Showing posts with label Spx. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spx. Show all posts
Monday, October 31, 2022
Monday, June 6, 2022
Trading With Da Dufus
I am so far behind on posting these mail days, I did today's trade a couple of months ago.
It was my very first trade with @Da_Dufus and it went great, even with the USPS being a little obnoxious with the arrival of my mail day.
It showed up after being in limbo for 2 weeks if you were curious by that last sentence.
@Da_Dufus is a Super Collector of Anthony Miller, so when I saw a Kerry Collins I needed he had posted for sale or trade, I jumped.
The trade went further than just the one Collins card as I hauled in some 90's inserts as well.
Side PC guy TD. Think this is the first time I have owned a Platinum Portraits.
Donovan McNabb rookie and a Playoff Fantasy Team insert of Steve Young. Those inserts have a sparkle in the background. This is my second one of these...feels like a set chase is needed.
Spx Gold! I have roughly 12 of these towards my set chase of these now.
And finally, the Collins card that started the trade, a 2009 Score Inscriptions Gold Zone /50.
Thanks again to @Da_Dufus for the trade, hope we can do this again!
Thoughts on my mail day welcomed in comments.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Friday, August 27, 2021
Monday, March 1, 2021
Eli Manning 700...And More!
The milestone has finally been reached.
700 different Eli Manning cards.
It took a little longer than I had hoped for, but I reached it.
Usually I try to aim high for card milestones like an autograph, cool patch, low numbered something or another, but this time I just got the milestone reached by picking up low end cheap cards. But, I did make sure they weren't completely dull.
Look at this Spx, probably my favorite card of the group.
Eli Manning Co-Signers base. I really like this design.
Passing Leaders...that's gotta be a tad scary to know Rex Grossman was one.
Zenith in 2005 when it returned. Not too bad of a design, but doesn't touch the 90s version.
Chrome is always a winner.
Great color scheme on this one. It sort of fits the team.
My biggest goal is to reach that 1,000 card milestone but that seems impossible, but so didn't the two Super Bowl wins Eli had as well.
Sunday, January 31, 2021
The One
*it's time for a fresh cup of coffee and some cards. Sounds like a great start to the morning don't you think?*
Every Friday on Twitter, @collect_sport, I put up a I Want/Need Thread where you comment a specific card need and I will retweet it in hopes someone will Sell, Trade or even RAK (I have seen this) the card to you. Some people use the thread the way it was intended while others make a team/set demand. I just go with the flow regardless as long as it helps the collectors commenting.
On the thread every week, I also give an example of a specific cards I Want/Need. I have had some success in doing so, but one card I have tried a few times without any luck up I put up again and this time to my surprise had a response.
That's when I met @MattyBW who had what I wanted and so much more.
*takes a sip, gets excited about showing off these cards and takes another sip before doing so*
It wasn't too long after he had replied to my tweet about that specific card need that we had a nice conversation. The biggest point of the conversation was to make sure I got that card but we talked about much more that led to a trade as well.
I recently just started collecting more Jasson Dominguez for my Yankees PC. This was my second add to the collection.
This along with a few newer Cal Ripken Jr cards I forgot to take pictures of were the "newer" cards of the group. The main focus was on the 90's basketball. And if you know me, that hits the sweet spot and in comparison to coffee is the king of the cups.
John Starks adds. I always find it both saddening and odd to see John Starks in any uniform that's not a Knicks one. He was a fan favorite and a favorite of mine.
Finest Shaq. Don't ever let him post up, guy was unstoppable unless he had to shoot free throws.
Hakeem with the block!
And then Hakeem with the shot. Well, the Best Shot. These fell 1:12 packs and also had refractor parallels as well.
My first picture wasn't the greatest at showing how cool this card actually is. So I held it up to a window.
Now rolls in a beauty....
1996-1997 Bowmans Best Honor Roll Refractor! These bad boys fell 1:192 packs but it's not only the beauty of the card that grabs my attention, its the players. Patrick Ewing was one of the trio of Knicks I liked and Karl Malone I enjoyed his game and tried to mock it when I played with my friends back in the 90's. If I was to try that now, my body would ache for weeks.
*takes another sip before the coffee gets cold. I like Iced Coffee okay, but not my hot coffee getting iced. While I am it, I might as well toast a couple of english muffins*
I haven't even gotten to the main card of this post yet and I bet you are sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for me to show it off. Hold your mugs, we are almost there.
For now, I will tease this card as an intro....
Yup, a 1995-1996 Spx Gold Jason Kidd. Anyone who has followed me knows my deep passion for 90's Spx. I own set all three NFL Sets, one MLB Set, Both NASCAR sets, One and a half Hockey sets, and now......
Hold that thought.
*takes a sip of coffee*
I don't normally like jelly on my english muffins, I am a fan of bland so butter is my usual choice, but I will take a bit more excitement today when I show off the exciting card.
*takes a few bites, sip of joe and now onto the big reveal*
I think I have made you wait long enough to finally show the main card of this post. Not that the other cards above aren't sweet.
To finish up where I was with my Spx set chase, I also have one and a 49th basket....hold your horses...
What's this...
BOOM! You guessed it. The MJ has finally come home to finish up my second basketball set. He is smiling like I was when I finally got to hold this card.
And here he is resting peacefully among his Spx teammates.
With this set finally now complete, I am only missing the 1996-1997 Spx basketball set to complete the trio. That one also has my favorite design of the three but is also a dream set. I don't ever imagine myself being able to complete that one.
An obvious huge thanks goes out to @MattyBW for helping me finish up this set. It was a long time coming and it feels good to finally get there.
If you have Twitter, check out my Friday Thread and see what project you might be able to complete. You just never know what you may complete or who you may meet and become friends with. Isn't that the point of this hobby?
Coffee Card blogger out.
Sunday, September 13, 2020
Friday, September 11, 2020
Thursday, August 13, 2020
A Picture Of My Willie
Did you just click this link to see a picture of my Willie.............Ponder?
In my latest mail day from the Pancake King of RAK's, Wes passed along my very first Willie Ponder rookie card or card in general. Which once again is impressive how Wes continues to find stuff I don't have.
Front
Back
Ponder played for three teams in three seasons. Two of those season were for the Giants and he had only 8 receptions for 38 yards in his NFL Career.
However, it was his special teams where he made a name for himself. He led the NFL in return yards average in 2004 and had two returns for TD's.
In my latest mail day from the Pancake King of RAK's, Wes passed along my very first Willie Ponder rookie card or card in general. Which once again is impressive how Wes continues to find stuff I don't have.
Ponder played for three teams in three seasons. Two of those season were for the Giants and he had only 8 receptions for 38 yards in his NFL Career.
However, it was his special teams where he made a name for himself. He led the NFL in return yards average in 2004 and had two returns for TD's.
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020
The Latest 90's Spx Add!
As most readers of this blog or followers of my Twitter account know, I love 90's Spx and have been trying to knock down every set/card I can from every sport.
It's not as easy as it sounds.
I have so far completed:
1996, 1997, 1998 Spx football base sets
1996 Spx racing
1997 Spx racing
1996 Spx hockey
1997 Spx baseball
1997-1998 Spx basketball
1996 Spx football Tribute cards and the Tribute autographs
And am close to these ones,
1997 Spx hockey (13 away)
1996 Spx baseball (13 away)
1996 Spx basketball (need just the MJ)
1996 Spx hockey Holoview Heroes (just a couple remain)
So there is still much, much more to go with inserts, autographs and parallels.
Today is one of those parallel sets, this is 1998 Spx football Steel which fell 1:1 packs in a three card pack. I found a 42 card lot, with 50 in the total set, for $3.24. Yes, $3 and 24 cents. That's a steal.
The lot also included a lot of big names as well.
the stack kicked off with Jake Plummer
Aikman
Sanders
The Favre which in itself sells for almost $4
Ike
Rice
And Eddie George.
I was shocked that this ended so cheaply and that I was able to close out most of this parallel set in one swoop.
Now I just got to find the last 8 cards to get this completed and will update those numbers on here soon.
It's not as easy as it sounds.
I have so far completed:
1996, 1997, 1998 Spx football base sets
1996 Spx racing
1997 Spx racing
1996 Spx hockey
1997 Spx baseball
1997-1998 Spx basketball
1996 Spx football Tribute cards and the Tribute autographs
And am close to these ones,
1997 Spx hockey (13 away)
1996 Spx baseball (13 away)
1996 Spx basketball (need just the MJ)
1996 Spx hockey Holoview Heroes (just a couple remain)
So there is still much, much more to go with inserts, autographs and parallels.
Today is one of those parallel sets, this is 1998 Spx football Steel which fell 1:1 packs in a three card pack. I found a 42 card lot, with 50 in the total set, for $3.24. Yes, $3 and 24 cents. That's a steal.
The lot also included a lot of big names as well.
I was shocked that this ended so cheaply and that I was able to close out most of this parallel set in one swoop.
Now I just got to find the last 8 cards to get this completed and will update those numbers on here soon.
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Dazed And Confused
My first thoughts when I saw an affordable complete set of 1997-1998 Spx hockey was Alright, Alright, Alright.
I was completely happy to knock down another one of my set needs for my 90's Spx project.
That's until I got it in hand.
It was a cold Tuesday afternoon when my mail arrived. I yelled "Shotgun" , despite going by myself, and made my way to my vehicle to drive down the road a little ways to my mail box to get the mail. I usually walk it, but not when its below zero with a wind chill on top of it.
I grabbed the mail and bolted home.
I thought about letting it sit and getting done some housework done first, but I couldn't. I had to check out the set. So I ripped open the box it was sent in and took out the plastic box that was holding the card set.
It opened pretty easy and as always I began enjoying the cards as they were. As everyone I think would agree, the 1997 Spx design is one of the greatest ever.
Here's a few cards from the set,
Peter Bondra
Ray Bourque. This was the only one athlete I have ever met.
Curtis Joseph
Hmmm..something different about this card. Why does the card have silver foil?
Wayne Gretzky! The Great One. One day I will own his autograph!
Brian...hold on a minute...
John LeClair
Jaromir Jagr and his wonderful mullet
Hmmm another one...
And Joe Juneau
As I began looking at the rest of the 50 card set, I began to realize more and more that something wasn't right. That's when I had discovered that the seller had replaced some of the cards in the set with it's parallels but sold it as a complete set.
Why couldn't he have just sent what I paid for. It would be a lot cooler if he did.
Instead I found myself with 13 now missing from the set.
Eleven of those are Steel parallels
The other two, Silver parallels.
Even though I want to chase down all of the parallels-etc at some point, I need to complete my base sets first and this was a complete disappointment.
You Cool Man....
No, No I am not.
And stupid me, I always leave feedback on an item as long as I received it and can see it in hand. I wished I had opened this up all of the way first.
Oh well, you gotta keep on livin'...L...I..V..I..N..
I got to thinking more about this later today and feel I got more value than I paid for in this lot because of the parallels. So if there is a positive to take out of this, that's it.
Now the next journey is to find the rest of my needs to complete this set. This is not the first Spx set I still need to finish up with 13 or less cards, the other, 1996 Spx baseball.
Not sure if the seller was Dazed and Confused when he made this listing as a complete set or if he knew what he was doing. Either way, I will be much more cautious down the road when I make another purchase like this. Maybe even message the seller ahead of time to find out if it's a real complete set.
I was completely happy to knock down another one of my set needs for my 90's Spx project.
That's until I got it in hand.
It was a cold Tuesday afternoon when my mail arrived. I yelled "Shotgun" , despite going by myself, and made my way to my vehicle to drive down the road a little ways to my mail box to get the mail. I usually walk it, but not when its below zero with a wind chill on top of it.
I grabbed the mail and bolted home.
I thought about letting it sit and getting done some housework done first, but I couldn't. I had to check out the set. So I ripped open the box it was sent in and took out the plastic box that was holding the card set.
It opened pretty easy and as always I began enjoying the cards as they were. As everyone I think would agree, the 1997 Spx design is one of the greatest ever.
Here's a few cards from the set,
As I began looking at the rest of the 50 card set, I began to realize more and more that something wasn't right. That's when I had discovered that the seller had replaced some of the cards in the set with it's parallels but sold it as a complete set.
Why couldn't he have just sent what I paid for. It would be a lot cooler if he did.
Instead I found myself with 13 now missing from the set.
Even though I want to chase down all of the parallels-etc at some point, I need to complete my base sets first and this was a complete disappointment.
You Cool Man....
No, No I am not.
And stupid me, I always leave feedback on an item as long as I received it and can see it in hand. I wished I had opened this up all of the way first.
Oh well, you gotta keep on livin'...L...I..V..I..N..
I got to thinking more about this later today and feel I got more value than I paid for in this lot because of the parallels. So if there is a positive to take out of this, that's it.
Now the next journey is to find the rest of my needs to complete this set. This is not the first Spx set I still need to finish up with 13 or less cards, the other, 1996 Spx baseball.
Not sure if the seller was Dazed and Confused when he made this listing as a complete set or if he knew what he was doing. Either way, I will be much more cautious down the road when I make another purchase like this. Maybe even message the seller ahead of time to find out if it's a real complete set.
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