Trade Pile 001: Attempt at a New Feature

Trade Pile 001

26 Jun 2022

 So here is a feature that I have been thinking of doing for a bit, but haven't committed to since it requires somewhat frequent updating. It is a way to lighten the load of my card hoard. It is based on a concept that Chris at Nachos Grande Blog calls his "Trade Stack". He has been doing it for years (sent out 105 stacks) and a few other bloggers have similar deals.

The concept is simple I will post a card or cards I have up for trade and the first person to claim the "pile" in this post's comments will receive them all. The golden rule with this is that you must offer at least one card off of my wantlists. See My Master Want List on this blog or My Wantlist at TCDB*. If you don't have a card off of my lists I will also accept Pre 1986 Vintage Baseball or Football and Non-Sport from 1960s to 1970s. Please let me know what you intend to send.

After awhile I will add another card or two to the "Pile" (or "Stack") of unclaimed cards until the pile gets claimed. 

To test the waters here is the first card for the Pile:

2016 Bowman Draft - Chrome Baseball:

BDC-29 Justin Dunn Mets

*TCDB link goes to my TCDB profile, to see the wantlist go to Collection, then Wantlist.

This is slightly different than my regular CK42 Trade Post posts. some of those cards are still available and have been sitting for sometime.

CaptK's Coveted 10 Updated

CaptKirk42's Coveted 10

Updated 23 Jun 2022

Trade Info | Trade List | What I Collect | Master Want List

I usually don't make special posts about updates but since I don't get much traffic on this blog because I only post once in a while at a bare minimum of one post a month I decided to yack it up. On my righthand hand sidebar I have this list of my Current 10 Most Coveted "Search and Destroy" for Cards. I also have a static page for it here. I update it periodically when the cards on it come in. For several months numbers 6 through 10 were TBD as I hadn't assigned new cards to look for yet. Well I filled in the spaces. I also updated my Master Want List.

Here is the latest updated detailed list 

1. 1998 Inkworks Lost in Space Autograph Card: A-2 Lacy Chabert as Penny Robinson - For some reason this one has insane prices. I missed out on one a few years back that was just under $50, still a bit much for me but I should have jumped on it.
2. 1971 Fleer Laughlin World Series: 23 Pirates/Senators 1925 WS - This card should probably be over at Curly W Cards on that list but I need more than just Senators from this set. Plus they lost that series.
3. Any 1965 Topps Baseball still on my Wantlist. (Set Build Post)
4. 1975 Topps Baseball 228 George Brett RC Royals - I know this is one of the most sought after cards  of this set, and tends to be super expensive. Then again the Robin Yount RC is also a hot super expensive Rookie card of this set, but I managed to get that one for a good low price.
5. 2003 Bazooka Baseball 7 Bazooka Joe Bazooka Logo - Silver Variant
6. 1987 Topps ALF Sticker 10 "A Whisker For Your Thoughts" - Puzzle Back left corner blue puzzle
7. 2004 Donruss World Series - Fans of The Game FG-2 Stan Lee
8. 1991 Pro Set - WLAF Inserts 30 Mike Riley CO San Antonio Riders
9. 1992 Lime Rock Pro Cheerleaders NNO Los Angeles Raiders Checklist
10. 1978 Topps Mork & Mindy 4 "You're in good hands with Ork State!"

A collecting goal of a set build of 2003 Topps Bazooka Baseball 7 Joe Bazooka sub-set I have all the regular base of card number 7. On my main want list I have what I need of the minis (25/31) and the Silver (31/31) variants..

Check frequently as I update this list as I get these cards. If you have a card on the list please mention the exact card not it's number on the list. When I get a card that is on the list I remove it from the list, move up the cards that were below it and add a new card to the bottom of the list at #10, so the top card (card #1) will eventually be the card that has spent the most time on the list.

Here are a few white whale cards that should be on this list but are not and probably never will be, mostly due to them being way out of reach price wise:

1975 Topps Baseball 228 George Brett RC Royals (Currently on list at #4)

1976 Topps Football 148 Walter Payton RC Bears
1986-87 Fleer Basketball 57 Michael Jordan RC Bulls
2012 Topps Archives Baseball (1984 Style) 241 Bryce Harper RC Nationals SSP

Trade Info | Trade List | What I Collect | Master Want List

1993 Ted Williams Cards

A while back, Months and Months ago (I am backlogged with my scanning and the priorities keep changing) out of the blue I got an email from Tom at Angels In Order blog asking for my mailing address. He had some cards from the 1993 Ted Williams Baseball set that were on my want list. So about a week later I got these.

2 Rick Ferrell
3 Jim Lonborg
7 Carl Yastrzemski
25 Louis Aparicio
26 Luke Appling
30 Joe Morgan
35 Tris Speaker (I share my birthday with him 04/04)
46 Lew Burdette
48 Warren Spahn

54 Monte Irvin
58 Yogi Berra
67 Bobby Murcer
78 Richie Ashburn
72 Steve Carlton
74 Matty Alou
81 Willie Stargell
82 Al Bumbry
85 Earl Weaver

86 Lou Brock
87 James "Cool Papa" Bell
105 Josh Gibson
106 Cowan "Bubber" Hyde
107 William J. "Judy" Johnson
108 Walter "Buck" Leonard
115 Negro Leagues Checklist
121 Babe Ruth "The Babe"
122 Lou Gehrig "The Iron Horse"

124 Rogers Hornsby "Rajah"
125 Ty Cobb "The Georgia Peach"
128 Tris Speaker "The Grey Eagle"
129 Johnny Mize "The Big Cat"
130 Ted's Greatest Hitters Checklist
141 Roy Campanella
143 Boog Powell
144 Willie Mays
145 Johnny Mize

146 Monte Irvin
147 Earl Weaver
149 Jim Gilliam
150 Goin' North Checklist
160 Dawning of a Legacy Checklist: Jeff Bagwell

Tom included a simple note:

The note was on the back of some sort of stat card for an umpire:
Don Denkinger who unfortunately is best known for a blown call in a World Series. Oops.

Thanks Tom.

This mailday was form August of last year 2013. I have several other batches of cards from various maildays that I have to blog about. Some are fairly recent ones others are very old, even older than this one is/was.

Coveted Ten Cards

OK I'm giving into peer pressure here. Other bloggers have a list of their most desired cards, their "White Whales", their "Elusive Eight" or what-not. Each blogger uses a different term for them to try to make their list unique. I think one blogger may have made a challenge ages ago and set  a trend for card bloggers to help out with these lists by sending another blogger one of their listed cards gratis. These are lists of the cards they are currently looking 'near and far', 'high and low' for. For some they have been looking for these cards to complete a set, or fulfill some collecting desire for many many years. For some it maybe only the last couple of hours because they discovered a new set to seek.

I am joining this Qard Quest. I've decided to make it a Top Ten, I could have made it a small five or perhaps a dozen or a large 20, but 10 I think is just about right for this thing. I'm calling it "CaptKirk42's Coveted 10". OK maybe I'll think of a better name later on, but I wanted use some kind of alliteration with the title.

I will try not to make this a list of all super expensive very hard to get vintage cards because then I would never be able to update and change the list. I'm not even sure what my real top ten most hunted are at this particular moment. The list will start off in no particular order, but as I get cards from the list I will remove the one I got and add a new card to the bottom of the list. That way eventually they will sort of be in a most desired order of preference. For now they will mostly be baseball as that is the sport I most collect and my checklists are more updated on.

One card I could add to this list is the infamous 2012 Topps Series 2 - 661 Bryce Harper Nationals Super Stupidly Stymieing Short-Print Card. (or even the 2012 Topps Archives 241 Bryce Harper Nationals ALSO Stupid Short Print) I want to add it and maybe one day will, but at this time I don't think many collectors would part with it for free or for a very reasonable price. Even before it was printed it was being pervertedly overpriced in the $hundred$ and those who are fortunate enough to pull one from a pack if they don't want it for their collection just see Dollar signs and toss them up on Ebay for Thousands or at least a minimum of hundreds. Sometimes it really sucks being a Nationals fan when they have had the number one draft pick for a ton of years in a row and the guy is a Super Phenom.

Another card I could put on the list  but is probably too valuable for some is the 1982 Topps Baseball Traded 82T  Cal Ripken Jr. RC Orioles.

I'm curious if the 2008 Topps David Wright with Mr. Met is a real card or one of those blogiverse custom jobs. i thikn it was a real one for the Topps Education program thing they did for retail stores. If it is a legit card then I also want that one.

Here is the Inaugural list:

1. 1968 Topps Baseball Game Insert 5 Harmon Killebrew Twins (To upgrade my current copy that has a black X marked on the back that bleeds a little through to the front)
2. 1970 Fleer Laughlin World Series 4 Tigers vs. Cubs 1907 WS
3. 1962 Topps Baseball 88 Ralph Houk MG Yankees (Yogi Berra in Background)
4. 1975 Topps Baseball 220 Don Sutton Dodgers (thought I had it but just have the mini)
5. 1973 Topps Baseball Baltimore Orioles Team Blue Checklist card (unmarked)
6. 2011 UD Goodwin Champions 89 Alexander Ovechkin (Hockey)  Capitals
7. 2008-09 UD Legends Masterpieces Hockey 86 Mario Lemieux Penguins
8. 2011 Topps Lineage Stand-Up TS2 Ryan Zimmerman Nationals
9. 2008 Allen & Ginter Auto AGA-AF Andrea Farina (Rock/Scissors/Paper Champ)  I have a relic version I can trade for
10. 1975 Topps Baseball Mini 140 Steve Garvey AS Dodgers

Master Wantlist coming soon

Possibly later tonight Friday 24 FEB 2012 - I will be posting my Master Wantlist Page the link will show up on the right side-bar there under "My Checklists and Wantlists". Since it is a master list it includes some of the wantlists I already have listed there on the right giving me two things to update every time I get something on the lists. Some of those pages when I finish off their sets I will make a final regular post and remove it's "wantlist page". I plan on keeping this master list updated more frequently than my source lists at TCC that I used to initially compile this one, many of those were first posted 4 and 5 years ago and update once or twice about 3 years ago.

As usual if you have anything I am looking for please contact me, or just send the goodies my way.