30 Day Baseball Card Challenge

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Friday, March 23, 2012

One down... one to go!

Are you a member of the Card Collectors World Forum? If not, then I encourage you to head over to their site and sign up. They have really cool contests, but better than that... you have the opportunity to meet other collectors who want to trade and/or talk about cardboard.

I've met a ton of cool collectors on their site... and ocanseco55 is one of them. He's a CCW forum moderator and a huge cardboard collector of the Canseco twins. Recently, he read about my Blog Trade with Starting Nine, which landed me this sweet Steve Carlton rookie card:


And he offered to help me out with my "Lefty Project" by sending me one of the two cards remaining on my Steve Carlton wantlist:


It's his 1987 Topps Traded #T19... which features him in his Cleveland Indians uniform. Doesn't it look awesome next to all of his Carlton cardboard colleagues:


Now... if I can only find a reasonably priced 1972 Topps Traded #751, then I can finally wrap up this particular project.

Thanks ocanseco55! Your generosity is much appreciated.

Happy Friday everyone... and sayonara!
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9 comments:

  1. MartynMarch 23, 2012 at 3:30 PM

    Cool, Tried a cheeky offer on comc fot the 72, will let you know!

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  2. FujiMarch 23, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    Thanks Martyn. I've looked over there before, but I'm not willing to spend more than $10 shipped... since I've seen them sell for between $6 and $8 on eBay before.

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  3. MartynMarch 23, 2012 at 5:29 PM

    got $7.50

    do you want me to get it shipped to me, then you or do you want to buy it off me direct from COMC?

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    1. FujiMarch 23, 2012 at 7:05 PM

      I'll pick it up from you off of COMC. Thanks buddy... I really appreciate you helping me out.

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  4. Collective TrollMarch 23, 2012 at 7:32 PM

    Nice pick up! One of the greatest cards in the world!!!
    Yer copy is WAY nicer than mine, too. Congrats!

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    1. FujiMarch 23, 2012 at 7:36 PM

      Thanks! I'm assuming you're talking about the rookie card. If it didn't have that giant whateveryoucallit on the top edge, it would grade pretty high. But with this particular PC, grade isn't of much importance to me.

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  5. MartynMarch 24, 2012 at 7:07 AM

    Can't wait to see the full set when the 72 Traded Arrives!

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    1. FujiMarch 24, 2012 at 7:09 AM

      Just noticed you accepted the offer... It's officially mine! Thanks a lot for finding one for me. Only downside is I don't have many cards in my portfolio... so unless I buy a bunch of singles this weekend, I probably won't have anything shipped to me for at least a couple of weeks.

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  6. MartynMarch 24, 2012 at 8:49 AM

    I have a about 1,000 cards to chose from and will give you my best prices!

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