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My Blog List
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three down, nine to go - some may be aware that i have a "most wanted" list of cards as part of my want list. it's been around since the summer of 2009, and has seen a number of ca...
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Collectors are 'free to be you and me' - Normally I disregard such things, but yesterday I was plowing through updating some of those insane back variations for my 1989 Donruss Dodgers. You k...
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Hitting Up eBay for a #/25! - Today, I'm pleased to show off a gorgeous new addition to my Barry Larkin Collection: That's the Orange parallel from the 1990 Topps Baseball 35th Annive...
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Blog Bat-Around: Junk Wax Favorites - Twenty months ago... way back in June of 2023... Night Owl wrote a post about his favorite baseball sets of the Junk Wax Era. As a collector who was heavy...
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154 - MIKE GREENWELL, RED SOX, OF - *The basics:* Mike Greenwell's lone appearance in the 1993 Upper Deck set after an injury-plagued 1992 season. *Card thoughts:* Looks to be a sunny da...
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Radness is Coming; A PWE Round-Up for Monday - *Look for a new contest sign-up next week! For now, let's check out some cards from plain white envelopes.* It's time to recap a few of the sneaky white ...
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My latest customs - The new printer has been working out pretty well other than sometimes having trouble getting on the Wi-Fi without turning it off-and-then-on-again. I owe...
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#102 UB40 (+ Neil Diamond bonus) - Seven guys from UB40 pose for a photo that would go on to be used on 1991 MusiCards #102. The two guys in the back seem to be standing in front of engra...
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Tom Silardi? A show recap. - The recent card show produced some pretty fun stuff. Here's a sampling:1 Beltre refractor, #d /660. This kind of card I would take all day long.2 Teddy ...
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About Me
- Rod (Padrographs)
- Portland, OR, United States
- 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.
Popular Posts
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It is less eleven months until Christmas 2019 and I am not sure that I will finish documenting all the packs from Christmas 2018 by then. ... -
As Jafronius pointed out the Whitson card he fits in the frame nicely. Trevor P dropped by to break the tie, so onto the next battle. It is... -
First off I managed to get my hands on some 2021 Topps. I thought Night Owl was employing some hyperbole when he was talking about how sm... -
I went sorting through my stuff today and sorting it. I found a bunch of stuff I thought you all might want. First come, first served. Plea... -
COMC came through earlier than projected. I received the last three cards for my 1965 Philadelphia Gum Football set yesterday. The third ... -
Well Fernando Tatis, Jr. won that round handily ten votes to five. He left a spring training game today with shoulder discomfort. Hopefull... -
I picked up three more 1963 Astronaut cards. I now have twelve of the fifty-five cards, 22% of the set. I am trying now to get the indi... -
I am making progress on my Astronauts set with help from Hockey Card World in Canada. I want to thanks Topps for putting the number on th...
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I took a break from the hobby when this stuff was released, so I never opened any back in the day. A few years later, I picked up an unopened box that I look forward to busting one of these days.
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