Belated Birthday Gift

*sits down and gets ready for an exciting post on Cards Over Coffee*

 

Before the post, sip and donut time.

*takes a bite, a sip and gets ready for the post*

In life, people come and go. Most of the time when they go, they are gone never to be heard or seen again. However, there are rare instances when they come back.

I know in my hobby life; I have met lots of great people online whether that be through blogging or on my Facebook pages or on Twitter. Some I haven't heard from in years. Some I talk to everyday and one...well...I thought was gone but has returned after six months.

Welcome back Oren. Glad to have you back.

*takes a sip before moving on with today's post*

*takes a bite of donut as well*

*another sip*

Not only was it great to hear from Oren and knowing he was fine, but it will be fun to kick off our trades again and being able to email one another as well.

Oren also had a surprise packed for me and sent me a belated birthday gift and it was amazing.

Check this out,

New card for my Marvel PC, more on that coming up in a future post.

We all have seen that Bowman Mantle before, but have you seen these other promotional Mantles before? I haven't.

Here is the back to them. Interesting oddball addition.

The base version of this 1997 Bowmans Best Best Cuts Jake Plummer will go great with the refractor version I have :)

Cooper Taylore was a 5th round pick of the Giants in the 2013 draft. He didn't quite make a big splash and was cut by the Giants, but always welcome any Giants player as long as they are wearing blue.

Do you know how bad I wanted one of these back in 2000? REALLY BAD! I have always kept an eye on one and have wanted still since. I guess I can cross it off now.

Wayne Gallman showed some bright spots when he started some games for the Giants when Saquon Barkley got injured.

David Stambaugh is an actor for The Bad News Bears movies, and this marks I believe my third autograph from this set. 

Along with sending along those great cards above, Oren hit me up with some wicked cool unopened packs. I haven't decided which ones I am opening or adding to my unopened pack PC.

The Simpsons. First time I have one of these in my collection. I really need to chase down the base set.

Upper Deck Dinosaurs. I remember winning a box of these and how fun that product was to open.

2022 Absolute Memorabilia retail pack. I ripped this bad boy.

Results. Not a bad find with the Pickens, he showed some serious highlights last year and could grow off from it this year.

 

These are beautiful!!! OG Batman movie packs (I want this base set and sticker set), Batman Begins pack (I am wanting this base set and hologram set) and Batman Forever hanger pack (want this base set and hologram set). I haven't decided which of these I will open yet or keep them sealed for my Batman collection.

Then came a huge surprise......

2021 Historic Autographs Written Word POTUS The First 36. This would mark my first hobby box opening of 2023. With no company sponsors left, I figured I would never see a hobby box again then came this surprise.

What's really cool with these, there are chances to pull DNA cards which would be beyond EPIC for me to find.

Each box comes with two cards for that chance at one. Here is what those two cards can be overall, Written Word Card, Limited Edition Die-cut Monument Card, POTUS DNA Hair Card, POTUS DNA Dual Hair Card or an Authentic POTUS Cut Signature Card

I couldn't wait any longer, so I tore in that box like I did when I opened up the donut one,

This is what it looks like on the inside.

Card #1

Andrew Johnson, our 17th president cut up handwritten words from him. Pretty cool and wonder what kind of document they cut up for these. You would think it would be in a history museum. You can view the documents online which I will probably do at some point.

 

And the next card is Grover Cleveland, the 22nd president cut up handwritten words. Once again, I need to look up the documents they cut up.

I didn't get the DNA card or even the cut-up signature I had hoped for, but I am still beyond stoked for these. Really cool history pieces for my non sport PC. I really want to open another now!

Thanks again to Oren for this superb gift. Really appreciate it beyond words.

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

I hope everyone is ready for more of the mail day posts from Oren coming up this year. I am sure there will be more fun cards to show off.

In comments today, comment on the cards or what you do with packs like the ones I have above. Do you collect unopened packs? wrappers?

I hope everyone has a great Monday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Trade With The Diamond King

*takes a sip, finally getting to sit down for today's post after a busy morning which included getting my booster Pfizer vaccine. Time to find some breakfast as well*

Packages and PWE's have been flowing into the mail box like never before the last week or so. Not only has this led to some excitement, but has also put me in a tough spot when it comes to blogging them. I just hate making people wait for a thank you.

So most of those mail days I tweeted out, so hopefully you follow me on Twitter to have seen those. I think a good portion of my mail days will be posted that way. However, ones I get from fellow bloggers, I still plan to post this way.

*takes a sip, then shakes arm to get muscle loose from the shot*

My most recent blogger trade, I haven't done a lot of them this year, is from The Diamond King who had posted his best Griffey's including one he had for trade.

But, before we get to that card, our trade expanded a bit more and he included some awesome 90's inserts I didn't have (this is only a small portion of them)

Sp Matchups

Ultra The Book On

New Horizon Hideki Irabu

Upper Deck National Pride (how great does this look with the light box)

*takes a break for a minute to shake the arm again*

Playoff Illusions Spectralusion of Shannon Sharpe

Ultra Notables

*takes another break and arm shake. puts his left arm out, puts his left arm in, puts his left arm out, and shakes it all about....then goes back to typing*

On top of those great 90s inserts, then there was this beauty.

Wayne Gallman Triple Rookie Relic autograph from Absolute football. Even though he is in Atlant

a now, I still collect him.

And finally, the big piece.

  

2000 Skybox Dominion Eye On October Plus Parallel. The base version of this fell 1:24 packs while the tougher to find Plus parallel fell 1:240 packs. There is also a much rarer level with the Warp Tek parallel that's numbered.

Big thanks to The Diamond King on the trade.

*takes a sip, shakes the arm again, and gets ready to finish up today's post before moving onto more stuff to do today*

I know I have more mail days on the way from trades I just made, I also have some mail I have to send out which will lead to even more mail days. I am definitely not complaining about the situation, I just don't see myself sitting down to post them all like the old days.

What have you gotten in the mail box recently?

Have a great Tuesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

New Cardboard And Mug

*sits down with a new mug in hand, fresh pot of coffee and some pumpkins spice creamer to top it off. It's going to be a good day*

There are not many surprises in life, at least good ones, so soaking in the ones that come are fun. Some examples of fun surprises in life include, getting engaged, having a baby (especially if you don't find out what you are having ahead of time),birthday parties, those onion rings in your french fries from Burger King and the unexpected announcement you are getting a mail day.

That surprise recently hit me via Twitter from @SpartyHawkCache. He took note one day of a #CardsOverCoffee Tweet I had with a mug of fresh hot joe in it and said you need an upgraded mug.

 

So he sent me one of his mugs with his logo on it. I gotta admit I got a little giddy over my first hobby mug. I look forward to using this many times and think it would be fun if others had mugs as well especially bloggers. I could have a late night cup with a Night Owl mug or sitting in my card area with stacks everywhere sipping on a Too Many Verlanders mug or drinking an afternoon cup in October from a pink Collectin' Cutch mug. Hint, Hint to all of the bloggers out there reading this.

*takes a sip, begins to continue on*

I thought the mug alone was amazing, then he mentioned a second envelope would be coming and did a few days later. I had no idea what was within which made for one of those positive surprises I talked about above.

 

Inside of the bubbler was this hand written note. Every note ever sent to me I have kept and hope to put in a scrapbook some day.

The note informed me that some NY Giants are inside along with a few celebrity autos. I think he nailed this extra mail day. I also liked the kind words about the blog. This blog may not have the reach quite yet, but hopefully it will get there as many enjoy what I am doing here.

Behind the note was the card  portion of the mail day,

We start out with a Travis Rudolph autograph. I really wished he could have had more chances with the Giants as he blew up the preseason in 2017 but failed to make the roster completely and only had limited opportunities both with the Giants and Dolphins. He had 8 catches for 101 yards in his NFL Career and currently plays for Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian League. I wish him all of the best!

 

A few things about Evan Engram. One, he can't stay healthy. Two, he shows flashes of a Hall Of Fame Tight End but then doesn't and can't seem to live up to his potential and three, Coach McAdoo wanted the Giants to move up that year and draft some guy named Patrick Mahomes but instead the Giants sat back and went with Engram. This must be why I am a Mahomes fan and want to see Engram live up to those standards.

 

 

If this doesn't tell you much about the Giants as of recent, nothing will. They drafted Wayne Gallman in 2017 who showed he could possibly carry the load at running back in 2018 and then went and spent the second pick of the draft on Saquon Barkley. Nothing against Saquon and I was rooting that pick on, but looking back on it and the Giants passing on guys like Josh Allen, it stings now. Especially with Jones struggles and Saquon's injuries the last two seasons.

*takes a sip, takes a deep breath knowing how the Giants could have had Patrick Mahomes, takes another sip, takes another breath, sip, breath, continues on*

I gotta admit, I was chuckling to myself some when I got to the celebrity autos.

 

I love good humor but, he is a hobby celebrity so it is a win. I plan to keep those in my scrapbook with a few other hobby autographs I have.

 

 

Thanks for the mail day Marlin! Solid one all around and I appreciate your kindness.

*takes a sip with a smile, then decides not to end the post quite yet*

I know how much you guys enjoyed my last round of foliage pictures, so thought I would show some more on a short trip around town my wife and I took. We did this adventure before the heavy rains came because we knew that would be the end of the beautiful colored trees and honestly, it was.

 

The trip started out with finding this surprise painted on the road. I thought it was funny and posted it on Facebook and a day later.....

 

This was how it looked. Someone tried their best to blend it back in to the road. It actually stands out more now. Gotta love politics.

Now onto rest of the trip before I cause a political stir.

  

This was only some of the 30 or so pictures I took overall. I figured I didn't want to bore you guys too much with them, so a few pictures would do for this post.

The foliage has now passed and we are sitting in that weird spot where the trees look brown, leaves are on the ground everywhere and the wet smell of fall is here. At least there isn't any of that white stuff on the ground yet as I am not ready. But, we all know how 2020 has gone so it wouldn't surprise me one bit to see it early this year. 

That's one of those surprises you don't want.