Lots of Trades!!

It's rainy and gross here in Savannah.  Nothing a huge mail day can't cheer up!!  There's lots to look here so let's get right to it.

First up is a trade with Tom at Waiting 'til Next Year.  You can see my end of the deal here.  Tom blew a good chunk out of my '91 Upper Deck want list:

#s 262, 301, 384, 460, 710

He also sent this '86 Topps card

#334

You gotta love those powder blue uniforms.  I'm not sure how or why I was collecting this set as a teen in the late 90s.  All I know is that I have most of the team set, so this card really helps!  As a side note, I have hundreds of 90s cards sitting in my closet.  If any of ya'll are working on sets from back then, I probably can help you out.

Next up is Ryan at "O" No!!! Another Orioles Blog.  He too took a gigantic chunk out of my list.  Here are the highlights:

#293 & 363
More powder blue!

#417
More '91 Upper Deck.  Only two more to go.

'94 Collector's Choice 306, 325, 441, 649

Love love love this set.

'94 Topps #166

'94 Upper Deck #320

2009 Topps #424 & 468

Napkin from The Adventures of Napkin Doon claimed a gold card off my trade bait page.  In exchange he sent a lot of cool stuff including my first 2013 Topps Gold card:

#115 Gold 277/2013

I haven't been too rigorously chasing these down, since they are plentiful in number.

TM-8 '72 Mini

2012 Allen & Ginter #33

My first card from any of these sets.  I don't know what to think yet, I need to see more.

Finally Ken at Ken's Daily Fix sent these:

TM-7, CH-26 gold, CH-35 Silver

I just need gold CH-31 to be finished with the Series 1 inserts.

Thanks so much for the trades guys.  There is no way that I would have made it this far on the rainbow journey without your help!!

'94 Collector's Choice

#325 Silver Signature

In going through cards from my younger collecting days, I rediscovered my second all-time favorite set.  1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice.  This set was geared towards the younger collector.  My 13 year-old self was very happy with it.  Packs were foily and inexpensive.  They featured both David Justice and Deion Sanders.  As a kid I could never wrap my mind around the fact that Sanders played for both the Falcons AND the Braves.  But I totally loved him for it.  I also loved Justice.  Can you imagine how excited I was to pull the above card from a pack?!?  I can still remember how lucky I felt to actually get the card that was featured on the packs.  To this day it still one the my favorite cards in my collection.

The set is pretty straight forward.  There is a base set of 670 cards that was paralleled in two versions: Silver and Gold Signatures.  I think there was one silver per pack and one gold per box.  Inserts were minimal, highlighted by some scratch-off mail-in thing that I don't really remember.  The Braves were generously represented with 25 cards.

#332

I love team checklists.  They keep things straight in my head.  There are two rookie cards (649 & 663),  the other Justice checklist (325), a Justice "Up Close and Personal"(636) and a Glavine "Leaders" card that aren't listed on this checklist.

The set also featured this:

#661

I didn't really care that Jordan was playing baseball, but I think my friends were high on this card.    I'm pretty sure that I traded my copy away.

I actually came very close to finishing the base team set. I only need five cards to finish it off.  The parallels, of course, are a different story.  I put up a list of what I'm looking for.  Please indulge me by checking it out!