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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

Bagwell & Biggio Rare 90’s Mirror Cards! – The Boomerang Effect

Less than a month ago, I picked up a large collection of rare 90's inserts. I sold them off very quickly, and found the buyer reselling some of the cards that I liked out of the collection, so what did I do? I bought them back! They are real beauties. 1997 Pinnacle Certified Mirror Red / Blue / Gold Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio's - They are all for sale, and, cheaper than what you will find them for on ebay, so if you are interested, let me know! Here is the eye candy ...

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,

Mining for Gold … Literally

A few days ago, someone emailed me a list of their baseball cards that they wanted to sell. I took a look over the list, and saw a few cards I was interested in. I called up the seller to ask what he wanted. He mentioned the collection was valued at $20,000 and he was looking for 40 cents on the dollar. I let him know that no one would pay him 40 cents on the dollar, but I would love to take a look at the cards. He seemed a little stand-offish and said he would call me on

Such a Strange Sensation

Well, here I am - at my desk, blogging. Aside from 8 of the 9 1986-87 Fleer BGS Graded cards I have sitting on my desk that I got the other day, I am cardboard free. These past few months have been a whirlwind of wheeling and dealing. All of the collections I have purchased, all of the card show transactions, etc. Everything is gone. Well, let me back up a bit here - I do still have my Canseco cards. I actually just put up the bulk of that collection for sale too. I have some sort of a

SOOOLLDDDDD

For the past few months, I've been selling off a massive collection I purchased. It was fun, but was getting cumbersome and, well ... old. After rapidly selling through my 3,000 count boxes of stars, rookies and inserts, I was still left with about 50,000 cards. It wasn't just one collection though. It was comprised of a lot of other little collections that I have been accumulating. - HUGE collection sorted mainly by players - Leftovers from a few other collections I had purchased - What was left of a hoard of newer complete sets - Over 200 in person

A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath, But a Harsh Word Stirs Up Anger…

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you may recall a guy I bought some cards off of - I agreed to buy them as long as he brought or sent me his Chrome Red Refractor of Peyton Manning. That day never came. Until, that is, this past weekend. As I was browsing for some cards online, I saw the card for sale with a bunch of other cards. A Topps Chrome Red Refractor of Peyton Manning. My Peyton Manning. This had me FUMING. Where does this guy get off trying to sell the card that was mine?!?!? It

Some cool pickups!

So, I've been on a bit of a buying binge! When I was in San Antonio on vacation with the family, I met up with a guy on the way out of town, on our way home and picked up these beauties: We will forget the fact that on the way, I backed into a concrete wall. It's ok - I was only going a few miles an hour, and besides, I didn't buy the cardboard-mobile for her pristine looks! The back fender was disjointed, and I was bummed, but decided to take a knee to it, and it popped

You know you are a collector from the 80’s & 90’s when…

I run into people all the time who are coming back to the hobby, be it for themselves or for their children. I thought it would be fun to put together a list, so feel free to add to it! You know you are a collector from the 80's & 90's when... You carefully inspect each corner of a 25 cent card before buying ... with a magnifying glass. Your retirement plan consists of a closet hoard of 1988 Donruss complete sets, and a nice stash of guys like Mo Vaughn & Albert Belle You still refer to Todd Van

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