Strive For '65 Saturday: Stormin' The Sportlots Castle

 In a recent splurge of purchases from Sportlots I got more cards for my Strive for '65 set build, plus a few other years, but the bulk was the '65s. I ordered about 26 cards for the set from 4 different sellers with the cost per card ranging from 34¢ to $6.99 this round. Unbeknownst to me one of them was a duplicate (The Phillies Rookie Stars my previous one is in better condition as this one has writing on the back). Conditions ranging from good to excellent. Some of the cards I went for the cheap "good" condition to save some money and for a few of them paid the price as you will see. Those cards I will need to upgrade at some time, a few of them I can tolerate. ARGH and ACK. Usually I do pretty well with unseen poorer conditioned cards there. Then again I don't often lower to the "good" level. I probably will not from here on.

STRIVE FOR '65 STATUS:

25 Jun 2022 Strive for '65 | 1965 Set Build | Master Want List Current card count: 329/598 (55%) or 331/600 (55.2%)

For those of you wondering YES I am STILL BUILDING THIS DANG SET. I don't have the luxury of having a huge blog fandom where you mention you are building a vintage set and within a few months or maybe even weeks BAM It's Complete. I'm lucky if I get one lousy offer to purchase one card for the set, let alone any freebies.

Here is the link to my last update from Feb of 2022. 

Monday 06 Jun 2022:

70 Bill Skowron White Sox* 

Hes wondering what the heck happened to the back of his card?

171 Jim Roland Twins*

219 Bob Meyer Athletics - "Hey it's Kurt Russell!"

254 Roland Sheldon Yankees

309 Steve Hamilton Yankees*

107 Phillies' Rookie Stars - Pat Corrales and Costen Shockley

143 Pirates' Rookie Stars - John Gelnar and Jerry May

368 White Sox's Rookie Stars - Ken Berry and Joel Gibson 

Thursday 09 Jun 2022:

20 Jim Bunning Phillies - 

Stunt Double for General George S Hammond "Of Texas" (Stargate SG-1)

55 Tony Conigliaro Red Sox

73 Dennis Ribant Mets

111 Lee Thomas Red Sox

88 Jack Lamabe Red Sox

198 Smoky Burgess White Sox

210 Jim Fregosi Angels

242 George Brunet Angels

291 Jerry Lynch Pirates

301 Birdie Tebbetts Indians

376 Jim Landis Athletics

451 Jim Owens Astros

243 Reds' Rookie Stars - Ted Davidson and Tommy Helms

374 Angels' Rookie Stars - Jose Cardenal and Dick Simpson

196 Ron Fairly Dodgers

231 Jerry Adair Orioles

281 Bill Stafford Yankees

349 Larry Miller Mets

The Latest Additions: *Indicates card needs an upgrade

Monday 06 Jun 2022: (1 seller)

70 Bill Skowron White Sox*

107 Phillies' Rookie Stars: Pat Corrales and Costen Shockley

143 Pirates' Rookie Stars: John Gelar and Jerry May

171 Jim Roland Twins*

219 Bob Meyer Athletics

254 Roland Sheldon Yankees

309 Steve Hamilton Yankees*

368 White Sox's Rookie Stars: Ken Berry and Joel Gibson

Thursday 09 Jun 2022: (3 sellers)

20 Jim Bunning Phillies

55 Tony Conigliaro RedSox

73 Dennis Ribant Mets

111 Lee Thomas Red Sox

88 Jack Lamabe Red Sox

198 Smoky Burgess White Sox

210 Jim Fregosi Angels

242 George Brunet Angels

243 Reds' Rookie Stars: Ted Davidson and Tommy Helms

291 Jerry Lynch Pirates

301 Birdie Tebbets Indians

374 Angels' Rookie Stars: Jose Cardenal and Dick Simpson

376 Jim Landis Athletics

452 Jim Owens Astros

196 Ron Fairly Dodgers

231 Jerry Adair Orioles

281 Bill Stafford Yankees

349 Larry Miller Mets

 

CaptK's Coveted 10 Updated

CaptKirk42's Coveted 10

Updated 23 Jun 2022

Trade Info | Trade List | What I Collect | Master Want List

I usually don't make special posts about updates but since I don't get much traffic on this blog because I only post once in a while at a bare minimum of one post a month I decided to yack it up. On my righthand hand sidebar I have this list of my Current 10 Most Coveted "Search and Destroy" for Cards. I also have a static page for it here. I update it periodically when the cards on it come in. For several months numbers 6 through 10 were TBD as I hadn't assigned new cards to look for yet. Well I filled in the spaces. I also updated my Master Want List.

Here is the latest updated detailed list 

1. 1998 Inkworks Lost in Space Autograph Card: A-2 Lacy Chabert as Penny Robinson - For some reason this one has insane prices. I missed out on one a few years back that was just under $50, still a bit much for me but I should have jumped on it.
2. 1971 Fleer Laughlin World Series: 23 Pirates/Senators 1925 WS - This card should probably be over at Curly W Cards on that list but I need more than just Senators from this set. Plus they lost that series.
3. Any 1965 Topps Baseball still on my Wantlist. (Set Build Post)
4. 1975 Topps Baseball 228 George Brett RC Royals - I know this is one of the most sought after cards  of this set, and tends to be super expensive. Then again the Robin Yount RC is also a hot super expensive Rookie card of this set, but I managed to get that one for a good low price.
5. 2003 Bazooka Baseball 7 Bazooka Joe Bazooka Logo - Silver Variant
6. 1987 Topps ALF Sticker 10 "A Whisker For Your Thoughts" - Puzzle Back left corner blue puzzle
7. 2004 Donruss World Series - Fans of The Game FG-2 Stan Lee
8. 1991 Pro Set - WLAF Inserts 30 Mike Riley CO San Antonio Riders
9. 1992 Lime Rock Pro Cheerleaders NNO Los Angeles Raiders Checklist
10. 1978 Topps Mork & Mindy 4 "You're in good hands with Ork State!"

A collecting goal of a set build of 2003 Topps Bazooka Baseball 7 Joe Bazooka sub-set I have all the regular base of card number 7. On my main want list I have what I need of the minis (25/31) and the Silver (31/31) variants..

Check frequently as I update this list as I get these cards. If you have a card on the list please mention the exact card not it's number on the list. When I get a card that is on the list I remove it from the list, move up the cards that were below it and add a new card to the bottom of the list at #10, so the top card (card #1) will eventually be the card that has spent the most time on the list.

Here are a few white whale cards that should be on this list but are not and probably never will be, mostly due to them being way out of reach price wise:

1975 Topps Baseball 228 George Brett RC Royals (Currently on list at #4)

1976 Topps Football 148 Walter Payton RC Bears
1986-87 Fleer Basketball 57 Michael Jordan RC Bulls
2012 Topps Archives Baseball (1984 Style) 241 Bryce Harper RC Nationals SSP

Trade Info | Trade List | What I Collect | Master Want List

MLB Managing Ladies Baseball

Women are making big strides in all walks of life even in pro sports that used to be strictly "Men's Clubs". In April just 4 days apart two women made big debuts on the Pro Baseball Diamond, one in the Minors and one in the big Major League Stage. Topps Now recorded these events and I got the cards from Topps Now on Ebay for about 7 bucks each plus a little in shipping and/or tax. Most Topps Now cards I've gotten from between $5.99 to about $13.99 with most being at $7-$8, sometimes free shipping sometimes not. These two I happened to get from the ToppsNow store on Ebay, (EDIT: I was wrong the minor league card I got from a different seller, no toppsnow store)  sometimes I get them from other dealers. It depends mostly on the price. Usually there is a bit of a wait on the shipping especially through the toppsnow ebay store. 

Lets start with the Minor league card. Rachel Balkovec made her managerial debut for the Tampa Tarpons (careful reading that one, it caught me the first time I saw it) a MILB affiliate of the New York Yankees on Friday 08 April 2022.

2022 Topps Now Baseball MILB-1 Rachel Balkovec Tampa Tarpons

Card two is Up to the big league MLB just 4 days later. Alyssa Nakken took the field as First Base Coach for the San Francisco Giants Tuesday 12 April 2022.

2022 Topps Now Baseball 45 Alyssa Nakken San Francisco Giants

I don't intend to dis Miss Nakken here but in that photo she looks a bit like Ellen DeGeneres or Jane Lynch.

 

Two Andromeda Autos Trance

So a couple of weeks back got a second autograph card from an actor from one of the Sci-Fi shows I like. The first one I got ages ago. This is from the show Andromeda. A sci-fi show created by an idea from Star Trek Creator Gene Rodenberry. A few months back I had posted an auto card of the show's star Kevin Sorbo. The cards I am featuring for this post is Laura Bertram who played the alien Trance Gemini.

The first of the two cards I like better even though the signature is not as legible,  and is the one I had gotten a few years back. It was also an oddball type of card as it was originally a sealed "Uncirculated" card, however the gold seal sticker was damaged and was hastily "repaired" with some scotch tape. I don't think I had done that, but maybe. Anyway I probably debated if I should remove and ditch the damaged seal which just adds other problems including not being able to view the entire card. I'm just going to ditch the useless sticker. Maybe back when I got it I thought the seals were cool, but now I don't care. I liked if I could get them, but always hated that they cover up too much info. Also sellers will charge way too much extra for the seal. Anyway that is the older of the two, even though it is from a later series of the cards.

The second more recent acquisition has its own story. I got it from Ebay and even though I paid over $20 ($26 and some change $20 plus postage and tax) the seller sent it by the new Ebay standard envelope. Cards valued over $20 are not supposed to go that way. (update: OK technically my card was just at $20 so it just sneaks by) Which I don't care for. Mostly because the tracking marks the package as "delivered" when it reaches your area's main hub post office, not necessarily your "home" post office that serves your address. I got it a day or two after it was marked as delivered. This has happened with another card I had received via the standard envelope as well.

2001 Inkworks Andromeda Autograph A4 Laura Bertram as Trance Gemini

2004 Inkworks Andromeda Autograph A5 Laura Bertram as Trance Gemini (with Uncirculated Seal)

2004 Inkworks Andromeda Autograph A5 Laura Bertram as Trance Gemini (raw)

March Mystery Post

This post will be a mystery at first since I'm not sure what I'm going to post about. This month of March was lets just say a Family Thing Month. I prefer not to discuss it on my blogs. I try to keep mu family stuff away from here since this blog is primarily for Trading Cards. Even my regular blog Kirk's Knook I try to keep away from discussing some of my personal and family stuff.

While looking through my card hoard searching for something to blog about last night (30 Mar 2022) I came across some stuff I forgot I had. Among the forgotten goodies was this Wax Box Panel of 4 cards from 1991 Topps Baseball.

Wax Box Panel number 3 of 4 if they were numbered that way. The individual cards are lettered as the numbers. This panel has cards numbered lettered I, J, K, L Yes the top left corner is crunched. I think it has always been that way. I think I got this from some sort of trade, or perhaps a large card lot or oddball card lot purchase. It could also have come from my friend's Son's collection I had acquired a few years back.

1991 Topps Baseball Wax Box Card Panel:

I Willie McGee St. Louis Cardinals

J Dale Murphy Philadelphia Phillies

K Eddie Murray Los Angeles Dodgers

L Dave Parker Milwaukee Brewers

I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep this or not, but it does have a Fave Baltimore Oriole (in a different uniform). In fact 3 of the 4 players featured on this panel are in the uniforms of teams I am not used to seeing them in. Dale Murphy I am used to seeing as an Atlanta Brave, Eddie Murray the aforementioned Oriole, and Dave Parker a Pittsburgh Pirate. The completest in me sort of wants to find the other 3 panels, but oddly I don't normally collect box panels anymore.

Strive For '65: Set The Wayback Machine To Last May/June

STRIVE FOR '65 STATUS:

28 Feb 2022 Strive for '65 | 1965 Set Build | Master Want List Current card count: 304/598 (306/600) 50.8% (51%)

For those of you wondering YES I am STILL BUILDING THIS DANG SET. I don't have the luxury of being a huge fandom blog where you mention you are building a vintage set and within a few months or maybe even weeks BAM It's Complete. 

Here is the link to my last update from May of 2021. For this posting I got 5 cards from Sportlots, one was apparently an unaware duplicate. Upon seeing the original scan it seems to be a downgrade. Oops silly me. I am also breaking my tradition slightly by not posting on a Saturday. Anyway lets get on with this post:

Thursday 27 May 2021:

295 Dick Radatz Red Sox

Friday 28 May 2021:

131 Johnny Keane Yankees

Tuesday 01 Jun 2021:

103 Harvey Kuenn Giants

119 John Kennedy Dodgers

147 Dennis Bennett Red Sox

The Latest Additions:
Thursday 27 May 2021:

295 Dick Radatz Red Sox

Friday 28 May 2021:

131 Johnny Keene Yankees

Tuesday 01 Jun 2021:

103 Harvey Kuenn Giants

119 John Kennedy Dodgers

147 Dennis Bennett Red Sox

Here is the card that I duplicated: The first copy is on the left and the dupe on the right.

Card 295 Dick Radatz Red Sox

Both copies have some centering issues. Hmm the dupe has some schmutz on Dick's shoulder while the original has a white spot in the sky.

Now for the backs even though the dupe is better centered it has some pen markings on it and is a bit faded or dirtied. Must have been in more shoeboxes than the original.

Checking Off Some Sportlots First 2022 Sportlots Order

 I got some cards from a couple of Sportlots Auctions from two sellers one was in Canada but the cards came fairly quickly as if they were the US. The first Sportlots order for this year 2022. A couple of them were vintage checklists. One unmarked and one partly marked on the back. Plus a couple of 1972 Topps Baseball "Boyhood Photos Of The Stars" (one I apparently have a duplicate of because I already had a scan of it). Anyway you want to see the cards not read by blabbering.

1963 Topps Baseball 79 1st Series Checklist

Cards 1-88 Unmarked

1969 Topps Baseball 214 3rd Series Checklist

Cards 219-327 (Plus Autographed Photos 1-33)

Some marking on back

1971 Topps Baseball 245 Jim Kaat Minnesota Twins

1972 Topps Baseball 344 Boyhood Photos of the Stars

Dave McNally Baltimore Orioles

1972 Topps Baseball 347 Boyhood Photos of the Stars

Tom Seaver New York Mets

Some Ranting And An Autograph

 Not sure what this post will be about just yet.

As usual when it comes to blogs and blogging I have been doing that barely post one post per month per each of my blogs. Another thing about blogs I have been doing lately well something I haven't been doing lately is reading other people's blogs. Years ago I would easily read 20 to 30 mostly card blogs to keep up with the goings on in the blogiverse, but now days I read very few if any. For about a year or so I have still gone through the daily ritual of seeing what the new posts are, but rarely bothering to read any posts in their entirety. I used to have a laundry list of blogs that I HAD to read each and every time they made a new post, now I don't HAVE to read any blogs anymore. Many days I don't read any blogs. My interest in reading blogs daily has dropped down to almost nothing. Now when I check for new posts I scan the initial preview and only if something interests me either in the title, the thumbnail image or the first couple of sentences showing will I read the post. I usually try reading the special Blogiversary posts or the highlighted special achievements.

That being said the few people following and reading my blog will probably drop from only a handful to next to nothing. Oh well that doesn't bother me - much. 

Anyway the card I decided to show was one that I have had for sometime. I scanned it last month with the batch of cards I ended up blogging about then. I have been planning on waiting to blog about it until I had gotten a similar card, since it is an autograph card I was waiting until I had purchased and received one of the other autographs from the same series and actor and then would post about both cards. But since I had scanned it and I don't know when (or if) I'll get the other card I present it here and now.

2001 Inkworks Andromeda Season 1: A1 Autograph Kevin Sorbo as Captian Dylan Hunt