COMC Shuffle #29

Another week, another ten seven randomly selected cards from last year's COMC hoard!


1971 Milk Duds

I was surprised to see some reasonably priced Milk Duds boxes at last weekends card show, first time I had ever seen any at a show. I saw them almost right after I got there, and they were still there four later when I left. I observed many (at least to me) interesting things at this show, which I'll cover in future recap posts, but given the condition and price, I don't know how those boxes didn't sell while I was there -- I believe they were below eBay prices, and even the many flippers that were in attendance didn't touch them. Makes me wonder if these boxes are even more of a niche item than I previously thought?


1999-00 Upper Deck HoloGrFX AuSOME #37AU

I liked Tony Battie, but that is some weak-ass defense!


1960 Topps #259

I don't have a lot of want to send out TTM requests anymore, but it might be nice to add a couple of autographs to my "Telstar Four" collection, and from everything I've read, George is quite generous with his signature (this card would look great signed). It's certainly something to think about.


2013 Panini Golden Age Playing Cards #2D

New additions to my Golden Age insert sets have really slowed down this year, which is okay, because I'm not entirely sure that I'll be trying to finish those anymore. I still like most of them quite a lot, but once I lost the want to build sets... I really lost it!


1997-98 NBA Hoops Frequent Flyer #6

I wouldn't say that this one of the best 90's insert sets, but I still like it quite a bit... maybe in my top 25?


1972-73 Topps #175

This was for the total rebounds on the season, not rebounds per game. If it had been rpg, Wes would've been #2, as he averaged 17.6 to Kareem's 16.6, but Kareem played five more games than Wes, and therefor was able to best him by just 10 total rebounds.


2014-15 Panini Prizm Blue and Green Mosaic Prizms #173

Hey, it's Kareem from the same era as the previous card, but with more shine!

In case you haven't figured it out yet, the reason that there's only seven cards in today's post, is because that's all that was left in the Shuffle folder -- meaning that the post ended earlier than usual, and that the series has come to an end as well. It was a fun series, and I still like the concept for it, but I think it's run it's course. It was a good way to show off my COMC cards, but creatively, it's been a lot more limiting than I had anticipated, so with that in mind, I'll be coming up with a new way to show this this year's cards... good thing I've got about two months until their arrival (I'm gonna need it)!


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COMC Shuffle #27

Another week, another ten randomly selected cards from last year's COMC hoard!


1995 Collector's Edge - EdgeTech Quantum #1

I don't think that I'll ever fully grasp all of the different Collector's Edge inserts/parallels, but since I only buy the cheap stuff, I don't think I really need to know all of the in's and out's, as a lot of it will forever be out of my price range anyway. Also, is it just me, or does Dan not bear a striking resemblance (in the face) to John Madden on this card? I only just now noticed it, and it's kind of weirdin' me out.


2013-14 Panini Prizm Red, White, & Blue Mosaic Prizms #186

I've heard/read plenty of Blazers fans say that the team is better off without LaMarcus, I'm sorry, but those fans don't know what they're talking about. Perfect example: last season's playoffs, they would've been a lot different (i.e. successful) if L.A. had still been around.

2013-14 Panini Prizm Red, White, & Blue Mosaic Prizms #102

Poor T-Rob, finally found a home in Portland, became a fan favorite, then was traded (along with Will Barton) for a guy (Aaron Afflalo) who spent 25 games doing diddly squat... and it's been all downhill for Thomas ever since!

1971 Milk Duds

If one were to look at Jim Hickman's career as a whole, his inclusion into the Milk Duds set might have seemed like an odd one, but if you look at his numbers from the previous season, it's not hard to see why he would've been added to the checklist. Jim had a career year in 1970, .315 BA, 162 hits, 115 RBIs, 32 HRs, all done in 514 at-bats. He also made his only All-Star appearance that year, also finished 8th in MVP voting. Nowadays if somebody had such an anomalous season like that, some sort of monkey business would be suspected, but I don't think people care enough about the past to go around lobbing accusations at a guy who had one really good season almost fifty years ago.

1996-97 Topps Stadium Club Matrix #18

This may look like a run of the mill Matrix, but it's actually one of the uber-rare Dome'z (yes, with a z) parallels. What, you've never heard of Dome'z before? You need to go look 'em up then, because they were totally a real thing, and most weren't just made up three seconds ago by me :)

1933 Goudey #75

One of the best third basemen of his era (THE best according to Chief Bender), Willie Kamm accomplished much during his thirteen year career, certainly more than I could do justice -- I also happen to be putting this post together at the very last moment, so I'll just take lazy way out, and refer you to his SABR page. On the plus side though, I think that his bio on there, written by a fellow called Joseph Wancho, might be one of the better one's that I've seen. As a quick aside, being from Oregon, I'm always interested in learning about any athletes/celebrities who have ties to the state. So I thought it was kind of neat to see that in 1918, a then 18 year-old Willie, briefly worked at, and played for a shipyard league in St. Helens, Oregon. When I have some more time, I'll have to go back and try and find some more info about this brief time in his life.

2015 Panini National Convention VIP Cracked Ice #10

I kind of liked this set back when I got the card, but that like has since worn off, so if anyone's genuinely interested in a #'d to /25 Trey Burke, don't be shy about saying so.

1998-99 Upper Deck Ionix Reciprocal #R17

I just recently opened my ever pack of Ionix (future blog post), and even though I didn't pull any SICCCCCCCCK HITZ, it sure was fun to finally open one after all of these years. If I had some lottery money, I might actually consider buying a box -- but until then, I'm quite content with just picking up the occasional cheap Reciprocal every now and then.

2013-14 Panini Prizm Red, White, & Blue Mosaic Prizms #224

It's really great that DJ has made it into some modern sets, and while I certainly don't mind him being shown as a Celtic, I'd be lying if I said that part of me didn't want to see him as a Sonic. So, what about it, Panini? Next year's Prizm, DJ in his old Sonics gear?

2012 Topps Black #174

I've already professed my love for Nick Barnett's 2012 Topps card in the past, knowing that nobody else feels the same way, I won't go into it again -- but I will say that this black bordered (#'d to /57)version is boss, and I got it for practically nothing, so, yay me!

Oh, and one more thing that I wanted to mention real quick, looks like yesterday was this blog's anniversary -- apparently I've been doing this for four years now! As per usual, thank you to everyone who's ever taken time out of their day to stop by, and a special thanks to everyone who's ever been motivated to leave a comment, without those, I wouldn't be doing this. I'm not gonna make any promises about me doing this for another four years, but I can say that I've got at least another year in me, so...


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COMC Shuffle #26

Another week, another ten randomly selected cards from last year's COMC hoard!

1970 Topps #324

This has always seemed like an odd photo to me, not quite as awkward as the Hank Aaron from this set, but it definitely doesn't look natural.

1999-00 Upper Deck Ultimate Victory - Ultimate Collection #146

This was just an impulse purchase, it was cheap, shiny, and just so happened to be a hard to find 90's parallel, so...

1971 Topps Milk Duds Whole Box

If Willie Davis ever asks you if you'd be interested in seeing his famous disappearing bat trick, take my advice and... run away as fast you can!!!

2018 Panini Classics Timeless Tributes Orange #102

I love Eric's card from this set, but after getting this basic orange, as well as one of the orange Optichromes, I can honestly say that I probably need them. The blue's and gold's look great, but the orange's not so much (at least not for Dickerson).

2013 Panini Cooperstown Collection Green Crystal Shard #32

Replacing one logo for another. That's exactly what Panini did with this photo, Jimmie now looks like he's playing for the National Baseball Hall of Fame's... can't say that I've ever heard of that team before?

1909 T206 #?

Harry Gaspar (misspelled on the card) played four seasons of professional ball, all with Cincinnati. During this time he compiled a record of 46-48, with his best season being his first (1909), in which he went 19-11, with a 2.01 ERA. In 1910, he and Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown led the majors in saves, each notching seven respectively.

I had forgotten that there was a stamp on the back of this one. Now I'm gonna have to go find it and see if I can see what it says.

1974-75 Topps #30

Set need. This card proved surprisingly difficult to find in decent shape for a realistic price.

2014-15 Panini Prizm Yellow and Red Mosaic Prizms #209

Recently I responded to a question on Twitter by a posting a picture of Shawn Kemp's 1990-91 Fleer rookie, this then led to someone who I didn't know that I was mutually following mentioning growing up in the Northwest and watching him and Gary Payton, I then said that I saw plenty of them while growing up in Portland, which led to them to reveal that they too were from Portland!!! Portland isn't a small place (at least not anymore), and I know that a lot of people have come from there, but it's still always a bit of a surprise when I encounter a fellow native.

2014-15 Panini Prizm Blue and Green Mosaic Prizms #198

Even though the 2014 set has two different kinds of all-blue Prizms (regular and mojo), I think that Elgin looks best on the blue-green combo, although him on those all-blue's looks pretty good as well, and I certainly wouldn't mind getting a few of them :)

2000 EX - E-Xceptional Red #7 XC

When talking about the big three, it's kind of amazing to see the difference in price with E-Xceptional inserts. On the basketball side they keep going up, most of the baseball are still fairly cheap (a few have gone up though), meanwhile the football is in the gutter and isn't showing any signs of climbing out anytime soon. As far as this insert goes, most of my examples are of the basketball variety, but over the last year or so I have started picking up more of the super cheap football's.


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COMC Shuffle #21

Another week, another ten randomly selected cards from last year's COMC hoard!


1972-73 Topps #173

I am fourteen cards away from completing this set, and like most of my other nearly completed sets, I'm not entirely sure that I want to bother finishing it anymore. I'd kind of like to pull out some of the names, and just sell the rest. I think I'm only a few cards (not counting the Star cards) away from having everything that came out during Kareem's playing days, I might be kind of nice to have it altogether in one place? No matter what I end up doing, this is still a great card, one that just so happens to feature three of the greatest centers to ever play the game.

1999-00 Upper Deck HoloGrFX AuSOME #34AU

Even though Terrell Brandon is a Portland guy, I can't say that I was ever a huge fan of his. He ended up having a pretty solid career, and by all accounts he was always a good dude off of the court, so in retrospect, I feel a little bad for not supporting him more -- after all, it's not like there's been that many NBAer's to come out of Portland.

1971 Milk Duds Whole Boxes

Yes, this is a cool item, but I'm still down on the Milk Duds boxes.

2013 Panini Black Friday Panini Collection Lava Flow #20

Kool be holdin' a turntable while rocking an old school Bullets hat! This card is so great that I think I'm gonna have to clear my throat before continuing on with the rest of this post :)

2018 Panini Classics Timeless Tributes Gold #102

There's been serious lack of gold Dickerson's being added to COMC (and eBay for that matter) as of late, how am I supposed to complete my goal of getting an entire page's worth if people aren't listing them? There was just recently one of the orange optichrome's on COMC, but after getting the one that I have, and seeing how they're not the greatest looking parallels in the world, I decided to pass on the COMC one. That being said, I still might've bought it had the price been a little lower, but it ended up selling, so I guess I don't have to worry about it anymore.

1997-98 Fleer Soaring Stars #10SS

I seem to recall watching an NBA game or two back in '97 where they were using an ABA ball, but for the life of the me I can't remember why, and I'm feeling little lazy while typing this, so I'm not gonna go look it up -- if your curiosity has been peaked, you can go look it up! :)

1909 T206 #?

There doesn't seem to be a lot of information out there about Art Fromme, it's pretty much just his career stats, and that's it. He spent ten years in the bigs, pitching for the Cardinals, Reds, and Giants. He finished his career at 80-90, with a 2.90 ERA. His best season appears to have been in 1909 while with St. Louis, went 19-13 with a 1.90 ERA. After the majors, he spent seven seasons in the PCL, all seven of those being with the Venice/Vernon Tigers, where he ended up having a little bit more success, going 93-66.

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2014-15 Panini Prizm Yellow and Red Mosaic Prizms #198

Being able to get a gaudy card of a young Elgin Baylor is one of the reasons why I like the earlier Prizm sets so much.

1996-97 Topps Hobby Masters #HM20

I know I say it every single time I show a Hobby Masters, but who cares, it's one of my all-time favorite insert sets, and I will most likely continue to mention that every single time I show one.

1972 Topps #774

I was still working on the set when this card was gotten, a year later, and I'm no longer working on the set... I wonder if it's too late to return it? I'm kidding of course, I shouldn't have too much trouble trying to trade this, it is one of those dreaded high numbers after all.

After pulling today's cards, I am now down to only eight weeks worth of Shuffle stuff left...


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COMC Shuffle #11

Another week, another ten randomly selected items from last year's COMC hoard!

2013 Panini Golden Age Historic Signatures #AL

My memory isn't always the best, but I remember this card, as it was the first one that I bought (using earned credit) during last year's Black Friday sale. I already had one copy of this card, but it was so darn cheap that I just couldn't pass up getting another one. Most folks probably would've tried to flip it, I ain't most folks though, so I kept it, I mean there's really such a thing as having too many autographs of Mr. Tiger... even if they are duplicates?

1972 Topps #734

A 1972 High number... dun dun duuuuun! Whenever this was gotten, I was undoubtedly still under the impression that I would be working on the set at some point, however I am no longer under any such delusions. All is not lost though, as I will soon be starting something that I've been thinking about, and even talking about publicly, for years now, which is to try and collect all of the former Portland Beavers who appeared on cards through 1973 (I might change that cutoff point to '75). Bob Burda spent all of 1961 in Portland, so he would obviously fit right in to such a collection.

1971 Milk Duds whole box

I already covered my disappointment with the damaged Milk Dud boxes that I received, so I won't rehash it again here today, I'll just that Luis is the only one of the non-damaged boxes that I will be keeping.

2013-14 Panini Prizm Retail Green Prizms #254

The 2013 Prizm set has a few Christmas cards in it, that being a green parallel with a player in red jersey or vice-versa. I'm of the opinion that Hakeem (despite the bad scan) is the best looking of those Xmas cards, so much so in fact, that I ended up getting all of the available copies that the site had to offer. Now if another one ever shows up, the seller will probably price it at something crazy like $20, because COMC logic dictates that if you have the only one on the site, then it must be crazy rare... and worth a small fortune.

1933 Goudey #39

Mark was the last surviving member of the 1927 Murderer's Row, won two titles with the Yankees, but the thing that I find most interesting about him, isn't even baseball related, no, it's that he was born in San Francisco in July of 1904, less than two years before the 1906 earthquake. He touches on this a bit in a really good 1987 Los Angeles Times article -- he also shares plenty of anecdote's from his playing days as well.

2012 Panini Black Friday Progressions - magenta #47

If you had told me three years ago that I would one day own around twenty hockey cards, and that Chris Kreider would be representing almost half of that collection, I would've said "Who are you, and how did you get into my bathroom?".

2014-15 Panini Prizm Red, White, and Blue Pulsar Prizms #1

This kid is pretty good at the basketball.

2014 Panini Golden Age Historic Signatures #DWL

I know nothing of racing, and I'm not even going to pretend to, old D. Wayne (don't call me Dwayne!) was a card that I needed for my set, so I got him, that's all.

1973 Kellogg's Pro Super Stars #34

Ah, my favorite Kellogg's set! I always wonder how many people cringe every time I say that? But trust me, I'm not saying for the shock value, it truly is my favorite Kellogg's set, I'm not collecting it anymore, but I will still be picking up the bigger names when the price is right.

1999-00 Flair Showcase Elevators #7E

I think that this was only my second card from the set. Love this insert set too, it's like the cracked ice cards before there was such a thing as cracked ice cards. It's always nice to be able to get inserts of Pippen in a Blazers uni as well.

Looks like another week of shuffling is in the books, but I'll be back around the same time next week with another batch of randomly selected cards.


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