F f f f flash

      THE rules 

1. Two of these 12 cards are up for grabs.  The first reader to leave a comment stating which of the cards they want will get the 2 cards of their choice.  If you try to claim more than two cards, your comment will not be eligible for the win!

2. Anyone can pick, even if they have received a flash freebie before.  I will be keeping track of how many each winner picks, and at some point, you may become ineligible to pick for a while.  That is to keep the same person from grabbing too many. But don't let that stop you!

3. When you claim it, send me your mailing address in an email.  My email address can be found in my profile on the sidebar.

The chosen cards will go out 'as is', and in a simple PWE.  If condition is a concern, look closely before claiming.  And several of these have condition issues!

A few days after cards are picked, I will make another post with all of the remaining cards, along with replacements for the picked cards.  The idea is to always have 9+ cards available for picking.  Also, if anyone ever wants to trade for any cards in the selection, feel free to reach out to me.

The Ciuffo Auto is /199.  The Powell/Bench is a mini, the Bregman is a photo variation SP and the Robinson/Clemente is a full size.  The Ohtani looks crazy in the scan, but it is a standard Chrome 86 version. Please click the pics for larger views.

Flash time

     THE rules 

1. Two of these 12 cards are up for grabs.  The first reader to leave a comment stating which of the cards they want will get the 2 cards of their choice.  If you try to claim more than two cards, your comment will not be eligible for the win!

2. Anyone can pick, even if they have received a flash freebie before.  I will be keeping track of how many each winner picks, and at some point, you may become ineligible to pick for a while.  That is to keep the same person from grabbing too many. But don't let that stop you!

3. When you claim it, send me your mailing address in an email.  My email address can be found in my profile on the sidebar.

The chosen cards will go out 'as is', and in a simple PWE.  If condition is a concern, look closely before claiming.  And several of these have condition issues!

A few days after cards are picked, I will make another post with all of the remaining cards, along with replacements for the picked cards.  The idea is to always have 9+ cards available for picking.  Also, if anyone ever wants to trade for any cards in the selection, feel free to reach out to me.

Last time for the top row, they will be gone next 'Flash'.

The Ciuffo Auto is /199.  Please click the pics for larger views.

More Flash Time

    THE rules 

1. Two of these 12 cards are up for grabs.  The first reader to leave a comment stating which of the cards they want will get the 2 cards of their choice.  If you try to claim more than two cards, your comment will not be eligible for the win!

2. Anyone can pick, even if they have received a flash freebie before.  I will be keeping track of how many each winner picks, and at some point, you may become ineligible to pick for a while.  That is to keep the same person from grabbing too many. But don't let that stop you!

3. When you claim it, send me your mailing address in an email.  My email address can be found in my profile on the sidebar.

The chosen cards will go out 'as is', and in a simple PWE.  If condition is a concern, look closely before claiming.  And several of these have condition issues!

A few days after cards are picked, I will make another post with all of the remaining cards, along with replacements for the picked cards.  The idea is to always have 9+ cards available for picking.  Also, if anyone ever wants to trade for any cards in the selection, feel free to reach out to me.

Last time for the top row, they will be gone next 'Flash'.

The A's cloth sticker is from the 70's (thanks to Fuji for pointing me in the direction of this info!), and it shows.  Not perfect condition, but kind of cool.  The Cain is #d /199.  The Ciuffo Auto is /199.  Please click the pics for larger views.

Starting December Flash Freebie

   THE rules 

1. Two of these 12 cards are up for grabs.  The first reader to leave a comment stating which of the cards they want will get the 2 cards of their choice.  If you try to claim more than two cards, your comment will not be eligible for the win!

2. Anyone can pick, even if they have received a flash freebie before.  I will be keeping track of how many each winner picks, and at some point, you may become ineligible to pick for a while.  That is to keep the same person from grabbing too many. But don't let that stop you!

3. When you claim it, send me your mailing address in an email.  My email address can be found in my profile on the sidebar.

The chosen cards will go out 'as is', and in a simple PWE.  If condition is a concern, look closely before claiming.  And several of these have condition issues!

A few days after cards are picked, I will make another post with all of the remaining cards, along with replacements for the picked cards.  The idea is to always have 9+ cards available for picking.  Also, if anyone ever wants to trade for any cards in the selection, feel free to reach out to me.

Last time for the top row, they will be gone next 'Flash'.

The A's cloth sticker is from the 70's (thanks to Fuji for pointing me in the direction of this info!), and it shows.  Not perfect condition, but kind of cool.  The Cain is #d /199.   Please click the pics for larger views.

Show pickups

 Got a short card show recap for you here...

First thing I bought, before I even entered the show was a big 3 row box full of top loaders.  Nice, pristine top loaders too, not scratched up or with stickers on them.  I was running super low, and I keep the vast majority of my keeper collection in top loaders, so this was a great find for me.  However, top loaders have gotten quite spendy around here, and I had to blow over half of my show money on them.  $45, including the box, which I needed too.

I ended up bring home about 100 cards, but I will only show a few here.  First up are a few I found in 20 cent boxes.

1. The maniac Rex Hudler 'Members Only' parallel caught my eye.  What a weirdo, but I guess that is what I collect now!

2. Two months ago, I had zero Minnie Minoso's in my collection.  But last show I found a nice oddball of him, and this show I found this cool Record Breaker card.  Nice accomplishment Minnie!

3. The Expos Jose!  Been looking for a copy of this for quite a while. 

4. Salvador Perez had quite a season, and this Artist's Proof pickup seemed worth my 20 pennies.

5. Beautiful Metal Frank Thomas.  This scanned pretty weakly, looks much better in hand.  That's not the last poorly scanned Metal card in this post!

6. MooTown Snackers.  Yeah, that's not an oddball you see in the Pacific Northwest much.  Or at least I haven't.

It really must have been a quirky day, because in addition to the unusual cards above, I also grabbed this weird old Kirk Douglas.  I think I paid 50 cents.  No idea what it is, and don't really have a use for it, but I am always reading on other blogs about how they like non-sports cards, so someday this will probably end up in one of their piles.  If interested, please inquire.

If you look on my wantlists, you will see that there are a number of cards that I am willing to take as many copies as I can get.  As long as they are cheap!  These are mostly cards I really liked when I was a kid, that are now much closer to worthless than they used to be.  Like these 33 Eric Davis RCs!  And a few others.  All of these were either 10 or 20 cents.

At a recent show I found a couple of these Topps Dynamic Duals, and some of you commenters helped me out with info about them.  I guess they are Topps Online Exclusives.  Not serial numbered, but limited to 1200 copies.  And this show, I found another, with a couple of all time great Yanks on it!  It 'might' make it into my keepers, but it 'might' be available if some Yankees fan out there is interested.

Here is the aforementioned Metal card that didn't scan well.  This one looks REALLY good to me in person, but the scan doesn't do it justice.

And the pickup of the show...

Look at that price tag. This was right next to another one with the same price, but this one looked a little different, with the brownish stuff around the edges.  So I scooped it up.  Turns out it is the 'Gold' version, serialed /2019!!  Yay, I think it was a good buy.