The Rest of Jeff

 A long showy post today as we go through the rest of the cards Jeff bestowed upon me, and honestly, a lot of inserts and a few awesome Leaf cards in the bunch.

The Sittler is going to win the day - I mean, pretty solid condition and a great card, amazing add for the collection, and for sure a new addition. The rest of the pre-90s Leafs are dupes, but love having these additional copies, they are all solid condition too. Newer Tims work for me too.

I still have my own packs of 2025-26 Tim Hortons to open yet, but have, I think, all the base Leaf cards already.

A Sizzle Reel insert from flagship Upper Deck....oh and there are other non-Leaf inserts too...

Gold parallels and StarQuest from the 90s - love it, and ones I have others of, so adding to those collections. I don't think I will even finish a gold parallel set, but I'm gonna passively try!

Must have had a bunch of late 90s, early 2000s Pacific because we get a bunch of inserts from the sets here too. The inserts were ahead of their time in many ways, and a lot would probably fit in just fine with the product today....though we'd have to update the players....

I may not be the biggest fan of foil colour parallels, but we have some of those for keeping too. Green on blue is an ugly combo that's hard to read though.

Timmies cards always work for me - though I'd rather there just be a single set each year. We don't need multiple releases for the money grab, thank you.

Recent inserts too! I like the Bee Hive and the Dazzlers look great when they match the team colour.

The playing card look is pretty sweet too. We also pick up a nice start to my 2025-26 binder.

The rest are all up for grabs...

A dabbling of 90s cards...

Thrn to more recent years including Timmies...

The special team sets for the original six are great sets, that's why I love the Leaf one from a few years ago. I don't plan on collecting any, but a great set for respective team collectors, and the last of the cards from Jeff. As always, a big thank you, and let's see what I can turn around for you.

Scott's Flagship

 So much hockey today, we get to split it over a couple days with the cards from Jeff. Today, let's keep it Upper Deck flagship set, I gather because Jeff ended up with a lot from collecting newer sets, though there are a few keepers in the bunch, so let's start with those.

I like some of the 2010 sets better than our more recent ones from 2020 - maybe it's time making them sit a bit better, I don't know. Regardless, I still love the ice level looking up camera angle on cards like the McQuaid.

Leafs and errors - not many, but I'll take a handful any day! I will say that there is one thing that bugs me about the 2025-26 Upper Deck set design - I hate the foil name just on the photo. I have a very hard time reading it on a number of the cards, and it would be much better if it was put on a white background, or something to help contrast it - sorry Oliver and Leaf company from the year - it's definitely not going to be a set I go to collect.

Now, for the main purpose of the share - if you need any of the below, let me know and let's get some Bruins for Jeff....

Plenty of Upper Deck flagship...

Even some 2025-26 if anyone likes newer sets, but just designs and sets that aren't on my list to work on, or dupes because I have them, either way, looking forward to finding homes for some of these.

It wasn't just flagship Upper Deck sets from Jeff though, and the rest of the cards are up for share tomorrow.

Another Great Scott Moment

 I did get the cards I'll share in the next few days a while ago (a couple months), I just didn't get a chance to scan them given the busy summer, until recently. I had met up with local collector Jeff Scott to give him some more Bruins I had collected, and he had n 800 count box of varying stuff to give me. Some I keep, some hits the collection nicely, and some goes to trade and help me bring in more Bruins cards for him.

Most of it's hockey, but there is some baseball and other stuff, so let me share some highlights of the non-hockey stuff as the hockey alone will take a couple days.

Well, my kids are going to be getting a few cards out of this one. I don't mind getting any Pokémon cards since they like to collect them, so there isn't anything special with the bunch, but they will enjoy them, and the few being non-English will be a kick for them too.

As for the baseball...

A good bunch of 1972 O Pee Chee. It's not a set I am collecting, and the condition for most is decent, so hopefully will be able to get some Bruins in exchange, but they are nice too see in hand too.

A sole 1975 O Pee Chee card as well, and then a couple cards I will likely keep - Tony Fernandez of course, and I think the Hank insert is one I don't have.

Continuing to more recent years...

A Cavan pick up is always nice,and then into some more recent Donruss sets...

as well as a bit of 2023 Topps Update. Will have to see how many of the Topps Update will be keepers as it is a slow build set I am working on.

Anything I am not keeping though, of course, will be on my TCDB trade list, so please reach out, happy to trade away and ideally get something for Jeff. If hockey is more your jam - will start sharing on those tomorrow.

JCD Trade With Me

 A hockey card trade with TCDB member JCD for today.

Four more cards towards the 1994 set from Parkhurst which was providing a 1956-57 set, a Missing Link set as it were. I am working on the set as a whole as it's a great, more recent print, highlighting players from about 75 years ago, and done in a great way.

We also get a shot of more recent Leafs with a solid infusion of 2025-26 O Pee Chee.

The Authentic Profiles cards win as my fave in the trade because I am a suckere for a serial numbered card. It doesn't hurt that it is also my one and done Leaf cards for the insert set.

Great trade JCD, and thank you!

CT Scans

 A TCDB trade with CTChris provides some scans to share the cards sent my way by CT.....

I recently finished the Jays team set for the 1988 Panini Stickers, and this now means I have the Jays pennant "insert" sticker as well. It definitely brings back a lot of memories for me, and the Jays logo is one of my favourites.

Another "thank you" to the TCDB site change that has all team cards added to want lists as you go, since I hadn't otherwise updated for my Jays 2025 or 2026 needs, and now we have a bunch more adds for those sets too!

Bo and the team card are definitely the fave of the bunch.

Trey is seeming a little more human than a year ago - still a really good pitcher, but might be that the league has done a bit more homework on him. Still thrilled to pick up his rookie card.

Add in a couple bonus card Leafs, and that wraps a great first trade with CTChris.

Smash or Trash

 Well, I actually won't do either, but make some of these into packaging material - yes. With lot purchases, I don't usually get much in the way of "vintage" cards, and here we have what is probably the baseball vintage from the lot - though most of it is in the high production "junk" era. Let's start with the packaging material....

The 1986 Donruss cards are the worst of it, but the Leaf cards don't show it, but the packs are quite rough, and Washington has a chunk missing from his back, so all these will be used, just not as they were originally intended.

On the other hand, these few will stay with me...

A couple uncorrected error cards, one Patterson for set build, and a sweet O Pee Chee 1982 Whitt for the Jays collection. I'd call that a solid grouping!

There were some slightly older cards that don't fit to my sets or collection, and we get back into the 70s;;;

A few of the cards actually made their way out already as they were picked up in a trade offer as soon as I put them into my TCDB account. Condition is about what I would expect on 70s cards - and O Pee Chee - with some soft edges or corners, but good otherwise.

I love the Jack Morris card - he was a beast of a pitcher - loved his work for the Jays of course, though I remember him best for his time with Detroit.

A bunch of 80s sets dabbled in, much being O Pee Chee which is nicely Canadian. Jim Rice always a pleasure to see.

I don't really need any more 1989 Topps - it's a set I do have plenty of and I'd probably trade 5 for 1 for any Jay, if anyone is interested.

A good day though given the handful of keepers, so I'm pretty happy with the day.

Basketball Coming Back

Before getting to my post today, an important (and helpful) nudge! So, my son is trying to start up a YouTube channel and I figure that the least I can do is ask for a little help from those out in reader land as he tries to learn what it means to have a channel, get subscribers and try to make a go of "making it" online. His channel is about videogames (go figure for a 16 year old boy - I know), and he is doing some playthrough videos and trying to find his niche.

Realistically as a parent, happy to see him reach for what he wants to do - and politely push the important of a backup plan so if he doesn't end up making millions online, he has a good base behind him to find another successful path for himself.

That said, appreciate any attention / subscribing you can give to his channel as it means a lot. His goal is to try and get to the point of being able to monetize the channel (I believe it's 1,000 subscribers), and to go from there. I think he has a way to go to find himself a market and niche, but as a parent again, it's the learning he is doing in the process of finding out what works, what doesn't, how to make videos, what to post, that all is a great experience for him - whether it is a fruitful venture in the end, or not.

The link to his page and to subscribe is here.

Now, we that shared, we sit less than a month away from the start of the next NBA season, and with that, and a look at some basketball cards from the 2026 Lot, we can talk about the two signings in Toronto that will impact the team most.

To be honest, the better of the two signings is the Lowry signing allowing him to retire as a Raptor. Though it was not quite half his playing career, I'd wager the best times of his career were here in Toronto, and he became beloved by the city. Even when he departed, it wasn't really with heavy heart and hatred - the move was one that was understood by most the fanbase, though it wasn't something people wanted to necessarily see.

Glad he has the chance to retire a Raptor, and I think his lore and what it means to be associated with the team and the city going forward will impact Canada and basketball player growth like what Vince Carter did for the city.

Kawhi Leonard coming back to Toronto again - I have reservations about. Don't get me wrong, I think Kawhi is a solid player, but I don't know that what was given up for him now, 8 years or so after the last trade bringing him here, will be worth it. I am sure that, if he can take Toronto to another title, all will be forgotten and it won't matter the team traded away all those draft picks for him, but it definitely feels like mortgaging the future for a chance "now".

Though I have reservations, I'll take a wait and see approach, but it is a bit surprising to me that it cost more, I think, to get him now, than it did years ago.