Last Call for Basketball

Howdy all,

This is the last call for basketball cards.  If you are a team or player collector, please head over here to see what is still for trade:
http://royalsandrandoms.blogspot.com/2012/05/does-anybody-collect-basketball-cards.html

I have finished sorting all the commons into teams, so anyone who wants to trade for a team will get a pretty nice-sized stack. If you already commented on the previous post or emailed me, your stuff is in the packing process.

Lots of guys still available:  Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Yao Ming, Patrick Ewing, Tracy McGrady, etc.
Most teams' commons are still available, too.

Respond by the end of this week (Saturday 5/19), or else it will be gone to Craigslist.

Does Anybody Collect Basketball Cards?

UPDATE:  (6/20/2012) All of the base cards were given away free on craigslist. Two 11-year-old boys came with their Dad to pick them up.  They were very excited.  :-)  I think all those cards found a good home.


Dwight Howard - SPXcitement



I need to get rid of my basketball cards.

As I've mentioned before, I love buying card lots on Craigslist and at Garage Sales.  You get a lot of variety that way, and it's fun to sort through them and see what you got.  However, with that variety, you find that there will be stuff that does not suit your collecting goals, and it just ends up taking up valuable space.  That is where I am with basketball cards.  I have not paid attention to the NBA in years (since the early 90s), so the whole thing doesn't do much for me anymore.  My focus is narrowing to certain players (as seen on the sidebar to the right--->), so anything I have bought in these lots that is basketball needs to go. 



Lebron James - Phenomenal Beginning - 2003-04

I WANT TO TRADE THESE TO YOU.  I have pulled out all the "stars" (or at least those I considered to be stars) and serial-numbered cards and listed them below.  If you are a player-collector, LET ME KNOW.  I also have several boxes of mid-level players/commons.  If you are a team collector, HIT ME UP.  I'd be happy to sort through and pull out all the Denver Nuggets or Philadelphia 76ers (for example).  If you collect guys from a certain college....give me a list of names and I'll take a gander for you.  These mostly range from the early 90s through about 2007.  It is primarily base cards, but there are some inserts and serial numbered ones, too.  No relics/autos here. 

Allan Houston - Topps Chrome Black Refractor

Here's the list of stars along with the # of cards I have for each one.  If you want more information on what I have for a particular player, let me know.  None of these are high-dollar cards, but there are some with  COMC prices of $2-$5, so it's not all junk.  I would love to get KC Royals back in trade.  If that's not possible, I would take football or any of the basketball players shown in my want-lists.  If you wanted to do Paypal to cover shipping/supplies instead of a trade, we could probably work that out, too. Anything not spoken for will be disposed of in some as-yet-undetermined fashion. 

First Name	Last Name	# of Cards	Notes
Kareem	Abdul-Jabbar	1
Shareef	Abdur-Rahim	12
Ray	Allen	15
Tony	Allen	1	incl.1 SN#
Carmelo	Anthony	7
Gilbert	Arenas	8
Ron	Artest	10
William	Avery	1	incl.1 SN#
Charles	Barkley	8
Shane	Battier	9
Mike	Bibby	16
Chauncey	Billups	8
Larry	Bird	1
Andrew	Bogut	2
Carlos	Boozer	1
Chris	Bosh	7
Elton	Brand	12
Kobe	Bryant	5
Marcus	Camby	1
Vince	Carter	13
Sam	Cassell	3
Derrick	Coleman	3
Sasha	Danilovic	1	Sticker
Baron	Davis	14
Vlade	Divac	2
Clyde	Drexler	7
Joe	Dumars	5
Tim	Duncan	9
Mike	Dunleavy, Jr.	7
Patrick	Ewing	13
Michael	Finley	4	incl.1 SN#
Derek	Fisher	5
Steve	Francis	10
Walt	Frazier	1	incl.1 SN#
Kevin	Garnett	16
Pau	Gasol	15
Manu	Ginobili	14
Drew	Gooden	3
Anfernee / "Penny"	Hardaway	10
Tim	Hardaway	9
Grant	Hill	19
Kirk	Hinrich	2
Allan	Houston	12	incl.1 SN#
Dwight	Howard	5	incl.1 SN#
Juwan	Howard	3
Kris	Humphries	1
Zydrunas	Ilgauskas	2	incl.1 SN#
Allen	Iverson	10
Jim	Jackson	5
Lebron	James	6	+ Opened "Phenomenal Beginning" Box Set
Antawn	Jamison	4
Marko	Jaric	2	incl.1 SN#
Richard	Jefferson	13
Joe	Johnson	13
Larry	Johnson	15
Kevin	Johnson	14
Magic	Johnson	2
Michael	Jordan	13
Shawn	Kemp	16
Jason	Kidd	15
Andrei	Kirilenko	12
Toni	Kukoc	18
Christian	Laettner	3
Dan	Majerle	3
Karl	Malone	10
Moses	Malone	2
Stephon	Marbury	15
Shawn	Marion	4
Kenyon	Martin	15
Jamal	Mashburn	5
Tracy	McGrady	11
Darius	Miles	3	incl.2 SN#
Reggie	Miller	10
Andre	Miller	1
Yao	Ming	12
Eric	Montross	3
Alonzo	Mourning	25
Chris	Mullin	11
Dikembe	Mutombo	13
Steve	Nash	2
Dirk	Nowitzki	8
Lamar	Odom	9
Hakeem	Olajuwon	12
Shaquille	O'Neal	15
Jermaine	O'Neil	14
Robert	Parish	3
Tony	Parker	18
Chris	Paul	3
Gary	Payton	20
Paul	Pierce	13
Scottie	Pippen	17
Michael	Redd	16
Mitch	Richmond	9
Glenn	Robinson	3
Dennis	Rodman	5
Detlef	Schrempf	3
Steve	Smith	3
Latrell	Sprewell	3
John	Stockton	15
Peja	Stojakovic	18
Isiah	Thomas	2
Nick	Van Exel	3
Keith	Van Horn	5
Dwyane	Wade	9
Antoine	Walker	3
Rasheed	Wallace	4
Ben	Wallace	1	incl.1 SN#
Chris	Webber	25
Delonte	West	2	incl.1 SN#
Dominique	Wilkins	7
Deron	Williams	2
James	Worthy	2

Teams Claimed
Chicago Bulls
Charlotte Hornets/Bobcats
Miami Heat

Teams Available
Everybody Else

Shameless Begging and the Generosity of Bloggers

Last month, Brian from Play at the Plate was running a contest -- it was a Pack Wars that I ALMOST WON.    1 point too little = No prize for me. I tried to make a little joke at my expense inquiring about when I would be getting my (non-existent) 2nd place prize.

Fast forward a week, and a little yellow envelope appears in my box.  Opening it, I found the attached note.

What's this????  By whining (or begging) I can get sweet free things given to me?!?!  How can I incorporate this into my everyday life?  Brian, you realize this just reinforces bad behaviors, right?  :-)  I should go whine to someone else...maybe I will start by annoying my wife.

 

Here's what he sent....Brian sent some packs of 2012 Topps Stickers my way.  Let's crack them open...maybe there's ROYALS (I know that's what you all want to see).

None there.

None there, either!  I guess these packs cannot be saved.   Wait....what's this in the bottom...inside a toploader?  

2012 Topps Stickers Mike Moustakas and Luke Hochevar

ROYALS!!!!  People like tossing in Moustakas Stickers for me (and I like getting them). 

Thanks again, Brian.  I know who to bother next time I want to win something.  :-)

Burgeoning

burgeoningpresent participle of bur·geon (Verb)

Verb:

Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish: Put forth young shoots; bud.

My Royals collection is big, but the rest of my collections are still burgeoning.  I picked up these two guys for free off Listia.

For the Kickers/Punters collection:

Bob Scarpitto - 1968 Topps Football - #147

 For the Iowa State Basketball collection:

Kelvin Cato - 1998-1999 Topps - # 61

Slow and steady, good sir.  Slow and steady.

Drew Brees and the Eyes of the Owl

(I am WAY behind on trade package postings and purchases...this one is two months old.  Apologies to everyone who has been sending me good stuff.  I'm working on the backlog now.)

2010 Allen and Ginter # 287 - Drew Brees

Sometimes you get something good, and then it keeps getting better.

I have had a good relationship with Night Owl.  I love his blog, and had already made a trade with him earlier.  Awhile back I posted my Dodgers Trade Bait, and he responded that he wanted the Chad Billingsley relic that I had received in Spankee's group break.  I sent that out to him along with a bunch of other stuff off his wantlist.  He fired a package back at me containing some great cards, including the Drew Brees above!  That was #1 on my Most-Wanted List!  Now I've got it -- lovin' it.

Here's a sampling of the stuff he sent me:

A Sweeney, a UL, and LOOK at that soup-strainer on Dennis Leonard.  That is STRONG.  He reminds me of my old engineering professor... 

Erik Antonsson - Not a Baseball Player

Orel Hershiser

Some cool Orel Hershisers found their way in.  The Fleer has a good texture to it.  I remember buying some packs of Topps Kids in my youth.  They were cheap and fun.  Just like Donruss Triple Play.

The sizing was all over the place here.  I was so confused.  Wilson Betemit was normal-sized, but very COGNAC-y.  Nelson Briles was a 1975 mini.  George Brett was WAY too big for his britches.  Seriously...his britches were a really odd size.

All that stuff was great.  It was a good trade -- some Dodgers were sent and some Royals received -- what more could I ask for?

A week later, I got another envelope from him...a little "something extra" to say thanks.  Oh yeah, his little extras are #'d to 50... :-)

2002 Fleer Hot Materials - Mike Sweeney relic - HM-MS - #27/50

What a guy.  Night Owl, that is.  Although Sweeney is cool, too.

What to do with a Sealed Box?

1990 Upper Deck Wax Box

What do I do with this?

This is a sealed box of 1990 Upper Deck (low #).  I bought it at a garage sale for around $3.  Why??  I have no idea.  I thought it would be fun.

I want that Bo Jackson card there on the box.  That's the only card I REALLY want out of here.  There are 4 other cards (Royals or Hershiser) that I still need, but am not desperate for. 

I COULD just open all the packs, but I don't want 300+ random commons to deal with. And I'm not even guaranteed to get the Bo!

Does anyone else have "needs" from this set?  Sammy  Sosa rookie, maybe?  Team collectors?

Should I try to re-sell it at another garage sale?

Should I open until I find the Bo, then throw away the rest? :-)

WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THIS?

Garvey Sweeney Russell Lincoln

I made lots of trades in January/February.  Then everything went bananas and I didn't post a thing about any of them.

So here is the first of several of these trades.  I posted a bunch of Dodgers stuff back then, and Jim of Garvey Cey Russell Lopes contacted me about several of them.  He looked at my want-list and sent me a small BOX of stuff. 

It was mostly Royals (naturally) -- here were some of my favorites:

Mike Macfarlane with a Play at the Plate.  Vince Coleman romancing his bat.

Heads.  Lots of  Royals heads.  Hey -- lookie there!  More Macfarlane!!  He's pointing the way to the Playoffs.  Not really.  The Royals don't make the Playoffs.

Here's a gold Randa and a wrinkled Brett.  "Gold Randa" sounds like a good name for a Private Eye.  Maybe I'll write a book starring him.  The title of the first novel will be "The Case of Gold Randa and the Wrinkled Bretts."

I like the 1987 Donruss design for some reason.  And the Carrasco is a weird dot-matrix serial-number. 

Here is a sampling of the stuff from Upper Deck - A Piece of History:

Misters Lincoln and Ponce De Leon.  Apparently the Spanish had gained colorization technology a few centuries before the Americans did.

Pink submarines and a turkey.  That's the history of America in a nutshell.

Jim threw in one more thing that I found to be....AWESOME.

2000 Stadium Club - Mike Sweeney Relic - #SCS5

That's my third Mike Sweeney relic, and I am happy to add it to my collection!

Thanks so much, Jim!

(He already posted the stuff that I sent him HERE and HERE)