Random Cardboard Of The Day:2026 Topps Celebration 8 bit Ballers Derek Jeter

Quite Frankly, I Just Collect These Baseball Guys Now

I don't collect a lot of baseball cards or watch a lot anymore, but, that doesn't mean I don't add some on occasion. I have pretty much narrowed my baseball collecting to Aaron Judge, Derek Jeter, Jasson Dominguez, 90s inserts and Ken Griffey Jr and I am happy with that. I could use some narrowing in my collection.

Don't ask me about my football list. It's like Santa's good and bad list of kids long.

My recent trade with @TLFrankKing helped me haul in a few cards for those PC's.

Aaron Judge 1987 rookie insert.

1993 Upper Deck Derek Jeter

 

2020 Bowman Chrome 1st Bowman Mojo Refractor of Jasson Dominguez

And of course, the figure at the top of Judge. All really cool adds and that figure is so unique.

Thanks again to Frank for the trade and hope you enjoyed your end as much as I enjoyed mine.

Thoughts on my mail day welcomed in comments!

Cardboard Review:2022 Topps Gallery Baseball

Baseball season continues on and so doesn't the baseball releases.

Today, we take a look at a 90's favorite from yours truly but maybe not so much in the modern age.

Unlike the 90's version, Topps Gallery can only be found at Walmart or at Topps online. So no hobby shop visits to find this stuff.

Each hobby box retail version of 2022 Topps Gallery comes with 20 packs of 5 cards. Each box also comes with 2 autographs and boxes run about $115 per. Not too bad considering today's box prices with the same amount of hits.

BASE:

The 200 card base set comes loaded with veterans,

Legends

And top rookies of the game. 

The design stays pretty close to what it has looked like in years past since Topps reengergized it.

PARALLELS:

You can find the following parallels in this year's Topps Gallery,

Printer Proof , Rainbow Foil, Private Issue, Green /125, Green Pattern /99, Blue /75, Blue Pattern /50, Orange /25, Orange Pattern /10, Red /5, Red Pattern 1/1 and Printing Plates 1/1

Rainbow Foil

Green /125

Private Issue

INSERTS:

Inserts may have the following parallels,

Green /250, Blue /99, Orange /25 and Red 1/1

MasterStrokes falls 1:18 packs and has 20 cards to collect. The one on the right is the blue parallels, blue writing, it is /99.

Next Wave falls 1:15 packs and has 25 cards to collect. I really like the look of this one compared to the other inserts in this product.

Portrait Gallery has 10 cards in the set and falls 1:18 packs.

Modern Artists has 25 cards falling at 1:15 packs. I really don't mind this design either. Kind of its the Gallery/art theme.

HITS:

Autographs come with parallels as well. You know, like most products.

Green /99, Blue /50, Orange /25, Red 1/1

(I guess we can call this an autograph....)

(even worse example)

This is an Orange /25

OVERALL THOUGHTS

This product doesn't have the same feel or appeal of the 90's version, but I still didn't mind it too much. I would probably only stick to this version of buying it if I had to choose. I think Blasters are full of dullness.

As for value, I didn't pull any of the key rookies, the autographs were bad in more than one way, but at least I found a Ken Griffey Jr and Derek Jeter card. Those made me happy.

Thoughts on this product, the inserts and the autographs especially welcomed in comments.

A Perfect Trade

*coffee smell is throughout the kitchen this morning waking up all of the senses. goes and pours creamer in, stirs, goes and sits for today's post*

Trading has really been slow for me in 2022 so far. It's not like I don't have the pieces to trade, it's just that I can't find the right collectors for those pieces and the few I have found didn't have anything for me in return.

That changed this past week where two decent pieces I had to trade found their way to new homes.

*takes a sip*

One of those pieces found their way to @ShoffJason who is a big White Sox fan and on top of that, had pieces for me in return. That my friends is called a perfect trade.

Speaking of perfect trade, this one was easy and fast which also makes it perfect.

I will start by showing off the bonus cards that Jason threw into this trade,

Shiny Derek Jeter I didn't have, awesome.

I only have a couple 20 Years Of The Captain, so all of these are new.

Christmas and Yankee PC all in one card.

Shiny Aaron Judge for my rebuilt Judge PC.

2008 Topps Chrome Uncirculated Gold refractor /199

Those were just the freebies, now onto the trade portion which will kick off with some new Kerry Collins,

1995 Playoff Draft Pick

1995 Ultra Gold Medallion (these still look better than most parallels today)

Team Pinnacle Collins and Marino

1996 Upper Deck Silver Team Helmets

1995 Ultra Extra Gold Medallion

Phone Card from Assets.

And now the finale but first....

*takes a sip*

The trade had started when Jason noticed I was a Giants fan and had a few Saquon Barkley available,

2018 Gold Standard Newly Minted Triple Relic with some guy from Cleveland, Saquon and a solid wideout from Carolina.

And the final card......

2018 Leaf Limited autograph patch rookie Saquon Barkley.

Thanks again to Jason for the trade.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

I have another big trade to post coming up soon.

Thoughts on my trade today and if you feel your trading has gone down this year so far.

Have a thankful Thursday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Mantle and Jeter Breakdown

It's been a long, too long, time since I had a bigger trade with Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown blog. About 3 years to be exact.

We have done a couple in the past but normally just do PWE ones which I have been really lacking on the last couple of years. Once again I need to lay this out there, I really need to start trading again with bloggers but I always question if they have anything in return for me since my collecting preferences have changed so much since I have traded with most.

My PC is deep, but it's actually much easier than most think. 

1. NY Giants cards I don't have
2. Non Sport cards (mainly celebrities and Batman but don't mind going off course to) and I do enjoy the Allen and Ginter non baseball cards 
3. 90's inserts from any team or sport. 

These are the Top 3 PC's for me. Yes, I do have side player collections I add to occasionally, but if you are looking to hit the sweet spot, these are the three things you want to take aim for.

In this most recent trade with Gavin, he absolutely nailed down one card I definitely needed (saved for a later date) and then were a couple I didn't really need but wanted.

As most know, I am probably one of the lone bloggers who doesn't do a lot of baseball card collecting anymore. I have shifted gears completely and have found myself unloading my baseball player and Yankee collections-with the exception of any 90's inserts- in exchange for stuff I needed and wanted more.

There are also two players to this exception as well. Ken Griffey Jr who I have collected since the 90's and Derek Jeter who is my favorite Yankee player of all-time.

 

Well, here is the latest Jeter add thanks to Gavin. I think this is my 6th or 7th DJ relic. I like this one because of the stitching on it.

So with two cards down in the trade with Gavin, we needed one more to finish it. He showed me some Yankees cards, and even noted he knew I wasn't collecting baseball that much, to see if something caught my eye to finish up our trade.

And there was one....

I can't say no to a Mickey Mantle. This marks my second vintage Mantle and my first graded one, not that I am a grading card guy.

Gavin also tossed in a few extras I will show off another time along with the key piece in the trade.

Thanks again to Gavin for the trade and hope we can do this again soon!

The Rest

I am a week behind on this, which I apologize for, but here are the Birthday Presents that @gmccarthy sent along in our trade for the Lamar Jackson autograph.

Kicking off this post are two Project2020 cards. Last year I didn't have any interest in these cards whatsoever, but as I have added a few to my collection, I am beginning to be a fan. With the Jeter and McGwire adds, I now have 4 of the P2020 cards in my collection with no plans of moving any of them. If anything, I would like to add to them. Especially with 2 I really want off from my Top 20 list in the Project 2020 #199 Don C Mariano Rivera and the Project 2020 #383 Don C Derek Jeter.

Up next, a Donruss Junior rookie. I lost track of how many of these I have in my Griffey PC but I never get tired of seeing them.

LT! New card for my Giants collection.

Lamar Jackson pink Mosaic. This product brought the bling and I believe this is my first Jackson parallel from it.

And to end, a Darius Slayton autograph. This is also a Slayton autograph I didn't have.

Big thanks goes out to @gmccarthy for the birthday gifts. Even though this was our first time talking and our first trade, you nailed it all around with the gifts and trade. Thanks so much! I really hope to trade with you again.

Also if you haven 't traded with him, look at how well it went for me. I suggest you give him a trade!

More From The Diamond King

Today's post is more free fun from The Diamond King who does pop up freebie Friday's throughout the week. You have to get there fast, or that stuff is gone.

I was fortunate enough to get there fast enough to grab a few cards over a few different days that fit my PC.

First up, Derek Jeter. I didn't have this one for my PC so fits perfectly

Two greats and a new card for my Mantle collection. Works for me!

90's insert

90's parallel

90's die cut

The 90's cards I will take all day long. I don't care who the players/team/sports are.

Thanks to The Diamond King for another excellent mail day. If you haven't checked out his blog yet, do so!

Jeter Rules The Day

Back in my mail day from Dion a couple weeks ago, I mentioned sending out two packages that day and braving the post office because of two big cards.

Well, the second of those mail days is now being posted which came from @tmcbmatt. However, it's being posted minus the big card. You will have to follow Cards Over Coffee if you expect to see that card and it's worth seeing.

In the meantime, you can check out what rest of the mail day was.

Trio of Giants, well, Tarkenton in a Vikings uni. He will always be a Giant in my mind though.

Double the Jeter Topps rookies, Double the Fun!

Dwade! Finally landed a rookie of him. I can cross him off from the want list

Bowman Eli Manning rookie

 

And finally, Eddie Murray rookie. Another long sought after card on my want list. The big card I didn't show was on my want list as well so @tmcbmatt knocked three down!

Thanks again @tmcbmatt and bonuses as always. Much appreciated!

The second mail day came from Rod over at Padrographs.

I claimed one Jeter, he sent five overall. I don't ever mind finding some Jeters in my mail day. 

Thanks Rod!

There was lots of good stuff in these mail days which should give me something to do when it comes to putting them away, though it won't take very long. My biggest sort is still ahead, I just got to get the materials to get that underway.