mealeworm
Bench Warmer
Hello All.
I just wanted to introduce myself and tell you a bit about my cardboard journey. My name is Dave and I live in the Cincinnati area. I have been collecting cards on and off my entire life, with the majority of my collection being baseball. Some time in early 2000s, I was introduced to graded cards and it changed the way I collected. I spent the better part of two decades building several 50s era PSA graded sets. I spent the majority of my time on the PSA forum- ironically under the same user name. I made some incredible purchases and sales, as well as some true friends along the way. I don't frequent that site much anymore, but enjoyed my time there tremendously.
Fast forward to present day.
The kids are grown and have moved away, collecting isn't priority, and I still haven't completed my MAIN goal set- 1957 Topps Baseball all PSA graded. I am really close as I only need the Mantle. Sadly, I have only needed one card for around 10 years. I no longer have the interest or desire to chase submissions or set registries. I do think its time to get that last card and close out the 1957 set. So I have set out with a plan to sell off a ton of random slabs and packs and whatever else I have accumulated over the years to help off set the cost of that Mantle. I spent a week going through the old card room cleaning and sorting and figuring out what a mess I created over the years. That's when I saw the Allen and Ginter cards (2006-2012) that my two boys and I collected. I even found my old needs list tucked in a box of random minis. I instantly thought to myself that this is perfect timing. Jump back in the hobby complete some old A&G sets and give them to the kids and free up a ton of space. Get back into the hobby and get your feet wet again and gauge the landscape and then make your big purchase. I will likely get my eBay account back up and running and slowly start getting rid of the clutter.
But in the short term....
Who wants to trade some Allen and Ginter?
Here is my list of needs. I haven't progressed enough to have a full duplicate list, but its a lot of 2007-2009 base and mini and relics. I think I have several duplicate base sets for those years as well as minis
2007 Allen and Ginter
Mini A&G back 1-350 (Need 50,107,119,130,210,316,319,320,321,336)
2008 Allen and Ginter
Mini A&G back 1-350 (Need 25,173,301,303,307,308,311,312,313, 324,334,338,342,348)
2009 Mini
Mini Creatures of Legend, Myth & Terror LMT1-LMT20 (Need 9,10,20)
Mini Black 1-350 (Need 83,282,301,306,309,314,319,323,328,341)
TIA Dave
I just wanted to introduce myself and tell you a bit about my cardboard journey. My name is Dave and I live in the Cincinnati area. I have been collecting cards on and off my entire life, with the majority of my collection being baseball. Some time in early 2000s, I was introduced to graded cards and it changed the way I collected. I spent the better part of two decades building several 50s era PSA graded sets. I spent the majority of my time on the PSA forum- ironically under the same user name. I made some incredible purchases and sales, as well as some true friends along the way. I don't frequent that site much anymore, but enjoyed my time there tremendously.
Fast forward to present day.
The kids are grown and have moved away, collecting isn't priority, and I still haven't completed my MAIN goal set- 1957 Topps Baseball all PSA graded. I am really close as I only need the Mantle. Sadly, I have only needed one card for around 10 years. I no longer have the interest or desire to chase submissions or set registries. I do think its time to get that last card and close out the 1957 set. So I have set out with a plan to sell off a ton of random slabs and packs and whatever else I have accumulated over the years to help off set the cost of that Mantle. I spent a week going through the old card room cleaning and sorting and figuring out what a mess I created over the years. That's when I saw the Allen and Ginter cards (2006-2012) that my two boys and I collected. I even found my old needs list tucked in a box of random minis. I instantly thought to myself that this is perfect timing. Jump back in the hobby complete some old A&G sets and give them to the kids and free up a ton of space. Get back into the hobby and get your feet wet again and gauge the landscape and then make your big purchase. I will likely get my eBay account back up and running and slowly start getting rid of the clutter.
But in the short term....
Who wants to trade some Allen and Ginter?
Here is my list of needs. I haven't progressed enough to have a full duplicate list, but its a lot of 2007-2009 base and mini and relics. I think I have several duplicate base sets for those years as well as minis
2007 Allen and Ginter
Mini A&G back 1-350 (Need 50,107,119,130,210,316,319,320,321,336)
2008 Allen and Ginter
Mini A&G back 1-350 (Need 25,173,301,303,307,308,311,312,313, 324,334,338,342,348)
2009 Mini
Mini Creatures of Legend, Myth & Terror LMT1-LMT20 (Need 9,10,20)
Mini Black 1-350 (Need 83,282,301,306,309,314,319,323,328,341)
TIA Dave
