Night Owl Cards

  After an initial rush of trades on TCDB, what were my first dozen-or-so deals on the site, the offers dried up for several weeks. I could have jumped-started some trades myself by making some offers finally, but I find that part very time-consuming and I've got limited time already. That's why I'll never whine about no TCDB trades because I know it's a two-way street. But I don't have to deal with that particular issue right now because it's like someone flipped a switch, all of a sudden the offers are pouring in again. This time several of the offers were from people I've dealt with a long time through the blogs, either they have their own blog or they've been a frequent commenter. As often is the case with my blog buddies, these trades are much less formal, even on TCDB, and we side-stepped some of the rules that are in place for when I transact with people on that site that I only know as a collection of letters and numbers. But before I get to thos...

  I am getting a little closer to completed the 1983 and 1985 Fleer sets. I just need to request shipment on some cards and '83 will be down to next to nothing. Then I can focus more on '85. This is key because I'm looking to add some more '80s Fleer want lists but wanted to wait until those others were almost done. It feels too scattered if I'm chasing too many '80s sets at once. The next Fleer set to get a want list is from 1986 (yeah, sorry, 1987, I like you, but you're last). I have mentioned many times how this is one of the most forgotten sets of my collecting history. Since I barely collected in the mid-1980s, '86 Fleer dropped into a black hole of non-existence. When it finally emerged and into my consciousness, I thought it was '85 Fleer. And that little game of confusion continued for the next few decades. Fortunately, Johnny's Trading Spot dumped a bunch of '86 Fleer on me three years ago and I now can distinguish clearly between ...