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January Pickups

Last weekend there was a major card show here in Houston. I went and scoured the dime-boxes for hidden treasure. I picked up quite a few but I decided that I wanted to post the "other" pickups I made this month before I flood everyone with posts from the card show....

Trade with Adam

Back at the beginning of the month, I completed a trade with Adam from ARPSmith's Sportscard Obsession. He's been posting his "Embarrassingly Late" trade posts and I realized I had never posted mine. Shame on me. He sent me some great stuff and I wanted to make sure I...

Christmas Cards: Part 4 – Olympics

I said it a couple years ago when the last set came out, but it bares repeating: I love the Olympics. The Winter Olympics, especially the hockey and the skiing are by far and away my favorites. So, it was pretty much a no-brainer that I was going to be picking up some...

Christmas Cards: Part 3 – Trade with Douglas

I'm including an awesome trade with Douglas from "Sportscards from the DollarStore" since they were received the week of Christmas and they were quite a gift. I had sent a Kawasaki blue prizm and a Pillar auto his way and he hooked me up with a great selection of Sox...

Christmas Cards – Part 2

One of my more significant presents for BirthdaMus was a hobby box of 2013 Gypsy Queen. I had finished the Red Sox set, minus a couple minis, and I had bought a complete set (minus the SPs) from Sam when he was busting boxes. So, those were the two big things I was...

Christmas Cards: Part 1

I decided right before the holidays that my PTO hours at work were sufficiently stuffed and that I could simply "take two weeks off" without even making a dent in it. Our PTO rolls over from year to year and I haven't taken a significant vacation in quite a while. So,...