Artie Wilson and Maurice Lucas both passed away yesterday. I have met both of them and spent a little bit of time with Artie. Artie Wilson was 90 and Maurice Lucas was 58. I will write more about them this evening.
Wow. <Mo was the first basketball player who I really thought was a tough guy (on the court at least). He seemed like one tough dude. I later found out he was, but he was also one great guy off court. Too young, so sad.
I won't find these at my local show
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Car problems again, guys. Same car, too. This is the third time I've had my
vehicle in the shop this year and the timing, while never good, sucks for
t...
TTM Success - Evan Gattis
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Here is another fairly recent player who I discovered (via Gerard, I think)
was signing TTM. Evan Gattis signed this 2018 Topps for me and it turned
out n...
making good use of show time
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i was fortunate to have the monthly twin cities collector club show come to
my neck of the woods in july, otherwise i would not have been able to
attend. a...
252 - WALLY JOYNER, ROYALS, 1B
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*The basics:* Wally Joyner appears for the second time in the 1993 Upper
Deck set. He was part of the Teammates subset back on card No. 54 with
George B...
Good Luck Ducks, Week 1: Student Orientation
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*Oregon begins another season with big expectations and dreams.*
A new college football season is upon us once again! Dan Lanning begins his
5th (!) seas...
SAGE WORKING WITH DAD ON THE BLOG
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Well the secret is out I guess this is my collecting
partner in crime & my blog writer. For those who read my blog you are
famil...
The Struggle is Real
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*Anyone else struggling to comment on blog posts?*
I've tried to comment on several blogs this morning and every time I get
the "Publishing..." box witho...
ORANGE you VLAD I didn't forget this quest?
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Years ago, I decided I might like to give a shot at rainbowing Vladimir
Guerrero, Sr.'s last playing-days flagship Topps card, a "highlights"
checklist f...
You Lost WHAT?
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It's not an adventure unless something goes wrong. With all due respect to
whoever said that, they didn't have a Babe Ruth card at stake.
#122-126 M.C. Hammer
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Today we've got another member in the "Five Timers" club-- 5 being the max
number of first series cards that Pro Set gave any particular artist. Acts
we'...
Hall of Fame and Hall of ... Mirrors?
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OK, I didn't have a good way to tie these cards together with a nice
title, but I tried. But I am giving them away!!First up is a strange card
of recent ...
I am a Navy brat who went to 10 schools in 12 years in 4 different states. I have lived in 7 different states. I read two or 3 books a week. I manage a used bookstore for the county library system.
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Wow. <Mo was the first basketball player who I really thought was a tough guy (on the court at least). He seemed like one tough dude. I later found out he was, but he was also one great guy off court. Too young, so sad.
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