tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78716514964927660842024-03-16T15:36:21.215-07:00The Diamond KingThe Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.comBlogger625125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-81588898866509127622024-03-09T14:13:00.000-08:002024-03-09T14:13:43.430-08:00Unpacking finds Unpacking all my cards and slowly reorganizing them has been kind of fun. I've poked my nose in corners of my collections that I haven't been in for a while. I have found cards I thought I had lost, and cards that I don't really need. I am sure anyone who has collected knows those feelings.***Skip this part if you just want to see the cards, just scroll down to the break!!The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-27173382322108427742024-03-05T11:00:00.000-08:002024-03-05T11:00:00.139-08:00Unusual pickupsI am still trying to get back into the swing of things. Getting my cards unpacked after my recent move has been really slow. The move didn't keep me from hitting a couple of card shows while all packed up though. The shows haven't been great lately. But still worth going to. As usual, I stay in the cheap boxes mostly. Here are a few unusual pickups I have made The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-12237947468233955032024-02-23T17:53:00.000-08:002024-02-23T17:53:39.703-08:00Winner of the third cheapie hunt Thanks so much to the people who entered the little card show contest! This will be a super quick post to randomize and select the winner.As I said in the original post, I will take the entries and randomize them three times. Here are the results:Original list:First randomization:Second randomization:Third randomization:And the winner is defgav!!!Looks like I will be searching The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-81124108833797582332024-02-23T06:55:00.000-08:002024-02-23T10:26:22.577-08:00From the grave - and cheapiesThere are a couple of good reasons that I haven't posted in a looong time. If I get the energy, I will do a post about that soon. But in the meantime, please do not send me any cards to the address many of you have. I have moved!!!! If you need my address, ping me. I will get around to sending it out to previous trade partners sometime...And since that is lame The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-72773292726652337352023-11-02T10:30:00.001-07:002023-11-02T10:30:00.141-07:00Recommendation - Yogi First, since this is a card blog, here are all of my Yogi Berra cards:How about that 1953 Bowman Color?? I love finding beat up old cards like that, only way they fall into my price range.And the reason for Berra cards today, is that I watched the new documentary on Netflix called "It Ain't Over", about one Lawrence Peter Berra.If you read this humble blog very often, you may know The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-79040384810625388352023-10-30T11:30:00.004-07:002023-10-30T11:30:00.138-07:00Quirky Show Pickups Well it looks like whatever Blogger was doing to keep my posts from getting seen is over, thank you to those who provided me some feedback. Back to the normal...The cheap boxes were not overly kind at my most recent show. I think the dealers in my area are either running out of stuff I like, or just putting it in the more expensive boxes. But I will stick to my strategy for now!The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-5451575926832913652023-10-27T16:30:00.001-07:002023-10-27T16:30:00.158-07:00Another try... I am still not getting any page views on my recent posts. I have posted a few times, but nobody ends up visiting. It is definitely viewable on my site, but it didn't show up on anyone's blogroll, which is how I seem to get all my traffic.Anyway, if you see this post, let me know. I have some stuff I want to show/do/give away, but until I know the blog is 'working', I am The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-1145473887731682192023-10-22T10:00:00.001-07:002023-10-22T10:00:00.142-07:00Anyone hear me? Hey, just testing blogger. I posted a post earlier this week and it never got viewed. So I posted it again. Nothing. And over and over. It is definitely viewable on my site, but it didn't show up on anyone's blogroll, and the only person who visited it was someone who I told specifically about it. The post is here if you care.Anyway, if you see this post,The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-40200555080077201702023-10-20T16:30:00.001-07:002023-10-20T16:30:00.143-07:00Quick Gwynns from Rod! ***This is the 5th time I have tried to publish this post. Each time I try, it does not show up on anyone's blogrolls and I don't get any pageviews. Trying again....Real life blogger meetups are extremely rare for me. I don't want to list the two I remember for fear of offending someone who I forgot, but even if it is more than two, I have been blogging (off and on) for The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-11252036469324785642023-10-12T17:03:00.006-07:002023-10-12T17:03:56.108-07:00Winner of the 2nd Cheapie Hunt Thanks so much to all the people who entered the little card show contest! Super quick post to randomize and select the winner.As I said in the original post, I will take the entries and randomize them three times. Here are the results:Original list:First randomization:Second randomization:Third randomization:And the winner is Chris!!!Looks like I will be searching the cheap The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-74736562072457262023-10-10T06:59:00.000-07:002023-10-10T06:59:07.202-07:00Card show cheapies for someone - part 2 We did this once before and it was fun! I didn't find AWESOME stuff for the winner, but decent stuff...So here's the deal:I'm heading to a card show this coming Saturday (Oct. 14th), and if you are lucky, it might benefit you! This is a quick little giveaway with a prize that might be good, or might be bad, it depends on the cheap boxes at the show! Here's how it works:To The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-49390847097267333712023-10-04T07:00:00.001-07:002023-10-04T07:00:00.150-07:00Back to the shows - Stained Glass edition So I went to another card show recently. I know, I have been showing soooo many card show pics lately, right? But those were all from a few shows over the last few months, this one was very recent.I left this show with the fewest total cards purchased, well at any card show ever! I walked out with only 24 cards, which is crazy for a guy who spends a lot of time at cheapie The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-46601047892671313352023-09-27T07:00:00.005-07:002023-09-27T07:00:00.167-07:00Quick show scans - Last Scan! Scan 17 - $???OK, so I cant' actually remember how much these cost, I just know they were all in 50 cent boxes or cheaper. None of these actually made it to my keeper boxes, but I had the scan, so what the heck.The Ryan is a 2020 Topps X Super 70s - On Demand Ultimate Uniforms. Whatever that is, but it is a cool looking card.Most of the rest are serial numbered, including: The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-88571665088286812002023-09-26T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-26T07:00:00.141-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 16 Scan 16 - $34 .50 cent cards, and 5 .20 cent cards. Kershaw, Raines and Chicken are my faves. The mini's almost look like they are uncut here, but there were just 2 cards in each penny sleeve.The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-61055139204113430232023-09-25T07:11:00.013-07:002023-09-25T07:11:00.136-07:00Leaf is the dumbest-estAnother quick break from my endless card show scan posts.All card companies do dumb things. Irritating things. Obnoxious things. Leaf is the worst. Here is proof:This is, at least as far as I can tell by the name of the player on the card, a Tim Duncan card. Tim's picture does not appear on the front of the card. I am not as knowledgeable about basketball, but The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-67863430499635886992023-09-24T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-24T07:00:00.169-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 15 Scan 15 - $1All of these were back to back in a very fun 20 cent box. Insta-rainbow!! I am sure there are more variations of this card, and if I see any, I will try and get them to 'complete' the rainbow, something I have never done.The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-37264131934481080112023-09-23T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-23T07:00:00.162-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 14 Scan 14 - $2.40I love so many of the Stadium club shots, and several of these have been on my "get that" list for a while. The Kershaw, Boggs and Bench with the balloons are a few of those! All of these were either in dime boxes or 20 cent boxes.The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-34643965242255689482023-09-22T06:29:00.002-07:002023-09-22T06:29:00.145-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 13 Scan 13 - $1.50Yep, six quarters here. On the top row are variations, Schmidt and Ozzie are 2022 'Greats Variations' SP's for quarters, very cool. The Ruth is not a variation, but is from 2011 Topps Archives. Nice card.The Vladdy Sr confuses me. As far as I can tell from research, it should be serial numbered /299. But nope, no serial. Don't The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-74131383989667054812023-09-21T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-21T07:00:00.143-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 12 Scan 12 - $2.25Quarters. The Top Sosa, I grabbed just for the pic. It is a pre-production card. The Guerrero is a Club Level parallel, kind of cool. Serial numbered Mantle and Kershaw, Sweet Larkin insert and Gold Rush Bo all made my day.The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-83586511069156681272023-09-20T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-20T07:00:00.138-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 11 Scan 11 - $1Oops, today we have 2 scans instead of 1, but there is a reason!I pulled this Greg Luzinski bat card to pair with the Luzinski Auto I got last year. A buck is steep for me, but worth it. I was skipping through a box pretty fast, so I didn't notice that the top loader it was in was a little thick, and even if I had, aren't bat cards thick sometimes?But I got it home The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-43304011984613110552023-09-19T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-19T07:00:00.144-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 10 I'm posting one scan of cards per day, of cards I got at some recent card shows until I run out of scans. Quick posts!Scan 10 - $4.50All 9 out of a 50 cent box today. Every one of these is quite cool to me. The Gwynn is my favorite, I want all of that set. The blue Vlad in the middle is #d /99. And the 2015 Vlads at the bottom are pretty cool too.The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-40017228266604514812023-09-18T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-18T07:00:00.137-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 9 I'm posting one scan of cards per day, of cards I got at some recent card shows until I run out of scans. Quick posts!Scan 9 - $1Two cards from a 50 cent box today. The McGwire is amazing, and on COMC.com and Ebay, it goes for way more than 50 cents. Quite a deal, especially since I collect all McGwires. This was my 1310th unique Big Mac. The Perez is just The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-12738202895680677712023-09-17T07:00:00.002-07:002023-09-17T14:35:53.553-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 8 I'm posting one scan of cards per day, of cards I got at some recent card shows until I run out of scans. Quick posts!Scan 8 - $1.50Super thick cards today... Bad scan on the Trout, but it looks fine in hand. The Posey was 50 cents, and is pretty cool! The Trout was $1, and I couldn't pass it up.The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-60564906759729392702023-09-16T07:00:00.001-07:002023-09-16T07:00:00.180-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 7 I'm posting one scan of cards per day, of cards I got at some recent card shows until I run out of scans. Quick posts!Scan 7 - $2.25I think these were all quarters. Love getting quality catcher RCs for a quarter!The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-24260287384067063592023-09-15T07:28:00.000-07:002023-09-15T07:28:00.147-07:00Quick show scans - Scan 6 I'm posting one scan of cards per day, of cards I got at some recent card shows until I run out of scans. Quick posts!Scan 6: $1.35Dimes and quarters again. I think the Canseco, Ryan and Sabathia were quarters.The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com6