That's because I collect cards, not stickers. A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description … But, anyway, we would turn the corner from Monroe Street onto Washington Street, taking a right past the Subway, moving in the opposite direction as those kids in the picture. These include limited Holo, Gold and Gold Vinyl parallels. The Organic Nature of The Budget Trading Card Collection Pt. Seeing different pictures 40 years later is quite the rush. 1961 Fleer Baseball Greats #46 Miller Huggins. That's pretty damn good for someone who hasn't seen much of this set for sale since a year ago at this time. I have none of these memories but enjoy living vicariously through yours. PARALLEL CARDS: Checkers, Holographic #/199, Cracked Ice #/25, Xplosion #/10. PARALLEL CARDS: Red #/250 or less (No McMurray*), Holo Gold #/25 or less, Holo Black 1/1. The Phillies-Orioles spring training game is on right now and then I'll search out something even more obscure later. frankendodger sheet 81 (cards 721-726) - this is the end... customcardsets | Crazy set ideas from a maniac, Digital Premier League Autographs: Jordan Ibes (JA-AU), Cardboard Gods - A story told through baseball cards. But the drug store we frequented didn't have them. 2020 Donruss Racing NASCAR brings the hits, as well. And that young Mikey...SWEET! I don't remember the name though. 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Witness Monroe Market and that drug store without a name. All-Time Teams Cards - and a season sim!! That is a big selling point for someone who collected what little was available at the time and had those few images memorized up and down and sideways and backwards. He sent a very nice "thanks for blogging" package and you'll see the rest of the goodies another day. (SIGN UPS), My Second Video: Showing off my Packers Card Collection, Saying goodbye... Cards Sold in 2013-14 (mixed feelings), Best of the best, HOF rookies collection…, Cardboard Brooklyn | A Displaced A's Fan's Card Collection, World Cup Stock - The Rise and Fall of Cards : USA Ratings, Y e l l o w C a r d b o a r d. 3 Walk-Off Wins in 3 Days? A trade, and it didn't even smell like a shoe!! 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Although I pay attention to and buy modern cards and also seek out cards from before I was collecting or even before I was born, none of those cards are why I'm doing this. And then as more subjects popped up in COMC searches and the like, I upped the assumed total to 60-something. But we didn't know where cards were sold in our new place. I subscribed to MLB.TV. The Junior Junkie: The Baseball Cards of Ken Griffey, Jr. 2010 Topps Month Part 1: Flagship and Friends, Rittenhouse Continuum Promo Cards 2014-15 Seasons 1-3, Harrisburg Senators 2012 Season Pocket Schedule, 2021 trade package #6: Baseball Card Breakdown, One Project Closes, Another One Opens Right Up, Lost Rookies: 1988-89 OPC Ken Baumgartner, Cheap Wax Wednesday - Episode 306 - 2013 Pinnacle Baseball, Random Pack Break: General Mills Cereal Pokemon TCG Pack. The cards and candy sat at eye-level, just below the magazine rack. 2004 Upper Deck Timeless Teams Pedro Guerrero (1980), 6. I no longer have to suffer with seeing the Mets play the Marlins for the 197th time or grit my teeth through Michael Kay because there's no baseball to watch anywhere else. A few of the photos are a click of the camera or two away from the photo of the same player on his '81 Fleer card, but still fun. PARALLEL CARDS: Carolina Blue, Orange, Silver, Red #/299, Blue #/199, Green #/99, Black Numbers #/98 or less, Purple #/49, Pink #/25, Black Trophy Club 1/1, Printing Plates 1/1. PARALLEL CARDS: Red #/250 or less, Holo Gold #/25 or less, Holo Black #/10 or less. It seemed like an epic cross country journey at the time for an 8 year old. The building is still a convenience store to this day but I haven't set foot in it since the early 80's. It was a big deal at the time. Similar to 2019, the 2020 Donruss Racing NASCAR checklist features a large base set broken down into multiple subsets. I appreciate that '81 Fleer Star Stickers have a full, 2 1/3-by-3 1/2 front and back with stats (the same stats that appear on the player's '81 Fleer card). They had Topps there, and later on that summer, the stickers and sticker albums. 2019 ... 2020-21 Donruss Basketball Checklist, Team Set Lists and Details ... March 1, 2021. I don't think I'm special in that way. Have You Heard? I didn't go there as much, so I didn't have as many Fleer and Donruss … Ryan Cracknell … Starting with 1979 Topps and continuing through 1981 Topps, Donruss and Fleer. That Luzinski is awesome, I don't think I have seen that one in many years if ever. The "Kards" didn't even refer to baseball cards, but rather to greeting cards, but they had baseball cards in with the candy and such, comic books, newspapers and magazines, all that kind of stuff. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner - Almost the Easiest Super Bowl Contest on the Web Finale!!!! They just had 1981 Topps. While high school classmates were quoting lines from Caddyshack and Stripes in the lunch room and on the school bus, I knew mostly Star Wars movies and E.T. The street it was on had this little hill on the sidewalk which seemed a lot steeper than it really is. Brings back memories of Shannondale Grocery, which was about 2 miles from our neighborhood. plus Rite Aid $4.99 repack "Jumbo Box" break, 2016-17 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey Review and Blaster Box Break, Trade with Gavin (Baseball Card Breakdown), Card of the Day - 2016 Topps Transcendent : Vin Scully Gold Framed Autograph (22/52) BGS Graded Gem Mint 9.5, 2017 Sainbury's Create the World Lego cards, Donruss 2017 Blaster and Some PC Additions, Ending The Maskarade And Beginning The Insanity, Talking Trades: These Cards Didn't Come with Bubblegum. 2020 Donruss Racing NASCAR Retail Wrapper Redemption. But I've gotten a lot farther on 2020 Heritage than I ever imaged at this time last year. SportsCardBlog.net - Sports Card Blog - Your #1 Resource Online For Sports Cards. We passed it on our way to the drug store. I've told the tale before, but I'll add a little more context this time. Mets Baseball Cards Like They Ought To Be! That's why stores everywhere should sell cards (well, maybe in the current atmosphere they may want to mull that over a bit). That's the way it's been when it comes to entertainment viewing for most of my life. Da next Koufax beleeeeeve it. CLEANING UP ONLINE DIME BOX CARD PURCHASES 4/4, Barrier Breakers: 1959 Pumpsie Green - Boston Red Sox. I've had these cards for at least 15 years yet just noticed this. Why are prices of 2018 Topps Update Baseball so high? Those are some favorites of mine from when I was collecting in the early '80s. Panini America officials recently sent out preliminary Product Information Solicitations for several exciting new products coming soon to a hobby shop or online retailer near you.Today, we’re sharing that same … It's one of Piazza's earliest cards, from 1990. This card put me four cards away from completing the non-short-printed portion of the set. That's what Monroe Market looks like now, a lot worse, eh? The best kind of cards I'll see this month... Hey. Monroe Market was a shorter walk, just four blocks away. Priced at $72 (SRP), Hobby boxes include one autograph and two relics. David Ortiz Relic, Patch, and Autograph Collection. 2, Vin Scully Bobblehead Now Available At BobblesGalore.com, Part 2 of the Chantilly Show Report (Baseball, Basketball and Football), Bowman Blue Wave Is Back With 2013 Bowman Baseball, The Pitch That Killed - The discussion continues. Fuji had an extra and he sent it off to me! December 9th is National Hobby Shop Day!! This box output matches the 2019 Donruss Racing release. Providing several different relic choices, Race Day Relics works in race-used fire suits, sheet metal and tire memorabilia. 5325 FAA Boulevard, Suite 100 Start your engines with 2020 Donruss Racing NASCAR. 2019 Topps Baseball All-Star Exclusives and Wrapper Redemption Cards. In 1981?!? When I discovered it was over 100 cards, I was floored. Aurelio Monteagudo – Why Does He Have a Card? I have always preferred stickers that are more like cards to stickers that are stickers and stickers alone. Everything was there, Donruss, Fleer and Topps. It was a very small store, so the owner would often catch us. What a difference a few years make. That's why it's taken me all these years to put my attention into them. When successful, this yields a five-card pack of Donruss Optic Red Mojo Prizms parallels. By 1982, my trips to Monroe Market and the drug store decreased a bit as I realized Donruss and Fleer were going to stay around for awhile and the dream of finishing all of them was unrealistic. In my continuing need to find all cards that feature the players from my younger days, I've targeted the '81 stickers lately and have just added a want list on the blog (I am also in the process of revising my want lists to make them easier to go through, that will take some time). The drug store is a few spots up, off the left-hand side of the picture. I got (stole mainly) my packs of bb cards from a convenience/jiffy store about 5 blocks away. Bassett & Co. Victoria Cross Heroes in … I remember when this Subway opened up on the corner. (And some faces! Among several new inserts, the 10-card Dominators works with Holographic, Cracked Ice and Xplosion parallels in Hobby boxes, as well as the retail-only Checkers version. I didn't go there as much, so I didn't have as many Fleer and Donruss that year. I saw them on the Game of the Week 40 years ago! Seemed like everyone had them. The chromium Optic line also contains Optic Autograph parallels. The store section was in the front part of the building facing the stop sign. 2010 Topps National Chicle Manny Ramirez (#307), 7. Taking years to land an MLB subscription was more of a cash-flow issue, but when I was younger, I'd miss out on the popular movies all the time because of a relatively sheltered existence. I can go to a discount store a couple of miles away in town and grab some 1988 Donruss packs (I think I can still do that, who knows with the hobby weirdness lately). I thought I was well-equipped. My favorite part of collecting cards doesn't have to do with collecting current players, rookie cards or prospecting. To this date, it is one of my all-time favorite rituals and one I remember most clearly. Major Releases ... 2018 Bowman's Best 2018 Donruss 2018 Donruss Optic 2018 Finest 2018 Leaf 2018 Leaf Best of Baseball 2018 Leaf Cut Signature History of Baseball Edition 2018 Leaf Premier Rookies 2018 Panini Chronicles ... 2018 Topps All-Star FanFest Wrapper Redemption 2018 Topps Bowman Holiday 2018 … But in 1981, two other card companies joined Topps and we wanted those cards, too. where is Max Muncy's Topps flagship card? Dodgers are still World Series champions! 2020 Donruss Racing NASCAR Base Parallels Breakdown. Exactly 40 years ago, I lived for a weekly ritual. A lot of collectors probably feel that way. The cards were displayed in the left front part of the store across from the checkout counter. Ben Franklin's had the rack packs for 99 cents. Dodgers in the postseason wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Collectors must submit 20 Retail wrappers and a check or money order for $4.95 to: Panini America The debuting Timeless Treasures Signatures and Timeless Treasures Materials Signatures sets opt for a retro design featuring top drivers. Slowly, over the years, I became aware of this set but it took me operating a blog to own some of the cards -- mostly Dodgers at first and then, sure, I'll take cards of some of those other guys. 2019 … And that's what I plan to do. They're more durable than your average sticker. Newest COMC Package - Including one of my holy grails! This box output matches the 2019 Donruss Racing release. For most of my childhood the main place I bought packs at was Kay's Kards in a strip mall on Vauxhall Road in Millburn, NJ. Hooks drugs. 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