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2008 Topps Chrome box
Another great price for some great cards that I didn't have.First up are the inserts.Heritage Chrome inserts #/1959Heritage Chrome refractor #403/559There were a handful of chrome versions of the 2008...
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2010 Topps Chrome box
Heritage Chrome0879/19611307/1961Topps 206 Chrome416/999Refractor 244/499And lastly, the autos.This one is looking like an auto of better and better value as Donaldson continues to become a key piece...
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I should know better
Do you ever finish busting a box and look at the results and think, "Why in the world did I buy this? Am I stupid or something?"Of course you have. We all have. That's the nature of modern wax busting....
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Card show Part 1: 2014 Allen & Ginter
Today was one of the every few months card shows in Hickory, NC and of course I couldn't pass it up. My #1 goal was to get a box of 2014 Allen & Ginter. Only two dealers had boxes, one selling for...
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Card show Part 2: Singles
Ya can't go to a card show without picking up some singles.For the Braves PCThe above two cards I got from a guy selling his relics for $1 a piece. And finding an auto/relic in the box I couldn't pass...
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Card show Part 3: Soccer
I'm actually a soccer fan the other 3 years and 11 months that the World Cup isn't going on. I've been to top level professional matches in Europe, ie. Real Madrid, and actually prefer the experience...
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Card show Part 4: Lineage
My last purchase at the show was a box of 2011 Topps Lineage. I bought one of these boxes last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. So at $40 for another box I couldn't resist. Here are the highlights.Topps...
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eBay spree
You know the drill.Some PC cards as well as some non-PC cards that are available for trade.X-fractor 114/299Available for trade10/18This was a preemptive buy for my fledgling HoFer relic PC. A really...
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Ginter keeps on giving
Today I stopped at Walton's Poison Factory and picked up the last two A&G blasters on the shelf. Both boxes contained a full size relic so I saved those two packs for last. One was a Joey Votto...
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Dime Box Doozies
I've been out of the posting action for about three weeks now. This is a very busy time of year for me with teaching 150 high schoolers to play complex music and run around a football field at the same...
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Bowman Platinum
Hi guys. I only had one post last month. That was my worst month of blogging since I started. Hopefully September will be better. I finally got all my recent acquisitions scanned so I should have more...
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A few recent eBay wins
I picked up this awesome Brandon Beachy patch/relic/auto #99/99 from 2013 Museum for all of $7.99 shipped. I imagine the seller was quite disappointed with that as it was up for auction with a BIN of...
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Awesome Prizm box
Recently I got a good deal on a box of 2014 Panini Prizm. I liked the look of the cards this year with the photos being more colorful than the last two editions. And the powder in all its excessiveness...
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Hit Parade Pt.1
As part of my most recent Dave and Adam's order I decided to give their repack product a shot. They call it "Hit Parade" hence the title. Each pack, which is really just a small bubble envelope,...
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Hit Parade Pt. 2
This post will focus on the autographs that I got in my eight packs of Hit Parade from Dave and Adam's.Probably the lowest end of the autos along with the Dolis above. But at least this one is a...
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Bonus time
Just like your average Joe, I don't like my job very much. But I do work for a company that is nice enough to treat its employees to a quarterly bonus if we meet certain quotas and other criteria. I...
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A couple more autos
In addition to my recent eBay spree I did recently pack pull two autos from retail.#471/499Refractor auto pulled from a blaster.This one came from a '13 GQ rack pack that was in a Wal-Mart repack.
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The best bargain in the hobby
Repacks. Yep. I really feel like these are the best bargain in the hobby. But not just any repack. I've noticed that the Wal-mart $20 are steadily decreasing in value. First they were 12 packs + 4 rack...
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The best bargain in the hobby: Part 2
Yesterday I posted about the guaranteed hits from the eight Target repack boxes I picked up over a couple days. Those cards were nice and definitely added value to the boxes. But the purpose of buying...
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