Even More Trades!

 Going to share a few more trades today to try and get caught up a bit on a flurry that have happened.

First up, a trade with TCDB member FredKQSmith which was hockey focused.

The trade included some classic 1990-91 Upper Deck French as I was looking for missing variations on the holograms. These ended up not being ones I needed, but still nice additions.

Won't complain about getting a Tiger Williams card with the mid-2000s In The Game offerings which reflect back on stars of an earlier time. Not my favourite set as far as retro goes, but I still find them alright in redisgn.

The rest of the trade included more of the same - more new to me Leaf cards, and even a Toronto Pats Hap Day. Still counts given the home team, even if not technically a "Leaf", but a "Pat".

Next trade share is from TCDB member tucha who I have traded with a number of times before, and we can start with the baseball...

Still lots of Bowman out there I don't have but this knocks off some of the 2006 Bowman Chrome offerings at least.

Best card of the bunch though is the Melky as he was the final of 10 Jays for the team set out of 2013 Bowman.

The hockey side brings one non-Leaf, which was going to be set aside for someone else, but is actually a set need for my base build...so it stays!

The Ovation set reminds me of McDonald's sets of the time....I think 2006-07 to be specific.

Well, why stop at two trades...let's go one more...

The trade with PDIZZLE included some Bruins that are going to another home, but these are the Leaf keepers for me.

Nylander is the fourth of the 2012-22 SP base Leafs to complete that team set, and Auston beside him is the third of three from the Upper Deck Allure base set of the same year.

The O Pee Chee and Total cards are great, but finishing a team set always brings an extra "yay" with the trade.

Rudy1078 Wrestling Additions Plus

 Whatcha gonna do when you get wrestling cards in a trade? Share with all of you of course!

Yes, a couple non-wrestling cards that cover Toronto needs, but let's talk wrestling.

Bobby Heenan was the best manager of the 80s and early 90s, and then to add on his ability as an announcer - fantastic.

Haku, from all accounts, a man you never wanted to mess with in real life, and it's nice to see him recently in a managerial role.

Paul Roma was a name of the times, midcarder at best. Windham was about the same when it comes to WWF (ie. WWF) at the time, never really took off there and wasn't a great fit.

That all being said, the cards are all great fits to my collection so big thumbs up from me!

Speaking of wrestling, another wrestling card trade to share was a recent one with TCDB member FireproofLowlife.

I never played the game, but given the photos and subject matter, I'll collect these as wrestling cards. The Brock Lesnar is actually a promo card for the set, which is cool. What is not cool is that the sets are so similar and the copyright print so small, I have a hard time differentiating the sets. It's not like Magic sets with symbols so I'm going to have to really go through and separate out the cards to make sure I have the sets right for what I have on TCDB. At least the cards are with me, even if not organized quite correctly.

Trade With thejexican18

 Always happy to have trades to share, and today's is with another TCDB member and involves...mostly Jays.

So, you may be asking why Bernie ended up in the trade. Well, it's an error card that, on the back, notes he is a member of the Maple Leafs. Oops. He won't end up in my Leaf collection, but as it's an error card, into the error binders he will go instead. I try not to sully my Leaf binders with Montreal jerseys if possible.

As for the Bowman infusion otherwise, the bottom two Casey cards are great to be the second of two Jays cards for those respective team sets, yay.

I'd still rather not have the autograph facsimile printing, but it's not the end of the world.

The View From Galt

 Some more trade catching up as I have been busier as the fall and latter part of 2026 have taken over. I will be over 100 trades on the calendar year, though not sure how high I will actually go.

Today, some vintage help on two sets I have been slowly working on.

1978 O Pee Chee, I got enough of to start the set build a while ago, and I don't usually get a chance to add much, but here, I was trading away some early 80s Topps, so it fit well.

No "huge" gets in the trade but some Jays dupes to use in the set and a single 1982 add helps too. Appreciative of great quality cards that are now almost 50 years old.

A great trade - as is almost always the case through TCDB.

Holidays

May not quite be the time for holidays, but 2023 Topps Holiday takes up much of the post today. Traders first...

Cory Vaughn never made it to the majors, just a few minor league seasons which were enough to get on an insert, and now I have sone to spare.

As for the 2023 Topps Hokiday, looks like most cards in the set have come my way unless they have an RC or other front of card notation.

Not all bad today as, in addition to keeping one Cory we have...

Now former Jay Kevin Gausman. He was great for the Jays and I would have liked him to have stuck around longer, but it didn't work out that way.

We do get three set helpers today, though I would have hoped for more...

Still, a fun day of cards to go through, so all good or at least, all FUN for this Holiday.

An Extreme 10

Surprises today from the 2026 Lot, oh yes, and a good one at that. First surprise, a nice array of base set helpers from a number of sets.

It has been a while since I got help on the 2003-04 SPx set after getting a fair start from a previous lot, and similarly the later 2000s MVP sets see a few additions too, including...

Can't go wrong with an Iginla! Speaking of not going wrong, even dupes can work if they are Toronto related...

1991-92 Pro Set Platinum with a handful of Leaf additions for the collection - sweet. Heck, the pulls today even put in some overtime...

Though there are plenty of cards for trade....

The last lot will likely be a local sale for a few bucks if I can swing it since these don't fit my NHL-level only collection....

We have 10 different in person, on card, autographs for 2012-13 Extreme London Knights team hockey card set. I am sure these were signed in person for someone, probably all the same marker, after a game (or before). I am no expert, but the sigs all look good compared to others that I could find. Not a ton of value as most didn't make the NHL, but a great team at the time, and a couple that did go onto the big league. I looked and couldn't find someone specific on TCDB that collected the team or players as a whole, so hopefully I can move it as a lot to someone who would enjoy the addition. Very awesome find!

It's 10K!

 The baseball cards from the 2026 Lot today push us past the 10,000 mark for cards from the lot, in part because of all the traders...

The set seems to be trying to get me a bit more interested in 2022 Topps Update, but I am still not biting.

Same can be true with 1987 O Pee Chee, but what I will keep are a couple of the inserts...

With the design being the same as the 2022 Topps Update product, I can understand how the All Star Game inserts may have been "missed" when someone was going through the cards before, but my win on these keepers!

Can;t forget the Blue Jays content either...

Well, this is one way to get Verlander into my Jays collection...and don't get me started on Manoah and the star to bust turn he had in Toronto. I still don't really get how he tanked so badly here after starting so well, but it happens some times obviously.

Not a bad breakdown for the first 10k of cards. I expect to get to about 12k-13k in whole for the lot, and though I'd like t get closer to 20% for what I keep out of the lot, the trading factor easily makes that happen when considered for how many of the cards I am able to turn into keepers, and much of that is TCDB and through the blog - so thanks to all of you for that one!