Rest of my trade with Redsox101

Hi folks.


Here is the rest of the trade that I made with Matt AKA Redsox101 on the SCR forums. This is the second time that I have traded with him and both trades have gone smoothly and the cards always arrive in top notch condition.


This time he sent a huge package! Inside was the trade we made as well as some cards that I won off his blog. He also included a few surprises, which was great. The extras he sent were some 2010 Bowman, I already have one 2010 Bowman of Lind (Thanks Lemon) but Redsox sent me a bunch of different players and prospects. Very cool cards. He also threw in an old Eddie Murray from 83 or 84 Topps (cant remember the exact year) and a Prince Fielder RC. There were also other cards, such as inserts, they were also cool.


The fun thing about this trade was that when I opened the packet all the piles of cards were wrapped in paper, like 6 different mini packets. All were marked with what was inside. Written on each was either 'pack break cards' or 'our trade'. I could see why the package was big, it had to accommodate the smaller packets and it also explained the high postage charge he had to pay. In the future Redsox, just put them all in the same 'single' packet. Save yourself a few bucks so you get some more packs!


The main part of the trade was for some 2010 Heritage and some more Ginter minis. I posted about the minis yesterday. Redsox sent me a few base cards, inserts and also 8 short prints! I haven't received a SP for my Heritage set for a while and I had planned on finishing the set before the release of Ginter, I have a loooong way to go.


Here are the shortprints he sent.

From left to right - Jermaine Dye, behind the flash reflection is Pujols and on the end Cole Hamels. I was very happy to get a Pujols, he always seems to be a tough card to get.

David Wright, Bronson Arroyo and another Dye.

The final two are Kenshin Kawakami and another tough card to get, Ichiro.

All in all I think that was a great trade and I'm happy with what I got. Thanks Redsox101!

One more thing. Check out this new blog Steal second. Its by Martyn, who's a big baseball fan, as well as a football fan (real football!) Go take a look and say hi.

Minis!

Been a few days since I last posted. I had a few posts planned but the cards I was going to write about didnt arrive until today. Its always great getting home from work and finding new cards!

I'm going to break the posts up over the next few days. This first part is all about minis. Its actually two parts, I'm going to show the inserts first and then tomorrow I'll show the black bordered, A&G backs and base. Then over the next few days I'll show what else I got, I'm also expecting a few more things in the post soon so I'll share that too.

Anyway onto the minis. I'm trying to complete this years mini set. I think they look a lot cooler than the regular sized ones. I'm going for the base, SPs and inserts and leaving out the rip card minis and whatever SSPs there may be.

In the pictures I have included the cards that I have already, so they wont be listed in the text below.
I received :

• Three worlds biggest insert set - Tree, Skyscraper and Animal

The Skyscraper is the best out of this insert set so far.

• Two Sailors of the Seven Seas - Francisco Vasquez De Coronado and Christopher Columbus.

These are interesting, as are most of the other mini inserts.

• Two Lords of Olympus - Gaea and Persephone.

The second and third additions to the set.

• Three National Animals - Camel (Kuwait), King Cobra (India) and Jaguar (Brazil)

They could have made the Cobra card a whole lot better. Its the bottom flag in the top picture.

• One Monsters of the Mesozoic - Megalosaurus.

Cool dinosaur card.

• One Worlds Wordsmiths - Washington Irving.

This dude wrote sleepy hollow.

I'll show you what else I got tomorrow.

Still trading! 2010 Ginter and Heritage.

Yesterday I posted a number of 2010 Ginters that I had for trade, notice I said 'had'. Within 30 minutes of posting I had traded the majority of them away for a number of minis. I'm going to list what Ginters I have left and also my dupes from 2009 and 2010 Heritage. Let me know if you need anything.
I'm looking for Ginter minis, 2010 Heritage (check my needs page) and Adam Lind cards that I dont have.

base - 4, 6, 11, 17x2, 20, 26, 27, 46, 48, 52, 56, 57, 61, 62, 71, 85, 86, 88, 95, 100, 103, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 123, 143, 144, 157, 167, 169, 179, 180, 181, 184, 187, 193, 196, 212, 216, 217, 218, 235, 236, 239, 244, 245, 246, 247, 253, 261, 262, 264, 266, 271, 273, 274, 275, 278, 298, 303, 305, 313, 314, 318, 321, 322, 324, 325, 329, 333, 335, 349, 351, 352, 359, 363, 366, 375, 376, 379, 387, 391, 397, 399, 401, 424.

Inserts - NF1

2009 Heritage
Base - 3, 11, 16, 21, 24, 31, 47, 58, 60, 66, 71, 72x2, 88, 91, 93, 103x2, 107, 121, 156, 158, 159, 176, 186, 187, 192, 197, 220, 222, 223, 227, 231, 240, 246, 258, 267, 351, 356, 369, 395x2, 400, 402.

Inserts - NF1

Mayo - Ryan Braun, Dustin Pedroia

Allen and Ginter 2010

Base - 29, 59, 102, 105, 125, 148, 149, 158.

SP - 340.

Baseball sketches - AGHS1 Chase Utley

This day in history - TDH66, TDH68.

There are also a few Heritage chromes and GU from 2009/2010 Heritage. Check the for trade page.

Trading 2010 Ginters

Title says it all. I have the following for trade. I'm only going after the mini set which is going really slowly! So if you have any 2010 minis for trade then let me know, I only have about 10 of them so chances are I need what ever you have.
I'll also want 2010 Heritage, my wants can be found here. Of course I will also trade for Adam Lind cards that I need, for Lind cards I WILL trade in your favor.

Base - 26, 29, 34, 45, 56, 58, 59, 72, 75, 78, 80, 95, 96, 102, 105, 111, 125, 148, 149, 158, 168, 174, 177, 187, 190, 227, 271, 286, 293.

SP - 340, 350.

Baseball sketches - AGHS1 Chase Utley

This day in history - TDH16, TDH46, TDH51, TDH66, TDH68, TDH70.

You can also find more cards for trade here. At the moment I have only listed 2009 and 2010 Heritage and the above Ginter. So if you are building any of those sets then I may be able to help you out.

If another blogger is interested in a trade then I will also include another card. I cant reveal what the card is until the trade is on its way but I will give you a few clues as to what it is.
This card is very well traveled. I believe its been in four different countries (US, Canada, England and Wales).
This card came from a 2009 product. It was a popular product.
This card has been featured on a few other blogs already but has not been seen for a number of months.
This card is mass produced but unique at the same time.
This card is NOT a 'hit'. Its not a GU or an auto (in the traditional sense).
The player on the card is now a Ranger but was an Indian when this product came out.
It will come with instructions, one of which is that you MUST write a post about it when you get it.

Any ideas?

Anyone interested in a trade then either leave a comment or email me. Oh and if your new to this blog the name, Collector from across the pond means just that. I live in the UK so this will be international trade.

Trade with Redsox101 from Sportscardradio

My first trade post! And also my first trade completed on Sportscardradio.


A big thank you to Redsox101 for helping me out with some of my collecting goals. Redsox sent me a few minis from A&G 2010. I only had 5 minis to start with so all minis are welcome here.

First up we have two cards from the national animals subset. We have the national animal of Grenada, I cant really figure out why the ostrich is their national animal and the back of the card does not specify. I'll probably look into this later on when I get bored.

Secondly we have the national animal of Italy, which is the Italian Wolf. I probably wouldn't have guessed that the wolf was Italy's national animal, although thinking about it I cant actually think of another animal that would fit the bill. This card is interesting because apparently the Italian Wolf was not properly identified as a sub-species until 1999. That surprised me because in this day and age you wouldn't think that there would be much more to learn about a common animal such as the wolf. I'm very happy to know this now as I like pointless bits of information (my head is full of pointless crap!) and since I enjoy hitting the quiz nights at the local pub I hope the question comes up. This bit of information may win me a few drinks!

Next we have Barry Zito from the Giants. This is my first 2010 Giant from A&G. If you look closely (and you'll have to since my scanner is out of action and I'm stuck with my camera) at the picture it appears that Zito has a pen in his hand and looks happy. I don't know if Zito is a good signer or not but he sure looks pleased to be doing it.

The last mini was this beauty! Apparently this an ultra SP, but I'm not 100% sure of that. This is from the 'worlds biggest' subset and features the worlds biggest river, the Nile. This is another interesting card. According to the back the Nile is bigger than the Amazon by a hair, how long is a hair? At 4,184 miles long. Wikipedia says 4,132 miles, it also says that the Amazon is actually longer! Which is correct? Topps or Wikipedia? It also says on the card that the river wasn't fully navigated until 2004. I thought it would have been navigated much earlier than that! I'll take their word for it though.

The last two cards are for my Lind collection. The first was the Lind base card from 2010 Topps. I didn't have that card so it was very welcome. This was the second card.

An Adam Lind auto! Sweet! Redsox actually offered me this card a while back and I told him I had it. It turns out I didn't, I just got the card mixed up with another. This will go in with the growing collection of Lind cards The card is a 2007 SP and is a RC. I have a lot of auto RC's of Lind and not that many from other years. Still like the other cards mentioned he is more than welcome.

I was also sent a bunch of 2010 Heritage cards, all Red Sox players. I hope to send this down to John of Pursuit of 80's(ness), as soon as he lets me know which players he needs to complete his set.

So once again thanks alot Redsox101 and I hope you enjoy the cards I sent you.

remind me...

So you get a stack of new cards, some you need and some you don't. You put out some feelers for possible trades and you get a few bites. Then you get a few more bites and then a few more. Before you know it you have multiple trade talks going on with quite a few people. You have cards scattered around sorted into different piles. Team piles, set piles and player piles. It looks organised to start with but soon it gets confusing. You start to ask yourself:
Who wanted the heritage dupes? Why do I have a stack of Mariners cards? Didn't I mail this card already?
Your trade piles turn into miniature leaning towers of Pisa and before you know it everything is mixed together and your going through emails and various trade posts trying to decipher what you said you would trade and who you would trade it with.
This happens to me a lot and my memory is not great at the best of times. If I have agreed on a trade with you or you have asked me about a trade and I have not gotten back to you then please remind me.

The best way to remind me is....

A swift kick up the arse!

But since that will hurt sending me an email will work just as well or just leave a comment on my trade pages.