Trade With The Diamond King

*takes a sip, finally getting to sit down for today's post after a busy morning which included getting my booster Pfizer vaccine. Time to find some breakfast as well*

Packages and PWE's have been flowing into the mail box like never before the last week or so. Not only has this led to some excitement, but has also put me in a tough spot when it comes to blogging them. I just hate making people wait for a thank you.

So most of those mail days I tweeted out, so hopefully you follow me on Twitter to have seen those. I think a good portion of my mail days will be posted that way. However, ones I get from fellow bloggers, I still plan to post this way.

*takes a sip, then shakes arm to get muscle loose from the shot*

My most recent blogger trade, I haven't done a lot of them this year, is from The Diamond King who had posted his best Griffey's including one he had for trade.

But, before we get to that card, our trade expanded a bit more and he included some awesome 90's inserts I didn't have (this is only a small portion of them)

Sp Matchups

Ultra The Book On

New Horizon Hideki Irabu

Upper Deck National Pride (how great does this look with the light box)

*takes a break for a minute to shake the arm again*

Playoff Illusions Spectralusion of Shannon Sharpe

Ultra Notables

*takes another break and arm shake. puts his left arm out, puts his left arm in, puts his left arm out, and shakes it all about....then goes back to typing*

On top of those great 90s inserts, then there was this beauty.

Wayne Gallman Triple Rookie Relic autograph from Absolute football. Even though he is in Atlant

a now, I still collect him.

And finally, the big piece.

  

2000 Skybox Dominion Eye On October Plus Parallel. The base version of this fell 1:24 packs while the tougher to find Plus parallel fell 1:240 packs. There is also a much rarer level with the Warp Tek parallel that's numbered.

Big thanks to The Diamond King on the trade.

*takes a sip, shakes the arm again, and gets ready to finish up today's post before moving onto more stuff to do today*

I know I have more mail days on the way from trades I just made, I also have some mail I have to send out which will lead to even more mail days. I am definitely not complaining about the situation, I just don't see myself sitting down to post them all like the old days.

What have you gotten in the mail box recently?

Have a great Tuesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Random Card Of The Day #9:2017 Prizm Blue Wave Wayne Gallman

Come And Knock On My Door, I'll Be Trading With You

Come and knock on my door, I'll be trading with you. I got what you want do you have something for me to?

For only the second time, I pulled off a trade with @timothymaciag. I have been dangling out a couple of decent autographed cards on Twitter looking for some non sport autos or hits in return for them. It was about two weeks of repeating tweets on those before I finally had a bite on one of those cards.

So Timothy messaged me and asked what I was looking for and within a few days we worked out a deal that included the lovely Joyce Dewitt from the comedy Threes Company that I used to watch.

Other fun adds in this trade were,

I don't remember much about those who were on American Gladiators, just the show itself and how I used to haven an action figure. It may have been Laser. I don't remember but once again a lot of my non sport adds have to do with parts of my past.

 

Max Baer jr played Jethro on Beverly Hillbillies. I used to watch that with both of my grandmothers when I went over to their house. So nostalgia kicked in with it.

 

 

I felt bad for Wayne Gallman when the Giants drafted Saquon. He never quite got an opportunity. Even though he isn't even a starter now that Saquon is hurt, I still have a soft spot for him.

 

 

Gallman Optic auto I added as well. Terrible signature.

 

Then I added some newer Giants in Darius Slayton and Daniel Jones rookies,

And I wasn't quite done with the non sport yet as I added a cool Halloween relic I would call it,

Even though Anthony has been in what feels a million films, it's his role as Hannibal Lecter that will always be the one I remember him and creep out about him the most.

There was also another part of this trade which helped me land a new Rodney Hampton and a few set needs I will post another time as they are not in hand yet. 

Thanks for the trade again Timothy.

I still have the other card up for trade which is a 2012  Thierry Henry Upper Deck The National autograph /35 that I hope to still move for some non sport autographs. 

So come and knock on my door if that's up your alley.

Arrivals:2017 Panini Day Glove Relic Wayne Gallman

First off, I will admit, I am one who loves freebies from an eBay seller even it's un-useful junk.

Today, I actually liked what the seller sent and have use for all of it.

 

I love these non sport inclusions in Allen And Ginter

Rookie card binder Carr will go

And this Harden is a beautiful card. Wished Panini had done more like this one.

And here was the card I got. Wayne Gallman glove relic with a 3 showing. I have another relic similar to this one somewhere I will have to compare the two.

 

Back of card is bleh, but I do like the Giants colors are a nice touch.

Always Giants

I am buried draft deep in mail days to post on here and trying to post them in the order I got them. So don't worry if I have gotten one from you and haven't posted it yet.

I am weeks out on some.

So to finish up one mail day, I am jumping back to my mail day from @90sNicheFBCard.

Except, it's not really finished. The rest of it will be for a new series I am creating so that will be again,down the road. I just wanted to finish up the main part of the mail day.

So let's check it out.

Eli holo silver. I had considered a few times chasing the Optic Eli rainbow, but backed away.

Landon Collins Optic Silver

Saquon Barkley Red Zone orange parallel /75. This was one of my favorite photos of Saquon in 2019 products other than the one where he is jumping over the Bears defender.

New Sterling Shepard relic.  I am expecting bigger things from him in 2020 if he can stay healthy.

I haven't seen one of these before. Reminds me of the Leaf Fabric Of The Game where the relics run down the side.

Michael Cox autograph. He didn't last long with the Gmen, not sure he made it out of Training Camp, but we have a saying as Giants fans, Once a Giant, always a Giant

These Obsidian relics are wack! They look awesome. Its like Star Wars and football all into one and who doesn't like that thought.

Panini Incep...Origins autographed cards look awesome especially used with silver ink.

I have been wanting this card since last year, new addition to the Saquon PC. Bryan actually sent two along with one being for my Eli PC as well.

As I showed off on here before, I have a pretty good sized Darius Slayton PC and knew three more autographs would be incoming from Byran. Origins base auto.

And a blue /49 were in the mix

Along with this Absolute Memorabilia autograph relic cards. I wished they added a glove or sock or something else to pair with a football and jersey relic and not another jersey relic.

And to finish up this mail day, a dual threat at PC with a 90's autograph of a Giant in Arthur Marshall. Marshall played for the Giants from 1995-1996 but made minimal impact for the team with less than 200 yards receiving both years combined. But, I collect all Giants and really enjoy the on card autographs from Pro Line.

Thanks to Bryan for the trade again and I still have more to show when I get that new series started. As for the rest of the mail days, once again, I promise to get these all done in the next month at the very least.

The End Is Near?

2019 has been a roller coaster ride on this blog. The beginning of the year, my blog was thriving with views and comments and I even did a name change for awhile. Then about the middle of the year things started to dip, views were slightly dropping and comments started to not appear as often.I decided at that point to change the name back to Sport Card Collectors without making the announcement and things were good again for another couple weeks.

Well, that didn't last long.

The last three months, views have continued to dip. Comments are slim to none and I spend a lot of days contemplating not moving forward with the blog. I am not talking about fifty views down or one comment down, the views are hundreds down and comments are four to five less. This is significant and so significant that I haven't seen these numbers since my first year of blogging.

It makes me question why I am doing this. Makes me ask why continue on and when I am almost at my breaking point of blog retirement, something pulls me back in. Whether it's bringing back some older segments to see if that helps revive things or trying something new such as the $25 A Week challenge (which is my favorite post to write right now) or getting contacted out of the blue by a longtime reader thanking me for my hobby positivity and then going as far as sending me a package which is what happened recently.

@DennysSportsCards has been a long time reader, Twitter follower, Fantasy football opponent and friend. And out of the blue last week messaged me for my address and said he wanted to send a thank you along. He really didn't have to, but being the nice guy he is, he did.

Check out what he sent,

Julian Love autograph. I am not sure why the Giants haven't pushed this guy more onto the field with as bad as their secondary has been. At this point, try anything. I don't expect half of them to be back next year.

My boy of the past, Rodney!

My boy of now, Saquon. I am not usually one for posed photos but I do dig this Saquon one.

 

Wayne Gallman Contenders autograph. I love Gallman as a change of pace back but he has got to improve on his signature, so much white space.

And just like that, @DennysSportsCards pulled me back in longer. Not just because of the mail day, but because of the appreciation alone. It showed me that I am still making an impact of some kind that numbers can't show.

Thanks Dennis for the mail day. I enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks for reading as well and giving me a reason to write.

Pieces Of My Future #11:Cards From NJ

I am a bit behind on mail days since I changed the format on here. I am trying to think of other ways to stay more caught up on those as I go along and maybe pulling them for tweets again instead. I hate making people wait to get a thank you as some are weeks and maybe a month away. As of now, I have a rough handful ready to go on here so when those run out I will decide what to do going forward.

@DJSeneseiNJ and myself used to pull off mega trades, but recently we have done a much more fun version with our mystery trades. Sometimes the pressure of doing mega trades can get to you and drag things out if both sides don't feel they are getting an even return. I think these smaller type mystery trades are a whole lot more fun as you never know what you are getting in return and the worry of value isn't there. If you feel you sent less than you should of when you open your end, send more the next time. There's no stress, no concern and just fun when doing these.

I recently got my latest mystery mail day from @DJSeneseiNJ and it was so much fun as the past two.

Let's check it out!

 

David Wilson autograph Silhouette. This is my third one of these and I don't care. Love these!

A new Yankees auto for the PC

Some guy named Mickey Mantle.

Red Thunder proving himself in NY so far this season.

Anthony Banda autograph. Appears to be TTM?

Eli Apple autograph. He looked terrible with the Giants but played decent with the Saints.

A new Gallman autograph. I am starting a nice stack of autographs of his now.

My first Tyler Wade relic card.

Another David Wilson card.

Here's hoping Tomlinson gets something going for that Giants pass rush, they are gonna need it!

I still believe in ya Eli!

Davis Webb auto. Great looking card.

Simms....Simms...seems like I should recognize that name in NY..

Saquon!! Still always looking for Barkley cards in trades!

One of the Super Bowl heroes for the Giants. I still don't know how he made that catch in Super Bowl 46 and kept his feet in bounds as well.

Davis Webb relic

Cody Latimer autograph patch card. Beautiful! This guy really needs to step up this year as he may need to be the player that takes over for Odell.

Two more Gleyber cards. Slowly building up into the top ranks of my Yankees PC

Two Odells /20. I think we all know how I feel about him by now

And finally, holograms, 90's and cards all are for me. Send em my way!

Thanks goes out to @DJSeneseiNJ for another fun mail day. I need to start saving a new pile for next time. I have sent you everything I have so far but hopefully by mid summer we can do this again!