Catching Up With This And That

Going through the stack of odd and ends accumulated over the last few weeks.

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2014 Bowman Platinum Toolsy Die-Cut TDC-CC

That's an extreme die-cut, right up there with 1996 Topps Laser.

Listia win.

2009 Upper Deck USA Baseball National Team USAB-RL

One more for the set.

Listia win.

1993 Score Gold Rush #319

Needed for the team set, but it's also a checklist.

Listia win.

1992 Megacards Babe Ruth Collection

Checkin It Off - completed checklist set.

Two separate Listia wins.

1980 Topps Hit To Win

Love these old scratch-offs.

Found this one searching through junk boxes at the LCS.

      

1998 Donruss Checklist 2 #167

Flipped this card horizontally and the checklist is upside down.

Printing error?  Can anyone verify this?

1991 Topps Archives 1953 Topps #283

Needed for the autograph set I'm working.

18 days from his home in Pittsburgh, PA.

He included a nice hand-written note and a signed personal card as well.

2015 Bowman Draft Picks DP67

14 days from the Arkansas Travelers.

2015 Bowman Prospects #BP90

14 days from the Arkansas Travelers.

1996 Score #23

Traded for on sportscollectors.net.

1992 Action Packed #30

Needed for the autograph set I'm working.

28 days and $5 from Irving, TX.

2014 Prizm #243

2014 Topps Finest #116

Another 2 rookie cards for the Jimmy Garoppolo Collection.

Separate wins on Listia.

1992 Game Day #128, #78

I normally wouldn't go for these over-size cards but the way they made the backround black-and-white, and used Patriots colors in the font...looks so cool.

Listia win.

Catching Up With This And That

Knocking out my stack of odds and ends that I've picked up or that came in the mail through trades or whatever.

1991 Topps Archives

Got these two autographed cards I got through a sportscollectors.net trade.

This is a set I've been working on to both complete and to get as many signed as I can.

2014 Elite Extra Edition #66

Jake signed my card sent to the Burlington Bees in 28 days.

2015 Topps Heritage #417

TTM to the Tacoma Rainiers (SEA AAA), Shawn signed my card in 25 days.

Shawn appeared in 11 games last year with the Halos.

2015 Topps Heritage #306

This ex-Angel signed my card sent to the Sacramento River Cats (SFG AAA) in 29 days.

2014 Bowman Draft Picks #DP12

Newcomb is still with the Angels.

Sent this TTM to the Burlington Bees and got it back in 12 days.

Got these Long Beach State Items via a trade on skednet.

2004 Pocket Schedule, 2014 Bookmark Schedule, Temporary Tattoo.

I graduated from CSULB, that's why.

1981 Fleer Baseball Stamps

I won these on Listia only because of the Angels logo stamp.

It originally was a long strip of probably 18 or so stamps.

But they got moisturized somewhere along the way so all the backs are stuck together.

That's okay.  I just separated this 3-stamp strip (with 3 more stuck to the backside) and rest went into the traders box.

Angels and Bees schedules from another trade.

And that's it for my This And That Stack for now.

The Little Stack Of Odds And Ends

Every so often I start a stack on my baseball hutch of cards that interest me, or are kinda curious, or just plain cool. This post with feature some of those cards. NO rhyme or reason, no order, just a bunch of random cards really.

1980 Topps Sweepstakes Card

I love my sweepstakes cards!

Got this one from a colleague I traded with, he included it with a bunch of 1979 and 1980 Topps cards he pulled towards the sets I'm collecting.

He was surprised when I showed how stoked I was to get it.

He said he'd look for more.

I'll have to remind him again to look because I DIG these.

1990 Topps Company Store/Sweepstakes Card

Yeah Buddy, another one!

Like all good Topps products, there are variations even in these sweepstakes cards.

This is a variation on the yellow and green box in the upper right.

There were a bunch of different Company Store cards inserted into packs.

I'm pretty sure that I have all of these, be looking for a post.

1998 Topps Checklist #503

I don't collect 1998 Topps other than the Angels in the set.

This is not an Angels team checklist.

I just thought that the black box in the upper right was really odd.

I first thought it was one of those magic heat sensitive spots but after holding my thumb down over it for a 30 count it didn't reveal anything underneath.

I held it up to the light, it's not glow in the dark.

You can barely see a baseball logo in the black.

Weird design.

1990 Fleer Checklist #655

Now this one IS an Angels checklist.

I was surprised that I didn't already have it.

Every time I come across a team checklist in the junk boxes, I pick it up.

Too many times I've thought I already had it when I actually didn't.

1983 Topps #449

Made a trade on sportscollectors.net for this Eddie Milner signed card.

I've completed the 1983 Topps set, now I'm going through and collecting as many of them autographed as I can.

1989 Pro Set Super Bowl XX

Up until 1989 the Patriots had only been in one Super Bowl.

This card commemorates that fateful day (see score).

Nice little addition to Patriots binder though.

And a sweet card.

That takes care of the current stack of random odds and ends.