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Horrible Card of the Day Part II
In the 1990s, I was a HUGE Buffalo Bills fan. Call me a front runner if you wish, or maybe even a masochist, but it was a lot of fun cheering for Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed and Jim Kelly....
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Horrible Card of the Day Part III
2008 Topps Mayo Black Front Printing Plates Michael Turner Once upon a time, press plates were popular. They were unique, they were rare and they offered collectors a chance to own a piece that helped...
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New items on COMC
Over the last few weeks I’ve added a slew of new items to my CheckOutMyCards.com account. There’s a bunch of autos and relics, as well as some other stuff in there. Some of the items are more personal...
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Video Break: 2011 Topps Chrome Football Blaster
Needed a few more things from Walmart so I had to make a quick trip. Lo and behold they got the new 2011 Topps Chrome football blasters in this morning. This almost never happens here in the San...
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2012 Bowman football: The ugliest base Bowman product I’ve ever seen
Listen, I love Bowman. I know that. You know that. Hell, even Topps knows that. But 2012 Bowman football might be the ugliest base Bowman set I’ve ever seen in any sport. An argument could be made for...
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Thrift Treasures XLVII: The Detroit Lions Were A `Super Team’ in 1993
One of the things I absolutely love about thrifting is that you really never know what you’re going to find. Take this little baggie of cards for instance: At first glace, I could see a cool 1993...
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Thrift Treasures 51: Bag of 800 cards for $4.99
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Thrift Treasures 61: DuFex! DuFex! DuFex!
About four years ago when my Thrift Treasures series began I discovered a local thrift shop that often sold cards 10 or 20 at a time for $1. Usually the store would receive boxes of cards and they’d...
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Thrift Treasures 77: The ‘Special’ and ‘Young’ editon
So there I was minding my own business in the toy aisle of one of the local thrift shops when I saw dozens of little bags filled with sports cards, some of which were actually in Card Saver II’s....
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Thrift Treasures 83: A bag of ‘Super’ Topps cards + bonus
You know why I love thrift shopping? Because you never know what you’re going to find. Such was the case Monday when I visited a local thrift shop and located a bag of oversized cards hanging on a...
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Thrift Treasures 86: 6 Hits and more for a buck
For about a year, one of the thrift stores that I frequent has had thousands of cards sitting around for the price of 20/$1. Sadly, most of them were straight up commons from 1989 Fleer, 1989 Upper...
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Thrift Treasures 87: Starting LineUp cards galore, including Jordan (SLUs!)
When I was a kid, we didn’t have highly detailed McFarlane toys for athletes. Instead, we had Starting LineUps, made by Kenner. For a while these toys were hot. They were first produced in 1988, and...
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A 20-year-old NFL retail break
A few months ago a co-worker brought me a gift, a four-pack blister of 1995 Upper Deck football that had a commemorative Joe Montana Super Bowl card. This co-worker is a big San Francisco 49ers fan...
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Thrift Treasures 98: Sweetness and the Snake
I haven’t had much time to write lately. We had a death in the family the same day I wrote my Wally Pipp post, and since then every day has been a little hectic. Nonetheless here I am writing a new a...
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Thrift Treasures 104: Are you effin kidding me?
So check this out. I went to one of the local thrift stores on Friday and did my typical rounds through the store. Toys, clothes, books, collectible showcase, and random bags in te housewares area....
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Thrift Treasures 107: Serial Number Slayer
So the National Sports Collectors Convention is under way Atlantic City and like many others I wish I was there. I’ve been to the annual event twice, both times as peripheral member of the Beckett...
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