1965 Topps Trade Bait Volume 3, The Final Offering...

Okay, this is my third post on this topic and my third post today. I can barely keep my eyes open already and I still haven't even started my shift at work yet. It is going to be a LONG night! Anyway, without any further adieu, here is the final page and last 9 cards I have to offer up for trade. It might help if you read this post first. Reading my 1965 Topps wantlist may be helpful as well. Anyway, here we go! I am offering for trade cards #ed:

152 Phil Ortega - Senators
156 Bob Sadowski - Braves - Claimed Waxaholic

162 Russ Nixon - Red Sox, no Twins!
177 Pete Mikkelsen - Yankees - Claimed BA Benny
181 Senators Rookie Stars - Loun and McCabe

211 Steve Ridzik - Senators

226 Yankees Rookie Stars - Jiminez and Gibbs (2 available)-1 Claimed-BA Benny

333 Tommy Reynolds - Athletics

409 Astros Rookie Stars - Beauchamp and Larry Dierker - CLAIMED-Daily Dimwit

As always, thanks for looking. If you want a card, claim it in the comments and send me an electronic mail message with your offer. This will be the last formal trade bait post. Be aware that all cards here, in the header and being posted on the Nitty Gritty are up for trade in exchange for '65 Topps from my want list. As you are reading this, I am at work. I love the magic of scheduled posts... Anyway, thanks for looking. Go Rays! troll out.

1965 Topps Trade Bait Volume 2, Come and Get 'Em!

Okay, if you are just stopping by, please read the post below. I am trying to finish off a set, 1965 Topps Baseball to be specific. My needs list is HERE. Below you will find 9 cards from that very set that are duplicates and I no longer have a use for them. My idea is that perhaps someone does need them and might have something that I need and be willing to make a deal. It sounds solid in theory. Here we go!
Cards #ed
70 Moose Skowron - White Sox
86 Les Narum - Senators
87 Nelson Mathews KC Athletics
109 Walt Bond - Colt 45s (a bit off-center) - CLAIMED Daily Dimwit
117 Wes Stock -KC Athletics
128 Vic Davalillo - Indians
142 Bill Monboquette - Red Sox
146 Ron Hansen - White Sox
148 Willie Kirkland - Senators (yes, he has a toothpick in his mouth, does anyone collect those?)

Okay, that does it for round 2. I have one more page to post today. I really hope that someone needs something here. If you do, claim in the comments and send me an email por favor. Go Rays! RE-SIGN CARL CRAWFORD! troll out.

1965 Topps - Begging and Offering...The First in a 3 Part Series of '65 Topps Trade Bait! Come and Get It!

Okay, my needs list is updated for 1965 Topps. It now includes my needs for the first 314 cards - it is a long list... I also included my dupes and most wanted cards. I REALLY want to get card #3. It is the last League Leader card that I need and if I get it I will have the first 3 pages filled. Anyway, here are 27 cards I have 2 of. In most cases I took the better condition card for my binder, but not in all. If you are really interested I can send you single card scans of a card shown. Anyway, here they are in all their glory... The first page includes cards #ed:
13 Pedro Ramos - Yankees - Claimed BA Benny
23 Bob Tiefenauer - Braves
27 Dick Bertell - Cubbies
51 Billy Bryan (really rough shape) Athletics
56 Ron Kline - Senators (has a pen mark below pennant)
57 St. Louis Cardinals (duh) - Claimed BA Benny
60 Jim O'Toole ( a little creased) Reds
66 Bill Rigney - Angels Manager

68 Del Crandall - Giants

Okay, there you have the first 9. There are 18 more cards coming, probably in about an hour or two. The rules are - claim the card on the comments here and send me an email with your offer.

My goal is to pick up as many 1965 Topps cards for my set.

I do have other want list needs that I will consider. I will probably not trade a '65 Topps card for a 2008 Topps Willy Aybar. Just saying.

One thing I can guarantee I would consider is Topps Gold, Black or Platinum Rays parallels. If I don't have it I could def consider trading vintage for those Topps parallels. A Rays uniform auto of any of the players listed on the side bar would be pretty nice too...

I hope there is something here that somebody wants.

I bought a couple of lots on the 'bay on Veterans Day (my day off from work!) and although they were both good deals, I ended up not scratching too many numbers off of my want list AND getting a whole bunch of dupes. I bought a 20 card lot and a 27 card lot and I have now 27 doubles left. Not too good Troll. Anyway, thanks for looking, lot 2 will be up shortly.

A few quick notes... Cash is limited around here, so unless you object the chosen card will be put in a penny sleeve, top loader and team bag and shipped in a plain white envelope with a single stamp.

Also, unless I note it otherwise, EVERY card I post will be available to trade for cards on my needs list, especially card #3! Go Rays! troll out.

Unclaimed 2010 Topps Series 1 Inserts, Come and Get Em!

Okay, with my want list for Series 1 officially straightened out I have also determined what is extra. I decided not to chase Ticket to Topps Town Gold and have 5 cards-Vlad, Manny, McCutchen, Longo and CC. I also elected not to collect the When They Were Young Cards so Damon, Doumit and Verlander are available. I have Your Mama dupes as of right now-CMT 15, 16, 26, 40 and 42. I also have original back cards of 1978 Nolan Ryan and 2009 Longoria-(these are taken). There are also a couple of History, Tales, Peaks, LL and a whole mess of TTT and one lone Turkey Red of Willie McCovey. I still have about 50 or 75 dupes from the base set. If you want anything, claim in the comments and send me an email. If you can help with anything on my lists, bonus, if not I can help you out anyway... My want list for '65 Topps and 2010 Heritage and Rays team sets are up to date... Go Rays! troll out.

Trade Bait Post #3-Nine at a Time

Here are 9 more cards for your viewing pleasure…
2009 Topps U&H Topps Town Gold Jorge Posada #FCTTT64
“” Victor Martinez #FCTTT69 (TRADED)
“” Brian McCann #FCTTT74 (Traded)
2000 Upper Deck USA Gold Winning Materials Duel Relic Sean Burroughs (Traded)
2009 Bowman Chrome BLUE REFRACTOR AJ Burnett #145 (#ed006/150)
2009 Topps U&H GOLD Juan Cruz #UH146
“” Propaganda Poster Adrian Gonzalez Brewers Logo #PP2 (Traded)
“” Legends of the Game Christy Mathewson #LGU3 (Traded)
“” Propaganda Poster Manny Ramirez #PP20 (Traded)
Okay, have at it. Please check out the previous trade bait posts here on this blog, there is a lot of stuff left! Please claim cards in comments and email me an offer. Have at it! Go Rays! Troll out.

Trade Bait Post Version 2.5-Fourteen at a Time...

It has been brought to my attention that the scans were difficult to interpret. Sorry for that. This is what we have. On the top page that was posted yesterday, there was:
2009 Topps U&H Christy Mathewson Legends of the Game #LGU3
“” Johnny Mize Legends of the Game #LGU10
“” Reggie Jackson Legends of the Game PLATINUM #LLP-25
2002 Upper Deck Sweet Spot, Sweet Spot Classic Steve Garvey Bat Relic
2009 Topps U&H Babe Ruth Legends of the Game #LGU6 (TRADED! Thoughts and Sox)
2009 Topps Heritage Randy Johnson Short Print #717
1996 Leaf Signature Series Pat Rapp Florida Marlins Certified Auto
2008 Topps Heritage Matt Holliday AS Short Print #493
2000 Upper Deck SP Piece of the Game Randy Johnson Game Used Bat Relic
Okay, that was yesterday’s page… Here is a quick one for today. These are all from 2008 Allen and Ginter. The top one I am keeping, unless you REALLY want it.
Worlds Deadliest Sharks Oceanic White Tip Shark #WDS4
World Leaders #WL42 Fredrik Reinfeldt
World Leaders #WL12 Tarja Halonen
World Leaders # WL9 Anders Fogh Rasmussen
World Leaders #WL31 Helen Clark
Okay, that is all for now. Like I said, today is my wife’s birthday and I am working early so we can hang out later. Claim on this post, e-mail me your offer. Okay? I will post more pack break stuff later tonight, plus another trade bait page. Tomorrow will see ALOT of posts. Go Rays! Troll out.

Trade Bait!!! Page #1, Nine at a Time...

Okay, I have been talking about the mess my collection has been in and all of the sorting that I have been doing lately. I am slowly getting things organized, getting cards in binders, getting lists up to date. Today I decided to eliminate the clutter. I have been sorting base card dupes by brand and separating them with labeled index cards, but I was just leaving everything else in a big stack. Today I decided to sort out all of the dupes (Sps, inserts, and relics) and put them in sleeves and start a trade binder. I started that project today and I have 13 pages full, so far. Some pages are better than others. Some of them aren’t too exciting at all, but I would guess that someone out there needs every single one of these cards. That someone might not read this blog, but I am gonna post them anyway. Each post will be of 9 different cards (or 15 if they are minis). If you want something, claim it ONLY if you have something to offer in return OR if I owe you (there are a few people that I owe pretty big). Please don’t just claim if you know you don’t have anything I need. My primary focus is finishing Heritage sets, building the 2009 Topps GOLD team set, finishing any Rays team sets and building my collection of Rays autographs as well as Carl Crawford, Jonny Gomes, Brian Roberts, Pat Neshek , Ben Zobrist and Jason Bartlett cards. All of my want lists are linked on the side bar at the top of this blog. Okay, now that is out, here are the first nine. In an effort to appease Braves fan extraordinaire (and big scary guy) Captain Canuck, I picked this page first because it DOES have a Brave on it. Okay, who wants what???
All cards on this page are from 2009 Topps or 2009 Topps Updates and Highlights…
1. Andrew Bailey Propaganda Poster #PP15
2. Mark Teixeira Propaganda Poster #PP21
3. Brian McCann GOLD #UH249 PENDING
4. Scott Hairston GOLD #UH13
5. Derek Jeter GOLD #UH131 PENDING
6. Classic Combos Leyland/LaRussa GOLD #UH88 PENDING
7. Geoff Blum GOLD #UH104
8. Mark Buehrle GOLD #UH182
9. Babe Ruth Legends of the Game PLATINUM #LLP21
Okay, that was page one. MANY more pages to come. There will be relics, autographs, SPs, minis, inserts and more Topps stuff like this. Please claim cards in the comments section and email your offer to me at bacontowne at yahoo dot com. Again, all of my want lists are on the top sidebar. Keep on checking back. I will likely post 1 or 2 of these per day, plus group break packs, trade packages and the normal LONG and winding road stuff... Lets make a deal!
Go Rays! Troll out.