By now you're surely aware of Matt's Time Travel Trading project. He's been running it for at least five years and built an impressive collection of cards - all of which are available for any older card.
There was one card in particular that I'd had my eye on for a long while, and I was somewhat surprised that it had not been claimed. Somewhat, because it can be difficult for collectors to part with vintage - even for vintage that is just slightly newer. Eventually I got tired of seeing this card of a popular sixties star sitting there unclaimed, and so I scrounged up something older to offer.
That's how I was finally able to add this to my All-Time Teams binder:
This 1966 Topps Bill Freehan bumps out a Pacific placeholder. It's not the oldest card I acquired.
Grabbed this snowy Jerry Adair, too. It doesn't fit my collection but he was a name that sounded familiar to me and I don't have many '64 singles. You may have noticed a similarity with these two cards. That isn't why I picked them out but it was kind of inevitable with vintage Topps singles.
The rest of my baseball pickups, including a sharp '69 Steve Blass that had just been added to Matt's offerings. Couldn't pass up that Sean Murphy RC - all I had to do was offer a 4+ year old card!
Now for the non-baseball portion:
A pair of 1970s football greats with Bob Lilly and Franco Harris. Lilly was another one I had my eye on. There's a small thumbnail crease in the bottom right corner but the rest of the card is clean. I didn't have a single Harris card in my collection and had to get him in somehow. Watson is.. not someone I'd go out of my way to add, but the marble borders on the Elite inserts are really nice.
Majerle and Howard will help me fill my basketball monster box (I actually had to make room by removing a couple PC players) and a Chico Resch insert rounds out the PWE. I'd seen that on Matt's list so many times that I thought I'd already traded for it lol.
If you are somehow unaware of Time Travel Trading take a look at his very long list of available cards. He usually posts fresh stock the last Monday of every month. I'm excited to see what he has to offer next.
Matt, thanks for another great Time Travel Trade!
Majerle and Howard will help me fill my basketball monster box (I actually had to make room by removing a couple PC players) and a Chico Resch insert rounds out the PWE. I'd seen that on Matt's list so many times that I thought I'd already traded for it lol.
If you are somehow unaware of Time Travel Trading take a look at his very long list of available cards. He usually posts fresh stock the last Monday of every month. I'm excited to see what he has to offer next.
Matt, thanks for another great Time Travel Trade!
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The other cards are fun (vintage hockey and football too!) and you got some great stuff from Matt, but the Freehan up top was enough by itself to earn you a comment on this one. Nice adds!
ReplyDeleteFreehanSolo approves? ;D
DeleteYou added a lot! ... I don't recall seeing the '66 Freehan, I might have jumped on it, but I tend to gloss over the '66 set.
ReplyDeleteSome nice Yankee Stadium photos on the Freehan and Adair cards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the trade, and the shout out! Next update is set to post on Monday!
ReplyDeleteThe Freehan is nice. I might've tried to get it too, but apparently I'm yet another person who didn't see it. The card definitely ended up in a better home though :)
ReplyDeleteNice pickups! Karen Gillan is even nicer! :)
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