TCDB Completed Transactions #19 jlcre2003 and #20 MarcoD70

 As I was sorting some Upper Deck cards to load into TCDB as traders recently, I realized that I was only around 200 cards short of a complete 1989 set. I don't know how it came about that I accumulated so many of them, I'm sure I didn't rip all those packs, assuming they're not cheap with a chance to pull a Griffey rookie. Someone must have offloaded a big chunk of them to me. Since I had so many, I decided instead to keep them and trade other stuff for the rest (except for the Griffey most likely). Most of my recent trade returns have included '89 Upper Deck.

Trade #19 jlcre2003

The 1991 Topps dark logo is a team set variation that I like to collect.

Trade #20 MarcoD70

More '89 Upper Deck

'87 Fleer for the team set.

1989 Topps/LJN Baseball Talk

Such a cool oddball set. This is the first I have towards the team set.

And some more variations for these Company Store cards.

Junk Mall Junk Wax Wednesday

 Ripping a random pack of junk wax from the local junk mall.

1991 Upper Deck Comic Ball 2

A pack of 12 featuring Nolan Ryan and Reggie Jackson with a chance to pull a hologram card.

Wouldn't you know it didn't even pull a card with Nolan OR Reggie!

AND it's a pack with a dupe.

The card backs form puzzles of the all-stars. I've often toyed with the idea of included these puzzles with my Player and Angels team sets but haven't pulled the trigger on that idea yet.

TCDB Completed Transactions #17 Yankeefan714 and #18 ericcapemay

 #17 Yankeefan714

1984 Topps Stickers

For some stupid reason my mind tries to tell me these little stickers have a lesser value that a card, so I hesitate to do a 1-for-1 swap. There's no justification for that thought process though, they are every bit as collectible as a card. And still needed for the collection.

This trade had a small smackering of a bunch of my interests.

#18 ericcapemay

TCDB opens up a whole new world of access to O-Pee-Chee and Leaf cards.

TCDB Completed Transactions #15 Statsnerd, and #16 brianJ83

#15 Statsnerd

Needed another of these because many years ago I sent one out for an autograph and it never came back. One of several reasons why I no longer do TTMs.

I was fairly unfamiliar with those Score Rookie sets, I like the designs though.

Fleer Ultra didn't change all that much between 2004 and 2005.

#16 brianJ83

Pecking away at the 1989 Upper Deck master set.

You might have noticed that same checklist card in the last post. I also collect checklist sets, so one for the Angels team set, one for the checklist set.

TCDB Completed Transactions #13 wvcabo, #14 Killtaker

 #13

I suppose with all the trading going on through TCDB it's inevitable that every once in a while, someone will accidently send you a damaged card. Such is the case here. Fortunately, wvcabo is fixing the situation and sending me a replacement. And that's how trading should work. Kudos wvcabo.

The rest of the stuff was all great.

These are from a couple gap years when I wasn't collecting much. Nice to fill some in.

The '91 Classic Green are one of my favorite Classic designs, the '92 Classic draft one of my least favorite.

#14

It wasn't even a month ago that I pulled 2 stadium checklist cards from a pack of '94 Score and proclaimed that I wanted the subset, now here I am knocking out 14 more through a trade with Killtaker. I love that TCDB enables me to do that so easily.

I also picked up this 1991 Topps variation (MAJ. LEA. TOTALS in larger font).

I'm not into the myriad of A*, B* copyright variations but I thought that this different font size warranted attention.

Junk Mall Junk Wax Wednesday

 Ripping a random pack of junk wax from the local junk mall.

1990 Upper Deck Comic Ball

Pack of 12 cards with a chance to pull a Chuck Jones autograph, or a hologram card.

The initial release of the Comic Ball line.

One thing I never liked about these is that both sides are numbered.

Also, barely noticeable on some of the caps/jerseys is an MLB team logo.

This first set did not feature any major leaguers like the subsequent sets did.

Hey, I pulled an Elmer Fudd hologram, one of nine different holograms in the set.

(And it's already been traded!)

Again, noting the tiny MLB logos, you can see a partial C on Elmers cap, some will consider this a Cincinnati Reds card.

Would you include these in your team collection?

Nolan Ryan Binder Tour - 1990 Beckett

 Various clippings and odd keepsakes found in my Nolan Ryan Binder.

An ad page from the December 1990 issue of Beckett Monthly.

Nolan gets a two square appearance in his Rangers uniform. I can also pick out Patrick Ewing, Barry Sanders, Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, Gretzky, and Canseco. Not sure who the goalie might be. Any guesses?