The largest trade I've ever made

I've been in this hobby a long time. Since 1988, to be exact. I began trading in 1996, when I was in the 5th grade, and I still have the first card I traded for, although I have a better example in my collection.

I've done several hundred online trades, and more than a few offline trades over the years, probably 2 or 3 thousand or so cards all told, 18 years combined.

But they all pale in comparison to this one!

As I stated a few days ago, having a working tradelist is a great and helpful thing. Having a working wantlist is helpful to, although for me I only add cards to my wantlist when I get the set close enough to completion that buying a box would be a waste of money. There are plenty of cards I want to add to my collection that are not on the official wantlist. (You can see that on the right side of the blog)

Just two days ago, I got a box from fellow Trading Card Database member Collect-A-Set. It included 344 new cards, 3 upgrades for damaged cards, and 4 cards I had forgotten to remove from my wantlist which ended up being duplicates. I will be sending him over 400 cards - I don't have an accurate count yet, and some of which will be a surprise to him, as he didn't know I had some available, for a trade involving more than 700 cards total.

All the cards I received from him are in excellent condition- fresh from pack quality, and to be honest, the ones that were duplicates are probably in better condition than the ones I already had!
While I didn't complete any sets, it did move two sets to 1 card away, (1993-94 Upper Deck, 1997-98 Metal Universe Championship) and I added one new person to my collection- Rex Hughes, who coached the Sacramento Kings for part of 1991-92. He is a One Hit Wonder, the 1991-92 Fleer card is the only one ever made for him.

The pictures below show each different set that got a card added to my collection. I generally don't like to take pictures of cards, preferring scanning them much more, but there are so many new cards I will be scanning them for some time to come, and wanted to get this post up while it was still fresh in my mind.

I accidentally cut off part of the 1991-92 Skybox card, almost totally cutting off Charles Oakley. Oops!

I hope to do more trades with him in the future. I have more cards waiting to be entered into the tradelist, so hopefully he will need some and we can do another great trade.

By the way, this brings the list of cards I've traded for since I finished the bulk of my NASCAR tradelist on the Database to around 700. All since the second week of December! I got a trade with 30 something NASCAR cards the same day I got these cards. I will be sending mostly NASCAR back to Collect-A-Set.

For posterity, future reference and my own obsessive self, here is a complete list of cards I received in this trade: (And by doing a numbered list, it will tell me if I got my math correct, math is not one of my strong suits)
Inserts in red, parallels in blue.

1. 1989-90 Hoops #203 David Rivers
2. 1989-90 Hoops #218 Muggsy Bogues
3. 1989-90 Hoops #284b James Edwards
4. 1989-90 Fleer '89 All-Star Sticker #8 Dale Ellis
5. 1991-92 Skybox #351 Atlanta Hawks
6. 1991-92 Skybox #476 New York Knicks
7. 1991-92 Skybox #489 B.J. Armstrong
8. 1991-92 Skybox #522 Brian Williams RC
9. 1991-92 Skybox #581 Ron Harper
10. 1991-92 Skybox #654 Checklist 351-404
11. 1991-92 Hoops #407 Mark Acres
12. 1991-92 Hoops #435 Sean Higgins RC
13. 1991-92 Hoops #441 Nate McMillan
14. 1991-92 Upper Deck Rookie Standouts #R4 Felton Spencer
15. 1991-92 Upper Deck Rookie Standouts #R5 Bo Kimble
16. 1991-92 Upper Deck Rookie Standouts #R6 Willie Burton
17. 1991-92 Upper Deck Rookie Standouts #R15 Elden Campbell
18. 1991-92 Upper Deck Rookie Standouts #R31 Doug Smith
19. 1991-92 Fleer #253 Kenny Gattison
20. 1991-92 Fleer #295 Kenny Williams
21. 1991-92 Fleer #329 Brian Quinnett
22. 1991-92 Fleer #340 Andrew Lang
23. 1991-92 Fleer #342 Tim Perry
24. 1991-92 Fleer #344 Alaa Abdelnaby
25. 1991-92 Fleer #349 Rex Hughes
26. 1991-92 Fleer #362 David Benoit RC
27. 1992-93 Ultra #9 Dee Brown
28. 1992-93 Ultra #16 Ed Pinckney
29. 1992-93 Ultra #18 Dell Curry
30. 1992-93 Ultra #19 Kenny Gattison
31. 1992-93 Ultra #23 J.R. Reid
32. 1992-93 Ultra #33 John Battle
33. 1992-93 Ultra #35 Brad Daugherty
34. 1992-93 Ultra #37 Larry Nance
35. 1992-93 Ultra #40 John Williams
36. 1992-93 Ultra #41 Terry Davis
37. 1992-93 Ultra #42 Derek Harper
38. 1992-93 Ultra #45 Fat Lever
39. 1992-93 Ultra #46 Doug Smith
40. 1992-93 Ultra #50 Marcus Liberty
41. 1992-93 Ultra #51 Todd Lichti
42. 1992-93 Ultra #71 Vernon Maxwell
43. 1992-93 Ultra #74 Otis Thorpe
44. 1992-93 Ultra #100 Grant Long
45. 1992-93 Ultra #107 Fred Roberts
46. 1992-93 Ultra #108 Alvin Robertson
47. 1992-93 Ultra #119 Chris Morris
48. 1992-93 Ultra #157 Duane Causwell
49. 1992-93 Ultra #162 Willie Anderson
50. 1992-93 Ultra #163 Antoine Carr
51. 1992-93 Ultra #169 Benoit Benjamin
52. 1992-93 Ultra #170 Michael Cage
53. 1992-93 Ultra #178 Mike Brown
54. 1992-93 Ultra #180 Mark Eaton
55. 1992-93 Ultra #200 Checklist 105-200
56. 1992-93 Ultra #278 Kenny Williams
57. 1992-93 Ultra #283 John Williams
58. 1992-93 Ultra #374 Checklist 267-330
59. 1992-93 Hoops #325 Adam Keefe RC
60. 1992-93 Hoops #364 Corey Williams RC
61. 1992-93 Hoops #371 Brian Howard
62. 1992-93 Hoops #375 LaPhonso Ellis RC
63. 1992-93 Hoops #404 Elmore Spencer RC
64. 1992-93 Hoops #408 Alex Blackwell RC
65. 1992-93 Hoops #409 Duane Cooper RC
66. 1992-93 Hoops #411 Keith Askins
67. 1992-93 Hoops #413 Harold Miner RC
68. 1992-93 Hoops #416 Todd Day RC
69. 1992-93 Hoops #424 Chris Smith RC
70. 1992-93 Hoops #438 Charles Smith
71. 1992-93 Hoops #440 Litterial Green RC
72. 1992-93 Hoops #446 Andrew Lang
73. 1992-93 Hoops #453 Oliver Miller RC
74. 1992-93 Hoops #456 Dave Johnson RC
75. 1992-93 Hoops #463 Walt Williams RC
76. 1992-93 Hoops #473 Stephen Howard R
77. 1992-93 Hoops #475 Larry Krystkowiak
78. 1992-93 Hoops #488 Checklist Rookies
79. 1992-93 Fleer #195 Duane Causwell
80. 1992-93 Fleer #221 Mark Eaton
81. 1992-93 Fleer #264 Checklist 177-264
82. 1992-93 Fleer #316 Corey Williams RC
83. 1992-93 Fleer #335 Isaiah Morris RC
84. 1992-93 Stadium Club #382 Walter Bond
85. 1992-93 Skybox School Ties #ST15 Elmore Spencer / Gerald Paddio
86. 1993-94 Ultra #25 David Wingate
87. 1993-94 Ultra #213 Scott Burrell
88. 1993-94 Ultra #218 Corie Blount
89. 1993-94 Ultra #225 John Battle
90. 1993-94 Ultra #233 Tim Legler
91. 1993-94 Ultra #242 Sean Elliott
92. 1993-94 Ultra #244 Lindsey Hunter RC
93. 1993-94 Ultra #248 Josh Grant RC
94. 1993-94 Ultra #249 Jeff Grayer
95. 1993-94 Ultra #255 Mario Elie
96. 1993-94 Ultra #289 Tellis Frank
97. 1993-94 Ultra #313 Warren Kidd
98. 1993-94 Ultra #321 Joe Kleine
99. 1993-94 Ultra #347 Walter Bond
100. 1993-94 Ultra #314 Eric Leckner
101. 1993-94 Upper Deck #185 1993 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Seattle vs. Utah
102. 1993-94 Upper Deck Special Edition #205 Denver Nuggets
103. 1993-94 Hoops #348 LaSalle Thompson
104. 1993-94 Stadium Club #29 Ron Harper
105. 1993-94 Stadium Club #75 Greg Kite
106. 1993-94 Stadium Club #77 Randy White
107. 1993-94 Stadium Club #79 Kevin Brooks
108. 1993-94 Stadium Club #158 Clifford Robinson
109. 1993-94 Stadium Club #193 Ken Norman
110. 1993-94 Stadium Club #207 Dale Ellis
111. 1993-94 Stadium Club #209 Kevin Gamble
112. 1993-94 Stadium Club #228 Tim Perry
113. 1993-94 Stadium Club #330 Kenny Anderson
114. 1993-94 Stadium Club #351 Ron Harper Frequent Flyers
115. 1993-94 Skybox #1 Checklist 1-77
116. 1993-94 Skybox #21 John Paxson
117. 1993-94 Skybox #25 Mookie Blaylock
118. 1993-94 Skybox #30 Dee Brown
119. 1993-94 Skybox #43 Bill Cartwright
120. 1993-94 Skybox #119 Micheal Williams
121. 1993-94 Skybox #151 Harvey Grant
122. 1993-94 Skybox #152 Jerome Kersey
123. 1993-94 Skybox #154 Clifford Robinson
124. 1993-94 Skybox #165 Dale Ellis
125. 1994-95 Fleer #15 Xavier McDaniel
126. 1994-95 Fleer #45 Gerald Wilkins
127. 1994-95 Fleer #52 Fat Lever
128. 1994-95 Fleer #54 Sean Rooks
129. 1994-95 Fleer #86 Kenny Smith
130. 1994-95 Fleer #126 Blue Edwards
131. 1994-95 Fleer #130 Derek Strong
132. 1994-95 Fleer #133 Christian Laettner
133. 1994-95 Fleer #136 Chris Smith
134. 1994-95 Fleer #140 Benoit Benjamin
135. 1994-95 Fleer #155 Charles Smith
136. 1994-95 Fleer #210 Vincent Askew
137. 1994-95 Fleer #211 Michael Cage
138. 1994-95 Fleer #214 Nate McMillan
139. 1994-95 Fleer #239 Checklist 115-227
140. 1994-95 Fleer #249 Eric Montross RC
141. 1994-95 Fleer #262 Will Perdue
142. 1994-95 Fleer #274 Cliff Levingston
143. 1994-95 Fleer #282 Mark Macon
144. 1994-95 Fleer #296 Mark Jackson
145. 1994-95 Fleer #300 Lamond Murray RC
146. 1994-95 Fleer #309 Anthony Miller RC
147. 1994-95 Fleer #311 Kevin Gamble
148. 1994-95 Fleer #319 Ed Pinckney
149. 1994-95 Fleer #325 Donyell Marshall RC
150. 1994-95 Fleer #333 Charlie Ward RC
151. 1994-95 Fleer #349 Danny Manning
152. 1994-95 Fleer #350 Elliot Perry
153. 1994-95 Fleer #352 Trevor Ruffin RC
154. 1994-95 Fleer #357 Chris Dudley
155. 1994-95 Fleer #363 Brian Grant RC
156. 1994-95 Fleer #364 Michael Smith RC
157. 1994-95 Fleer #367 Avery Johnson
158. 1994-95 Fleer #370 Chuck Person
159. 1994-95 Fleer #371 Chris Whitney
160. 1994-95 Fleer #379 Jamie Watson RC
161. 1994-95 Fleer #382 Jim McIlvane RC
162. 1994-95 Emotion #6 Dino Radja
163. 1994-95 Emotion #11 B.J. Armstrong
164. 1994-95 Emotion #14 Dickey Simpkins RC
165. 1994-95 Emotion #16 Chris Mills
166. 1994-95 Emotion #26 Bill Curley RC
167. 1994-95 Emotion #33 Clifford Rozier RC
168. 1994-95 Emotion #83 Clifford Robinson
169. 1994-95 Skybox Slammin' Universe #SU27 Rod Strickland
170. 1994-95 Flair #71 Elden Campbell
171. 1994-95 Flair #98 Hubert Davis
172. 1994-95 SP Championship #28 Stacey Augmon
173. 1994-95 SP Championship #92 Kenny Anderson
174. 1994-95 Ultra #28 Luc Longley
175. 1994-95 Ultra #40 Terry Davis
176. 1994-95 Ultra #68 Vernon Maxwell
177. 1994-95 Ultra #82 Elmore Spencer
178. 1994-95 Ultra #89 Anthony Peeler
179. 1994-95 Ultra #94 Matt Geiger
180. 1994-95 Ultra #100 Brian Shaw
181. 1994-95 Ultra #107 Thurl Bailey
182. 1994-95 Ultra #141 Jeff Malone
183. 1994-95 Ultra #154 Mark Bryant
184. 1994-95 Ultra #164 Duane Causwell
185. 1994-95 Ultra #184 Jeff Hornacek
186. 1994-95 Ultra #191 Rex Chapman
187. 1994-95 Ultra #198 Checklist 1-92
188. 1994-95 Upper Deck #27 Vernon Maxwell
189. 1994-95 Upper Deck #43 Avery Johnson
190. 1994-95 Upper Deck #88 Hersey Hawkins
191. 1994-95 Upper Deck #165 Wesley Person RC
192. 1994-95 Upper Deck #173 Steve Smith USA
193. 1994-95 Upper Deck #201 Dickey Simpkins RC
194. 1994-95 Upper Deck #202 Johnny Dawkins
195. 1994-95 Upper Deck #251 John Williams
196. 1994-95 Upper Deck #258 Matt Fish RC
197. 1994-95 Upper Deck #297 Kevin Duckworth
198. 1994-95 Upper Deck #334 Michael Cage
199. 1994-95 Upper Deck #335 Brooks Thompson RC
200. 1994-95 Upper Deck #344 Willie Burton
201. 1994-95 Upper Deck #360 Tom "Satch" Sanders
202. 1994-95 Stadium Club #12 P.J. Brown
203. 1994-95 Stadium Club #22 Kevin Duckworth
204. 1994-95 Stadium Club #26 Vern Fleming
205. 1994-95 Stadium Club #28 Rodney Rogers
206. 1994-95 Stadium Club #47 Charles Smith
207. 1994-95 Stadium Club #52 J.R. Reid
208. 1994-95 Stadium Club #87 Elmore Spencer
209. 1994-95 Stadium Club #97 Blair Rasmussen
210. 1994-95 Stadium Club #127 Charles Oakley
211. 1994-95 Stadium Club #141 Johnny Dawkins
212. 1994-95 Stadium Club #150 LaPhonso Ellis
213. 1994-95 Stadium Club #170 Ervin Johnson
214. 1994-95 Stadium Club #176 Greg Graham
215. 1994-95 Stadium Club #198 Malik Sealy
216. 1994-95 Stadium Club #234 Chris Whitney
217. 1994-95 Stadium Club #242 James Edwards
218. 1994-95 Stadium Club #256 Johnny Dawkins
219. 1994-95 Stadium Club #264 Craig Ehlo
220. 1994-95 Stadium Club #323 Rik Smits
221. 1994-95 Stadium Club #337 Donald Hodge
222. 1994-95 Topps #163 David Benoit
223. 1994-95 Topps #232 Malik Sealy
224. 1994-95 Topps #235 Olden Polynice
225. 1994-95 Topps #267 Ricky Pierce
226. 1995-96 Metal #2 Mookie Blaylock
227. 1995-96 Metal #7 Eric Montross
228. 1995-96 Metal #8 Dino Radja
229. 1995-96 Metal #10 Scott Burell
230. 1995-96 Metal #21 Popeye Jones
231. 1995-96 Metal #31 Terry Mills
232. 1995-96 Metal #42 Dale Davis
233. 1995-96 Metal #44 Derrick McKey
234. 1995-96 Metal #49 Malik Sealy
235. 1995-96 Metal #50 Loy Vaught
236. 1995-96 Metal #51 Elden Campbell
237. 1995-96 Metal #56 Bimbo Coles
238. 1995-96 Metal #58 Khalid Reeves
239. 1995-96 Metal #63 Eric Murdock
240. 1995-96 Metal #65 Tom Gugliotta
241. 1995-96 Metal #69 P.J. Jones
242. 1995-96 Metal #81 Shawn Bradley
243. 1995-96 Metal #83 Sharone Wright
244. 1995-96 Metal #85 Kevin Johnson
245. 1995-96 Metal #90 Rod Strickland
246. 1995-96 Metal #92 Buck Williams
247. 1995-96 Metal #96 Walt Williams
248. 1995-96 Metal #106 Oliver Miller
249. 1995-96 Metal #108 David Benoit
250. 1995-96 Metal #109 Jeff Hornacek
251. 1995-96 Metal #112 Greg Anthony
252. 1995-96 Flair #63 Loy Vaught
253. 1995-96 Flair #81 Doug West
254. 1995-96 Flair #142 Blue Edwards
255. 1995-96 SP #10 Eric Montross
256. 1995-96 SP #117 Walt Williams
257. 1995-96 SP #120 Avery Johnson
258. 1995-96 Topps #142 Ron Harper
259. 1995-96 Ultra #44 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
260. 1995-96 Ultra #114 Armon Gilliam
261. 1995-96 Ultra #138 Danny Ainge
262. 1995-96 Ultra #170 Hersey Hawkins
263. 1996-97 SP #21 Bob Sura
264. 1996-97 Hoops #208 Ervin Johnson
265. 1996-97 Hoops #241 Hubert Davis
266. 1996-97 Hoops #267 Brian Hill
267. 1996-97 Ultra #21 Chris Mills
268. 1996-97 Ultra #113 Chris Morris
269. 1996-97 Ultra #165 Tyrone Hill
270. 1996-97 Ultra #181 Grant Long
271. 1996-97 Ultra #184 Jerome Williams RC
272. 1996-97 Ultra #188 Felton Spencer
273. 1996-97 Ultra #200 Rodney Rogers
274. 1996-97 Ultra #215 Stojko Vrankovic
275. 1996-97 Ultra #227 Gerald Wilkins
276. 1996-97 Ultra #229 Lucious Harris
277. 1996-97 Ultra #240 Billy Owens
278. 1996-97 Ultra #260 Roy Rogers RC
279. 1996-97 Upper Deck #116 Detlef Schrempf
280. 1997-98 Metal Universe #69 Othella Harrington
281. 1997-98 Metal Universe #79 Erick Dampier
282. 1997-98 Metal Universe #89 Tony Delk
283. 1997-98 Metal Universe #102 Vitaly Potapenko
284. 1997-98 Hoops #182 Ed Gray RC
285. 1997-98 Metal Universe Championship #10 Avery Johnson
286. 1997-98 Metal Universe Championship #53 Rod Strickland
287. 1997-98 Collector's Choice #220 Keith Booth
288. 1997-98 Collector's Choice #254 Eddie Johnson
289. 1997-98 Collector's Choice #273 Charles Smith RC
290. 1997-98 Collector's Choice #297 Derek Strong
291. 1997-98 Collector's Choice #344 Antoine Carr
292. 1997-98 Collector's Choice #396 Checklist 201-240
293. 1997-98 Stadium Club #13 Horace Grant
294. 1997-98 Stadium Club #49 Lorenzen Wright
295. 1997-98 Stadium Club #63 Steve Kerr
296. 1997-98 Stadium Club #110 Tracy Murray
297. 1997-98 Stadium Club #130 Kendall Gill
298. 1997-98 Stadium Club #137 Elden Campbell
299. 1997-98 Stadium Club #150 Avery Johnson
300. 1997-98 Stadium Club #172 David Wingate
301. 1997-98 Stadium Club #175 Detlef Schrempf
302. 1997-98 Stadium Club #182 Doug West
303. 1997-98 Ultra #6 Vlade Divac
304. 1997-98 Ultra #7 Mookie Blaylock
305. 1997-98 Ultra #78 Lorenzen Wright
306. 1997-98 Ultra #101 Derek Harper
307. 1997-98 Ultra #150 Checklist inserts
308. 1997-98 Skybox #3 Vinny Del Negro
309. 1997-98 Skybox #81 Mario Elie
310. 1997-98 Skybox #85 LaPhonso Ellis
311. 1997-98 Upper Deck #287 Tariq Abdul-Wahad RC
312. 1997-98 Topps #15 Detlef Schrempf
313. 1997-98 Topps #30 John Williams
314. 1998-99 Molten Metal #12 Arvydas Sabonis
315. 1998-99 Molten Metal #13 David Wesley
316. 1998-99 Molten Metal #60 Tyrone Hill
317. 1998-99 Molten Metal #70 Bryon Russell
318. 1998-99 Molten Metal #119 Derek Anderson
319. 1998-99 Skybox #170 Antonio McDyess
320. 1998-99 Stadium Club #161 Kenny Anderson
321. 1998-99 Stadium Club #164 Jayson Williams
322. 1998-99 Stadium Club #172 Eric Piatkowski
323. 1998-99 Stadium Club #178 Wesley Person
324. 1998-99 Stadium Club #186 Zydrunas Ilgauskas
325. 1998-99 Stadium Club #228 Luc Longley
326. 1998-99 UD Choice #15 J.R. Reid
327. 1997-99 UD Choice #16 Bobby Phills
328. 1998-99 UD Choice #27 Cedric Henderson
329. 1998-99 UD Choice #40 Brian Williams
330. 1998-99 UD Choice #42 Lindsey Hunter
331. 1998-99 UD Choice #44 Eric Montross
332. 1998-99 UD Choice #67 Corie Blount
333. 1998-99 UD Choice #71 Sean Rooks
334. 1998-99 UD Choice #73 P.J. Brown
335. 1998-99 UD Choice #88 Micheal Williams
336. 1998-99 UD Choice #99 Chris Mills
337. 1998-99 UD Choice #122 Olden Polynice
338. 1998-99 UD Choice #124 Lawrence Funderburke
339. 1998-99 UD Choice #133 Nate McMillan
340. 2003-04 Upper Deck #82 Pepe Sanchez
341. 2005-06 Topps Total Silver #117 Kenny Thomas
342. 2005-06 Topps Total Silver #123 Lindsey Hunter
343. 2005-06 Topps Total Silver #128 Trevor Ariza
344. 2005-06 Topps Total Silver #336 Boris Diaw

Well, there's the list, and I think the most amazing thing about is that I actually counted correctly.

One thing I didn't mention above, he wanted to wait and see if I was satisfied with my end of the trade before I mailed him his. That would be a resounding YES, and I hope to get the box out in the mail later today, or tomorrow more likely, unless of course we are having a major snowstorm, which they are saying is possible. In that case it will have to wait until Monday.

As always, thanks for reading!