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There is a lesson to be learned here … somewhere….

I just read a blog posting from someone I follow here and for some reason it reminded me of an incident I had many moons ago, when I was 13. The year: 1993. The place: Eckerds (when they carried cards). 13 year old tanmanbaseballfan strolled in to grab a few packs of 1992-93 Ultra and Stadium Club in hopes of snagging a Shaquille O'neal rookie card. Just then, comes a short hispanic kid from my school with a HUUUUGE jacket on. He was up to no good. As I got my packs and paid, he slinked out the door, without even looking

This box was Lincy-riffic!

So far, I've gotten some really decent stuff. I've busted about 20 boxes - Matt Wieters Letter auto, Youkilis Letter auto, Kendrick rookie auto, Nelson Cruz rookie auto, some Buster Posey rookies, various other rookies of Pence, Lincecum and Braun ... a good smattering of stuff. I opened a serial #ed Lincecum this morning, and I also got this ... the best so far .... 2007 UD Future Stars Tim Lincecum Rookie Autograph Boom. (Happy dance!)

Happy Happy Joy Joy!

'Nuff said :) Cases of 2006 and 2007 UD Future Stars - 5 Autos per box!

Steroids and the Hall

With all this talk about the Hall of Fame, it got me to scanning some blogs, and thinking a bit about the steroid era, and the players who were my heroes that were in it when I was growing up. I've said before, Canseco was my favorite player. In the late 80's - early 90's, it looked like he was going to put up Hank Aaron numbers, but instead churned out something that looked more like Dave Kingman. A great player, mind you, but nothing near Hank Aaron. Oh, to have 100 of these cards back in 1990! Then you

Huge Estate Sale Find

One morning while perusing the internet, I found out that there was an estate sale, and that they had binders of baseball cards. It perked my ears up a tad, but only a tad, because 9 times out of 10, if someone is being vague about cards they are selling, it is because they are a bunch of junk 1988 donruss or 1988 score, etc (my apologies to the collectors of mass rookies of glavine, caminiti, alomar, etc.) I asked the situation, and an older man was going to be moved out of state from his condo with his family out

1987 Donruss Albert Pujols Rated Rookie?!?

I am a web developer who apparently has too much time on his hands this fine friday afternooon. I have been thinking about posting this rare 1 of 0 1987 Donruss Albert Pujols Rated Rookie baseball card. Sure, King Albert was only 7 at the time of production of 1987 Donruss, but who am I to argue with the King that he can or cannot have a gotee - and play on an MLB team at such a young age? Such a beauty! So of course, this is a photoshopped card, but I couldn't resist. You can download the psd

Video break of 2010 Upper Deck (12 packs)

This is my first time busting a product in front of a camera. I just posted several more on my Youtube page - check out the link on the right!

5,500+ Unopened Packs of Pure Goodness

I have a confession to make. I obsessively write down purchases on any cards I acquire. it is an addiction. No doubt, whenever I buy a blaster box at the store, I always make the note next to it "stupid buy!" or "why did I get this again?" It pains me to see $20 go down the drain for a $1 jersey card of a nobody and 50 accompanying base cards. I found a guy one time who was selling a collection from a family member who had passed away. He mentioned there were a lot of unopened packs of

How I got 6,000,000 Cards

I'm sure you all are wondering by now why my blog says something about 6,000,000 cards. I have a dealer friend who has millions upon millions of sports cards. I'm telling you - his collection/inventory must be what heaven is like. Well, ok - maybe Heaven will be filled with Exquisite & Triple Threads, instead of 88 Topps and 92 Donruss :) This is what 650,000 look like. Just a hair over 10% of the entire stockpile. Anyway, probably a few years ago, we had done a deal - I traded a lot of things - autographed bats, jerseys, plaques

2008 Topps Pujols/Fielder Base Card for $200 … YOU BET!

If you know tanmanbaseballfan, you know that he LOVES craig's list. I happily post on CL quite regularly to keep the new cardboard flowing. While it isn't exactly a huge profit center, it allows me to not get smacked by mrs tanmanbaseballfan for loading the house up with too much cardboard. I posted the following the other day: http://houston.craigslist.org/clt/2726503863.html - several hundred stars, rookies, inserts, serial #ed, etc. for $125. I've been selling boxes like this for quite some time to happy collectors. Yesterday, I got a call from a "private number". I could barely hear him with all the background

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