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Monday, September 7, 2015

The 312th Directional Change of the Blog

Let me be the first to say that I have changed gears many times on this blog....Several times I have gone vacant here and other times implied that I was done blogging-ended up coming back. I've said in the past I wasn't going to run crazy contests and giveaways but I always go back on that too. I've said I wanted to steer away from being a "hey look at what I got" blog only to two posts later post a "hey look at what I got post". I've been frantic at times with my posts and at times very unmotivated to write. I've said I wouldn't try to sell stuff on the blog and then I've done that too. I don't think the blog will ever truly go away because I will never completely stop collecting. But I have made a decision---I'm done being an accumulator. So what will this mean?

Trading will draw to a crawl here. I'm still going to keep my eyes open for Donaldson and Willingham cards but I won't be doing much trading to accumulate them. I do have quite a few things put to the side that I will still be sending many of you over time but eventually the piles of trade ammo will dwindle.

Liquidation is beginning. I have sent a first batch to COMC, another batch is pending, and another batch is waiting to be shipped. Eventually I will probably sell some bulk on Ebay. Most everything is going including quite a bit of PC-not everything but a lot. Will be using the funds raised from this liquidation for some non cardboard spending and saving and also to fund my next endeavor. You can check me out on COMC here COMC

Posting will also be limited because there won't be much to post about on a regular basis. I appreciate everyone that's helped out with the autograph project but I think I'm done with that beacause I am beginning a new project-actually I've already begun it. DESERT SHIELD 91 TOPPS PSA MINT OR BETTER SET. There are a small niche of collectors that have tackled the beast and I'm joining that group. This decision will make me a hermit of sorts but that's ok. It's quite daunting to look at prices and scarcity but its a great chase and one that will be an investment for the future.

As always, I could change direction again. I am the unpredictable JBF so who knows. I still have a bundle of trade packages to post about it and then I will mainly be posting about my pursuit of the encased mint or better golden foil beauties from 1991.

Thank you to everyone that has ever read, commented, traded, sold, bought, bartered, or interacted with the jbf blog in any way. Not going away just trimming down and changing direction. Stay thirsty my friends!

The top 5 from my Vacation

It's time to unveil the top five cards I received in trades from my vacation horde! Thanks again to everyone that got deals done with me!

#5 is a beautiful mascot patch of Mr. Moon that came courtesy of UCF Brett and Uncle Tiny! Sweet!!!

#4-I'm the Boogeyman and I'm comin to getcha!!!! A badass autograph came from Todd L. I'd love to know the story on this one!

#3-My first ever clay card! Very cool! This one I believe came courtesy of Jon B from CCW

#2-This is my first Donaldson auto and it came courtesy of my cardboard brother PTown Tom! Thank you very much Tom!

#1-A stunning 06/11 Autographed letter from the Willinghammer! Many thanks to George D for this lovely card!

Thanks again to everyone for all the great cards!

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Vacation Cardboard #15-6

Here is the third in a handful of posts to show off and say thanks for 25 super neat cards! Many thanks to everyone that did trades and sent cards. No duds in any of those trades. Just these 25 speak to me.

Let's kick up today with 10!

#15-Another Taylor Patch #d to 25 from Gary W

#14 Freeman Hugs for everyone and this National Treasures beauty #'d 25 from Daniel W

#13 Truly Luminous Rain Maker from Sport Card Collectors

#12-I believe this is only my 2nd Bammer Auto of Mo Williams. This one came from Brandon L

#11-A BEAUTIFUL IP SILVER AUTO from Scott Orphan

#10-Breaking into the Top 10 with some early Dirk. Thanks to Tim B for this beauty!!

#9-A Beautiful Blue Refractor Donaldson Rookie #'d to 199 from Tim B

#8-One of my all time favorite Tiders. Not a whole lot Roy Rogers stuff out there. This one comes from a magician who just keeps coming up with obscure Tide Stuff I don't have!!! Doug C from Buckstore Cards!

#7-Hall of Fame Tide IP Awesomeness courtesy of Todd L

#6 -Hard to see the back so I didn't scan it but this is a SP Gum Stain from Gavin B!

Stay tuned for the top five coming soon!!!

Monday, August 31, 2015

Vacation Cardboard 20-16

Here is the second in a handful of posts to show off and say thanks for 25 super neat cards! Many thanks to everyone that did trades and sent cards. No duds in any of those trades. Just these 25 speak to me.

#20-A very nice signature from the old knuckler! This one came courtesy of Scott Orphan

#19 Love the big silver signature on this USA card from RC over at CCW

#18 A beautiful rookie card #'d to 299 of the best Cardinal courtesy of Todd Leach!

#17 A lovely autograph and jersey #'d to only 99 also from Todd Leach

#16. I have a knack for accumulating patches from Taylor. This one is #'d to only 99 and also from Todd

Anyone having Cardinal fatigue yet?? Stay tuned for the next few posts as it only gets cooler as we go!

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Vacation Top 25

Here is the first in a handful of posts to show off and say thanks for 25 super neat cards! Many thanks to everyone that did trades and sent cards. No duds in any of those trades. Just these 25 speak to me.

25-A man called Busta-The signature isn't world class but the name is first rate! This gem came from Sport Card Collectors Blog.

24. A duo of autos from former Bama Brute Barrett Jones. These both came again from SCC

23. Going back to the dates when #'d to 1480 was limited and its a Cardinal auto I didn't have. Thanks to Marc B for this ink.

22. Classic Bedrock-82 Topps Traded came courtesy of Marc B

21. Boy I loved the Rackers back in the day. I had never seen this one before and it came from John Hazen.

Stay tuned for the next few posts as it only gets cooler as we go!

Thursday, August 27, 2015

An update filled with many thanks!

How quickly does the time go when on vacation?? Been back at work for nearly a week and it seems like I never was on vacation. But I have lots of great cardboard that was sent my way to bust at the beach and I will have that as my souvenir.

I will need to update my autograph counts but for now I just wanted to pass along thanks to these folks who sent along awesomeness for me to enjoy:

Marc B
John M
Steve D
Jeff J
John H
Jon B
Sport Cards Collector(x3)
Scott O(x2)
Brandon L(x2)
Gavin B
Terry B
Uncle Tiny
Tim B
George D
Todd L
Rodney A
Tom O
Tim H
Daniel W
David G
Mark H
Gary W
Brett C
Bo R
Doug C

I could literally spend weeks blogging about these amazing packages that were sent my way but time is at a premium around the junkpile. I will be compiling a top 25 to post in the coming days.

Some more changes are coming here as I am in the process of dwindling my collection down to the bare necessities. I have begun doing some selling on COMC and may be putting bulk lots on ebay in the coming months. Probably going to do blind flat rate boxes with a gu card for $10 shipped if your interested you can shoot me a note at lifebythedrop79 at yahoo dot com

Definitely not abandoning the blog or collecting by changing my paradigm drastically. More to come on that and I look forward to soon unveiling exactly what's next for me collecting wise.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

One last Junk trading opportunity

Got a great start to building my vacation cardboard stash with some trades the last three weeks. All have been mailed that were originally claimed in those first two posts all but four are sent from the last post. Packages still due to Oscar, Adam, John, and gwdjr33. I will be collecting all packages and ripping when I go on my next vacation. Anyone else want to trade? In return, I'm looking for autographs(any sport, any player-weirder or wackier the better), mascot cards, Josh Willingham, Josh Donaldson, Braves, Arizona Cardinals, and even Dallas Mavericks. Don't even worry about telling what you'll send in return. This time feel free to claim up to 3 cards for trade and shoot me an email at lifebythedrop79 at yahoo dot com

If you are claiming from CCW just remember I don't check there everyday so you may miss out if I don't see a claim before I see it here on my comments.

A few hockey cards up for grabs