Cards From Pops: Box 1

It's time.

It's time that I finally get to sorting (and posting) out the two trades I pulled off with my father. I haven't had a lot of time recently to do so with sickness and family visiting.

Before I go on with today's post, I must admit I would be lying if I didn't say I already went through the cards once for a quick glance. Sorry, the cards I post won't be unknown to me as I post them. I do promise there will be a lot of amazing stuff to post along the way in this miniseries.

However, it's going to take some time.

This time around will be a more in-depth look along with sorting them into the piles they belong in for my collection. As I sort the cards out, I will be pulling out favorites to post so it won't be every card as I don't have time for that.

Nor would you guys reading it.

Some boxes will have more cards to show off more than others.

Today's box didn't have a lot to show off as it was mainly base cards of hockey and NASCAR, two sports I don't dabble in a lot but do collect some of.

That doesn't mean that there wasn't some that caught my eye.

This one is pretty cool. The window on the other side is die-cut opened.

You can never go wrong with a Dale Earnhardt card. This one is a film cel type of card. It may be my favorite card of the box.

Another Dale, this time with some dufex action from Classic.

1999 Upper Deck Bronze John Mabry /100

Igor Kravchuk 1999 Upper Deck Bronze /100

Jeremy Roenick Will To Win insert. 

HoloGRFX had some great looking inserts.

HOF rookie card. I didn't have an Action Packed of him.

This is the closest to $1,000 I will ever hold in hand and be able to keep. I thought the photo on this phone card was great.

 

Joe Smith shiny Rookies insert.

There were a few others I could have featured, but decided these were the best of the best.

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

There is more to come from this series as there are a lot of cards to go through. This is the only box I have sorted through so far as I have other stuff to post as well. My plan is to mix these posts in as I go.

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

It Was Quite The Week

The week before the flood was great, it was quite the week.

 

My wife had just returned from a short trip to Boston visiting her sister and brought home a few goodies, one of which was this mug. I guess she knows me well....and what the coffee does to me.

My father also showed up again, usually only visits a few times a year so this was a bit of a surprise, this time he brought with him three boxes of trade bait. Neither of us knowing its contents, those are the fun boxes, so we pulled off a trade pretty quickly.

From first glance, it appears this would be a good time.

I will post any highlights of it later on along with the first round he dropped off. Haven't had time to dig through it, that's because starting the following day I had my first vacation in five years. A much-needed retrieve away after the luck I have had this year. 

My sister-in-law came to visit and had rented a camp by a lake for five days. The camp is only about twenty minutes from my house, but it was still nice to get away.

And I had this view every morning with my coffee.

The camp week ended with small rain shower and God's promise.

It was a fun relaxing five days filled with good eats, wiffle ball games, sitting by the water (I don't swim as I have waterphobia), no chores, and plenty of coffee.

I couldn't have asked for anything better.

Also, during that time, I had my first article published on @CheckOutMyCards blog.

Finest Rules | COMC Blog

(I have submitted three to them so far in my spare time instead of blogging)

And another new one on BCW Supplies blog as well,

How to Store and Protect Cards with Unusual Sizes - BCW Supplies - BlogBCW Supplies – Blog

If you have time to check them out, please do! I hope to continue submitting articles everywhere. If you have any leads on other places accepting articles, please let me know!

As I said, it was quite the week, which is what made it hard to come home and have a flood hit. The bright side was, I was safe at home and not at the camp. Not sure how hard that area got hit.

I plan to share more card posts on here soon as I feel I have gotten away from that recently, but I do have lots to share. I hope everyone had a great weekend and before I forget, I will be changing my Hotmail address to a Gmail address soon for contact. I will be sure to let everyone know who usually emails me. I am really sick of the spam emails and possible hacking that comes along with having Hotmail.

I am heading to bed, but need to make sure the coffee is ready for my morning wake up call first.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

The Shoebox Delivers Part 1

January is finally over with. I am still here and that's a blessing.

I am hopeful that February goes much better.

I do have coffee in hand so that's got to be a good start.

*takes a sip*

Before I kick off today's post, I wanted to give a shoulder update since I was able to get into my MRI and follow up ortho appointment a week early.

Good news is, no tears, the broken piece must be healing, and no surgery required. However, there is a deep bruise under my rotator cuff that is causing my pain and will take a while to heal. I will also be starting PT on my shoulder tomorrow to get the mobility and strength back. Overall, not bad news and I will take it.

 

The other good news is not having to wear this anymore and giving my arm room to breathe. It has helped also ease some of the other pain I was experiencing.

*takes a sip and gets ready the first post of the month*

As I said in yesterday's post, my drafts are running low as I haven't been getting a lot of incoming mail days.

What I didn't remember was that I pulled off a massive trade with my father in-person back in October I never posted. How dare I! 

Especially since it was awesome.

As always, my father was looking to add some rookie cards to his collection that he needed and, on my end, I was just looking for something fun from 1995-1999.

He dug deep into his closet and found a big shoe box full of random cards he got from a friend that didn't mean anything to him, but knew they would to me. I don't even think he checked out what was in there.

Because there were stacks and stacks of pretty decent stuff, which may have made this the best trade we have ever done.

I don't have the individual photos taken yet, but I will. For now, I will leave you with this teaser tray full of cards. I also made sure the best of the best wasn't showing leaving you wanting more...like me when I finish a cup of coffee typing one of these posts.

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

If you had a rough start to your year, I am hoping that your February goes better. Remember that there is only one way to go if you have had down month and that is up.

I look forward to sharing the results of this trade with you guys as well. There is a nice variety from multiple sports.

Hope everyone has a great Thursday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*