What's In The Mail Box?

Today's edition of What's In The Mail provides the biggest punch of them all! Sadly you will not see all of this mail day in this post. You will need to stay tuned to That 90's Sport Card Blog to see the rest including possibly the best card in my collection!

I don't normally do trades, but when I came across a Frank Thomas auto I had won from a contest, on a whim I felt like doing a trade and helping another collector with their PC. I knew a very trusted trader and collector who would have loved to add that card to their collection, so I contacted Jonathan Hoffman about the card. Jonathan and I had made a small trade before but that trade was nothing compared to what this one was about to become!

At first the trade was a Frank Thomas auto for THE UNNAMED CARD AT THIS POINT. Than I began to research more Thomas' I had then Pirate cards and all of a sudden we had blown up one HUGE trade. While I don't have a PC, I knew he had a couple so I helped fill some of his needs while I picked out stuff I wanted, but couldn't afford at the time.

In the end, we made one awesome trade and were able to really help each other out. I strongly recommend trading with Jonathan Hoffman and when the mood strikes me to trade again, I am heading his way!

Now onto my goods:

I wanted some more 2014 rookie card action so I asked for one of these (results in a future post)

Than I have been dying to get my hands onto a true rookie card of Jose Abreu, I mean who hasn't, So I asked for one of these: (results coming in the future)

I have always wanted a minor league card of my main man Ken Griffey Jr, here it is going where my other Jr's are:

And I wanted some fun stuff to post on That 90's Sport Card Blog which includes possibly the best card in my collection. That card is pictured here but is bottom side up on top of the Topps box. And no it's not that Topps card, it's under it. The rest of the cards you see pictured here will be displayed and boxes and packs broken down on That 90's Sport Card Blog. So if something catches your fancy under here, you will want to go check out that blog in the next week or so.

This was such a great trade and mail day. I am glad to know someone who is a trusted and a very good trader. I just wanna say thanks again to Jonathan Hoffman on this incredible mail day and once again, if you have any Pittsburgh Pirates or Frank Thomas cards, send them to that guy!

Whats In The Mailbox?

A few days ago I was approached by a fan who had a card that he wanted to know if I was interested in or if I knew of someone who would be.

Now usually I am not one for trading. For one, I like to keep what I got and hate to lose pieces. For two, since my PC is so wide open, it would have to be something overly tempting for me to jump. For three, trust is the biggest factor of all. If you approach me about a trade and I don't know you, I will most likely not trade with you.

However, when Jonathan Hoffman asked me if I was interested in this card:

I couldn't turn that down. Jonathan fit the bill for all three of my rules above as well. So we made the trade. He is a huge Frank Thomas collector so I mailed him a good handful for his PC and he mailed me this David Wilson 2012 Topps Triple Threads Gold Parallel #'d to 25. It was a great trade and one that fit both of our collections.

I would like to give Jonathan a huge thanks for the trade and if you know him on Twitter and haven't traded with him, you should. Great trader and ships fast. 

As always thoughts on my mail days are always welcomed.