Been Listia-ing Again

It had been over a year since I had been on Listia, buying or selling, but at the start of this year I revisited it and found that there's still some pretty cool stuff to be had. And I have lots of pretty cool stuff to sell, so it all works out. Here's what I've won the last several months.

1993 Spectrum Nolan Ryan 10 Promotional

This is the first item I won. This Nolan Ryan 10 set comes in various forms: Base, Gold Signature, Promotional, Career Records Promotional, Gold Signature Career Records Promotional. Sheesh.

1995 Classic 5 Sport #115

1967 Topps #454b (no left ear)

Checklist variation. The "a" version shows Marichal's left ear.

1968 Topps #454a (neck chain shows)

Another variation. Version "b" has Robinson's face cropped a little tighter, so you don't see the chain around his neck.

1964 Topps #517b (correct numbering on back)

The other version has the numbers all screwed up on the back.

2007 Topps Moments and Milestones

I just lost out on a second lot of these numbered cards, I got out bid, would have liked to have had them.

1985 Donruss Action All-Stars #39

I won this card, but the seller accidentally sent this one:

1993 Upper Deck Jackson Heroes Jumbo #7, 04969/10000

He said to just keep it, but I needed this anyhow, so I arranged to get him the credits for it too, since he was so cool about it.

One Page of Paul Foytack

This series will highlight "one page" at a time from my binder of correspondence and autographs from former Angels and Patriots.

I wrote Paul Foytack twice: the first time I didn't have a card for him to sign, but he graciously wrote me a nice letter. The second time I was able to include a couple cards as well as a few questions.

Paul Foytack RHP Los Angeles Angels 1963-1964

First time correspondence received prior to 2005.

Second correspondence received August, 2010.

Foytack was already in his 10th season when he was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Frank Kostro to the Angels for George Thomas and cash in June 1963. He went 5-5 with 3.71 ERA for the Angels the rest of that season. But after a rocky start to 1964 he was released by the Angels, played out the year in the minors, and spend part of 1965 playing in Japan finishing out his career.

A Car And A Card

When I posted recently about the model kits I had built in the last 18 months or so, I left one out. Since I'm a completest I wanted to show it to you, but with a sports card theme, since this is my sports card blog and I don't have a blog for my models.

I finished this Monogram '29 Ford Roadster Pickup kit for an Instagram build-off last year. I modified it with period wheels and a Chevy hood.

I tried to pick out a baseball card that matched the color of the kit, obviously my first thought was of the Pirates. I also remembered that '87 Donruss was a black-bordered set. And I wanted a card with a player wearing mostly black but with some obvious yellow. This Junior Ortiz card fit all the criteria.

So there you have it, A Car And A Card.

Hey, maybe I'll make this a regular topic!

Trade Catch Up

PWE's were a'flyin' the first quarter of this year! Off to a great start. I want to give a shout-out to those I've traded with, but this will be a quick hit because I need to get caught up in a big way.

Cards As I See Them (GCRL)

Jim hit up my want lists because I need every one of these. As you can tell Jim is a Dodgers collector, these probably came from his dupes box I'm sure. I just need one more to finish that World Series ticket sweepstakes set.

Baseball Card Breakdown

It has probably been over a year since I received my last Mike Napoli in a trade. Glad to see his face again and on a nice numbered 026/150. That Erstad is even tougher at 06/55 and possibly my lowest numbered ever.

Gavin also threw in a couple customs. The Reggie is cool because its stamped DRAFT on the front, and CONFIDENTIAL on the back! Love it!

 The Diamond King

Another numbered Erstad and a really nice 14/25 Orange Chrome parallel.

I actually got two envelopes from Kevin, the second had these Fleer Logo Sticker variations I needed.

 Highly Subjective and Completely Arbitrary

2011 Bowman Sterling Prospects Autograph BSP-CCR

Brian parted with this nice auto card of big CJ Cron; I wish he would have been able to stick with the Angels.

Wax Pack Wonders

Word is already out about the new blog in town, and it looks like Jeff has some of those old stamps to use up. Glad he did on me.

All PC needs.

And Salmon needs.

Most of you threw these away, but I collect them. And believe it or not, there are tons of variations in a lot of these. So glad to have them.

Thanks everyone!

I Had The Nomo's Sushi Platter, And I Was Not Disappointed

Guess who I heard from?

Michael of Nomo's Sushi Platter reached out to me asking about my autographed cards for sale, and mentioning that he's downsizing and needed to off-load a bunch of Angels. I said I'd take them, but not before I said "Hey! How are you Man?" (its been 5 years since he last posted).

Downsizing sounded like an understatement, because then he said he was only collecting Nomo, Mondesi, Piazza, Ethier and Kemp. I don't think that means he's dumping everything but those 5 guys, but that's a pretty focused collection.

Well, I got a box of cards in the mail last week:

Wasn't expecting that!

That's an off-loading of Angels for sure.

I picked out some of my faves.

2004 SPx SPXciting Rookies  Jersey/Autograph #201, 723/799

2005 Zenith Z-Bats ZB-34

2008 UD Timeline Autographs #101

2009 TriStar Projections Autographs #146

Just the other I was reliving via Youtube, the steamrolling cheap-shot Wilson took at the plate from that jack-wad Mark Teixiera in 2010. Can't stand the guy.

The Finley has to be an IP, because I'm pretty sure he NEVER signs through the mail. Gary Matthews is hit and miss TTM. Glad to have these both.

2002 UD 40 Man Gargantuan Gear Jersey G-AS

2005 Donruss Throwback Threads Bat #212, 219/250

Tim Salmon 5-years apart and exactly the same swing.

2003 Fleer Platinum Heart of the Order #7

Gets my vote for a creepy card, look at Troy Glaus.

Also bothers me that the batting order is Erstad, Glaus, Anderson, but the photos are Glaus, Anderson, Erstad. Fleer has them batting out of order!

2012 Topps Gold #597

Ah, one of my favorite Angels cards, and favorite of Hank Conger.

Just look at that. It's awesome.

Great hearing from you Michael, thanks for thinking of me.

You'll probably be receiving just about every Nomo, Mondesi, Piazza, Ethier and Kemp I own. 

I need to downsize too!

TTM Return From Cliff Pennington

2017 Topps Heritage #299

Mailed this to the Reds Spring Training on Feb 20, 2018 and just got it back for an 808 day turnaround. I hardly mail anything to ST anymore, in fact I don't mail out much at all anymore. I was getting less and less returns, especially from ST, so I mailed only 1 this year, and didn't mail any to ST in 2019.

The Pennington return is only my 3rd return from 12 that I sent to ST in 2018.

For me, at least, TTMs just aren't what they used to be.

A Cracked Hemorrhage

Eww! That does not sound good.

Getting caught up on trade posts, however, from Julie at A Cracked Bat, and Jay of Card Hemorrhage.

First up, cards from A Cracked Bat.

2018 Topps Heritage Buybacks

That's a beauty. I'm not able to plunk down dough to go and chase these 50th Anniversary Topps Angels, but man I sure love getting them. I think this is one of the best ideas Topps ever had.

2017 Topps Rediscover Topps

Still cool, but not as cool as the 50th Anniversaries.

I love that Headliners card, look at the power in the guys lower body.

These really did me in. I love the Power-up Scratch-offs and Sports Nut cards but haven't pulled the trigger yet on adding them to my want list. The want list has exploded the last several months with newly discovered sweepstakes/game/info/etc. card sets.

Alas, I will cave, and add them to the Wants.

Thanks Julie!

Next up are SOME of the cards that came from Jay.

1986 Donruss #108

Jay sent a big stack of Angels cards, but I was most drawn to this one of Brian Downing still sporting a mop-top haircut. Downing is in one of my favorite all-time Angels.

Jay knows I like checklists, and he included a bunch of team checklists. Kinda miffed with Heritage though. Seriously you can only fit 14-18 names on a card? That's a bit of an overreach to increase the number of cards in a set.

2015 Stadium Club #4

I'm enjoying dugout team shots more and more, and this one is really nice. I enjoy scanning who is in the shot, trying to name them all. It's a fun game to play.

Great stuff Jay, thank you as well!