From Ebay got a 1952 Bowman Baseball 174 Mickey Grasso Senators for $4.99 + $2.00 shipping.

I launched by Washington Nationals specific blog this evening/morning "Curly W Cards" is now up and running. So far I have just made a welcoming post and page. I'm not sure how often I'll get to updating it. Anyway it is at:

curlywcards.blogspot.com

Got two bigish packages both from sportlots auctions one was a 57 card lot of 1972 Topps Baseball and the other was actually 3 auctions from one seller which combined includes 9 1970/71 Kelloggs Football and Baseball, mostly baseball and a few are cracked with very noticeable damage (they were like that in the auction so it was a pre-sale thing).

I'll list the 1972 Topps Baseball: I'll list just the numbers to save some space (man for a second there I thought I could still smell the bubble gum)

5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 19, 22, 25, 30, 36, 42, 47, 50, 55, 59, 61, 70, 73, 76, 77, 84, 86, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 97, 104, 110, 113, 114, 115, 116, 123, 127, 152, 153, 155 (really warped with water damage), 157, 160, 165, 174, 175, 193 (another water warped card, but not as bad), 202, 211, 212,228,254, 257, 260, 262, 272, 398, 401, 411

OK now with the big variety "pack":

HOCKEY

1970-71 Topps:
17 Pat Stapleton Black Hawks
116 Wayne Maki Canucks

FOOTBALL

1954 Bowman 45 Bob Thomason Eagles

1963 Topps
18 Jim Ray Smith Browns
101 Jerry Reichow Vikings
105 Ed Sharockman Vikings
106 Rip Hawkins Vikings

1970 Kellogg's
36 David Grayson Raiders
38 Deacon Jones Rams
56 Tommy Nobis Falcons

At first I thought the Deacon Jones card was damaged, but it is just the way the "sportflicks" effect works on that card, most of the "3-D" Kellogg's cards from the 60s/70s were just blurry backgrounds that gave the illusion of 3-D very few of them I recall doing the "picflix" thing. Pretty cool the Nobis card does a little flix background action also.

BASEBALL

1951 Bowman 64 Bill Werle Pirates

1952 Bowman 74 Wes Westrum NY Giants

1952 Topps 186 Walt Masterson Red Sox

1953 Red Man No Tab - NL 2 Bobby Adams Reds - lots of creasing fair to good.

1955 Bowman 279 Chico Fernandez Brooklyn Dodgers

1956 Topps
2 Warren Giles President National League (It would be interesting to see an uncut sheet of this part of the print run because the back is upside-down from the front on this card)
175 Del Crandall Milwaukee Braves

1963 Jell-O 46 Norm Cash Tigers

1963 Topps 409 Roy Face Pirates (back has some red marking that looks like someone had the card priced at $11.00)

1970 Kellogg's
70 Wally Bunker Royals
73 Denny McLain Tigers

1971 Kellogg's - Here is where we see the damaged ones. At one point I swore to myself I would not get any "cracked" Kellogg's cards, but the desire to have a specific card sometimes outweighs the need for perfect condition.

15 Frank Robinson Orioles - Where to begin? The back shows some ware and is pretty good but the front it the worst of this bunch. The bottom left corner has a good portion of the front completely removed there is a large crack on the bottom center to right, the side edges have lots of "glass spider" cracks and there is a huge honking crack that runs across Frank's cap bill the whites out (due to the loose plastic separated from the paper of the card) about 1/2" wide across the entire width of the card.

61 Billy Williams Cubs - lots of long cracks, light plastic "lifting" across his shoulder the width of the card thin lifting but light and across the top of his cap across the width of the card. Again the lifting is light but this one is wide. Back is OK.

63 Jim Northrup Tigers - Back apparently had some of those small "grocery" price stickers in a couple of places and there is some blue pen ink top left over his headshot that looks like it says "R.M.". Front seems to be the best of this 5 card bunch. At first looks like there is nothing wrong but has some light vertical scrape markings.

65 Pete Rose Reds - Back has some typical corner ware like the others and is OK. Front looks pretty good again at first glance appears to be undamged, almost better than the Northrup card, but has a hairline crack along the width of the card at the bottom of the border.

72 Nate Colbert Padres - Back typical of this batch no serious problems. Front a couple of light cracks about middle of his abdomen/ribs a couple of worse cracks along the brim of his had and bottom of the red star and through the top of the red star.

1972 Kellogg's 32 Bud Harrelson Mets - Overall condition of this card is excellent, but major warping. I seem to have the error version that has his lifetime Hits as 634.

Got a sportlots auction. just 0.25¢ (+ $2.60 shipping) of Twelve 1970 Topps Expos. Some of them I already have, some of them I think I had back in the day but had gone missing til today and maybe one or two I never had.

019 John Boccabella
038 Mack Jones
087 Steve Renko
124 Larry Jaster
147 Angel Hermoso
164 Ty Cline
221 Ron Brand
238 Jose Laboy
293 Bob Bailey
332 Bobby Wine
364 Dan McGinn (had this one back in the day, think I still have that one plus this one and maybe another one or two not sure of exact number)
632 Gary Sutherland

Lets see I got 8 cards from the 1965 Man From UNCLE set. Got a couple of books in one a pun book from the late 60s early 70s and the Second book from the Tug McGraw Scroogie comic strip #2 is called Hello There, Ball I already had the first one.

Now onto the sports cards from sportlots First
FOOTBALL
1960 Topps 131 Bob Toneff Redskins - Now I'm pretty sure I have all the 1960 Redskins from the Topps set.

1965 Philadelphia 93 Bill Munson Rams

1968 Topps 85 Roy Jefferson Steelers


BASEBALL

1955 Bowman:
014 Gus Keriazakos Senators
054 Don Bollweg Kansas City A's
164 Toby Atwell Pirates
166 Jim Busby Senators
183 Ray Katt NY Giants

Now the dealer I got those five 1955 Bowmans from added a couple of bonus cards a newer Baseball card which was fine 1997 Score (1996 stats and copyright) Rey Ordonez Mets. That like I said was cool, but they sent another bonus card but this one was Football I think I've mentioned here before (or on my blogspot blog) that sending a bonus card of another sport is kind of tacky and not cool even though I collect both Baseball and Football this was a 1999 Upper Deck MVP 108 John Randle Vikings (It is for trade)

Moving on:

1970 Kellogg's 23 Joel Horlen White Sox

1970 Topps 648 Larry Haney Oakland A's

1973 Topps 380 Johnny Bench Reds

1975 Topps 20 Thurman Munson Yankees

2010 Topps Update GOLD US-168 Wilson Ramos Nationals

Today Saturday 18FEB12 the sportlots onslaught continues (looks like it will end soon since I noticed there are only 8 more cards left from my auction winnings and regular order - actually come next week some more auctions will come in since I am currently bidding on a bunch more) anyway here is today's booty.

BASEBALL

1958 Topps 362 Ray Jablouski Giants
1960 Topps 328 Earl Battey White Sox
1961 Topps:
370 Roy Face Pirates (filler card back has lost paper marks, not major but not minor)
434 Tom Brewer Red Sox (top left front corner torn away)
1962 Topps:
357 Jerry Walker Athletics (K.C.)
403 Chet Nichols Red Sox
1963 Topps 16 Al Smith White Sox
1964 Topps:
294 Ken Hunt Senators
480 Bob Purkey Reds
1965 Topps 112 Derrell Griffith Dodgers
1966 Topps 94 Matty Alou Giants
1970 Kellogg's
08 Don Sutton Dodgers
31 Randy Hundley Cubs (back has Cecil Hundley)
75 Don Mincher Pilots
1970 Topps 14 Hank Allan Senators (think I have at least one of these already sigh)
1972 Topps 201 Phil Roof Twins (might also be a dupe)
1982 Fleer 542 Mookie Wilson Mets
1993 Topps 513 Major League Managers Kevin Kennedy Rangers/ Jim Riggleman Padres
1993 Topps Stadium Club515 Tomas Howard Braves (there is a story behind getting this card I will post sometime with pics on my blogspot blog)
2008 Upper Deck Series 2 648 Mike Morse Mariners
2009 Topps Heritage 65 Ivan Rodriguez Yankees
2011 Topps Heritage 262 Ivan Rodriguez Nationals

FOOTBALL

1960 Topps:
011 Baltimore Colts Team Card
126 Bill Anderson Redskins - I think I now have all the 1960 Redskins
1964 Philadelphia:
20 Joe Marconi Bears
192 Vince Promuto Redskins
1968 Topps 53 Les Josephson Rams

On Friday 17FEB2012 more of the sportlots onslaught of Feb 2012 came plus one vintage card from Ebay. Again due to sheer volume (only 27 cards this time 8 packages mostly PWEs)

BASEBALL
1958 Topps 438 Whitey Herzog Senators
1959 Topps Dick Gray Dodgers
1968 Topps (got from an auction most cards are VG or less)
086 Willie Stargell Pirates
090 Vada Pinson Reds
163 Gene Brabender Orioles
185 Joe Pepitone Yankees
265 Tommy Davis White Sox
286 Cecil Upshaw Braves
288 Dave Wickersham Pirates
334 Baltimore Orioles Team Card
342 Ken Johnson Braves
521 Don Shaw Mets
1991 Donruss 33 Ivan Rodriguez RC Rangers
2003 Topps Total SILVER Parallel 263 Mike Bacsik Mets
2009 Topps Heritage 372 Brian Schneider Mets
2010 Topps Heritage 134 Jim Riggleman Nationals

FOOTBALL
1967 Philadelphia
005 Lou Kirouac Falcons
009 Marion Rushing Falcons
011 Ernie Wheelright Falcons
027 Ron Bull Bears
038 John Brewer Browns
042 Gene Hickerson Browns
086 Dick Bass Rams
194 New York Giants Team Play Card (looks like it should be a Steelers card)
1968 Topps 132 Roman Gabriel Rams (thought I had this card as a kid and since Roman is one of my fave players I should have kept it, maybe I never had it)

1968 Topps Stand UP Insert 16 "Dandy" Don Meredith Cowboys - Dang it I went cheep and ordered a "Good" conditioned one on sportlots and it is "cut out". Double Dang it of course the don't have the picture showing for most of the regular inventory and there is no "punched-out" or similar terminology to tell you the background is missing. The condition should have given me a clue. ACk and I paid $2.50 for it Oh well. At least the seller included a bonus card Not the same team but at least another football card 2007 Topps 209 Jeremy Shockey Giants (this one is already going out to someone)

So here is the trade stuff I got Thursday (16 Feb) from the SCF member who lives in Germany. (Now I've got to send a lot of Red Sox his way). Some of them I already had some maybe had come from him the last time we traded. This list has 70/71 cards so it will be long and a bit messy maybe forgive any mistakes. As I said before there were more O's about 90% so I will only mention the team on the Nats cards.

OK here we go:

1989 Fleer Sticker NNO B'more O's Team Logo
1989 Topps 352 Rick Schu
1990 Donruss 451 Bob Melvin
1991 Bowman:
104 Cal Ripken
106 Jeff Tackett
1993 UD 312 Alan Mills
1995 Fleer Flair:
7 Mike Oquist
8 Arthur Rhodes
1995 (96?) Fleer Ultra:
2 Brady Anderson
4 Scott Erickson
7 Doug Jones
1996 Score:
86 Jeffrey Hammonds
236 Mark Smith RC
1996 Pinnacle Summit:
35 B.J. Surhoff
195 Jimmy Hayes RC
1997 Fleer Ultra 5 Chris Hoiles
1997 Topps Finest "Blue Chips" 4 Rocky Coppinger (2 both for trade both still have that protective plastic film you are "supposed" to remove - Never liked that concept)
2000 Fleer Tradition Update: (think all of these are at least dupes, maybe a few trupes)
U2 (card number not the band) Cal Ripken Jr. Season Highlights 3000th hit
U33 Willie Morales
U65 O's Team Rookies Jessie Garcia and B.J. Ryan
U104 Luis Matos
U143 O's Team Rookies John Parrish and Chris Richard
2000 Upper Deck Gold Reserve:
52 Albert Belle
53 Jerry Hairston Jr. (cool picture for this card)
54 Sidney Ponson
55 Cal Ripken Jr.
57 B.J. Surhoff
59 Mike Bordick
2004 MLB Showdown Game Cards
41 Rafael Palmeiro
42 Melvin Mora
70 Miguel Tejada
2005 MLB Showdown Game Cards
35 Jerry Hairston
39 Rafael Palmeiro (same picture as 2004 but stats have some minor changes)
40 Brian Roberts
92 Jose Vidro - Nationals
2008 UD Masterpieces:
09 Brooks Robinson
10 Nick Markakis
92 Cal Ripken Jr.
2009 Sweet Spot:
10 Brian Roberts
81 Nick Markakis
2010 Topps National Chicle Diamond Stars:
073 Nick Markakis
083 Brian Roberts
090 Miguel Tejada
211 Jim Palmer
219 Eddie Murray
2010 Upper Deck Series 1
05 Brian Matusz Star Rookie RC
06 Ian Desmond Star Rookie RC Nationals
48 Dug Slaten Nationals
75 Luke Scott
77 Felix Pie
78 Lou Montanez
80 Cesar Izturis
81 Robert Andino
83 Koji Uehara
86 Chris Ray
529 Ryan Zimmerman Nationals
540 Jason Bergmann Nationals
543 Ballparks Baltimore, Maryland Camden Yards (Love these Ballpark cards need to get the rest)
570 Ballparks Washington, District of Columbia Nationals Park
2010 Upper Deck Series 1 Gold Parallel 600 Nationals Team Checklist Ryan Zimmerman and Adam Dunn
2011 Topps:
368 Brian Broderick (no relation to Matthew) Nationals
636 Chris Tillman
2011 Topps 1975 Mini 174 Adam Jones
2011 Topps Lineage:
013 Cal Ripken Jr.
061 Zack Britton
074 Brooks Robinson
132 Nick Markakis
174 Adam Jones
194 Cal Ripken Jr. AS-Rookie Cup
201 Topps Lineage Diamond Anniversary Parallel 192 Frank Robinson (Will trade for regular base of this card)

Today was a 10 package day mostly from sportlots, but one biggy from Ebay and a trade from a member at sportscardforum who lives in Germmany (That package I'll make a separate post for).

Onto the Sportlots Baseball and Football several packages so I combined everything for better organizing.

BASEBALL

1955 Topps 129 Elvin Tappe Cubs

1968 Topps 181 Jerry Zimmerman Twins

1970 Kellogg's 14 David McNally Orioles

2005 Topps/Bowman Heritage Mahogany 38 Brian Schneider Nationals

2005 Topps Total 755 Mike Morse/Bobby Livingston Mariners
2005 Topps Total SILVER 755 Mike Morse/Bobby Livingston Mariners

2008 Topps Heritage 616 Brian Schneider Mets

2011 Topps Heritage
152 Jim Riggleman Nationals
167 Wilson Ramos Nationals

FOOTBALL

1960 Topps 128 Jim Schrader Redskins

1968 Topps 130 Alex Karras Lions

1969 Topps Mini Album Inserts
8 Los Angeles Rams - 9/10 stamps/cards missing Roman Gabriel
16 Washington Redskins 10/10 stamps/cards - Front cover is miscut/offcenter right edge has no white border

1970 Topps - some of these I already had
3 Verlon Briggs Jets
7 Gino Cappelletti Patriots
11 Ed Flanagan Lions
45 Mel Renfro Cowboys
63 Ron McDole Bills
73 John Hadl Chargers
91 Mike Howell Browns
92 Ken Gray Cardinals
107 Ray Mansfield Steelers

1971 Topps - again some I already had
21 Charlie Smith Raiders
36 Gene Hickerson Browns
46 Karl Kassulke Vikings
59 Don Horn Broncos
66 Marty Domres Chargers
74 Pat Fischer Redskins
126 Doug Buffone Bears
184 Norm Snead Vikings
230 Roman Gabriel Rams

And the Ebay BIGGY
1967 Stancraft Playing Cards Deck Dallas Cowboys complete in box with both jokers open but looks brand spankin news. Got it for just $4.99 plus $2.50 shipping.

Got a single card from a purchase from a sportscardforum member from Canada. Was $3.50 delivered.

2006-07 UD Be A Player BAP Signatures - SN Scott Niedermayer Auto - Ducks - Black Sharpie on sticker