Another Haul?!?!
I just got back from picking up 150+ wax boxes from the 90's. Very cool stuff! Also included were sets, Nolan Ryan autographed baseball, etc. Here are some pics. You take the good with the bad! Thankfully, there was a lot of good :)
Mouschi and the Million Card Acquisition
If you have been following my flip quest, you have probably noticed recently that I have not been updating much - that is partially because I've been busy with other things (like house hunting for my folks, my deep love for making customs, writing articles, etc.) but also because I haven't purchased anything substantial in the way of cardboard. Until now. I was recently browsing some online ads, and ran across someone who said they had a million cards for sale. My mind immediately goes to the following: - the dude doesn't have a million cards - the cardboard mobile
Flip Quest Update
Not much change - just sold 4 other books for $28. Mainly showing this: MORE PACKAGES! I should be able to reveal what is going on soon :)
Starting my own card company – first offering inside!
OKAY, so maybe I'm not starting my own card company ... but I am looking and making some patch cards for the public. I've been accepting art commissions for a while now, so this is the first time I've made something cool to sell as-is like this before. As I watch baseball games these days, I can't help but see nothing but players wearing awesome patch cards all over themselves. As the camera zooms in, I think OOOHHH ... what an awesome letter set Samardzija would make ... not necessarily Ryu, though. Or ... OOOOH what an awesome commemorative patch
Update to previous post
UPDATE: I have now fully created 2 of them. One is a tweak from the original design, and the other is completely new. First, I had to make the frames to house the stitched pieces and ... voila! (chuckle) I say that as if it took a few minutes...nah ... all last night and all morning to come up with the following: Between the Stitches Gold Holofoil Black Stitch w/soon to be gold signature and, finally .... Signed & Stitched Silver Holofoil Green & Gold Stitch w/soon to be Silver signature I may just get the other 2 white faced
Custom Time: Between the Stitches
One card I have always loved the look of are Sweet Spot Signature cards. I think the idea was brilliant. Put a baseball cover embedded in a card, and have the player sign. Greatness! But the question looms: Do they really use actual baseballs? Upper Deck had various output issues. As you look at them through the years, you see different outcomes. Here is one that they did use a real baseball: Kinda scrunched up. That isn't mind thing (though, if I had that card, I'm sure I'd be happy!) They also apparently tried a different type of material,
Another Flip Quest Update!
Life has thrown us some unexpected curves recently, so still no significant time to invest in this flip quest. I've been working out the details on the finale for this whole thing, and it has been a bit rocky. Once things are finalized, I'll write more. Some educational books (yay for home schoolers and school starting!), the rody and sesame street bins sold. $66 added to the total. Here is where we stand: DEAL TRACKER CARDS 2013 Topps Mini Black #/5 Chris Johnson 2014 A&G Ryan Howard Hand #'ed to 25 mini NON CARDS box of educational books Geotrax Set
FOUND MY 29 YEAR WHITE WHALE! And the Reason for my Username!
To say I'm stoked, is a MASSIVE understatement. A VERY interesting story comes along with this whole thing too! To put it simply in one statement: I found it. My precious. My reason for collecting. The reason for my username. THE card I've been searching for ever since I read about it in Beckett back in the 1980's. If you lived in the Huntsville area of Alabama in the 1980's, you might remember the now-defunct grocery store chain "Mouschi's" ... (It is what I base my username after.) This is probably a familiar sight for you Alabamans: They were quite
Bigger, better Finest Rainbow
So, I redid some and added more ... First, my son went into my office with me yesterday evening while my wifey was gone. He has been itching to make some cards, so we made this for him: It is just a base card, not a refractor, because we didn't have time. (MUCH easier to make a base card, instead of a refractor). The others ... after TONS of tries are below. I enlarged the pic, and put an autograph box for later! Green Gold Blue Red Black SUPERFRACTOR!!!! WOWZERS!!!! GOOOLLLLDDDEEENNNN FIIIIIIIREEEEE!!!!! BOOMJUICEAWESOMESAUCEAMAZEBALLSMOJOBAZINGAMEOW!!!! (chuckles) The golden fire one might actually
Flip Quest Update – most cardboard is now gone
The majority of the cards are now gone. I moved most all of the cards, as well as the baseballs. Here is the update! DEAL TRACKER CARDS 2013 Topps Mini Black #/5 Chris Johnson 2014 A&G Ryan Howard Hand #'ed to 25 mini NON CARDS box of educational books Geotrax Set step 2 locker wii fit pad game cube sesame street cubby system air jordans circular chinese dragon wall art 4 ps2 games oriental vase taiwanese chest rody 1 drop-leaf desk drafting table projector screen black ottoman Cash $3,243.75 total Keepers (for now) 1 drop leaf desk Fabric of the
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