Trade Post with Play at the Plate

I recently made a trade with Brian from play at the plate and am very happy with the trade.  In exchange for some 2012 Heritage and a couple jersey relics, Brian sent me this Pirates loot.

Up first 2 Brian Giles and Jason Kendall cards and their baseball shaped minis from 2003 Upper Deck Standing O.  I had never seen these cards before and am happy to add them to my collection.  I am currently working on my 8th page of Jason Kendall cards and 9th card of Brian Giles.  I only collect those guys in Pirates uniforms and keep all my "hits" in cases.

 Gold and blue parallels.  I've been looking for the 2011 Morton blue parallel for awhile, but couldn't find one cheap enough on ebay or COMC.  More sweet additions to the collection.

Topps 205 from 2003 and their mini counterparts.  It didn't make sense to show the fronts of the minis so I showed the backs.

 I frickin love the Playoff Portraits cards.  They're beautiful and feel like they were actually painted.

 4 McCutchen cards.  2 new ones (2012 opening day and 2012 heritage sticker).  The others are for my girlfriends collection.  Yup she collects baseball cards too. Maybe I'll do a post someday soon showing off her collection.

The 2 Pirates outfielders that will likely be joining Andrew McCutchen in the outfield for many years to come.  Tabata has already been signed long term with option years running through 2019.  Marte has yet to make his MLB debut so he may very well be patrolling the outfield through 2019 too.

Here's the highlights of the trade that Brian sent me.

 a 2002 Donruss Diamond Kings Diamond Cut jersey of Aramis Ramirez numbered 125/500.

a 2003 Topps 205 bat relic of the Pirates all-time slugging percentage leader Brian Giles.

Thanks so much for the great trade Brian.  I'm looking forward to trading with you again in the future.  I recently pulled a 2012 Heritage CJ Wilson Clubhouse Collection jersey if you're interested. 

Trade With Plaschke 2.0 & 2012 Trade Bait

This is my second trade with Greg from Plaschke Thy Sweater is Argyle.  We arranged this trade right before I got sick in August and then was without power for a stretch of half a month.  The card I was originally supposed to send Greg was the 2011 Topps Lineage Mini Jersey relic of Clayton Kershaw, but he had since gotten it in another trade so he asked for the Kershaw/Peavy I had on my trade bait.  In exchange for that card and a bunch of Dodgers, I received this #1 Overall Pick in the 2002 Bryan Bullington Autograph.  This is my first Bullington Auto I own and I am contempt checking it off my want lists.  Even though Bryan was absolutely terrible in the majors, I still wanted a certified auto of him for the memory of a terrible draft.

Taken after Bryan Bullington were B.J. Upton, Zack Greinke, Prince Fielder, Jeff Francis, Jon Lester, Scott Kazmir, Nick Swisher, Cole Hamels, Jeff Francouer, Matt Cain, Joe Blanton, and Sergio Santos.  Seriously????? WTF?????!!!!!  I sure hope Gerrit Cole doesn't turn out the way Bryan (1-9 record in majors) Bullington did for the Pirates. 

Bryan Bullington is now pitching in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Here's the 2003 Bowman Chrome Certified Autograph of Bryan Bullington I got from Greg.  Sorry for the bad scan, but it appears that my scanner needs to be cleaned.



Since I'm talking about trades, how about some bait from 2012 Topps?

Retired Numbers Sandy Koufax

I do have more of the 1987 Topps Minis but am thinking about completing the set so those won't be for trade.  1987 was the first year I started collecting so I really like those minis a lot.  The blue parallel Wright is one of 16 Blue parallels that I have.  I will scan the rest of the blues later, maybe tomorrow.  The Gold Futures insert set looks a lot like something Upper Deck would have done as do the Golden Standard inserts.  I like the idea of the Timeless Talents, but it's been done before so many times that I was hoping for something more unique looking.

Here's all the Golden Greats I got.  I actually pulled a double of the Jackie Robinson already, but no Clemente yet.  Curse you terrible collation.

2012 Golden Moments.  I like the design of these a lot.  It's a lot better than the Peak Performance or "60" cards of recent years.  I may go after the set of these. Key word: MAY

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ANYONE WANTS ABOVE...LET ME KNOW AND LET'S MAKE A TRADE!

Remember to put aside those 2012 Pirates for me.