Making the Most of My Time

I was off work today so I started working on envelopes to send out.....

This is a nice mix of Super Traders, new trade partners and 3 international packages.  I have about 10 more that are close to being complete but I'm waiting on a few more cards to come in.

2010-11 Panini Timeless Treasures Quad Patch Devin Ebanks /10

I don't show much of my WVU basketball collection, but this card has nice visual appeal.  Plus I've been looking for it for quite sometime. This is a card that was on eBay for quite some time with the seller starting the auction at $24.99.  After several listings the seller finally lowered the price to a much more respectable amount of $11.  I was the only bidder.  

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Supertrader Box Break

As I said on my post Monday I ordered a box of 2015 Topps Supreme.  Supreme is one of those one pack, boom or bust type of products. While I would consider the box a bust, both cards are going to claimed teams.

Congrats to CaptKirk here. He is our designated Orioles collector.  Gausman has the high end prospect pedigree, but has yet to reach his potential. The Orioles are going to have to lean on him a lot this year.

Always happy to pull a card for my good buddy Kevin of Card Papoy fame. I actually think I may have traded him this card, but I guess you can never have too many Roberto Osuna autos.  In all seriousness he is a really good young pitcher, but doesn't get the press of Marcus Stroman or Aaron Sanchez. 

All in all not a very good box, but we at least hit claimed teams.  The 2015 Supreme set is actually very nice as both autos are on card.  

I have a few more things in mind for the group, but that will be down the road. My mission now is to send out a bunch of trade packages to all of you.  Time to get to work.

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Supertraders and Whales

Today I purchased a box of 2015 Topps Supreme for the Supertraders group. It will yield only a couple of cards but we have a decent chance of getting something worthwhile. Let's just hope we avoid the unclaimed teams. I ordered it from Steel City so I should have it by Wednesday.

I've been working on getting all my trade posts caught up.  I'm still sitting on 6 or 7 envelopes.  Off the top of my head I know I have stuff from Tony Burbs, Wes, Brian, Card Papoy, Nick and Jedi Jeff. Expect lots of trade posts this week.  

Tonight I will be attending the Big Monday game featuring WVU and Iowa State.  Should be a fun atmosphere as the 9pm games usually create a raucous atmosphere. 

Now for something I'm really excited about.  When I created my white whales list most of the cards featured were somewhat attainable and not priced out of this world. The one card on my list that I knew was going to be expensive and hard to find was the 2001 Topps Base Hit auto of former Pirate manager Gene Lamont.  

I'm not exactly sure how many of these are around, but I've only seen 2 on eBay in probably 5 years. 

2001 Topps Base Hit Gene Lamont Auto

Last week a seller put this on eBay as a BIN or best offer.  His buy it now price was a very reasonable $45. If I recall the last one I remember seeing on eBay sold for over $60. I was able to get the card for $38. Is that expensive for an obscure Pirates manager.....it sure is.  I was so excited to see the card I would have probably paid double. 

Another way this auto helped was that it allowed me to further my Pirate manager autograph collection. 

The Murtaugh is the prize of my collection. I'm not sure of any other certified autos since he passed away in the mid 70's. Neil Huntington is current GM of the Pirates. 

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