I picked up a bunch of 2020 Topps cards a few weeks back on Twitter. I do not buy or trade a ton of cards there, but I saw a good deal on a Mike Brosseau Stadium Club autograph and ended up with a few other good cards in the process.
A Heard of Bulls.
Here is the Brosseau autograph.
I'm not sure what to think of this year's Stadium Club. I usually like this product, but I also usually buy a few packs at some point during the year. I am convinced that there are zero packs of baseball cards at retail stores in all of the Raleigh area. For the moment, I have a Mike Brosseau autograph. That's a good start.
I am a big fan of combined shipping, so I always ask about Rays who were on the Durham Bulls and Cardinals when I buy an inexpensive card. Here are my other former Bulls players:
Meadows is a pretty good young player. He's having a bad year, but I am still hopeful. I really like these sepia parallels. I know they are not serial numbered or tough pulls, but they always are pretty eye appealing to me.
A College of Cardinals
All three of these cards are pretty simple, but I like the looks of each of them. I got two sepia cards and a base of Miles Mikolas. I don't really collect these three players, but they might some of the few 2020 Cardinals cards in my collection.
Are the shelves empty there because your area is home to a lot of collectors, or is it just the now-normal flippers that are cleaning out the cupboards?
ReplyDeleteI think it's likely a combination of the two. There are no card shops in either Raleigh or Durham at this point, so I am certain that there are more baseball card collectors who have switched over to retail. I know that there were a lot of basketball flippers here taking advantage of the Zion craze. I am almost certain that several continued flipping with baseball cards.
DeleteI've really cut back on eBay purchases in 2020... but I like the idea of asking sellers if they have other cards for my collections when they offer combined shipping. Seems like that would be a win/win situation.
ReplyDeleteGets them out of paying some fees for sales. Gets you out of paying for postage than the cards you are buying. Always a win.
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