Super Bowl Week 2-14 cards

Perhaps this would have been better suited for Sunday, but I'm feeling the necessary verbosity now.

Thankfully, I don't need much verbosity for the first item, since it is a CollectABooks card of Jim Kelly.

While most of the 2-14 guys either don't have booklet cards, or they're too costly, this one is just right for the collection in terms of cost. And unlike the booklet cards, this one fits nicely in the binder.

Of course, I must scan the inner portion of the book. Literature!

And the back, in all its 2-14ness.

Much like with the dual relic I have of Marian Gaborik and Milan Hejduk, the 2-14 birthday is the only thing that really connects these two players. There were other black starting QBs at the time, weren't there? Culpepper? McNabb? Vick? I'll just pretend and hope that it was a 2-14 connection for this card, and that it was created just for my eventual purchase 12 years later.

And for the count, this one counts as a single card for both players, since that's what I do for the Hejduk/Gaborik cards.

This completes my mainstream Larry Seiple collection from his career. He also had a card in a Pro Set Super Bowl 25 release. He also the first guy in this post with a Super Bowl ring, 2 in fact.

And, another player completes his run with my 5th Jeff Dellenbach card. He's an OL guy, so despite being the all-time leader for games played, he gets no hobby love. Jeff also has a Super Bowl ring from his time with the Packers.

The Hefty Lefty!

And this is his Q&A. He's also the final guy in this post with a Super Bowl ring, grabbing one as Eli Manning's backup on the Giants.

My 8th card of the former #1 pick.

Only my 3rd of Roy Barker. He had a 9 year NFL career, but not really a lot of options in terms of cardboard either. This is my first card of him on the 49ers, though.

Now with Alshon, I have many option for cards. This is my 35th card of him, a new issue from this past season. This Clear Vision card is very Tek-ish, with the white portion of the background in this scan being acetate. I think this card might be making another appearance when I do my "Top 10 cards from the past calendar year of releases" on 2-14.

Finally, since this was from a football release, this one can be added to the football portion of the binder. This is my second Frederick Douglass, joining a card from an Allen & Ginter.

And there's the new binder cards, putting the total at 1263.

Trade with Plashke, Thy Sweater is Argyle 3 of 3 - Just the Baseball

Time to wrap up another large trade post with a bunch of baseball stuff. And to open with a first.

My first silk card! And mere hours after I opened this, it was announced that Colby signed as a free agent with the Astros. So, if you're an Astros fan, and want a specific player to end up there, send me their silk card and I'll work my magic for you. No guarantees, though!

And a base of Colby (which isn't as badly cut as I scanned it) was part of the random Blue Jays. That's definitely a nice mix of years. 1990, 1994, 2000 and 2013. As I've said before, I love cards that work the city's architecture into the design. So my favourite non-silk card is that Wells.

Random Expos!

Random Mets! Dan Schatzeder has an impressive entry in the facial hair contest, but it will not even come close when I post a 1989 Pittsfield Mets that is on its way from COMC.

And here's some 2/14 stuff. Takashi Saito makes 10 appearances in the Documentary set. That's my second one of his from that.

And to wrap things up, here are some completely random additions to my collections. I've got very few Topps Jumbo. An Expo (and Canadian)! A Blue Jay! A Met! And a scumbag of first order.

So, thanks for the trade, Greg - and another Ducky envelope should be on its way to you shortly.

Expo Goodies Post 29 - Fin

Since I really don't have much of a theme, and there's only a handful of cards left in the box, here's said handful, and I can finally get caught up on my trade posts.

Let's start with a football version of a card I picked up at the Spring Expo. There, I picked up a Jani Hurme card with a Senators helmet and swatch, a Panthers jersey, and him being listed with the Thrashers. This is another three team card. The CFL alum is pictured with Detroit, listed as an eagle, and the swatch is likely a 49ers one (it definitely isn't Motown or Philly). Heck, maybe it is a Stampeders swatch.

I liked how the back of the card states that the swatch isn't from any particular game, when it is fairly obvious to anybody where it is from. If I was so desired, I could probably find the specific stars that are visible on the swatch on the jersey.

And this is what you get when you reach and 'X' cards for 'Y' dollars, and you have X-1 in your hands. You grab something - in this case, rookie photo shoot relics of two guys no longer in the NBA.

Hey! Some Collect-A-Books! I hadn't seen any of those is ages at shows! Spud and the Chief. Quite the contrast in subject manner as well.

And to wrap up the individual cards, this Action Packed of Virgil Trucks. But, still one more set to go.

50 cents for a group of NFL playing cards. Less than a penny per card. I can't even pick up a set of cards at the surplus store for 50 cents.

Since it was a 1992 set, the Bills were given decent representation in this. There were also lots of guys who I was surprised to see. I mean, you've only got 54 cards to work with. Couldn't you pick somebody other than Dan McGwire to be the lone Seahawks representative?

Yup. 54 cards. Not sure why these two are the jokers in this set.

Whew. 29 posts worth of cards from the same show. At least now I can finally get caught up with several envelopes worth of trade posts.

Expo Goodies - Part 11

Back from the Grey Cup, and trying to catch up and get a lot of missed sleep under my belt. Let's just randomly go through 5 cards from the show without rhyme nor reason.

Cooperalls! How did my collection survive without at least one card of those? That had to be fixed, and I'm glad it has been.

If I've got a Whaler one, I might as well have a Flyers to go with it. Although typing Mark Taylor isn't nearly as much as fun as typing Risto Siltanen. Finns might disagree.

I got this one for my set build, but it turns out I already had it. At least I've now got the 9th card for another page in the mask binder.

Let's see. Do I care that the card has a crease in it, or do I acquire a '72 Tommy John for a dime? Exactly. Let's wrap up this posting with some literature.

Expo Goodies - Part 4

Upon returning, I did the obligatory sort through the card upon my return. I was curious to see which player I picked up the most single cards of. Carlos Delgado lead with 9, followed by Tom Seaver with 8 and Gary Carter with 6. I was surprised though to see one of the players who ended up with 5. Jim Abbott? I've never been a collector of his cards. But, they each cost me a dime, so I won't complain about any of these. Plus, I can look through my boxes to see the first 4 I find to fill up a page in a binder.

Hey! The border colours on this one actually work with the uniform colours. Always a plus for these Topps cards. Plus, it is a good early photo of his delivery.

I figured if you're going to pick up a Jim Abbott card, you might as well get either this one or his Upper Deck 1989 one. I'm sure if the latter one was in the box, I'd have added it to my collection. It is a fairly important card for a memorable player, so again, no complaints from me for picking this one up.

No rhyme or reason for this one, but I don't think I had any 1992 Topps Kids cards in my collection prior to Friday. Also, no rhyme or reason for this one:

It just seemed like a nice addition. However, the 5th Abbott purchase wasn't a surprise.

I've been addicted to these little books ever since I picked 4 of the 1991 issues in geocaches out in Calgary during '09 Grey Cup weekend. I picked up 7 1990 Collect-A-Books at the Expo. All for a dime each. They're definitely something different, even for the time. Plus, with there only being 36 in the set, it really wouldn't be too much of a challenge, financial or otherwise if I decided I wanted to complete the set. Then again, that's probably not an idea I should plant in my head.

And of course, I did go to ebay and sportlots before making this posting. I really should stop listening to the little guy in the red suit that sits on my one shoulder.

More Collect-A-Books

This is the second of the four that I fished out of Calgary geocaches is now here. I do find it neat on cards when the information on cards (such as these items, or cards such as the early Donruss Studio) refer to family members who would become big leaguers themselves. In this case, Kyle.

Collect-a-books!

This posting will cover a card that did not originate in any sort of dollar store, to the best of my knowledge. This is something that I pulled out of a geocache out in Nose Hill Park in Calgary, Alberta. While searching for caches on the morning of the 2009 Grey Cup "Illegal substitution, too many men on the field, Saskatchewan. It's a ten yard penalty, we'll repeat first down". Anyhow, in 4 different containers, I came across some 1991 Collect-A-Books, which I had never heard of prior to this. Needless to say, I swapped cards into the cache and picked up all 4 of them. They were Lenny Dykstra, Ben McDonald, Doug Drabek and Thurman Munson. All of which will probably end up scanned and shown here at some point. I think this was the first of the 4 I found that beautiful fall morning in Calgary.

When I put them beside a standard card, they are just a smidgen smaller (maybe a millimeter or 3) and the same width.