1957 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
1964 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1965 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
1970 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress
1971 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
1972 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress <--- Top Priority! ISO: '72 high numbers
1973 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
1974 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1975 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1976 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1977 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1978 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1979 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
1980 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
1965 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
1970 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress
1971 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
1972 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress <--- Top Priority! ISO: '72 high numbers
1973 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
1974 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1975 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1976 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1977 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1978 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1979 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
1980 Topps (needs spreadsheet) - Completed, but looking for upgrades.
Vintage Kellogg's (needs spreadsheet) - In progress.
1987 Bohemian Hearth Padres - need upgrades of Gwynn and Kruk
1988 Fleer - need: 269, 274, 314, 477, 604, All-Stars (of 12): 1 Nokes, 2 Henke, 3 Higuera, 4 Clemens
1988 Pee-Wee's Playhouse - need: puppet card 5 (Jambi), skull mask (flatter top crack on right)
1988 Fleer - need: 269, 274, 314, 477, 604, All-Stars (of 12): 1 Nokes, 2 Henke, 3 Higuera, 4 Clemens
1988 Pee-Wee's Playhouse - need: puppet card 5 (Jambi), skull mask (flatter top crack on right)
2001/2002 Topps Archives Reserve master set (autos and relics remaining) (needs spreadsheet)
2003 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites refractors /299 (looking for pretty much any)
2004 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites refractors /299 (looking for pretty much any)
2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites refractors /299, /25 (looking for pretty much any)
2005 Topps Pristine Legends refractors /549 and lower (looking for pretty much any)
2004 Topps Chrome black refractors (needs spreadsheet) - black refractor parallel set
2011 Topps parallels - (needs spreadsheet) - frankenset w/ 2011 Series 1, 2, Update, & Chrome
My Player Collections (spreadsheet) - List of around 200 baseball players I collect to varying degree. A few of my minicollections are listed on that spreadsheet too.
The best "Junk" wanted
- I've recently been making cardart as a side-hobby. Basically I take cool but cheap cards and attempt to "remix" them with a fresh new look. And so I may be interested in trading for overproduction-era star cards you're looking to unload (in bulk or otherwise). I'm mainly looking for cheap cards of any big names that people supercollect. Especially wanting 1993 Topps Black Gold inserts. I don't really want to trade just for junk in most cases, but stuff like that makes good throw-in trade fodder for me. However, below are some specific cards that would no doubt be more than just throw-ins...
- Iconic cards that I'm always looking to trade for; happy to get multiples; any disclosed condition:
1990 Score #697 Bo Jackson FB/BB
1986 any Bo Jackson XRC
1987 any Bo Jackson RC
1989 any Ken Griffey Jr RC
1986 Donruss Jose Canseco RR
1990 Leaf Frank Thomas
1980 Topps Rickey Henderson
1984 any Don Mattingly RC
- Looking to trade for complete sets - Do you have any sets you're looking to clear out? I might be interested in trading for any complete set (or at least disclosed near-complete), even junk wax era stuff.
Other general stuff that could make solid trade fodder for me:
- Hot prospects. Recent "1st Bowman" refractors/parallels, whatever.
- I like any refractors using old Topps/Bowman designs featuring retired players/photos that fit the era, such as Nolan Ryan in a mid 80s design featuring him on the Astros since that would make sense. Topps does a lot of modern inserts like this with refractors on "35th Anniversary" tributes and whatnot, but again I'm mainly interested in such refractors when the photo is from the same era as the original design.
- Vintage (older the better, any sport/subject).. especially cards that could fit into my Vintage Frankenset project or Topps Flagship Binder (one page per set, 1951-1980).
- I also collect cards of pretty girls. I know that's subjective, but yeah, feel free to spice up a mailing to me with any lovely ladies pictured on cardboard. Such as WWE, womens sports, Benchwarmer, celebrity cards, olympic cards, etc etc etc.
I mainly collect baseball, but some other sports too:
FOOTBALL: Patrick Mahomes II, Tommy Vardell, LaDainian Tomlinson (PC), Ricky Williams, Reggie Bush, William "Refrigerator" Perry, Walter Payton, Joe Namath, Dick Butkus, Larry Csonka, Robert Smith, Brian Sipe, Joe Cardona, Jason Hanson, Karl Swanke
(Note that I used to be a San Diego Chargers fan, but they are dead to me since moving to LA. Please don't send me any Chargers cards besides maybe hits of their all-time greats.)
BASKETBALL: Tim Duncan, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Julius Erving, Dikembe Mutombo, Manute Bol, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Bill Walton, T.J. Leaf, Damian Lillard, Kawhi Leonard, Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo
HOCKEY: Mark Messier, Manon Rheaume, Jaromír Jágr
WRESTLING: AJ Lee (PC), Sgt. Slaughter, Andre The Giant, Alexa Bliss, Liv Morgan, John Cena, Toni Storm
SOCCER: Alex Morgan, Freddy Adu
RACING: Jimmie Johnson
NON-SPORT: Anything glow-in-the-dark (cards, toys, stickers, etc). Also '80s toys such as Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Ghostbusters, He-Man, M.A.S.K., Sectaurs, Army Ants, Rock Lords, Visionaries, Starcom, Go-Bots, Bionic Six.. if you have any toys from these product lines available, I'd likely be down to swap you some cards in trade. I also love The Simpsons, MST3K, Pee-Wee Herman (PC), The Goonies (PC), The Sandlot (PC), South Park, Steven Universe (PC), Rick & Morty, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Game of Thrones.. cards/collectibles from any of those would be sweet. Any Howard Hughes stuff (PC). I might be interested in old comic books (older the better, any condition). I might be interested in old Nintendo Wii or Switch video games if you got any sitting around you'd like to swap for some cards. If you're an artist, you could maybe even make a sketchcard for me.
If you've come to the bottom of my wantlist and think to yourself, "Welp, I guess I don't have anything this guy wants", you might want to take another look at my list of PC guys, as there's everyone from all-time greats to nobodies. Still lots of common "junk" cards that I need of many of those guys. And I don't buy much new product these days (I half-jokingly refer to myself as a "pre-covid collector" [as in I focus on cards released before 2020]), so chances are I need recent cards of dudes I collect, too.
Please note this wantlist is for trading purposes only. I'm not wanting sellers to email me trying to sell. I mean, if you're offering good deals on '72 high-numbers or a specific big need of mine, go ahead and let me know. If you're offering me standard "PC guy" cards and/or set-need commons, I'd love to work out a trade for them, not looking to buy.
As for my tradelist...
Feel free to let me know of any sets/teams/players you're looking for and I'll see if I can scrounge up anything for you.
(I had a "trade bait" section linked here for a year or so that helped facilitate 2 or 3 trades, but I'm putting it in mothballs for the time being and will likely eBay off my available high-dollar cards rather than keep trying to trade them.)
I've also been trying to get more active at the Trading Card Database and have some "For Trade" stuff listed there (while building up a big wantlist, too, though not most of my set needs [spreadsheets linked above], just FYI), with hopefully more to be added soon. Check me out at user defgav and hit me up with an offer if our "trade matching" looks good.
And I love trading my cardart for cards on my wantlist, so if you're into creatively altered cards like that, feel free to inquire. I mainly work with cards of stars from baseball's junk wax era, but yeah, just let me know the top player(s) you collect and I can probably whip up some fun "1/1" specials for you. This link to my eBay store can give you an idea of what I'm talking about.
Otherwise, please email me with any trade offers.
Thanks!
Thanks!
