consider them place holders in a collection at best (I've listed them because some people do want place holders).  A VG card will usually be a clean card with some corner wear or a centering issue.  For me, VG would be the bare minimum for my personal collection.  EX will be nice sharp card and VgEx will be something just between VG and Ex, still a nice card with a small issue that prevents it from being EX.  NM in vintage is a tough find.

I am looking for any and all Judge & Ohtani cards that I do not have in my collection. I will consider all sizes of trades from 1 card to 100's, so please send offers. Help me get to #1 for both of them :)

#1 Ohtani ranking (as of 3/1/24)

#2 Judge ranking (as of 12/11/22) 

Also I am currently building out all NY Yankee Topps base sets with my son. If it is on my needs list, please make a trade proposal as we are trying to complete as many sets as possible.

everything - will trade my extras for anything I don't have except Yu-Gi-Oh

I usually ship my trades Fridays. I ship all my trades with tracking, but I do not expect people sending me cards to do so. 

Collecting Baseball, and some football.

Working on 2021 and 2022 Chronicles baseball (base sets first then we’ll go from there) mainly.

2022 Donruss baseball red and orange holo’s.

2023 Donruss baseball Carolina Blue, Orange and Purple holo's.

Also working on 2021 and 2022 Chronicles Football. Not as important as baseball.

Always looking for Anthony Rizzo Baseball!

Thanks to all that help on my sets!

Football:

Joe Burrow

Ja'Marr Chase

Tee Higgins

Baker Mayfield

Baseball:

Anthony Rizzo

Have quite a few basketball, some hockey and some racing that I'm dissipating. Still working the sell/trade list and want list.  

Have a lots of duplicates ranging from 1983ish-23, so just let me know if something interests you. 

Would like to keep the transactions to trades. Always willing to sell. :). PWE is fine and I will usually provide tracking for bigger or more expensive packages..

If you're not interested in a proposed trade, please decline. I will usually give 3-4 days. And if you need some time, just let me know. Not in a big hurry on anything.

Please be aware that adding non-machinable to an envelope does wonders for the condition it arrives in. (Just a tip)

Only U.S. trades please. Sorry! Too many PO issues.

 And please be patient, I will always leave feedback.

Please check the packaging before sending cards. I've had several cards arrive with marks on them from working their way out of card savers and top loaders. Thanks.

Thanks for your consideration.

Lover of all things baseball and avid card collect and trader.

First and foremost a baseball vintage set collector (1980 and earlier) with my daughter, but we also enjoying opening packs together so secondarily a current baseball set collector as well.

Happy to trade baseball for baseball, and trying to trade all non-baseball cards to make room for more baseball.  

For the most part, when trading baseball for baseball, we would like to trade like for like: vintage for vintage, current for current, SPs for SPs, etc.

Dot-vars: We are listing variations accurately for trade, but not collecting different variations.  Adding all variations to our want-list to "cast a wide net" but only collecting one variation of each card.

Since I've been asked where our username came from... my daughter picked it for our geocaching name years ago and wanted to carry it over here.  Pretty simple.

Happy to post pictures of cards for trade for any trading partners that need. 

***Constantly updating our want/trade lists so please check back for trades.

MLB, NFL, NBA Showdown primarily but open to anything and everything!  Mostly looking to buy or sell as opposed to trade but am negotiable depending on the opportunity! Non showdown would be interested in RPA as well as numbered cards!

In terms of payment methods, I take PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App.  Please do not send me cash through the mail as it is much more difficult to manage and track.  Thanks and let's get dealing!

Football

Baseball

Basketball Hockey

My PC
4 x 4   Eagles, Phillies, Sixers, Flyers.

Steve Largent

Jalen Hurts

Randal Cunningham

Bryce Harper

Ken Griffey

Tom Brady

Patrick Mahomes

Joel Embid 

Payne Stewart

Mike Trout

Shohei Ohtani

Zack Wheeler

Finally rid of the crutches and now just a cane, should be walking on my own soon.

Still a little slow in replying cause life is busy but always looking for another trade! 

Thank You to all that helped out with my 2021 and 2022 Bowman sets, I just put the last card in my binders and I always look forward to that feeling. Just finished 2022 and really appreciate all the help, only 1 Invicta left for 2023 Bowman...getting close and any help greatly appreciated! I hope to get this finished before 24 comes out. 

Any help on 21/22/23 Topps Chrome (and Sepias)/Chrome Update(and purples), 2021 Topps/Topps Update, 2021& 2022 Panini Chronicles Baseball would be greatly appreciated. 

Any help with 2020 Chronicles FB, 2020 Select FB would be great and hoping to fill any other holes in my binders. Always looking for Julio Rodriguez, and Darrell Taylor cards to keep those collections going and keep my #1 spot, and after losing a binder of about 200 Griffey cards I had collected as a kid will always look to trade for one that I don't have. 

Favorites:

Baseball: Ken Griffey Jr (in a Mariners jersey preferably), Julio Rodriguez (as of 6/9/22 I am #1 collector on the site), Randy Johnson, Kyle Lewis, Ronald Acuna Jr, Logan Gilbert, Cal Raleigh, Bryce Miller, Fernando Tatis Jr, Kyle Seager, Jarred Kelenic, but love all my Mariners!

Football: DK Metcalf, Darrell Taylor (as of 4/6/23 I am #1 collector on the site), Kam Chancellor, Justin Herbert, Tyler Lockett, but love all my Hawks!

If you have cards of these sets/players that I don't have assume they are on my wantlist. So close on the 2021 Bowman Baseball and 2020 Chronicles Football. Any help on these two sets is greatly appreciated and thank you to those that have helped out so far!

Baseball sets I am trying to fill first: 2022 Bowman (so close and any help with the top 100 would be appreciated), 2023 Bowman Lunar Glow Refractors (65 or so left), 2021/2022 Chronicles (excited to try and finish them) , 2021 Select, 2021 Diamond Kings, 2021 Stadium Club.

Football sets I am trying to fill first: 2020 Chronicles, 2020 Select, 2020 Optic, 2021 Absolute Retail, 2021 Prizm Draft Picks, 2021 Chronicles Draft Picks.

I collect mainly Baseball/Football but have a little Basketball, Hockey, and Soccer that I have opened up and added to this site for trade purposes.  

Slowly but surely I am getting my collection uploaded and at some point would love to trade all of my doubles for cards that fill my sets and help others do the same in the process.

“The Bernie Williams Collector”

NY Yankees-NY Giants-Chicago Bulls- Ny Liberty

Trade notes: I usually do not pull cards before making a trade offer but will pull them before accepting one.

-Trades need to be worth the postage 

For base sets like 2024 Topps, only looking to add them as envelope fillers or in bulk trades  

-I don't trade parallels, rarer inserts, short prints, or autos for base (no matter how many base cards you put into your offer).  For Serial numbered cards, i am looking for serial numbered cards in return or something hard to find. 

Some Set Collecting, but I primarily enjoy player collecting.

Who I Collect: Mainly NY Yankees, NY Giants, Chicago Bulls, Some NY Rangers and some NY Liberty. Ranks as of 2/27/2024

Baseball: 

• Bernie Williams-898 (#8)
• Alex Rodriguez - 528 (#24)
• Aaron Judge- 410 (#11)
• Giancarlo Stanton- 492 (#2)
• Juan Soto - 220 (#14) 
• Gerrit Cole - 237 (#5)
• Gleyber Torres -235 (#4)
• D.J. LeMahieu - 159 (#4)

Football:

• Eli Manning -572 (#4)
• Saquon Barkley- 285 (#1)
• Aaron Rodgers - 396  (#7)
• Julio Jones - 391 (#1)
• Tee Higgins - 156 (#1)
• Victor Cruz - 110 (#3)
• Hakeem Nicks - 90 (#3)
• Brandon Jacobs - 94 (#3)
• Ike Hilliard - 137 (#6)
• Amani Toomer - 190 (#10)

Basketball: 

• Scottie Pippen - 308 (#32)
• Sabrina Ionescu - 20 (#3)
• Dennis Rodman - 246 (#20)
• Michael Jordan - 188 

I collect Topps baseball base sets 1972 to present and Texas Rangers. I also collect different players, but I am sticking to only Topps base cards. I will add non-Topps base cards to my player collections, but I'm not trying to track them all down.

Currently, I collect Ronald Acuna Jr, Ozzie Albies, Tim Anderson, Elvis Andrus, Nolan Arenado, Buddy Bell, Adrian Beltre, Mookie Betts, Jacob deGrom, Rafael Devers, Adolis Garcia, Paul Goldschmidt, Juan Gonzalez, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Ron Guidry, Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw, Shohei Ohtani, Ivan Rodriguez, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr, Mike Trout, Kyle Tucker, Bobby Witt Jr. and Michael Young. 

I'm open to trades, but want to keep my trading within the U.S. for now. 

Always looking for a good trade. Let me know if I have anything on your Want list. 

Always looking for a good trade. Let me know if I have anything on your Want list. 

Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Mike Greenwell, Nomar. Always looking for Red Sox auto or relic cards.

I also do a lot of TTM. All sports.

Relatively new to collecting (started in Summer 2023)!   Looking to trade to complete my collection of 2023 Topps Series 1, 2 and Update, Topps Heritage, Topps Archives, and Allen & Ginter (2022 and 2023).

My PC is All Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays - 1998 to today, especially Randy Arozarena, Josh Lowe, Brandon Lowe, Yandy Diaz, Evan Longoria, and (sigh) Wander Franco.

TL;DR: 

• I will always default to PWE trades (up to ~30 cards or 3.5 oz), unless we discuss other shipping options first.
• I prefer trading over buying/selling. 
• Feel free to trade anything for anything else, such as cross-sport, vintage for modern, baseball for Star Wars, etc. If you want it and you have something I want, propose it.
• Sometimes it takes me a few days to get trades approved and out the door, but I do try to be prompt.
• I am open to all sizes of trades.
• This is a hobby - HAVE FUN :)

I'm always down for PWE trades. If there's not a lot that I match with, send it anyways and I'll take a look at your For Trade list to see if we can come to a deal. Same with my proposals, please feel free to counter with something that works for you. Or sometimes there's not a good trade at the time, no big deal. 

I've recently picked up sports card collecting as a hobby to help deal with my stress and mental health. I've collected as a child and had some of my best memories around baseball and cards. Thus, my approach is laid-back and easy. If you have an issue with any part of a trade, please drop me a note and allow me to work it out with you. Maybe I forgot a card, or sent you the wrong thing, or I missed a corner or something - just let me know and we'll fix it. Again, NO. BIG. DEAL.

I do work so I don't always have time to pull cards and take them to the Post Office right away. I do take them into the Post Office since we have drop box thieves running around in my area, so I can only go during business hours. But I don't like people waiting on me so I'll get the cards out within a few business days.

The fun part:

All-time favorite and main target is Cal Ripken Jr - my childhood hero that I modelled my entire work ethic after. I have ~350 different variations (no duplicates) of his cards in my personal collection.

I'm also really big on Shohei, I'm a huge Manchester United fan, and I live in Fort Worth so I support all the DFW teams (TX Rangers, Dallas Cowboys/Stars/Mavs/etc).

Here's a list of players I look out for:

• Cal Ripken Jr
• Shohei Ohtani
• Ed Belfour
• Paul Scholes
• Kirby Puckett
• Ty Cobb
• Buster Posey
• Ichiro Suzuki
• Tony Gwynn
• Hope Solo
• Rickey Henderson
• Marty Turco
• Jamie Benn
• Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez (TX Rangers only)
• Brendan Morrow
• Wayne Rooney
• Ryan Giggs
• Marcus Rashford
• Nolan Ryan
• Mike Schmidt
• Lou Gehrig
• Bryce Harper
• Mickey Mantle
• Javier "Chicarito" Hernandez 
• Ruben Sierra/Julio Franco (TX Rangers only)
• Current TX Rangers players and prospects
• Current Women's US National Team Soccer Players

Favorite Teams:

• Manchester United
• Dallas Stars
• Texas Rangers
• FC Dallas
• Dallas Cowboys
• Dallas Mavericks

I also have a fascination with old-school cigarette cards of many topics, not just baseball.

GO RANGERS!!

Today is very special for me, the city of Arlington, the entire DFW Metroplex, and all Rangers fans. I grew up in a trailer park JUST south of the of the Ballpark in Arlington (the pretty stadium, not the current one). My home was nestled up against a creek, and we had a well-beaten path through the creek directly into the South parking lots. EVERY big play, EVERY home run we would hear the crowds roar, we would hear the fireworks, we would hear the announcers. And of course we would hear it all on the radio (no TV for home games back then). The radio had a small delay, so the crowd would tip us off to a home run before the radio would call it. As kids, we would mow lawns, do physical labor around the neighborhood to earn a few dollars to go to the games. If we had no money, we would go up there during the 7th inning and walk in for free for the last few innings. I can still hear the home run music, still hear the roar of a Nolan Ryan strike out. Still remember the smell of the ballpark. The grind of making that extra money for dollar hotdog night. Still remember sitting in the stands, scoring the game in the program (or bringing my own paper to score with). Last night brought that all back to me, allowing me to relive it all again today. Thank you Texas Rangers for allowing me to experience that kind of child-like joy and for bringing back those good memories again.

Hello everyone,

I am currently stationed in Europe and use a military APO address. I am making you aware and will also remind traders of this before confirming the trade. I want the traders to be aware of this because it will add more time for the trade to arrive on both sides. 

On another note, I will only trade for similar cards when it comes to inserts and short prints. An example is SP for SP. Or refractor for a refractor, insert for another insert. I value 1st Editions higher than base cards. I get that some of you don't and that is fine, but it will most likely be a no from me. I hope that is understandable. Happy Trading!

I Love Collecting Baseball Cards and Anything Related to the Cincinnati Reds!

Looking to build out Topps baseball sets, primarily from 1970 to present, and building my Tom Seaver collection (currently in the top 10 on TCDB).  Collected back in the early to mid 70s as a kid, then lost interest in high school (girls!).  Back to it in the mid 80s and sporadically since. 

Grew up in upstate New York as a Mets fan (hence the Seaver collection) but have lived in Chicago since the early 80s and now a fan of both the Cubs and White Sox (yes, you can root for both - I just want winning baseball in Chicago!)

All football, basketball, hockey and non-Topps baseball cards (except Seavers) are availalble for trades.

A note on condition:  most of the cards I have for sale/trade that are from 1973 and earlier are of the "well loved" variety and have some sort of flaw (bad corners, creases, writing, etc.).  I would definitely be interested in trading them for similar condition cards from the same or similar years.  Shoot me an offer or a message if you have some you'd be interested.  Thanks.

I am a set collector, all sports, all manufacturers. Once I start a set, my goal is to finish it. I do prefer to work on sets that I have already started before starting new sets.

As I slowly get my collection catalogued here, I am also working on creating checklists for my sets using Google Sheets, and I am willing to share these templates with anyone that is interested.

I am creating grades for all of my "For Sale/Trade" cards. I am sticking with 4 grades. "Very Good" means that centering is pretty good and there are no issues with card wear with the possible exception of one dinged corner. "Good" means the centering might be off but all borders can be seen, there could be 2 or 3 dinged corners. "Fair" and "Poor" will have an explanation. For 1980 to the present, I will only indicate grades if the condition is good, fair or poor with an explanation. Otherwise assume the condition is excellent or better.

On my wantlist, if I have a condition indicated (EX or VG), this means that I am looking to find a card that will replace one in my collection that is in fair or poor condition.

December 2023 Update

Still trading with my main focus being the collection reorg. I'll be adding cards from my collection to FST as I go so watch for new items. 50% of sales go to Lahaina Restoration Foundation.

Favorites:

Baseball: Boston Red Sox, Dennis Eckersley, Carl Yastrzemski, Harmon Killebrew, Eddie Murray

Football: Brett Favre, Walter Payton, Danny White

Basketball: Boston Celtics & Larry Bird

Hockey: Boston Bruins

Other: AFL/VFL (Aussie Rules Football), NRL (National Rugby League (AU)), Texas Longhorns, Georgia Bulldogs

I enjoy buying large lots of random cards from estates, auctions, yard sales and digging through them to find my favorite players or just anything I don't already have. I'm open to trading/selling. Cards are in various conditions as some are from packs I bought vs. large boxes of randomness bought from various places across the country. 

TRADING: Will process trade requests in the order they are received. FST cards are ExMt or better with a few vintage exceptions. Trades of all shapes and sizes are welcome. I'm not particular about condition except I have a 'no writing' rule. Seeing writing on a card reminds me of the horrors I inflicted upon my cards as a kid...lol.

VARIATIONS: I checked my sets when I initially entered them in 2021, but some of this years additions to 'variation hell' have not been double checked (EX. 1991 Fleer Baseball). If the VAR is important, please let me know and I will check my cards.

BUYING: Not currently buying. 

SELLING: Currently selling from FST list. Working on moving some to collection items to FST.

DO NOT USE FEDEX to ship here. The local hub is notorious for losing, misdelivering, and flat out lying about packages.

NOTE: I will reply as soon as I can. Full-time job doesn't allow much spare time during the week (what's up with that?!?) Most trade processing will happen Fri-Mon as of August 2023

1. Anthony Rizzo
2. Chicago cubs
3. Chris Archer
4. Corbin Carroll
5. Dansby Swanson
6. Felix Hernandez
7. Hillsboro Hops
8. Ichiro Suzuki
9. Julio Rodriguez
10. Ken Griffey Jr.
11. Kyle Seager
12. Luis Castillo
13. Pokemon
14. Seattle Mariners