Archive for the 'Maildays' Category

A Trade with the Night Owl

September 9, 2009

Note: An important announcement regarding this blog’s future will be posted shortly.
I haven’t done a whole lot of trading lately, but last week, Greg of Night Owl Cards and I reached a deal that sent several Dodgers his way. You can probably guess what he sent me in return. The great thing about being a [...]

Mail From the Bearded One

August 11, 2009

I have another box ready for review but first, I thought I’d catch up on a mailday that I’m very late in recapping. Recently, Greg of Beardy’s Baseball Blog and I had a team swap of Orioles and Yankees. It started when I emailed him stating that I had a small lot of O’s that [...]

Yanks From Across the Pond (Part 2)

August 4, 2009

A random Yankee-filled package arrived in my mailbox yesterday (by way of the UK) which means that John from The Pursuit of 80’s(ness) has done it again. For those that don’t know, John is a great and very generous guy. The only problem I have is finding stuff to send him in return (John collects [...]

Mailday Flairicana!

July 8, 2009

With a title like that, I suppose you’d assume that I acquired a Ric Flair autograph from Donruss Americana but that isn’t the case. However, I did acquire my first-ever autograph from the Americana line, a Private Signings card of John C. McGinley numbered to 50.

McGinley, a veteran of film, TV, and Broadway has been [...]

A Shark-Infested Mailday

June 22, 2009

I very rarely participate in group breaks anymore but when I saw a break for some 2007-08 Sweet Shot Hockey for fairly cheap, I decided to give it a shot. The break was held by ‘arplatinum‘ from Youtube and I ended up drawing the San Jose Sharks. Here’s a look at my haul:
The first card [...]