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Sets in my collection which are exactly one card away from completion. That darn Jordan fellow shows up a disproportionate number of times, usually with the result that the one card I'm missing is worth more than the rest of the set combined.

Hockey cards produced by major companies during the "Boom" years when "almost" everything was over produced, yet today, are highly sought after (i.e., valuable) or almost never appear on the secondary market. This list may include variants (ERR/COR), but only those confirmed to exist.

There have been at least 22 players from Sac State play in the NFL. Apparently only 8 have cards.
Ken O'Brien was a backup at CSUS for a year before transferring to UC Davis, where he had his success.

My ten most wanted cards... and maybe a few additional

The last playing card ranked by high water percent mark. I left off anyone who is still ballot eligible like Larry Walker. Updated after Ted Simmons was elected by the Veterans Committee. I included if that player has been considered by an Era Committee, in 2020 the Early Baseball and Golden Days committees will meet.
Early Baseball (1871–1949)
Golden Days (1950–1969)
Modern Baseball (1970–1987)
Today's Game (1988 and later)
It's amazing how many guys didn't even make 5%.

Last card needed to complete a set

Baseball players who don't really look like baseball players, and seem like they should be playing Tuesday nights for their company or church.

Members I have met in-person. In 2018 I met four members. In 2019 I broke that record and meet five. My 2020 goal is to set a new record and meet six or more members.

Any members interested in meeting, send me a message. I frequent the following locales and routes/states between. I'm not adverse to driving extra miles out of the way.

Northern Virginia / Washington DC area
Upstate New York
Detroit area
planned roadtrip to Colorado

I've been working on Phillies team sets from Topps flagship/Update series' on and off since 2011. Of the 2000+ cards, the only 4 I'm missing are the 1952 high numbers.

Last addition: 963 Topps #553 Brock Davis / Jim Gosger / John Herrnstein / Willie Stargell

Besides the Pay It Forward forum thread, this is just another way to say "Thanks" to all the generous TCDB members for their Pay It Forwards.

After the fire at Notre Dame it got me thinking of the "Famous Places" I have been. Of course my definition of "Famous" may differ from others. List will be added to as memory kicks in or cards found of other sites I have visited!

This list deals with some touchy subjects so be warned.

Oh what a night.

1/1/20

Well, Chuck sent me a 1950 Bowman, so the autographed 1970 Pete Rose has gone back to the binder. Welcome, Hank Edwards.

Anyway, here's a list of the cards that are out of the binders, in cases, and on display on a shelf in our office (I also have my three display cases of Last Topps Card of Hall of Famers, The Merkle's Boner Collection, and the T207 Cubs Team Set (partial) -- I don't include those here.

This display used to be only Hall of Famers (and autographed 1970 Pete Rose) until some time in 2016, when I opened it up to cards and players I just liked and I expanded more fully into non-Topps. Now I label each card carefully, explaining why its on display and/or some history of the player. Making it more personal to me and finding players with interesting histories really made it fun for me. I love these cards. Hope you enjoy it.

v3

Of the three "specials", Serial Numbered cards are my favorite, I am addicted to them, and I should hit 5000 in my collection during 2019.

Tracking the specials again. This list is for Autographs, traditionally the smallest of the three lists.

This list will be everything, not just what I mainly collect.

An alphabetical listing of autographed racing cards that I have acquired. Cards are listed alphabetically except for the newest signature; it is listed first. When I add a new signature, the former last card will be added to it's proper alphabetical spot

Within reason.

Located along Ashburn Alley in Citizens Bank Ballpark

Cards in my collection that stand out as interesting, but aren't worth much.

It's su·per·ca·li·frac·tor·is·tic·ex·pi·a·li·do·cious
Even though the cost of these is something quite atrocious
If you collect cards long enough, you'll always seem precocious
Supercalifractoristicexpialidocious

Some of the players I’ve met through events, signings, or by chance. Some cool facts to be included!

I have stated many times I liked the hobby better when it was all base set collecting, no "hits". Yet, I would probably be sad if they went away. (Hypocritical, I know).

There is something special about pulling a patch card. When they started doing relics in 1996 they didn't do patches, and when they started introducing patch cards, they didn't make a big deal about it...if you got one, that was great, but it was just considered a jersey card. That didn't last long, and they soon became the de facto parallel for relics.

For the NBA, patches come from the player's name, the team logo, the number, or the tag. (But NOT the borders around the arm or neck holes) For NASCAR it comes from the sponsor patches or the driver's name. I've got quite a few patches, so I thought I would share them in a List.

I love squirrels. My favorite animal. Rare on cards, this is a look at my squirrel collection.

NL Wild Card (East) 87-75
Lost NL Wild Card Game (San Francisco Giants) 3-0

NL East Champions 90-72
NLDS Winner (Los Angeles Dodgers) 3-2
NL Champions (Chicago Cubs) 4-0
Lost WS (Kansas City Royals) 1-4

NL East Champions 87-65
NLDS Winner (Los Angeles Dodgers) 3-0
Lost NLCS (St. Louis Cardinals) 3-4

NL Wild Card (East) 94-68
NLDS Winner (San Francisco Giants) 3-1
NL Champions (St. Louis Cardinals) 4-1
Lost WS (New York Yankees) 1-4

NL Wild Card (East) 97-66
Defeated Cincinnati Reds in Play-In Game for NL Wild Card 5-0
NLDS Winner (Arizona Diamondbacks) 3-1
Lost NLCS (Atlanta Braves) 2-4

NL East Champions 100-60
Lost NLCS (Los Angeles Dodgers) 3-4

NL East Champions 82-79
NL Champions (Cincinnati Reds) 3-2
Lost World Series (Oakland Athletics) 3-4

All goalies to appear in a game for the Thrashers/Jets franchise.

Error cards featuring the wrong player will be the most obvious, but I'm also looking in the background. Major releases only. Going to exclude team cards that feature the whole team e.g. 1979-80 Topps/OPC hockey team cards for example. I'll need help for the other sports.

Single cards needed to complete an insert set.

Players depicted in a uniform & hat for a team they used to play for and is different from the team name on the card. No airbrushed caps here.

Every goaltender to wear the Colorado Avalanche uniform. 2 goalies crossed over from Quebec.

Here is a listing of my Jason Pominville Auto/GU cards I own. If you have one that is not shown here and willing to let it go let me know.

Mark

Every goalie to wear the Florida Panthers uniform.

My Best Player Selection to wear that Sweater Number

BBWAA 1983-

Chalmers Award 1911-1914
League Award 1922-1929
BBWAA 1931-

BBWAA 1947-
Both Leagues 1949-

BBWAA 1956-
Separate Leagues 1967-