Upon Further Review....

To my fellow collectors, have any of you ever found a card in your common/tradeable/undesirable boxes that you never realized you owned.  Well, today it happened to me.
Several months ago I bought one of the repack of packs at Target.  One of those packages of various older packs of cards for like $10-12 dollars.   I  remember this one in particular had a 2009 OPC, 2011 Topps Lineage and 2008 Upper Deck Piece of History along with others. 
I was going through one of my common boxes and found this gem:

Evidently I pulled a Joe Mauer jersey card out of the UD Piece of History.  In my defense,  the jersey is kinda small and hidden compared to the box score on the card.
This has happened to me before. Years ago, I bought a box of 2001 Upper Deck Legends of NY at discount at one of those big box retail stores.  The box promised good odds for a jersey or autograph card.  I thought I purchased a dud of box, but months (maybe even a year or so) later I discovered I had a Carl Erskine jersey card.  Now I consider I own a little piece of Dem Bums of Brooklyn with my Erskine jersey card:

I guess I should pay more attention what I have when I open packs.

Trading on the Web

I got some cards back from http://swingandapopupboston.blogspot.com/.  Here is some of the baseball card portion of the cards I received. A couple vintage rookies of minor stars of the past:

Various cards for my last year collection:

plus one more of a recent retiree:

Thanks for the trade. Hope to do again.

4 More Hall of Famers Down

I recently acquired cards of four Hall of Famers.  4 less to go in trying to attain at least one card of every player. I have a total of 130 different Hall of Fame players. My new ones are:

Grover Cleveland Alexander.  2001 Topps Before There Was Topps insert

Ted Williams.  1994 Upper Deck All Time Heroes

Tris Speaker.  2009 Topps Turkey Red insert

John Henry "Pop" Lloyd.  2001 Topps What Could Have Been insert.  And Lloyd is also one more Negro League player added to my collection.

Now Batting....#2 Derek Jeter.

Here is my obligatory Derek Jeter post retirement announcement post.   I have two of his rookie cards:

1993 Upper Deck

and 1993 Topps

One Card Closer

I am one step closer to finishing the 1996 Denny's set thanks to http://thelostcollector.blogspot.com/ . I now have the Kevin Seitzer.  Probably the most excited I have been over a Seitzer card.

I now need two for the complete set. #1 Greg Maddux and #28 Jay Bell.  Well, I actually have the Bell already, but is terribly creased in one corner. So I am looking to replace it.  Any of my fellow bloggers have either of these to spare?  If so, let's work out a deal.
Well, it is time for me to go through some boxes and find a couple Yankees to reciprocate the Kevin Seitzer.  

Black History Month

It is February, which means it is also Black History Month.  I have always been a fan of the players from the Negro Leagues.  The players who didn't get a chance to play in the Majors only because of the color of their skin.
I am working on a collection of players from the Negro Leagues. Here is the ones I have (outside of a few I have as a part of a complete set elsewhere):

 

2005 Upper Deck Classics of Ray Dandridge

 2005 Helmar's of Turkey Stearnes

 

1999 UD Century Legends Josh Gibson

1994 Ted Willams Co. of Willard Brown

2013 Panini Cooperstown of Satchel Paige

By the way all the above players are members of the Hall of Fame.  I am missing some of other Hall of Famers and other promiment players.  I am also working on the 2001 Fleer Tradition Stitches in Time insert set.  My wantlist is on the right hand column.

More Dime Box Treasures

Got back from the local card shop today found some total treasures in the dime boxes.  I am not sure if the owner really pays attention what he has in these boxes.  I never thought I would pick the following cards up for a dime apiece:

Yep, I picked up each for 10 cents each. Including 2 of the Reyes and Posada Bowman's Best rookies each.  The dupes will become either trade bait or Ebay fodder. 
I also picked up junk wax rookies of Juan Gonzalez (Bowman), Kenny Lofton (1991 UD Final Edition), Jeff Kent (92 Pinnacle) and Tony Fernandez (Fleer). Which is more than I would expect to be in the dime boxes.
Also picked up 1986 Donruss Highlights card of Steve Carlton (one of a very few Giants card of him) and 1994 Upper Deck All Time Heroes of Yogi Berra for my Hall of Fame collection.  The Berra comes from a set I have always liked. Love the black border vintage look of it.  The card well also be a filler until I get a Berra card from his playing days.