Expanding On One

Trading can be such an adventure and an adventure I will take again and again. One can seem like a one for one card trade can expand to so much more and that's what happened to my last trade with @MaxxPower68.

 

On Twitter, he had posted out a couple of these Will Ferrell Topps cards and I immediately wanted them. I have the Dodgers version but really wanted to keep adding any of those I could. Sort of a side set chase but not a deep "need now" one.

So I inquired about both cards finding out one had already been traded away but one was left so I worked my trade magic and as you can see acquired it.

But, that wasn't the end of the trade as the haul and trade became bigger. It became apparent that I needed to keep growing my non sport PC.

So I did and brought all of this home as well,

(I am sad Topps didn't continue with these but stuck with doing '86 inserts every year instead)

 

I had no specific reason for taking any of these other than the fact they were non sport cards.

Thanks to Tim again for this trade.

If any of you have any of this Will Ferrells kicking dust around in your house, I would welcome them here in a pwe trade. Just let me know!

Mail Day Saturday:A Will, A Willis, A Williams Trade With Baseball Card Breakdown Blog

A week or so ago, I was contacted by Gavin over at Baseball Card Breakdown about starting up a trade in exchange for a card I got from my Bowman break. At first I was a bit hesitant about trading it since I am not one to trade rookie cards, but, he has always been a good guy to me so I figured I would make an exception.

Glad I did.

After a few back and forth emails, Gavin and I were able to agree upon a trade with both of us happy in the end. I mean, who agrees to a trade they are not happy with??

One of the cool centerpieces of this trade for me was this legit player contract between Topps and Jose Guzman giving Topps permission to use his picture on cards. Jose signed the contract and there is also a "stamped signature" from Sy Berger (UPDATED INFO FROM BREAKDOWN CARDS, it's "real Sy Berger signature, not one of the stamp/autopen signatures".

This is a such a cool piece to my card collection. I knew that he had some up for trade and I didn't care which player, I just wanted one to own.

Gavin also included these two cards so I can display them with the contract.

Topps Vault authenticity included too!

The next card in the trade is this cool 90's appeal insert from 2000 Finest.

Next up, my first Will Ferrell baseball card. I have wanted one of these well over a year and now have one. I am sure it wasn't too hard for Gavin to let go of a Dodgers card too.

I am not a huge fan of Will's when it comes to his movies, but there are definitely some good ones he has done that I do enjoy watching time and time again.

My first ever "make ready" parallel and it's of NY Giants JPP! Cool looking card and addition here for my Giants collection.

Up next, a new Andre Williams dual memorabilia card for that PC. The bottom swatch is a nice piece of patch.

And to finish up the trade, a Dontrelle Willis auto. There was just something about owning a Willis auto that I needed. You ever had one of those moments where you needed something without explanation???

Overall, a very solid trade. I filled in a couple of wantlist needs, added to a couple of PC's and helped another blogger out with their PC. Seems like a win-win all around in my opinion.

Thanks again Gavin for being such a great trade partner and I recommend anyone who hasn't traded with him yet to do so.