I'm Back!

Hello Coffee Card Enthusiasts!

I certainly hoped you all missed your favorite and only Coffee Card Blogger.

I came back from vacation last Wednesday and enjoyed an extra-long visit from family until this past Tuesday. I needed some time to recoup and unpack Wednesday and Thursday and here is a new post for today.

So, I thought it would be fun just to do a short I'm Back post and trip recap.

Here is what I got to see for three days. As I said in my last post, this was the first time I have been on a real family vacation and to a beach near the ocean in nine years. Cards Over Coffee didn't even exist then! We had beautiful weather every day with temps in the high 80's. I am not a swimmer as many of you know, but I spent plenty of time in the sand and did dip my feet in many times. I think as a whole we barely spent any time back at the Bed and Breakfast my sister-in-law rented for all of us.

As for my shoulder, the long three-hour trip up killed it and so didn't the ride back. Luckily in-between wasn't too bad other than having to eat lefty which made a mess. My wife would say no more than usual with my right.

Which I did spill some of this ice cream. This was a Reeces Sundae from a baseball themed ice cream place that was just down the road from where I stayed. Great stuff, reasonably priced too. However, this was bigger than it looked as I ordered the "Major" instead of the "Minor" I should have ordered. Let's just say this hit like a rock.

One of my reasons for going to this beach nine years ago was stopping at the hobby shop that was there. I made good friends with the owners, and they always threw free stuff my way along with some discounts. However, after my last visit, they sold the shop and traveled the countryside on a motorcycle. Sounds like fun to me! So, I knew that the card portion of my trip was not going to happen.

However, I did find this rack of packs in one of the shops. $6 a pack if you were interested! I walked out empty handed but found this interesting still.

I can't say that I went completely cardless on this trip. On our way back, my 40-year-old body needed a bathroom break, anyone over 40 will understand, so I stopped off at a Walmart halfway home. My wife had set aside some funds for me to bust a box of something. 

I wasn't going to miss out on that opportunity.

I ran to the bathroom, both because I had to and I wanted to, then ran up front to see my options.

I was really hoping for some Topps Chrome Disney, but all they had was Topps Chrome Deadpool. It was tempting, but I left it. Instead, I grabbed what I thought was a blaster box of 2025 Phoenix football. I will dive more into that in another post and what I got in it if anything.

For now, will leave you with a happy to be back and hope to get to some more blogging soon! I had a mail day from a fellow blogger to share along with a couple box breaks and a few other mail days to share as well.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

*also a reminder I will be adding to each post going forward. I don't know about you, when it comes to the hobby, I am looking for ways to SAVE all of the time. So, here you go. Just for you a 10% off code to SAVE on card supplies. You're Welcome!

Did You Miss Me?

 *coffee in left hand, pain meds in front, takes a sip, takes pain meds, begins to write*

Hey! Did you miss me? I hope so! I should be back a little more as things have slowed down a little but will be picking up more soon. I will try to fit posts in between.

Here are some things to recap the past few weeks I have been MIA.

 

There has been plenty of coffee. Plenty. I picked up one of these Dunkin' iced buckets for a friend and strapped it into my front seat. This was before surgery and was also the last bucket available. I really wanted one just for my collection but maybe next time....if there is one.

For the first time ever, I have grown Lupin and a good amount of it spread across two flower beds. Hopefully the seeds will fall and more will appear next year when I can give my garden more love.

 

I went and got my shoulder fixed. Mild tear in the labrum, tendonitis of the rotator cuff and something with my bicep where they had to unattached and reattached it. I have a long summer ahead of rehab and can't do much for three months. Hopefully I will be at 100% by the time basketball season starts.

 

I took two summer classes I found to be fun, but also challenging when you can't move that well. I took Drawing 1-I can't draw but here is an example of a charcoal piece I did so be nice-and Creative Writing which has been a lot of fun, but once again a bit challenging to type since I only have one arm that can move around well. Though the last couple of days, especially today I have been able to move it more.

And the final thing I haven't mentioned yet is HOW ABOUT THOSE KNICKS!!! I will show off how I celebrated that impressive victory as well.

I hope you all have been doing well. More card posts to come this week as I had some drafts prepped and ready to go before I went full surgery.

Have a cup with me this morning!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

The Question Is Why?

The question is why?

Why would someone overpay for this card? 

 

Why would someone pay $26 for this card?

When they could have just scrolled down and bought one for under $4 like I did.

 

I mean the only difference was the way the card was listed and the fact it was put into a magnetic case. Mine came in a toploader. I don't feel like paying the extra $22 for a nicely set up picture and a $4 magnetic case is worth it. I don't know about you.

I am happy to have added this Griffey to my PC and especially for the price if I am comparing here. Maybe I got a deal but looking at the average rate for this card I got it for what it should have been for.

What do you guys think about when a card like this sells for more? Is this done by mistake? Is it the misleading title catching unsuspecting buyers off guard if they are new to collecting? Or was it literally because of the picture and magnetic case? And have you ever paid more for a card by mistake?

Leave your thoughts in comments.

I hope everyone has a great Thursday!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Monday Thoughts With Matt

Yup, it's Monday.

I haven't done one of these segments in a long time so figured hey, let's do this.

So, I just want you to grab a cup of your favorite warm beverage in your wife's mug, or your own, 

then walk over and sit down in your most comfiest chair, take a breath, relax.

Yeah, I used Jessica's mug again.

Let's just talk in this NEW segment.

So, I recently went to a card show again, my second one in thirty years (I will certainly be posting on this) and noticed one trend......OVERPRICING!

It was really disappointing to walk into a card show and find $2 cards marked up to $20. There were lots of that and plenty of wax flippers especially for Pokemon. They were charging almost two times what they got them for.

I am all for letting sellers price what they want to sell them for, but do they actually sell anything? And what about the poor kids-sometimes literally-going to these shows trying to find their favorite Pokemon or favorite sports player and the prices are jacked way up? They most likely go home with nothing or way overpay for something a simple eBay search would have landed them the card cheaper for.

Now, I don't have a lot of money and went there with basically not much too spend and I found it really hard at each table to even spend anything. Though, in the end I did because well, I went to a card show. As I said earlier, I will go on more about this and show off my cards in another post.

For today, are you finding this same kind of thing at your local card shows? How do you think they can resolve this? How do you shop at these?

Let me know below and hope everyone has a Magnificent Monday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

I Wasn't Prepared For This

I wasn't prepared for this....post. I have no coffee, I have no card pictures uploaded to talk about, and have no idea what I will talk about in this post but at least tonight I finally have the time to put a post up.

I wasn't prepared for this....new college homework assignment. I had to interview someone in my potential future career when I graduate college but I didn't know that the assignment was more than just an interview. The fun part was I chose Sport Card Marketing for my job chase and got to interview the one, the only, Susan Lulgjuraj or as some call her Sooz. (formerly of Beckett, Topps and Goldin)

I wasn't prepared for this.....the piles of sport cards I kept telling myself I will get to sorting but they just sit there and stare at me like a puppy who was left home alone by their owner.

I wasn't prepared for this...the amount of snow we have had this winter. Yes, it will be great for my well when spring hits and it melts to fill it up since it ran dry last year, but for now, it's been such a pain to drive in.

I wasn't prepared for this...March is literally a week from today. I haven't gotten my wife's birthday gifts for the 15th yet and I turn another year older on the 19th (never prepared for that).

I wasn't prepared for this...family visiting next week. I have school, appointments and a house to clean.

I wasn't prepared for this...collectors actually wanting to trade and my card room being a mess and unable to find the right cards for them.

I wasn't prepare for this...a friend of mine on Instagram contacted me and told me he was going to send me a card off from my list of cards I wanted to add in 2026. The card is now in hand and came along with a friend that was /5 that I didn't know about. 

I wasn't prepared for this...no football on TV, no girls basketball to coach. Offseason stinks.

I wasn't prepared for this...storing cards by player that need to be added to my TCDB collections in front of my TV so it's been a challenge to try and turn it on.

I wasn't prepared for this...having plenty of stamps on hand, but not having time to mail out cards to others to get some trades done.

I guess the next time I post on here, I better be more prepared.

What's something that you weren't prepared for that's coming up or happened recently?

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

*that's the one thing in this post that I prepared for typing*

The Top Wants (Again)

Roughly a year ago, I shared my Top Wants list on here which you can always find on the Tabs of the blog (linked in this sentence). But, not knowing if anyone ever looks there, I thought a post with an updated list would be better.

I have crossed off a lot from last year's list and added more to this year's list. One thing to keep in mind, I update this list throughout the year. I add more, I subtract the ones I add, and stare at the ones that have been on this list for an eternity since I started this blog with a cup of coffee in my hand.

There will always be a Top Wants list, but I am hoping some day that a lot of these cards won't be on it anymore. So, if any of you can assist, my email is always open at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com.

Here is the updated list for 2026 so far,

1. 1988 The Real Ghostbusters Ray Stantz Fright Future&Jail Jaw Ghost
2. 2020 Topps Now Inauguration Lady Gaga
3. 2019 Panini Instant Black Cat NY Giants vs Dallas Cowboys game
4. BATMAN & ROBIN MOVIE WIDEVISION 1997 FLEER CELLULOID ACTION INSERT CARD
5. 2010 Donruss Rated Rookie Auto Victor Cruz
6. 2010 Contenders Auto Victor Cruz
7. 2011 Topps Royal Wedding Elton John
8. Leaf Dennis Rodman autograph
9. 1991 Nike Mars Blackmon, MJ, Spike Lee Genie
10. Breygent Wizard Of Oz Yellow Brick Road Relic
11. 2005 Topps Batman Begins Batman Costume Relic
12. 1996-1997 Stadium Club Top Crop Hakeem Olajuwon / Shaquille O'Neal
13. 1996-1997 Stadium Club Top Crop David Robinson/Patrick Ewing
14. 1996-1997 Stadium Club Top Crop Sean Elliott/Grant Hill
15. 1996-1997 Stadium Club Top Crop Scottie Pippen / Shawn Kemp
16. 1996-1997 Stadium Club Top Crop Karl Malone / Vin Baker
17. 1996-1997 Stadium Club Top Crop Charles Barkley/Juwan Howard
18. 1996-1997 Stadium Club Top Crop Clyde Drexler / Glen Rice
19. 1996-1997 Stadium Club Top Crop Gary Payton/Michael Jordan
20. 1996-1997 Stadium Club Top Crop Anfernee Hardaway / Jason Kidd
21. 1992 Pro Set Darkwing Duck/Thunderquack Promo Card
22. 2020 Donruss Rookie Sweater Dual Joe Burrow/Tee Higgins
23. 2020 Donruss Rookie Sweater Dual Jordan Love/AJ Dillion
24. 1996 Topps Turf Warriors Bryce Paup
25. 1996 Topps Turf Warriors Ben Coates
26. 1996 Topps Turf Warriors Greg Lloyd
27. 1996 Topps Turf Warriors Neil Smith
28. 1997 Scoreboard NFL Experience Foundations Amani Toomer
29. 2016 Panini Day Pro Bowl Pylon Eli Manning
30. 2011 Allen Ginter Prince William&Kate
31. 2022 Topps Field Of Dream Sp Aaron Judge
32. 2022 Topps Homefield Advantage Aaron Judge
33. 1977 Topps Andre Dawson
34. 1977 Topps Dale Murphy
35. 1988 Salt Lake Trappers Bill Murray
36. 1992 Bowman Mariano Rivera Rookie Card
37. Sammy Sosa Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
38. Tino Martinez Auto Card (Yanks uni only and no TTM or IP)
39. Mariano Rivera Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
40. 1986-1987 Fleer Michael Jordan Rookie Card
41. Tim Duncan Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
42. Patrick Ewing Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
43. Paul Pierce Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
44. Kevin Garnett Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
45. Walter Payton rookie card
46. 1998 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion Peyton Manning
47. 1997 Collectors Edge Masters Gameball #18 Kerry Collins/Brett Favre
48. Tom Brady Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
49. Randy Moss Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
50. Jamal Lewis Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
51. Donovan McNabb Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
52. Corey Dillion Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
53. Tony Gonzalez Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
54. Marvin Harrison Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
55. Patrick Mahomes Autograph Card (no TTM or IP)
56. Wayne Gretzky rookie card
57. Mario Lemieux rookie card
58. Wayne Gretzky Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
59. Mario Lemieux Auto Card (no TTM or IP)
60. Sean Astin Auto
61. 2015 Americana Autograph Bradley Cooper
62. 2000 Sp Authentic Jimmy Johnson (NASCAR) Rookie Card
63. Mark Hammil Autograph
64. Carrie Fisher Autograph
65. Goodwin Champions Stephen King Autograph
66. Stan Lee Autograph card
67. Charlie Sheen Autograph Card
68. Harrison Ford Autograph Card
69. Ben Affleck Autograph Card
70. Britney Spears Autograph Card
71. Martin Short Autograph Card
72. Jennifer Lopez Autograph Card
73. Dick Van Dyke Autograph Card
74. Adam West Autograph Card
75. Burt Ward Autograph Card
76. Sarah Michelle Gellar Autograph Card
77. Dean Cain Autograph Card
78. Christina Applegate Autograph Card
79. Ed O'Neil Autograph Card
80. Sharon Stone Autograph Card
81. Tara Reid Autograph Card
82. Cheech Marin Autograph Card
83. Wilford Brimley Autograph Card
84. Phil Lemar Autograph Card
85. Wallace Shawn Autograph Card
86. Jon Heder Autograph Card
87. Brett Butler Autograph Card
88. Robin Leach Autograph Card
89. Joey Fatone Autograph Card
90. Mario Lopez Autograph Card
91. John O'Hurley Autograph Card
92. Chris Berman Autograph Card
93. Chris O'Donnel Autograph Card
94. Rich Eisen Autograph Card
95. Bode Miller Autograph Card
96. Alyssa Milano Autograph Card
97. Dick Vitale Autograph Card
98. Ray Ramano Autograph Card
99. Tony Danza Autograph Card
100. 1993 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Flip Heads Yellow Ranger Trini Figure
101. 1993 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Flip Heads Red Ranger Jason Figure
102. 1993 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Flip Heads Blue Ranger Billy Figure
103. 1993 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Flip Heads Pink Ranger Kimberly Figure
104. 1993 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Lord Zedd Figure Figure
105. 1989 TMNT Baxter Stockmon (prefer to have it complete with wings etc) Figure
106. 1991 Playmates Toxic Crusaders Toxie Figure
107. 1991 Playmates Toxic Crusaders Headbanger Figure
108. 1991 Playmates Toxic Crusaders Dr.Killemoff Figure
109. 1983-1984 Mattel Masters Of The Universe Battle Damage He-Man Figure
110. 1993 Batman The Animated Series Clayface Figure
111. 1993 Batman The Animated Series Batman Figure
112. 1993 Batman The Animated Series Robin Figure
113. 1993 Batman The Animated Series TwoFace Figure
114. 1991 or 1992 TMNT Leo Figure
115. 1991 or 1992 TMNT Donnie Figure
116. 1992 TMNT Shredder Figure
117. 1991 TMNT Splinter Figure
118. 2020 Goodwin Champions Ken Jennings Autograph
119. 1989 Topps Batman Base Set
120. 1992 Topps Batman Returns Base Set
121. 1991 Stadium Club Batman Returns Base Set
122. 2005 Batman Begins Base Set
123. 1989 Topps Ghostbusters 2 base card set
124. 1988 Topps Fright Flicks Base Card Set
125. 1989 Topps TMNT complete base set
126. 1990 Topps TMNT complete base set
127. 1991 Topps TMNT complete base set
128. 1990 Topps The Simpsons Complete Base Set
129. 1990 Topps The Simpson Complete Sticker Base Set
130. 1994 Skybox The Simpsons Complete Base Set
131. 2000 Pacific Prism Prospects Fortified with Stars Peerless Price
132. 2000 Pacific Prism Prospects Fortified with Stars Tim Couch
133. 2000 Pacific Prism Prospects Fortified with Stars Brett Favre
134. 2000 Pacific Prism Prospects Fortified with Stars Drew Bledsoe
135. 2000 Pacific Prism Prospects Fortified with Stars Tyrone Wheatley
136. 2000 Pacific Prism Prospects Fortified with Stars Jerome Bettis
137. 2000 Pacific Prism Prospects Fortified with Stars Jerry Rice
138. 2000 Pacific Prism Prospects Fortified with Stars Jon Kitna
139. CSI Autograph card Gil Grissom
140. CSI Autograph Card Katherine Willows
141. CSI Miami Autograph Card Frank Tripp
142. CSI Miami Autograph Card David Caruso
143. CSI MIami Autograph Card Emily Proctor
144. CSI Miami Autograph Card Adam Rodriguez
145. CSI Autograph Card Warrick Brown
146. CSI Autograph Card Wallace Langham
147. 1997-1998 Metal Universe Michael Jordan
148. 1996-1997 Metal Universe Kobe Bryant
149. 1996-1997 Metal Universe Michael Jordan
150. 1996-1997 EX2000 Kobe Bryant
151. 2022 Topps x Nashville Stars Darius Rucker
152. 2022 Topps x Nashville Stars Autograph Darius Rucker
153. 2008 Topps Chrome Gold David Tyree The Catch
154. 2009 Topps Heritage Originals Yankee Stadium Swatch Rudy Guliani
155. 2007 Upper Deck Super Bowl Predictor Winner New York Giants
156. 2015 Panini Country Music Materials Darius Rucker
157. 2019 Panini Contenders Rookie Ticket Autograph David Sills V
158. 2015 Top Trumps Katy Perry
159. 2015 Top Trumps Taylor Swift
160. 2015 Top Trumps Miley Cyrus
161. 2003 Top Trumps Avril
162. 2003 Top Trumps Beyoncé
163. 2003 Top Trumps Eminem
164. 2019 Top Trumps Jennifer Lawrence
165. 1995 Ultra Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie Base Set
166. 1995 Ultra Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie Hologram
167. 1995 Ultra Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Pop Up Cards Set
168. 1993 Topps McDonalds All Time Greatest Baseball Team Bob Roberto Clemente Glass
169. Britney Spears relic card from Pop Century or Razor
170. 2023 Pop Century Elton John Backstage Pass Relic
171. 2022 Marvel Allure /299 Infinity Stones (have Black Panther, Hulk, only)
172. 2018 Upper Deck UD Marvel Infinity Stone Relics (have only Nebula)
173. 2022 Leaf Cinderella Story Relic Featuring Giants
174. 2022 Topps Home Field Advantage Ken Griffey Jr
175. 1995-96 TV Week Show Card The Nanny
176. 1985 Rock Star Concert Cards Complete Set
177. 1999, 2000 Pacific Ornaments football and baseball
178. 1987 Dandy Gum Rock N Bubble Pop Stars Cards
179. 1993 Dynamic Adventures Darkwing Duck Cards
180. 2012 Rittenhouse NCIS autograph Bob Newhart as Doctor Walter Magnus
181. 2012 Rittenhouse NCIS autograph Lauren Holly as Jenny Shepard
182. 2012 Rittenhouse NCIS autograph Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto
183. 2024 Leaf Pop Century Autograph Karen Gillian
184. 2024 Leaf Pop Century Autograph Pete Davidson
185. 2023 Leaf Pop Century Jon Heder
186. 2016 Cryptozoic The Big Bang Theory Autograph Laurie Metcalf
187. 1998 Nestle Armageddon Card #15 Bruce Willis
188. 1994 TV Week MTV Ren And Stimpy
189. 1996 Classic McDonalds Premier Cels
190. 1997 Pinnacle Season's Greetings (Kerry Collins)
191. 2022 Pro Set Limited Edition Gold Chevy Chase
192. 1995 Select Big Sticks Ken Griffey Jr
193. 2020 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Joe Burrow/Tee Higgins
194. 2020 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Jordan Love/AJ Dillion
195. 2021 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Trevor Lawrence/Travis Ettiene
196. 2021 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Zach Wilson/Elijah Moore
197. 2021 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Najee Harris/Pat Freiermuth
198. 2021 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Kyle Trask/Jaelon Darden
199. 2021 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Kenneth Gainwell/Devonta Smith
200. 2021 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Kellen Mond/ Kene Nwangu
201. 2022 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Ahmad Gardner/Garrett Wilson
202. 2022 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters George Pickens/Kenny Pickett
203. 2022 Donruss Rookie Sweaters Malik Willis
204. 2022 Donruss Rookie Sweaters Treylon Burks
205. 2022 Donruss Rookie Sweaters James Cook
206. 2022 Donruss Rookie Sweaters Brian Robinson Jr
207. 2022 Donruss Rookie Sweaters Calvin Austin III
208. 2023 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Clayton Tune/Michael Wilson
209. 2023 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Bryce Young/Jonathan Mingo
210. 2023 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Michael Mayer/Tyree Wilson
211. 2023 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Jaxon Smith/Zach Charbonnet
212. 2023 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Deuce Vaughn/Luke Schoomaker
213. 2023 Donruss Rookie Dual Sweaters Tajae Spears/Will Levis
214. 2024 Select Caitlin Clark base rookie
215. 2024 Prizm Caitlin Clark base rookie
216. 2024 Kakawow Phantom Warner Brothers Silver Frosty The Snowman Hocus
217. 2024 Kakawow Phantom Warner Brothers Silver Frosty The Snowman Traffic Cop
218. 2024 Kakawow Phantom Warner Brothers Silver Frosty The Snowman Frosty
219. 2024 Kakawow Phantom Warner Brothers Silver Frosty The Snowman Professor Hinkle
220. 2024 Kakawow Phantom Warner Brothers Silver Frosty The Snowman Karen
221. 2024 Kakawow Phantom Warner Brothers Silver Buddy Hobbs
222. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Ben Stiller
223. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Robert DeNiro
224. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Susan Surandon
225. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Paul Rudd
226. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Mel Gibson
227. 2025 Pop Century Autograph John Carpenter
228. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Marisa Tomei
229. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Halle Berry
230. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Sarah Michelle Gellar
231. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Angelica Houston
232. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Christmas Vacation Chevy Chase
233. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Kira Kosarin
234. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Danny Glover
235. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Christie Brinkley
236. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Drew Barrymore
237. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Mark Wahlberg
238. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Helen Hunt
239. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Christina Applegate
240. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Nick Castle
241. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Jon Gries
242. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Christina Ricci
243. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Cheech Marin
244. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Ed O'Neill
245. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Edward Furlong
246. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Tim Curry
247. 2025 Pop Century Autograph P.J. Soles
248. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Juliette Lewis
249. 2025 Pop Century Autograph John O'Hurley
250. 2025 Pop Century Autograph Matthew Lillard
251. Any Cam Skattabo auto
252. Any Abdul Carter Auto
253. 2025 Prizm Jaxson Dart
254. 2025 Prizm Cam Skattabo
255. 2025 Prizm Shedeur Sanders
256. 2025 Prizm Cam Ward
257. 2025 Prizm Abdul Carter
258. 2025 Prizm Travis Hunter
259. 2020 Stadium Club Chrome Refractor Bo Bichette
260. 2025 Prizm Tyler Shough
261. 2025 Prizm Jalen Milroe
262. 2025 Optic Jaxson Dart
263. Nikola Jokic Rookie Card
264. Shohei Ohtani Rookie Card (non Diamond King)
265. 25-26 Topps Chrome Cooper Flagg Rookie
266. 1994 Finest Ken Griffey Jr base
267. 2021 Stadium Club Instavision Ken Griffey Jr
268. 2017 Topps Chrome Aaron Judge Rookie Card
269. Josh Allen Autographed Card (No IP or TTM)
270. 2025-26 Topps OG Anuoby Base Card
271. 2025-26 Topps Chrome Refractor OG Anuoby
272. 2022 Stadium Club David Ortiz
273. 2024 Stadium Club Triumvirates Nickname "Junior" Ken Griffey Jr NI
274. 2024 Stadium Club Triumvirates Nickname "Junior" Ken Griffey Jr OR

And there you have it. A lot of card wants and when I add more to this soon, it could reach a list of 300.

Thanks for checking it out and hopefully I can have a lot of success in 2026 in knocking some of these down. Some of these have been on here for years.

I am not sure how often I will be able to do new posts after today, since college kicks back up today, but I will do my best to check in when I can. I got a pretty sweet mail day from Night Owl I need to share the next time I post.

Have a great Monday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Post #800

*takes a sip from a freshly brewed cup*

Post #800.

This post was a tough one for me.

I contemplated back and forth on what I wanted to do with this post for a couple months and I took time away from posting to figure this out.

Before I dive into the deeper part of this, let me get you caught up on the past couple of months.

Let's kick if off health wise first, after meeting with my Gastro doctor in August, she suggested that because of my bowels and heartburn issues that I needed both a Colonoscopy and Endoscopy.

I got those done a few weeks ago, the good news, the polyp they found wasn't cancerous and they didn't find anything else. They also used two different cameras for those same time procedures....I asked :0 LOL. They also didn't go in one end and out the other either :)

The only bad news from that visit was that they told me I have a hiatal hernia. Ugh. Just had a belly button one fixed in September and now this. I guess for now it's one of those monitoring kind of things and will get an ultrasound done on it in six months.

My shoulder I have been dealing with since May finally took a step forward. PT wasn't getting anywhere so they sent me to Ortho. Ortho thought maybe they could see a very slight tear in my labrum but not seen well enough on the blurry scans to call it so. A few days ago I had a cortisone shot done, which was more like 8 shots, and still waiting for that to fully kick in. The shoulder has had it's good and bad since. If the shot doesn't take, surgical will be the next option......

I think that was it for health updates, now onto life ones.

Basketball season, well practices, have begun since the end of November and we play our first game next Saturday. It feels like we don't get enough time on the court to practice but we make do with the time we have. As my first year as a head coach, things are going okay so far. We have practice later today where I will need to initiate more scrimmage time for us to prepare even though some could use more drills to tighten up some skills. Only limited to an hour of practice so we will see how I plan that out.

I also just finished up my first semester of online college on December 15th. Here were my final grades for all three classes,

Not too bad for a first year student. I start classes back up on January 26th. I am fully enjoying this time away even though life has been hectic and sadly I even signed up for summer ones. My goal is to get an associates degree in two and a half years.

With this newly found time off, I found a little bit of time in my card room and finally packed up 15 PWE's to mail out to friends and blogger friends that I have owed.

Let me tell you what a relief that was.

But, I still have more to send out. We will see when I get to that.

Next will actually be taking time to play some Madden 26 and hopefully sorting some cards. I must use my time the best I can.

*sip taken*

Alright, now back to what I was opening up about with Post #800. It was a post that was pretty close to being....well....the end of this blog.

With everything going on in life, I really had to sit down and ask myself questions.

Did I want it this to be the final blog post? Do I feel like going forward with new posts? Will I find the time to do new posts? Is my heart into blogging anymore? Or after all of this time am I tired of this? 

Here WAS the ORIGINAL Post #800:

"There are so many ways I can go with this post, but, I think the way I am going to go will be a surprising one for all of you.

This year has been one of the busiest years of my life and with school ongoing, mixed in with life, basketball coaching and then trying to find time for my actual hobby I had to make a tough decision. I am calling post #800 it on this blog.

I just don't have the time to do this anymore the way I want to.

Also, my heart just isn't in it to continue on with any form of blogging. I feel because of that and time restrictions, my usual creativity with posts has disappeared into fast and sloppy posts (I feel today's doesn't quite conquer the emotion of this last post)  just to say I got one done. Not the kind of quality I know you guys expect on this blog and myself on here. I always told myself when I hit this moment, that should be it for me. I didn't want to just put out posts. I want to only put out interesting content.

Does this mean I will be gone forever from blogging? I don't know. I expect once I am out the routine completely, it would probably mean the end. But, it may not mean that either. If I do make a comeback at some point, it may not be here.

I will still be active on the blogs commenting when I can and I will be also active on Social Media as it's fast and quick to post mail days there. Click the social media tab on Sport Card Collectors blog, HERE, to find me all across social media! I will also still have my email, sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com still open as well if you want to connect or pull off a trade or whatever.

I appreciate the support over the past five and a half years on here. It meant a lot with the check-ins or just saying hi or leaving a thoughtful comment.

I am hoping you will be taking one last sip with me.

*takes a sip hoping you did to*

Leave me your final thoughts on this blog, what brought you here, what was your favorite blog post memory or anything else random in comments today.

*takes a final sip on the final post*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out* "

But, after much thought and consideration, (takes a sip) and the fact I really added onto this post, I plan to CONTINUE blogging!! I don't know how many posts will go up from here on out or how those posts will look when they are posted. But, they will be there and hopefully be read and enjoyed with some coffee.

Thanks in advance for taking time out on reading this one today. Blogging can sometimes feel like an extra un-paid, under appreciated job, but I know in the end it's somehow worth it. Especially when I read comments about my blurbs.

*final sip of today's post*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Sometime Again

Sometime again....I will have time to take photos of cards.

Sometime again...I will have time to then upload those pictures of cards into drafts.

Sometime again....I will have time to do more blog posts.

Sometime again....I will be able to read more blogs and comment on them again.

Sometime again....I will be able to sort these neglected cards tossed in boxes (don't they look sad).

Sometime again.... I will.

For now, life, college, recovery from health issues and soon basketball coaching comes first.

And coffee. Always coffee.

Have a great Saturday everyone. Hope to catch back up soon.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Statistically Crazy

I have mentioned this on here before, I am a man of numbers.

I like quantity over quality when it comes to some of my PC's, I like having more followers than not on social media, I like more than one cup of coffee, I like keep track of streaks in sports, and I really like watching views on my YouTube and on my blogs.

But last month, I am not sure what was going on in the coffee botverse especially since I didn't post much in June, but numbers blew up for me astronomically on two of my blogs. All record breakers straight across the board.

 

Cards Over Coffee is usually a less than 12,000-15,000 view blog per month and it blew up more than two times that! The 3,649 views was also a daily high for this blog that usually averages about 300 on a post day.

Then came the absolute craziness of Sport Card Collectors.

 

The first shocking number was the daily record breaker. I think before it was like 10,000 or so views in a day. Well, let me tell you, over 75,000 views on that day. INSANE!

On top of that, it walloped my highest monthly total which oddly enough was around 75,000. This time it went for over 250,000. The blog normally averages about 20,000 since I don't really blog on it anymore which makes it even more impressive.

So far, this month seems to be back down to earth, maybe even a tad slower. Hopefully it doesn't stay that way. I mean, who doesn't want to come by to see what craziness I posted with some hot brew on here? I sure hope you do! Well, you must if you are reading this tonight (or tomorrow). Thanks for that.

Hope everyone has a great night.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

It's About The Firsts

When I read Night Owl Cards blog post When the firsts were mostly fun, I thought what a fun Blog Bat Around subject that the article would make.

I am not sure if that was his intention, but I have seen a couple bloggers now use it, so I said why not join in as well and have a cup of coffee while I am at it.

*takes a sip*

The point of the post was mentioning some firsts both in hobby and in life. We will avoid some "firsts" topics on this blog however ;) 

Nobody wants to read about that. I promise you.

*takes another sip*

For my post on this, I copied Greg's layout but will have to tweak a few parts as my version of some of his topics didn't quite match. You will see this as you read on.

And that begins with the First Blaster. 

 

I don't remember what my first blaster was, but I do remember my first hobby box which was a box of 1997 Pinnacle Inscriptions football back in 1997. A brand-new box of it came in and my father reserved it at the gas station for us. If you are questioning why I said gas station, it's probably because you haven't read any of my stories in the past, our gas station was like a hobby shop with tons of boxes/packs in the 90's.

This product was a lot of fun with trying to chase down the acetate Inscriptions Autographs. It was also an expensive one, so even though we reserved the full hobby box, we could only grab a couple "packs", like the one pictured, at a time.

First what I considered old card in my collection 

 

was the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr rookie. This iconic card was my first older card and that's not even close to being the type of older cards I expect to see others post about.

I would call myself the "young" blogger, but I certainly don't feel it.

First parallel I knew was one of the first packs I opened. This one cover two topics.

1994 Topps Football Special Effects. These were very eye pleasing.

First baseball cards I purchased through mail-order . 

 

I never ordered any cards through any mail in offer. I did order these 1992 Kellogg's PVC Darkwing Duck figures though.

First sitcom I saw was....probably..

Home Improvement. I watched soooooooo many sitcoms in the 90's it's really hard to narrow them down to which one I watched first, I do know Home Improvement was definitely up there and was the most watched one.

First "big kid" book I read

Was this. Absolute classic. It was followed up with a couple "sequels", but they weren't as good as the original.

First cartoon that freaked me out, none did I grew up watching horror movies. Instead, my first favorite voice actor that followed my entire childhood.

Everyone should know this legend, Jim Cummings.

First article I wrote as a professional writer.....

Do I consider myself a professional writer, no. But I got to write for a professional magazine and had my first article published in it. Something I will never forget.

First championship I experienced for a favorite team

 

I saw plenty of NY Yankee championships, none of those really hit home as much as the NY Giants beating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 42. I wasn't a football fan when the Giants won their first two Super Bowls so instead, I got to watch a lot of misery and a blowout Super Bowl loss to the Ravens. Winning this one against one my most despised teams that was undefeated at the time gave me a thrill like no other.

And I guess we can't finish this up without discussing my first cup of coffee. I don't have a date on that, I just know it was with my mother playing the game of war with playing cards sometime in the 90's.

There you have it, a lot of firsts.

Thanks to Night Owl Cards for the idea.

I could have gone on with more posts and more firsts, but I just wanted to keep it related to his theme to fit the Blog Bat Around. Maybe I will do a spinoff or sequel to this someday. For now, I will need a sequel to this cup of coffee.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Never Forget To Say Thanks

I don't know how the rest of you were raised, but I was raised to always say thank you.

I say thank you after any compliment. I say thank you after any gift big, small and sometimes unwanted. I say thank you for anyone holding the door open. I say thank you for someone who just serviced my car I say thank you to nurses, teachers, doctors and people working at a grocery store. I say thank you to anyone offering me coffee. I say thank you to the mail man who delivered a fun pwe to my door and now I am going to say thank you to the person who sent it.

Thanks Jon From A Penny Sleeve For Your Thoughts.

Thank you for the Victor Cruz Topps Tek that is numbered to 50.

Thank you for Eli Manning #1,152.

Thank you for this Russell Wilson that bleeds Giants colors in the background.

Thanks for this really nice Frank Gifford card.

 

 

And thanks for the set help.

Also, thanks for being a good friend Jon.

I sure hope most of you say thank you for as often as you can. Two simple words can mean a lot to someone as it lets them know you appreciate what they just did. Think about how you feel when someone tells you that. Let that sink in.

As always, thank you for coming to read this blog...with coffee hopefully. Thanks for trying to offer me some through the computer screen too.

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.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

2024:The Blog Stats

You thought 2024 was over, didn't you? Well, not quite yet on here.

I still have some loose ends to finish up before I move on with this year.

But even before that, I need my coffee.

*takes a sip*

Today's post comes thanks to an idea from Night Owl Cards who took the idea from Diamond Jesters. I wanted to make sure to backtrack this correctly.

I have never done a recap post like this one on here before, but I loved the idea and may do this post going forward.

Let's start:

• This is my 13th year blogging overall but going into my fifth year here on Cards Over Coffee. I have done some on and off postings on Sport Card Collectors (my original blog) and Big Blue Cardboard (my NY Giants spinoff blog) but have mainly focused on this blog the last few years. The only thing that keeps me going back to Sport Card Collectors is the numbers. Every post there gets 100+ views while this one gets less than half of that per post and I keep going back to Big Blue Cardboard because this blog doesn't do well with NY Giants posts.
• This blog had 151 posts last year, which was 44 more than the previous year but not as many as 2022 when I had 200 which is the highest amount on here.
• The month with the most posts was January with 23 which is followed up with May with 21. The least amount was October with 2 as both September and October I kind of took off from blogging.
• The highest viewed post last year was The Blogger National with 234 views.
• I don't have exact notes on the most commented post of last year as I replied to every comment, but I will say I had roughly 4-5 comments per post which is a yearly average high for me on here.
• This blog has 72 followers. Which is +3 from the previous year. My goal is still to reach 100 on here by year's end.

 

As for blog stats, I don't quite know how to read this chart and how this is broken down, not sure if it's views per month or what, but it appears this blog was on the rise in 2024. Which his good and has been the goal.

I don't have the card breakdown for last year for what I added to my PC, I am not that organized, and I had so many cards coming in and leaving through trading it would be impossible to fully track just like how many cups of coffee I had last year.

Well, there you have it. I think we are good with 2024 now and can finally move onto 2025 on here. I will do it again next year.

I hope everyone has a great Wednesday. Drink that cup of coffee.

*final sip*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

BASKETBALL UPDATE: We won our first game on Saturday 30-8 with the first half of the team, then lost the second game in a heartbreaker 13-12 after having a 10-4 lead at halftime with the other half of the team. There are definitely things to work on, but some huge improvements as well. Tonight is practice and that's exactly the plan.

The 12-Cup Plan

*sits down with some cards and coffee ready to post the latest post on cards over coffee*

This morning, I have been spending some time reflecting on blogging and what I should do moving forward. With time, views, comments playing a factor, this morning I officially retired for good (yes, I promise you they are not returning), Sport Card Collectors and Big Blue Cardboard.

Which now leaves me some decisions with this blog.

The same factors play a role with this one as well along with my decline in mail days. Time is shorter now with my life being busier and I spend a lot of time doing each and every one of these posts when I have time and getting 30 views and 2 comments per post doesn't quite feel like the effort I am putting in is getting the attention I had hoped for. I could spend my little free-time better elsewhere which includes my neglected collection which could use a lot more sorting attention.

But I am not quite ready to just call it quits on this blog yet. I am not retiring it today that's for sure.

It is coming though.

After today, I have "brewed" a full 12-cup pot of coffee and once that pot is empty, the blog will end. Which also means I will have to keep re-warming up the cups before every post. Or just brew single cup. You get the point.

In layman's terms, there are 12 more posts left on this blog which will end on May 10th 2025, the blog's 5th anniversary. I think this is the perfect way to end this blog.

Of course, we all know I have changed my mind on things in the past many times, but right now, I am pretty set on this idea and next summer only gets busier.

To break up the good and bad news of this post, I thought I would share some mail days that have sat in my drafts for a while.

*takes a sip*

Marshall Faulk was one of the players I was missing in my Hall Of Fame autograph collection and now he is home. Leaf or not, it's still an auto.

Shiny Fleer Mystique Supernaturals insert. The shiny Griffey's always catch my eye first.

 

Like above, shiny Griffey. This one is numbered to 199.

And for now, this cleans up my card picture drafts so I have nothing else to showoff right now.

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

With only 12 posts remaining going forward on this blog, I will be very picky and choosy on what I post when I find time to post. Not that I have a lot incoming to post about anyways, but any mail days from bloggers will take high priority over anything else.

I hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

The Great Rookie Card Purge!

*another late night post means no coffee for this blogger for this post*

It was time.

I had a rookie card box that was begging me to go through and purge out the ones that didn't belong in there anymore.

It was a box that I have been meaning to purge for a while, but recently only found time to when I was looking for trade bait. This isn't a box I typically take stuff out to trade as it's my keeper's box, but sometimes I make exceptions depending on what's being offered up.

When pulling players, other than a few defensive NFL guys, most were the guys that all "prospectors" were hot on over the last 10 years or so. You know, the Drew Locks, the Mickey Moniaks, the Coby Whites, the Wander Francos (well different reasons for this guy), the Todd Gurleys, the Corey Seagers (some may argue he could stay, but he isn't), the Desmond Ridders, the Matt Corrals, the Eloy Jimenezs, the Yoan Moncadas, the Rhys Hoskins, and the so-so's of the world all combined in this box with actual stars.

  

At one point, I had this five-row monster box tightly jammed packed. After the purge, I have roughly two and a half rows now and I am sure more guys will need to be pulled in a few months. I am looking at you Julio Rodriguez and Heliot Ramos, prove to me you need to stay in there with the greats.

Here are the ten big stacks of random players that I need to redistribute back into binders (and some players I didn't mention above in my purge). IF for some reason any of them turn it back on, I can always re-add them to the box. Otherwise, they will spend a life sentence in a binder and go up for trade bait when someone asks.

With the box emptier now, this only means I can add new guys to it as the year goes on. Time will tell who I find box worthy as I won't just let anyone in anymore. I will be as picky as Elaine was in Seinfeld looking for "spongeworthy" people.

Outside of the purge, this box really has another project within it. I really need to separate it by player and index it. That way I know who I have in there and where they are when I need to locate them. This is on my list of projects to complete among many other planned card projects. I just really need to focus and complete one task at a time on my checklist.

I hope all of you have a great night of sleep (or a great day depending on when you read this). Make sure that coffee is ready for you in the morning when you wake up or if you are reading this tomorrow, have your coffee ready for this short read. I will be having a cup with you.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Flooded

Life is like a 2024, you never know what you're going to get.

I know for me and my family, this stands true.

We have been hit hard and it just continues this year. (last week we had oil lines on our van bust causing a $465 bill)

Our recent jab was from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl.

In 2011, we experienced our first ever Tropical Storm (Irene) in the area which caused flooding and disaster. Which we thought was a one-time only thing. 

We were wrong. 

On July 10th of last year, we got hit with more flooding just from a storm system that produced a lot of rain. Both of those storms put water levels across the bridge we use to get in and out of so we had to keep our distance until the water went down.

Fast forward to July 10th of this year, one year to the day from last year's storm, welcomed Hurricane Beryl remnants.

This was by far the worst we have ever been hit in our area.

The day started out with some light rain and by 3pm heavy rains covered the area. We watched Facebook to keep track of what was going on locally since most of our friends are here.

 

By 6pm, they were warning people of Severe Flash Floods in the area and told everyone to stay home and off from the roads. At that time where we lived, it wasn't too bad.

I stayed up until 2am keeping track of my basement, though we live on a hill and we shouldn't get hit, I just had to be safe. Water freaks me out and it doesn't take much before water can become very dangerous.

By 5am, I was awoken from a deep sleep by the fire department. One of my buddies works for them and told me that our road/bridge had been washed out and there was no way in or out. Then informed me if we needed anything and not knowing how long it would take to fix, he was available and would find a way to bring necessities.

At that point, I wasn't going back to sleep. I had to check out the damage.

It didn't look too bad here, but believe me, the other side was gone. And this tree came from somewhere else.

(just a small look at the main road washed out under)

This is the bridge connected to the road. Looks like a small gap.

All in all, my father in laws gage told us there was 5inches of rain, before we had more showers that day. That has to be a record. Also, this bridge/road has never been washed out and that's saying a lot knowing that my 76-year-old father-in-law has lived here is whole life.

It was a tough sight to see. I was also short on groceries, but at least had coffee. I wasn't sure how long it would take to fix this.

But in an impressive two days, they made a makeshift road to get us in and out. It is scary to drive on as it's very makeshift, but at least I was able to run an errand for groceries.

The main road though and much of its stretch still requires a lot of work. There is trash, wood and random items everywhere on the property where cleanup will take a while. I think I counted 10 car tires. Fortunately, no damage or flooding to my house.

The local town 10 minutes from me saw a ton of devastation. Local businesses will take months to clean; these are small businesses to, the town is covered in mud, trees, and trash. There are businesses with dumpsters outside their buildings, people I know lost everything, one 73-year-old guy that used to take me to school when I was younger took a chance and drove into high waters costing him his life. It's sad to see anything like this hit here and not something I ever expected to see. EVER.

We will all recover though. We have every time. Just hopefully this won't keep happening every year. I know when July 10th comes around next year, I will be aware of it.

I hope everyone has a safe Friday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*