Trade Days #3

Gavin, of Baseball Card Breakdown, and I had another trade.  He has a "Christmas Card" collection going and wanted the Dallas Keuchel card I had pulled from The Loot Locker.  I shipped him that card with some other items I thought he might need for his collection and he sent me the following.

First up we have some base Cubs cards of Hack Wilson, Ben Christenson, Starlin Castro and Brian McRae.

Next we have a few junk wax era cards from 87 Donruss.  I really liked this year from Donruss and have decided I'd like to pick up some more good players from this set.  I'm looking for Greg Maddux and Bo Jackson next from this set.  I feel like everyone should have some fun junk wax cards in their collection.

A Miguel Montero, Mark Prior Studio Portraits 13/50 and Carson Sands 87/100 from Prizm.  Really love that Mark Prior card.  The Montero also completes my 2015 Topps Cubs list.

Another Kris Bryant to add to my collection.  This one appears to have been given out during All Star FanFest this year.  If anyone has any more info on this card, let me know!

Continuing with more Kris Bryant cards are a couple of custom made cards from Gavin!  Thanks for these, they are always fun to get and add to the collection.

Lastly, we have a Topps Archives Signatures Vida Blue.  I'm becoming a sucker for these Archives Autos.

Thanks again go to Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown.  He has a great blog and is great to trade with.  Thank you!

Trade Days #2 with Bubba's Bangin' Batch of Baseball Bits

I worked out a trade with Matt at Bubba's Bangin' Batch of Baseball Bits to help fill some of my Allen & Ginter 2012 base set and get some Cub's inserts I saw he had for trade.  The 2012 set was my first year to collect Ginter and it was the start of me getting back into the hobby.

I traded Matt a couple of Ginter hand numbered minis, insert and relics.  I also threw in a few other cards he needed for his collection.  I got a nice return from Matt and I appreciate it very much.  Thanks Matt!  Now on to the cards I got!


I didn't take a picture of the Allen & Ginter base cards because I have already put them in my 2012 Ginter binder and I can't remember which base cards I got.  LOL

Let's get started with some Anthony Rizzo Allen & Ginter cards and a Gypsy Queen:

Next up, I got a really nice Anthony Rizzo Topps Heritage Chrome Purple Refractor, Topps Heritage RBI Leaders insert, Donruss 2016 base card and Topps 2016 Gold RBI Leaders insert:

A couple Allen & Ginter minis of Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo I didn't have:

And last but not least, the Auto's and Relics!  A Brett Jackson framed auto, Anthony Rizzo relic and Derrek Lee relic.

Once again, a thank you goes to Matt for trading me these cards.  He was very generous with what he traded me and I appreciate it very much.

Mail Day #3

For this week's mail day I got an autograph of someone I've been wanting since he was drafted by the Cubs.

Donruss Optic 2016 Studio Signatures Kris Bryant!  I've always loved the studio cards from the early 90's.  It's nice that they have been brought back in a "chrome" type card.  I don't think I'll be able to get very many Kris Bryant auto cards due to the price, so this most likely will be the only one in my collection.  Of course I can always dream of pulling one of his autos from a pack. 

Mail Day #1

My first mail day on the blog is for 3 cards I got online.  I got an Anthony Alford Bowman Inception 2016 auto, Arismendy Alcantara Topps Heritage 2014 auto and a Kris Bryant Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016.

My local card shop didn't participate in NBCD 2016, but I figured I might as well pick up the one card I was interested in for a couple dollars online.

The Alcantara is my first Topps Heritage autograph and I really do love the look of this card.  Topps Heritage autos are so cool looking on "vintage" paper stock and I hope to find more in the future.

Anthony Alford is currently no. 98 on MLB's Top 100 prospect list.  I hope he does well in the future and the card goes up in value.  Even if it doesn't, I love the look of these cards with the galaxy background.

Trade Days #1 with Baseball Card Breakdown

I recently did a trade with Baseball Card Breakdown and traded away a few Andrew McCutchen, Paul Goldschmidt and Xander Bogaerts cards to him that he needed.  In return I got some cool custom Kris Bryant cards he made, a few vintage cards and a Diamond Kings Nolan Ryan.  Thanks again for the trade Gavin!

Kris Bryant - 2014 Bowman Rookie Card

Kris Bryant's first Bowman is a decent looking card.  I like the Bowman border, but the shot they chose to use for his card could be better.  I would have much preferred seeing a photo of him finishing a home run swing.

Kris Bryant cards are skyrocketing in value...but with a catch.  It either needs to be graded or an autograph.  Base rookie cards are going for about $4 or $5, which is good for collectors like me who can't afford expensive cards.  I also enjoy base rookie cards for their simplicity and easy collecting.  If you are interested in picking up some Kris Bryant rookie cards, Cardboard Connection has a really good article on how best to spend your dollar.