How'd I Do?

I have been right out straight the last month or so.

Graduations, appointments, and family visiting from all over has kept me schedule crazy.

Recently though, I have been setting some time aside for blogging. Even though I have other stuff such as actual card work to be done in my little spare time right now.

But I am doing this for you guys :)

So, you better have your coffee and you better be readin'!

*takes a sip from a freshly brewed cup*

One of my recent visits came from my parents. I have already mentioned on here many times how my father still collects and we do trades/exchanges.

By now, I assume you know what this is leading up to.

Which was our latest exchange. My father was looking for some cards to sell at our version of a Goodwill, we don't actually have one of those here but a consignment kind of store, so I offered up four deep boxes similar to the one above of all of my duplicates.

In exchange, I got the following.

An old antique looking cat tin. 

This had the cards in it.

A bent-up Griffey card. Fortunately, I already had this one.

The 90's Jags were my second favorite team to watch. McCardell along with Brunell, were two of my favorites.

TJ Watt!

Not sure if this guy is any good, but I don't turn down rookie Prizm parallels.

Chrome blue parallel Williams.

Lisa Leslie die-cut.

This guy made a big impact last year.

My first look at 2024 Select football.

This was a pleasant surprise. I think this would fit well with Johnny's Trading Spots shadow card showoffs.

Clark!

Kickers are people too!

Shiny!

Shiny again!

Another Clark!

Not sure how this guy played last year, but I really like the design. Need a Nabers like this.

And finally, everyone's least liked WNBA player Reese. She is still a great player, just doesn't get the hype that Clark does. I think that gets to her.

I think I fared well. I didn't need a ton in return, just a few things especially since most of what I sent was regular base.

 

After going through those, to my surprise my mother had brought me cards as well. Not sure where she got a Ziplock full of WNBA cards, but I will take 'em.

Here were a few of the highlights,

(my first favorite WNBA player growing up who played for the Liberty)

Not a lot of named stuff in this group, but some. I will mainly save these for my girls' basketball team I will coach in the fall/winter.

Then there was one more surprise for me she picked up,

Sweet! Haven't opened any of this yet in 2024.

You all will have to come back for a Coffee Break to see how the pack went.

*takes an informal coffee break sip now, starts to feel hungry and needs something to go with the brew*

Cards weren't the only thing fun with my parents visit. We had a BBQ, watched some TV and I played Around The World against my father which I lost badly because of a recent shoulder injury. More on that another day.

Let me know in comments what you think was the best card I acquired in my exchange. 

In the meantime, keep sippin' and coming back for more here on Cards Over Coffee.

*bites donut that was found, takes final sip for post*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Don't forget you can start to nominate cards for the 2025 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!! Cards don't have to be autographs, patch cards, super star cards. It can be whatever you think is Hall Worthy! Find details and current nominations HERE.

A PC Post Again

On September 30th 2023, I last posted what my PC was......I figured it was time for an update especially since there have been some shifts and changes since.

Let's check out the comparison,

September 30th 2023:

Baseball:
90's Inserts (1995-1999)
Ken Griffey Jr

Basketball:
90's Inserts (1995-1999)
Allan Houston

Football:
90's Inserts (1995-1999)
Eli Manning
Rodney Hampton (if you can find anything I don't have which is tough)
NY Giants I don't have and including the other player PC's I do of Amani Toomer, Andre Williams, Charles Way, Rueben Randle, Victor Cruz, David Tyree.

Hockey:
90's Inserts (1995-1999)

Non-Sport
Marvel (only from the newer movies, not so much the cartoon ones)
Batman
Pop Century Autographs
Any Actor, Actress, Relic or autograph from any TV Show or Movie
Allen Ginter Non Sport base cards
Allen Ginter Non Sport Inserts
Nostalgic Actor/Actress autographs
Darius Rucker
RL Stine

Other Cards:
Cards that feature coffee
Christmas Cards
Horror Cards
My Set Chases
Unopened Packs/Boxes
Michaela Shiffrin

Other Stuff Not Cards I Collect
80's and 90's toys
Mighty Morphin Power Ranger 30th Anniversary VHS Figures
Christmas Vacation (anything that features the movie from food items to ornaments to figures)

Even though my list still seems long, definitely not as long as it used to be, there are still levels of preference among my lists.

Here is what I prefer most,
1. NY Giants (this includes all of my side PC players)
2. Non-Sport Autographs
3. Marvel/Non Sports in general
4. 90's Inserts
5. Christmas Cards

July 3rd 2025:

Baseball:
90's Inserts (1995-1999)
Ken Griffey Jr

Derek Jeter

Aaron Judge

Hall Of Fame Or will be Hall Of Fame Rookies and autographs

Basketball:
90's Inserts (1995-1999)

Hall Of Fame Or will be Hall Of Fame Rookies and autographs

Football:
90's Inserts (1995-1999)
Eli Manning
Rodney Hampton (if you can find anything I don't have which is tough)
NY Giants

Hall Of Fame Or will be Hall Of Fame Rookies and autographs

Hockey:
90's Inserts (1995-1999)

Hall Of Fame Or will be Hall Of Fame Rookies and autographs

Non-Sport
Marvel (only from the newer movies, not so much the cartoon ones)
Batman
Pop Century Autographs
Any Actor, Actress, Relic or autograph from any TV Show or Movie
Allen Ginter Non Sport base cards
Allen Ginter Non Sport Inserts
Nostalgic Actor/Actress autographs
Chevy Chase

Mighty Morphin Power Ranger cards

TMNT Cards

Other Cards:
Cards that feature coffee
Christmas Santa Hat relic cards ONLY
Horror Cards
My Set Chases
Unopened Packs/Boxes
Michaela Shiffrin

Other Stuff Not Cards I Collect
80's and 90's toys
Mighty Morphin Power Ranger 30th Anniversary VHS Figures
Christmas Vacation (anything that features the movie from food items to ornaments to figures to random junk or custom cards)

Even though my list still seems long, definitely not as long as it used to be, there are still levels of preference among my lists.

Here is what I prefer most,
1. NY Giants (this includes all of my PC players)
2. Non-Sport Autographs
3. 90's Inserts
4. Ken Griffey Jr
5. 90's Toys

There you have it. Some adds, some takeaways but overall, it's staying pretty steady.

I will say that NY Giants football and non-sports are very heavily favored to me. Way, Way above anything else.

I am hoping with this new update it may bring in new or old traders again.

Hope everyone has a great day and hope you at least had a few sips along with me on this post.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

2025 New Years Goals Check In #2

At the beginning of the year, I promised I would do some check-ins on my New Years hobby goals to keep myself accountable.

Well, here we are. Check Point #2.

So, let's see what they were and in red is where I am at currently

General Goals:

• I need to sort out all of the cards I acquired or had taken out of binders in the last few months This project was done, until the latest Grady M mail day came.
• Put those cards away once they are sorted same as above need to do this all over again because of the Grady M mail day
• Start to finish some of the sets I started especially the 90's ones. Haven't finished any. I did add three cards to my 1997 Spx basketball, but that's it. Need some serious help from readers on some of these!
• The binder numbering project needs to be finished.DONE. BAM! ONE THING ACTUALLY COMPLETED.
• Penny sleeve everything I haven't yet. Still not completed or even touched yet. I don't have enough time in a day to do everything in life and hobby.
• Binder my Eli Mannings that haven't been put away yet, fix the rest in the box Haven't begun this at all
• Clean up my card room. It's just a mess. I need it better organized to get to what I really need to get to. Somewhat began this. things are mostly put away, however, it's still not as organized as much as I hoped
• Do some giveaways as I haven't ever really done any on here. Haven't gotten to this yet either, maybe once I get to 100 followers on here
• Up my PWE trades especially among bloggers. So far have done only three trades with bloggers this year. ugh. This needs to improve.


For PC Goals:
• Reach 1,300 Eli Mannings. This is a very lofty goal. I haven't even reached 1,200 yet. Still not to 1,200 yet!
• Add some of my most wanted non-sport autos such as Ed O'Neil, Tony Danza, and Jon Heder. Not yet :(
• Try to fill in Rodney Hampton gaps of 2023 products. Many still on eBay overpriced sitting there that need to find a way to my collection Some have been added, a long way to go still! Now I have a list of 2024 as well to do!
• Add more to my "other" PC's to move me up the TCDB board. Allan Houston, Micheala Shiffrin, etc. Haven't done but not motivated right now to.


For Blogging Goals:
• Decide if I can fit blogging into my schedule and continue blogging. Pretty much just trying to blog here when I can. I expect by years end to tie up the other two blogs and be done with them. Sport Card Collectors will have some on and off short posts just to fill in some things til the year ends because I can't just end it out of nowhere., but nothing as serious as this blog.
• Come up with new creative content tried a couple new things, they didn't hit it off
• Take away the sipping breaks and behind the scenes content? this has been on and off this year like today's post
• New blog layout? still thinking on this one
• Come up with new segments still thinking on this one
• Reach 500,000 views over 400,000 a ways to go by year's end
• Reach 80 followers lost a follower..grrrrr. so at 71
• Blog my Giants cards on Big Blue Cardboard since they don't fare well here? Reader's thoughts? I don't think I will be posting on there anymore. Not enough time in my life and trying to condense to this blog only. I have thought of a few ways to integrate Giants cards here.

There you have it, my 2025 New Years Goals second check-in.

Some good, some bad and most need a lot of work. Just like my health and eating habits.

Have a great day and let me know below how your goals are going so far.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee With Boyz II Men

I have my coffee in hand and I am ready to have some Coffee With....Boyz II Men!!!

*takes a sip*

For those of us who grew up in the 90's and listened to the radio, you can't tell me that you wouldn't know at least one song by Boyz II Men.

They were that big.

And I was a big fan.

*takes another sip, puts a song on YouTube of theirs to listen to while putting together this post*

When I was scrolling Twitter, I saw a collector post that this year's Pop Century had Boyz II Men autographs, and at that exact moment, I knew I had to have them.

The collector who posted had a triple autograph card of them, but according to my gift card budget, that wasn't going to work.

That's when I found out that each singer had their own card as well and that was something I could jump all over. For some reason, they were cheaper apart then together on a card.

So, I did.

Up first was Nathan Morris who is the founding member of the group.

Next was Wanya Morris who has no relation to Nathan besides his love of music and singing. He also was on the 22nd season of Dancing With The Stars.

Shawn Stockman is a singer and a song writer.

(side note, the group turned to four singers sometime in the 90's but the guy had to leave in the early 2000's due to health issues)

Some of my favorite songs of theirs were all of their biggest hits such as,

• Motown Philly
• It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday
• End Of The Road
• In The Still Of The Night
• I'll Make Love To You
• On Bended Knee
• Water Runs Dry

I must have listened to those songs many, many times and to the point I know the lyrics to them. I still have the CD of their greatest hits. Now I just need to somehow get a CD player so I can listen to them again.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

I am always on the lookout for more nostalgic autographs from Pop Century, I know there are others to pick up. I have updated my Top Wants list with them. Helen Hunt is at the top of wants on there.

Before I close for fun here are my coffee versions of the songs I listed above by Boyz II Men Make Coffee,

• Brewtown Philly
• It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday's Cup
• End Of The Cup
• In The Still Of The Night I Am Making Coffee
• I'll Make Coffee ForYou
• On Bended Knee With A Cup
• Coffee Runs Out

Have a great day and don't let that cup run dry!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Don't forget you can start to nominate cards for the 2025 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!! Cards don't have to be autographs, patch cards, super star cards. It can be whatever you think is Hall Worthy! Find details and current nominations HERE.

Unfinished Cup:1995 Summit Ground Zero Football

It has become apparent that I am not very good at remembering things, after updating my Set Needs tab on here, I began looking for new Unfinished Cups to feature and for some reason I found I doubled up on a few of the ones I already did. 

Ooops! That won't happen again.

First, it's walking into a room and forgetting why I was in there and now it's publishing the same blog posts twice. 

My forgetful 40's are kicking in.

Now you probably ask, why bother posting them when you already have them in your Set Needs Tab. Well, that's because I find that featuring them in a post may help get them the reach I need and hopefully someone will be able to help fill those needs.

Because I know not everyone clicks on the tabs to check them out and my set needs may never get out there to be seen otherwise.

I will say by posting them, I have had some help over the years, so I know these posts are useful.

So, let's get on with today's before I forget what it was.

This parallel is 1995 Summit Ground Zero which was found 1:7 packs of 1995 Summit football. The base card design for Summit was one of my favorites of the 90's and still ranks easily in my Top 10 for base designs.

So, we top that off with a cool looking parallel, one of my very first parallels to pull, and you have a chase.

I have come so close over the years, and I think and feel like it's time to finish up this bad boy. It's not every day you finish up a 200-card parallel set.

Here is what remains,

35,53,60,64,71,79,103,109,125,136,137,138,159,160,166,169,174,177,178,179,180,182,188,189,193,195,196 197,198,200

If you have any, please comment below or hit me up in my email at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com.

Thanks for reading, thanks in advance on any help and hope you brought your coffee.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

It's Okay To Be Messy

 

I sometimes wonder if I should hire Chip Gaines to come through my collection and sort it, remodel it, touch it up and show me a new direction with it.

I see so many other collections that are a lot more sorted than mine and look like Chip had put his touch on it with beautiful bookcases, brand new binders, and framed pieces on the wall. Their card room looks like it belongs in the Smithsonian.

Then there is mine that looks like a three-year-old created it, sorted it, stored it in re-used binders and old binder pages on cheap plastic Walmart shelving.

But, I have come to realize, that maybe it's okay to be messy. Messy just gives me an identity in the way I collect. Everyone has one and even though mine doesn't look like others, it's okay.

Who cares how I store my stuff or what it's stored in and on? Am I still having fun, heck yeah!

And speaking of fun, a recent mail day added to my messy fun.

 

This mail day came from Too Many Verlanders blog that contained a fun variety of stuff. Because of the way I post on here and the amount of goodness he sent, I can't always post it all, so here is a stack of Giants, Allen&Ginter non-sport base (always welcome them) and a few other cards. 

Then he continued to add to my mess with...

Authentic Game Floor piece of Allan Houuuuuuuuuuuuston!

I love creative relics like this, just wished UD didn't print on the swatches.

  

Kyle Lauletta auto and relic. I don't believe I have either of these. I do have a decent sized collection of his.

I definitely don't have this auto of Jernigan. I have plenty of other autos of his, but this one is definitely new.

Auto relic of rapper Kadarius Toney. So much talent wasted, maybe he will hit it off in his music career.

  

I claimed this relic in one of Dennis's trade bait posts. Yes, I know it's not Giants but I do appreciate a nice patch card.

Any comments about it not being a Giants card and a rival Redskin/Football Team/Commanders card and I will go old man Han Solo on you.

I wasn't collecting Knicks that heavily up until last year. Now I welcome all relics and autos from any players over the years!

This is a dual-purpose card, 90's PC and Giants PC.

I have the regular Shockey, but this is a black parallel.

Ike Hilliard Flair Showcase rookie. Once again, a dual threat for my 90's and Giants PC.

Along with individual cards, Dennis tossed in some packs knowing I love to rip and can't afford to.

Here were the key cards,

(Dennis will be getting this one back)

And a rookie I needed.

Fun rip overall. 

Thanks as always Dennis! I appreciate more cards added to the mess!

These cards will probably sit in a messy box for awhile until I can messy sort them out in messy card trays to put them away into permanent messy boxes and messy binders. Because it doesn't have to be perfect. It's the way I know it. It's okay to be messy.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Don't forget you can start to nominate cards for the 2025 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!! Cards don't have to be autographs, patch cards, super star cards. It can be whatever you think is Hall Worthy! Find details and current nominations HERE.

All The Feels

*coffee is ready, I am ready for a new post*

Have you ever been blown away by someone else's collection?

Like really blown away.

I am.

I have been following @GriffeySuper and his Ken Griffey Jr collection for a few years now and he owns Griffey cards and memorabilia I can only dream about. Like the level of dreams I had about Amy Jo Johnson and Helen Hunt when I was a kid.

Yeah, those levels (and you can just use your imagination for that)

*tries to imagine that again for a second, refocuses on a sip then on cards*

His collection has an incredible 142,000+ Griffey cards. He owns some of the coolest and rarest Griffey collectibles out there including a Pepsi soda machine. Yes, you read that right. He also has been featured in ESPN and Sports Illustrated articles about his collection and I believe a sports card one as well.

But it wasn't just his collection that got me, I was also awestruck by his story. He went through a journey to be where he is today, you can read it HERE.

Let's see if it gives you all of the feels it gave me.

*takes a sip, re-reads the article again, feels hit by the feels again*

One day he posted a huge lot of Griffeys he had just acquired which included a card I have always wanted but couldn't ever afford, so I made a comment about the card.

After a short conversation about the card, he asked for my address. I was left flabbergasted.

Along with that card, he also sent another I have been wanting for a while now.

Which is this 1997 Topps Team Timber. I remember pulling a couple as a kid, but never Griffey. It was one I had been chasing and just never landed for my Griffey PC.

Then came the card that left me floored and the one I saw in his lot that caught my eye was....

 

1995 Zenith Z-Team. What a beautiful card. Never thought I would ever hold one, not to mention own it.

STUNNED!

I had all of the feels.

I am so glad to have found @GriffeySuper on Twitter/X. Super nice guy, super cool collection, super cool story and super generous. I love to follow him to see what he adds next.

Thanks again so much for these Griffeys!!

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

With the 1995 Zenith Z-Team knocked down, my biggest want is now the 1996 Zenith Z-Team which features my favorite Z-Team design. Hopefully can add one of those by years end!

I should make a post of my top 10 Griffey wants in a future post.

I hope today's post hit all the feels for you and hopefully you took a minute to read his story.

Thanks for reading.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Don't forget you can start to nominate cards for the 2025 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!! Cards don't have to be autographs, patch cards, super star cards. It can be whatever you think is Hall Worthy! Find details and current nominations HERE.

Also, check out my Ken Griffey Jr wants HERE.