Sunday, July 6, 2025

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*

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12 comments:

  1. A. I appreciate you finding the time to post. My schedule has been busy too... but I have next week off, so I'm hoping to write at least one or two posts.

    B. If I had to guess, I'd say either of the Caitlin Clark rookie cards are the most valuable... but my personal favorite is that Lisa Leslie. I opened up a lot of that product back in the 90's (mainly to get my hands on the female players in that set).

    C. Haven't had any coffee yet... but we'll be heading out to the farmer's market in a little bit. I'll definitely grab some when we're there.

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    1. I am trying to get more posts in, however, it's taking away from collecting. So hard to balance things in life right now. Maybe will pound out some posts then focus on cards again.

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  2. Family time and cards, the only thing that could make it better would be winning the lottery too (but not required).

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    1. I know! That would have been the perfect trio. But, God fits in this too!

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  3. Best cards are the Clarks..next best are the shiny ones. Enjoyed reading this over hot chocolate, coffee is not my kind of thing.

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  4. Family time is great. The cards you got are a nice variety. I was going through some Collector's Choice baseball yesterday. Maya Moore is a favorite. Coffee is always good. Go LYNX!

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  5. Too much shiny stuff the glare early in the morning makes me glad I partake in my usual 1 liter coffees but overall nice stuff

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    1. Treat the shiny stuff like its the sun rising :)

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  6. You had me doing a double take with that Roger Maris card (2019 Iconic Cards?) on top of the outgoing box.

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    1. I am sure that mistake has been made by others, but not me!

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Cards and coffee go together like PB&J, so don't you and leaving a comment below. Take a sip and let me know your thoughts!