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A Christmas Gift from Tony Danza

With today being the first of a brand new year, I thought it would be appropriate to recap 2014 today. Yeah, I know it would have been better if I had done this yesterday, but better late than never! This year, I started doing custom cards - it all started when my childhood hero, Jose Canseco was going to come into town. I started toying with the idea of putting together a Topps base card one night, and post it on a forum. With a devilish grin, I posted it, very proud of myself - wondering how many thousands of

I just caught the TTM bug! (TTM is Through the Mail Autographs)

I remember the first time I tried to send out a baseball card through the mail to get it signed. It was (of course) Jose Canseco. My prized 1989 Fleer card was taken and wrapped in cellophane for protection (at the recommendation of my mom, I'm sure - I was 9 or 10 at the time and wouldn't ever admit to such a thing!) I began the long process of writing the letter, the address, the SASE and stuffing it all in an envelope. Not to mention the gut wrenching task of spending 50 cents on 2 stamps which could

EPIC MAIL DAY!!!

Yesterday was busy. Very busy. On top of it all, we got ready for my son's friend to come over for a sleepover. I call him Ci-Ci's because, my wife is a health nut and is okay with going to Ci-Ci's pizza whenever his friend comes over. My, how I love me some Ci-Ci's Pizza! If you do not go any further in this posting, allow me to impart some life altering knowledge to you: The next time you are at your nearest cardboard pizza buffet, ask them to make you cheesy bread. NOT the stuff they already have on

A VERY good week for my Personal Collection

I have posted a few times this week about some custom cards for my pc (Canseco). I was really bitten by the custom card bug hard. Mainly because Canseco prematurely ended his career, and I wished that the card companies would make more legends cards of him. Since that didn't happen, I decided to step in :) Soooo ... I pulled out the big guns ... After doing a few mockups, I knew I wanted some of my favorite years of Topps ... in some of my favorite colors, blue and yellow: of 2009 ... and 2011 ... and

Lookie at what I got …

Just a bit of a brag here - mainly because I'm bursting at the seams excited here. BAM!!!!!! A BIG shout out and thanks to two people: Ryan, for hooking me up with the guy who had this card - check his link here: http://sanjac88.wix.com/spainsportcards and Rasmus, my new collecting bud from Sweden who gave me a rocking good deal on it. check his link here: http://www.youtube.com/HolmbergsCorner Can't wait until I get the redemption in from Topps!

A Buying Binge: Part One

It feels like I have been complaining about not having any cards for a few months. Work has been heating up recently, so that has kept my mind off of the dreaded cardboard deficiency. Over the past month, I have had a guy that sells me new card lots bring me cards, which I flipped pretty quickly. Aside from that, I have not been able to roll up my sleeves and dig in. The past few weeks have changed quite a bit. I am not sure if I had mentioned this before, but ever since selling the last of my

Jose Canseco PC 2.0

Over the past few years, I've gone from being an enjoyer and collector of cards, to a hardcore hustler of cardboard crack. Anything I could get my hands on, I would flip for profit. Not that there is anything wrong with that - we all have to make money somehow, and it might as well be doing something we love! I have always kept aside the Canseco cards. The collection had gone from going to card shows as a child and buying single Canseco cards that I didn't have, to, mindlessly tossing anything that had Canseco's name on it in

Selling My Childhood…

The past few months have been quite a whirlwind. I've sold everything. Then I bought a collection of cards, and sold it. Then I bought another collection of comics and ...and sold it. Right now, any and all lingering cards from deals and purchases are gone! If his name isn't Canseco, I don't have a card of him right now, aside from a few cards I'm holding for someone until this weekend. The past few weeks alone, I scored a killer card collection and a killer comic collection that I had written about. Each was a HUGE rush to get,

My Dream Come True … 20 Years in the Making

20 years ago, at 12 years of age, I sat eagerly in the passenger seat while my mom drove me to the Tri Star card show to meet my childhood hero Jose Canseco. This was before all the steroid controversy (though, after various dui's, domestic abuse accusations, etc.) - my folks said over and over again that I sure could pick 'em as far as heroes go. Mom and I got to the line and asked the following question: "Do you want to have your picture taken with Jose for $50?" DO I EVER!!!!! But, money was tight, so we

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