Trending This Week In My Hobby Week 4

This segment hasn't been posted since March, so a lot has changed since then. In order to continue where I left off, I will post this as Week 4.

And since there has been such a big gap in time since the last post, there will be a ton of movement so I wanted to post the last list and compare it to the new one.

This was the list back in March,

1. 90's Inserts
2. NY Giants Cards
3. Non Sport Cards
4. Set finishing ˄˄˄
5. Eli Manning Cards ˄˄˄
6. 1993-94 Stadium Club Beam Team
7. Kerry Collins Cards ˄˄˄
8. Allan Houston Cards ˄˄˄
9. Michael Jordan Cards ˄˄˄
10. Jasson Dominguez Cards

Here are the Top 10 most sought after for me right now in order.

1. 2022 Upper Deck Marvel Allure Parallels, Autographs
2. Non Sport Cards
3. NY Giants (especially 2023 class)
4. 90's Inserts 
5. Guardians Of The Galaxy Relic Cards
6. Missing Prizm Rookie Cards
7. Marvel Relic/Autograph Cards
8. Set Completing
9. Eli Manning Cards
10. Kerry Collins Cards

A lot has changed so much since March, a lot of non-sport added and more sports dropping out. I think that's simply how my collection is transforming. Not to mention, I fell in love with the newer Marvel movies especially Guardians Of The Galaxy. I plan to show off my collection so far of Marvel cards at some point.

I am certain some of these will move up and down before next week and maybe even off the list. Guess we will see.

In comments today, tell me what is trending in your collecting and what you are seeking the most this week.

Let's Talk About Sets Volume 60: 1991 Pro Set MusiCards

60 times we have had the sets talk on here now. I hope all 60 were as good for you as they were for me.

Today, I put my focus on a set I have been wanting to finish for years but have pushed off to the side for way too long.

It's a set that I knew I had most of, but knew I was missing a few pieces. What I didn't know was that there was an entire second series I have no cards of so I will be wanting those as well.

Everyone who knows me knows how much music means to me, especially music of the 80's and 90's. When I discovered the 1991 Pro Set MusiCards I knew I would have to chase the set. The checklist was loaded with singers I grew up listening to, so it was an easy connect the dots situation.

 

(there are a few ladies here I would have the sets talk with)

 

Here is what remains of my needs to finally finish up the Series 1 at least. Still need all of the Series 2 cards.

Any and all help on this one is welcomed! You can message me on Twitter at @collec_sport or email me at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com if you have any help for me.

Thanks again for checking out today's post and hope I hear from you about any set help for me.

Not A Croc

When the Croc writes on Crocodile Sports Cards about giving you free cereal issued baseball cards, he isn't lying.

It is not a Croc.

 

I got this 1993 Post Collectors Series in the mail yesterday with no plans of opening it. I own a couple cards, literally two, from the set already but when I get sealed sets, I usually keep them that way.

I don't want it to get ruined.

I have always liked food issued cards, and the food they came with of course. Wished they would bring them back now especially with the popularity of cards.

Thanks again to Crocodile Sports Cards for the mail day and latest set to my set collection.

If you haven't checked out his blog yet, do so above by following the link I added.

Let me know in comments if you keep sets like this sealed or what you do with them.

It's All Been Fire Recently

The last two months of this blog's stats are hard to ignore. I thought maybe the big 75,000+ view month in June was a fluke until July brought in another huge monthly total of 68,000 + views.

Being someone who loves numbers, these have drawn me back to this blog for some new posts in August. I will be curious if this month can hold up to the past two months and wonder how new posts would do here.

So, let's kick off a new month with a new post with some new cards.

These are all separate mail days I got and for different reasons.

I have been trying to add Prizm rookie cards to my collection and have a list of needs I have been narrowing down the last few months. It started out as roughly 10 needs and now I have narrowed it down to 2 needs. I need a 2020 Prizm Jalen Hurts rookie and a 2022 Prizm Sam Howell rookie. Of course, I would welcome two other guys in Burrow and Herbert but I don't imagine I can touch those guys so I never added them to my list.

I haven't added a new card to my Rueben Randle PC in a while and was able to acquire this quad relic pretty cheap. I think a lot of people forget how great of a back that Doug Martin was.

 

My Kerry Collins PC has been growing steadily this summer so when adding a low numbered parallel for cheap is in the cards, see what I did there, you add it.

This 2002 Fleer Premium Super Rubies is numbered to 100.

Next card, a low numbered GAME WORN relic from 2012 Certified of Amani Toomer. Every Toomer add helps me to try and move up on TCDB.

And my final add, I have a small PC of Jasson Dominguez and have always liked Panini Unleashed inserts, when they added Dominguez to the 2023 lineup, I had to have one.

A bunch of fire mail days in what has been a fire couple of months on this blog. A great way to kick off a new month of new posts.

In comments, let me know your thoughts on my latest additions and if you are excited to see new posts on here!

Cracked The Top 10

 It has taken me awhile, but finally cracked the Top 10 with my Allan Houston PC on TCDB.

I am still miles from reaching the Top 5 and apparently there is actually a Houston PCer at number one, so not trying to compete here. The goal here is just to collect what I can of my favorite Knicks basketball player.

So I am on the lookout for others I need still since there is plenty to chase.

Johnny’s Generous Again

There are lots of generous bloggers out there, but one that does is on a daily basis is Johnny's Trading Spot

I had gone through a long winless streak until last week where I won twice! I received the second one of those mail days a few days ago so thought I would show it off here:

Danny Dimes! Hoping he proves his worth after the big contract.

All former or retired Gmen. Ogletree signing I liked a lot and he played up to his hype that season. Then declined afterwards.

Dalvin is gone, Big Cat is going to beast it up and Neal and Kayvon is the future!

Thanks again to Johnny for this Giants mail day and for all of his generosity. I know I appreciate it and so does rest of the hobby.

If you haven't yet, check out Johnny's blog with the link I posted above for almost new posts daily. See some great cards and maybe you will win some too!

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Use the code and click on the image that will take you to the BCW website!

Johnny’s Generous

With my phone acting up most of the time now, it makes it really hard to comment on a lot of blogs. There are only a select few my phone will let me comment on even as anonymous and one of those blogs is Johnny's Trading Spot.

I am fortunate on that though as Johnny has continued to do his nightly giveaways with his never ending generosity and never ending stamps it seems.

I had gone through a long winless streak until last week where I won twice! I received one of those mail days a few days ago so thought I would show it off here.

First four cards feature two of former Giants QB Dave Brown. I am probably the only person on earth who is still collecting him.

Vintage G-men are always great. Always need help in that area of my Gmen collection.

I have a copy of this card, but don't mind another. 1997 Upper Deck football has one of the best rookie photo shoots ever. Go ahead and look up some of the cards from that set.

Two new cards for the Hilliard collection. This was back when Gold Label was a good product, I don't like the new Topps stuff. You can't ever beat an original.

Another new card for Hilliard and it's a 90's insert, that's my sweet spot.

Eli! I realize more and more how much he meant to the G-men after watching this team since he left.

Thanks again to Johnny for this Giants mail day and for all of his generosity. I know I appreciate it and so does rest of the hobby.

If you haven't yet, check out Johnny's blog with the link I posted above for almost new posts daily. See some great cards and maybe you will win some too!

(by the way, I also put up a new post on Cards Over Coffee you should check out on Monopoly Prizm basketball you can see HERE)

Seinfeld Customs

Once again, Greg over at Nine Pockets blog made some cool customs and printed them off to give away.

I was fortunate to be able to land a couple from his giveaway despite my constant battle with trying to comment on everyone’s blogs. For some reason or another, my phone keeps signing me out of blogger every time I comment and then won’t allow me to comment as anonymous. But here is the kicker, that’s not for all of the blues I read and comment on, only a few!

So keep that in mind, I am still reading your stuff, just can’t always comment because of this.

Despite my issue, which I addressed to Greg in an email, he was as awesome as his custom work and sent me a couple for my Seinfeld PC.

These look great and I am happy to add these to my collection.

Thanks again to Greg for the customs. If you haven’t checked out his blogs or his customs, just follow his blog link I included above.

Thoughts below on today’s mail day welcomed!

Who Let The Bots Out!

I know I said I was cutting back on blogging this month due to family time, but I guess all of us need bathroom breaks occasionally even with family around so here I am.

Last month, Sport Card Collectors set a record high for views in a month and I have no idea why.

For one, I didn’t post anything until the end of the month, just lame random card posts, when I was testing the views. Second, I haven’t posted anything since May 5th on here for real content. And third, I don’t share anything from this blog anymore on any social media even when I do post.

With this info, I can only assume that bots must be spamming this blog with views. I have no other explanation.

So I am wondering, did any of the rest of you bloggers experience an increase in June? And what are your thoughts on it.

In the meantime, I will still take this number as a personal best and hope that it was more real than fake.

Because sometimes I really miss blogging on here. Not sure if any of you miss me on here.

Alright, that was a quick bathroom break. Now back to being busy until I need to go again or hide in here.