A Truly Epic Mailday (Part 1)

The term Epic is thrown around a lot these days. Many times, what's being described as epic doesn't really deserve that tagline.

I think my mail day today might be truly epic.
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...

The first picture shows the three boxes and the three padded envelopes I received. One of the small envelopes was a small two card purchase I had made, the rest were all gifts from fellow hobbyists, including my first gift from a fellow blogger, The Prowling Cat. I've heard that fellow bloggers were a generous bunch, and I saw that in action today.

The medium sized brown box in the middle was jam-packed with cards from a friend on the Database. He essentially sent me his duplicate stash. Many of them are hockey, but there was a little bit of everything in there.

The large box on the bottom, and the small white box, were both from my friend Ricky. He's taken it upon himself to help me build a better collection...especially hockey. In fact, when I sent him a message about finishing looking at all the cards, he was at an NHL game. The second photo is what greeted me when I opened the large box...wow is an adequate word to describe it. The big box weighed 16 pounds! It's the heaviest box of cards I've ever gotten in the mail.

The third photo shows all the cards after I put them into my boxes. Actually, not all of them made it into the boxes, the small stack with the Clint Bowyer card in the toploader are also new. I now have a small stash of duplicate hockey cards as well, visible in the top of the photo.

I have to say though, that this was my favorite card...

A Press Pass Ebay preview! This one got an audible "Holy Crap!" that my family heard on a whole other floor. I tried to win several of these Ebay previews when they were doing them, but I never succeeded. I had never actually seen one in person before today. This one, from the 2004 set, would have been on Ebay around Thanksgiving 2003, which is before I had an Ebay account, I joined in January 2006.

Before today, my hockey collection was a grand total of 29 cards. I don't know how many hockey cards I got today...but it's well into the 4 digits. It's going to be a few DAYS before I know for sure. (I keep very detailed records of my collection, including the order I get them in, so I will know for sure which hockey card is #1000....) I also got my first completed hockey set, and my first completed set of 2015. None of those 29 cards I had were from this 200 card set.

Today marks the first day where I got all 5 major sports and non-sports in the same day. I've been collecting since 1988.

I can't wait to find out how many new sets entered my collection today. Remember back in early December when I was happy to get 22 new sets in one day, which was my all time record? Well, that record fell today. I don't know if today's record will ever fall...I would not be surprised if I hit 100 new sets today. That will be something I post in part 2, in  few days, when I've fully documented everything.

There is another record that may have fallen today. As I stated, I keep track of my collection down to the very small details. I know, for example, how many cards I've gotten each day going back to 2000 (although it's not perfect- I only tracked NBA until 2003, and I haven't always kept up with it, something I really regret). My record for new cards in one day is 1388, set on July 9th, 2002. Christmas day 2002 also cleared 1000 new cards. (1208 to be exact) I know that my birthday in 1997 almost surely did as well, as my brother gave me 20 200 count boxes that day, but since I didn't yet keep records it's lost to history how many I got. I never thought it possible that the record of 1388 could ever fall for me. I can't spend the money on cards that I once did, and even that was a bit of a "Perfect Storm" situation that could be described as "once-in-a-lifetime". (I'll detail that in it's own post some day)
I believe I got more than 1000 cards today, and I am very much looking forward to finding out how many...but it will be a few days before I can sort them all, remove the duplicates and count the new additions. I would not be surprised if I actually hit 1500 today- and 2000 would not even really shock me.
With my hockey, football and baseball collections being very small, almost every card was new. The duplicates shown in photo #3- they were all cards that I got more than one copy of today. It's not like the NBA, where I can get a lot of cards and have most of them be duplicates. Case in point, my brother brought me one of those 75 card clamshells from Target a few nights ago, and I got 12 new cards, the rest being duplicates. That percentage is not going to be the case here.

Thank you for reading, and stay tuned to Part 2 where I share just how many new cards, sets and records that happened today...along with some more highlights of cards included! (I didn't even show the autograph, promos, or my first serially numbered hockey cards, etc!)

NASCAR Hall of Fame 2015 Induction Class

Later tonight, NASCAR will induct it's 2015 Class into the Hall of Fame, so I thought I would take a look at the cards issued for the 5 men going in. I will give a brief bio, with links to their career statistics, trading cards, and diecast replicas, which is another one of my hobbies (now retired)

The induction ceremony airs beginning at 7PM Eastern Standard Time on NBCSports network.

I must begin with Wendell Scott. As you may have seen previously on my blog, Wendell Scott is someone I idolize. He overcame massive amounts of discrimination to do what he loved to do, which is drive race cars. He is the only driver I know of to not be allowed to enter a racetrack simply due to the color of his skin. He is the only driver to not win Rookie of the Year for the same reason. He is the only driver to not get credited with his win for the same reason. I believe he most likely has more than the one major win he is credited with as well.

Some people argue that he only has one recognized victory- but it's awfully hard to win races when they don't even let you into the track. That's a simplification of the struggles he went through, but it gets the point across. What he overcame, what he accomplished, he is without a shadow of a doubt Hall of Fame Worthy. Also, it's the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of Wins.

Aside from his one recognized Grand National victory, which came December 1st, 1963 at Jacksonville, Florida, he also won several lower level championships and an unknown- but high number- of races. Unfortunately records were not kept that I know of.

He raced 495 GN/Winston Cup races, from 1961-1973, and would likely have raced longer if not for injuries he suffered at Talladega. Unfortunately he passed away in 1990, from cancer.
Wendell Scott Career Statistics /// Wendell Scott's Trading Cards /// Wendell Scott's Diecast replicas

Mr. Scott has not received many trading cards. He got several in the early 1990s, and two were issued in his lifetime- one was a topic of a previous post- but then he went from 1994 to 2010 without a single card. I just learned the 2010 card existed today, as I was getting the links to create this post, so it is not credited to him on the Database as yet. He was not included in any of the Legends issues Press Pass produced from 2005 through 2013.

I have a bit of a personal connection to Mr. Scott and his entry into the Hall of Fame, although small. Back in either 2008 or 2009, I discovered that there was not a single page on Facebook honoring him. So, I created one, and it became THE place to go for Wendell Scott information and pictures on Facebook, which eventually led to being the place to organize his fans for voting in the Hall of Fame fan balloting, which he won. It's a light connection, to be sure, but it is a small connection. What's even better though is the fact that I've since become friends with many of his other fans, and even two of his children and one of his grandchildren. That's the most rewarding aspect of all.
NASCAR Legend Wendell Scott on Facebook

Both cards shown come from the 1991 K&M Sports Legends Wendell Scott issue, a 30 card release dedicated solely to Mr. Scott's life.


Joe Weatherly, aka Little Joe or the Clown Prince of Racing, was the only multiple Championship winning driver not yet enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Of the 5 going in, I know the least about him, mainly due to the fact that he was killed in an accident more than 20 years before I was born. He ran 230 Grand National races, winning 25 of them, along with the 1962 and 1963 Championships. He was running with the same team in 1964, when a crash at Riverside ended his life on January 19th of that year. Unfortunately the most well known fact about Mr. Weatherly is not a fact at all, but a myth- he did NOT, absolutely under any circumstances, hit his head on the wall, as has been making the rounds for years and even appears on NASCAR.com. I've seen pictures of the accident (and wish I hadn't) but his helmet was fine- not even scratched. He was known as a practical jokester- and his fun with Curtis Turner is legendary. (As an aside, I fully expect and hope Curtis Turner will be in the class of 2016)
Joe Weatherly Career Statistics /// Joe Weatherly Trading Cards /// Joe Weatherly Diecast Replica

Mr. Weatherly has very little in the way of cards. The Database turns up a paltry 7, 5 of them coming from the Galfield Press Pioneers of Racing set, as shown below.

Rex White, 1960 NASCAR Champion, is the oldest living former Champion of NASCAR's top division, and holds the mark of winning the closest race ever held to my home, roughly 35 minutes away, at a track visited by NASCAR only once, during 1960. Mr. White ran 233 races between 1956 and 64, winning 28 of them, mostly on short tracks. The majority of his races were in cars he co-owned with Louie Clements. Mr. White is currently enjoying his retirement, and has been spotted at many get togethers of the sport's past, which unfortunately for me are held nowhere close to where I am.
Rex White Career Statistics /// Rex White Trading Cards /// Rex White Diecast Replica

Mr. White has appeared on many cards, over 100, including many of the Legends sets produced by Press Pass.
Shown here is 1991 Pro Set Legends and his autograph from 2009 Press Pass Legends.

Next comes Fred Lorenzen, winner of the 1965 Daytona 500. Illinois born Lorenzen is one of few northerners to be accepted whole-heartedly by many southern fans (I've actually been on the receiving end of a few rather unpleasant remarks by some rather unintelligent people due to being a NASCAR fan from New York state), and picked up the nickname "Golden Boy" due to his success at a young age and yellow hair (which sometimes appears to be brown or even black in black and white photos). Before moving to NASCAR, Lorenzen raced in the USAC stock car series. He ran 158 races between 1956 and 1972, and won 26 of them. He never ran a full schedule so he never had a chance to win the Championship. The most he ever ran in one year was 29 of the 55 races, in 1963 (he won 6 of them). He retired during the 1967 season but made a comeback in 1970, however, he never won again. After he hung up the helmet for good after 1972, he dealt in real estate. He is currently in extremely poor health, living in an Illinois nursing home. I saw on Facebook that he was able to get to the Hall of Fame for tonight's ceremonies, which I am happy to see.
Fred Lorenzen Career Stats /// Fred Lorenzen Trading Cards /// Fred Lorenzen Diecast replicas

He has been a popular subject for trading card releases, appearing on over 200. He is one of the few early drivers to have cards released during his career, getting two cards in the 1972 STP set, which is not too surprising considering they were his sponsor that season. They are quite rare and expensive, and I don't have any in my collection to show.

Last comes Bill Elliott, who while certainly has a Hall of Fame worthy career, I don't think should be in yet. For this year, NASCAR waved the 5 year retirement rule, and Elliott raced as late as 2012. I think he should not have been eligible until 2017, but...I don't make the rules. Let me state again, he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, without question. Not to take anything away from Mr. Elliott, he has actually put up the best numbers of any of the Class of 2015, appearing in 828 races over 37 years (!) and winning 44 of them. He also won the 1988 Winston Cup Championship and the 1985 Winston Million, which is winning three of NASCAR's Crown Jewel events in the same season- one of only three drivers to do so. (LeeRoy Yarbrough, Jeff Gordon). Elliott also holds the record for the fastest pole speed in NASCAR, putting up a staggering 212 mile per hour lap at Talladega in 1987. (granted, without restrictor plates, they would be going around 230 MPH there now, or more) Elliott was still winning in 2003 when he decided to not race full time anymore, and finally decided in 2012 to concentrate on helping his son Chase Elliott move up in NASCAR's world- which was apparently a good choice, as Chase became the first ever rookie Champion in 2014, and we learned yesterday he will be moving to Cup full time in 2016. Bill Elliott also won the Most Popular Driver award 16 times, most of them consecutively. It's been a truly amazing career, and entire generations of fans- myself included- don't know a NASCAR without Bill Elliott. After all, he's been involved since 1976.
Bill Elliott Career Statistics /// Bill Elliott Trading Cards /// Bill Elliott Diecast Replicas

Bill Elliott also has more cards than all the rest of the 2015 Inductees combined, nearly 1500 cards. And that is even with the fact that he was not signed to Press Pass from 2001-2009!

The cards shown are the Skidmarks parallel from 1999 Press Pass- my copy is serially numbered 001/125, and his autograph from 2000 SP Authentic.

The Hall of Fame is the recognition of a life's work - the highest honor NASCAR can bestow on it's contributors - and all five men in the Class of 2015 are certainly worthy of being memorialized forever.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you join me in the television audience tonight.

 

Being sick is not a lot of fun. Updated with photo.

Sick again. I woke up sick on January first, got better, and then got sick again-worse than before, in fact. Of the 29 days of the month, (and really, we're on day 29 already? How'd that happen!?) I've been not-sick maybe 6 of them.

And that's not counting the permanent health problems I have, but I'm talking about your common, annoying, cold. This one hit me so bad I can barely even talk- although I'm not much of a talker in the first place.

It has put my card stuff on a bit of a hold as well. It's hard to concentrate on cards when you are feeling this bad- I've essentially lost several days of getting my tradelist entered into the Database. Let alone scanning or posting anything. I didn't accomplish anything at all yesterday other than watching one of the two Simpsons episodes I've missed; I would have watched both but the Cablevision On Demand was not working right. I tried to watch the movie Midway but fell asleep early on, the last thing I remember was when they determined that it was indeed Midway that was the target. I'm a big history buff and the battle of Midway is my favorite from WWII to read about.

But being sick does make me think of how athletes play through sickness. The most incredible time I can recall was when Michael Jordan was poisoned during the 1997-98 finals. He literally turned green, yet he still nearly single-handedly won the game. He needed help to walk off the court, yet still put up, if I recall correctly, 38 points.

Why can't I do something like that? (well, aside from the fact that I'm nowhere near as talented as MJ).

And I couldn't imagine driving in a race while being sick. I know it's been done. One of the worst things I can imagine is projectile vomiting while wearing a full face helmet...but it's happened. Eww. (Fun fact- if you remove the seat and dashboard, NASCAR cars can be cleaned with a common hose. The dashboard has electronic scoring and in some cases lighting, and the seat has a cloth covering that could probably be hosed down, but wouldn't dry as quickly). Score one for mandated simplicity.

I am feeling better today, and I hope to get one of the features I want to post to Cardboard History typed up, or at least partially typed up. I have two pages I want to create- but I've been putting them off while I worked on the duplicates. Not sure I'm up to that yet (I may try, though- and don't worry, cards don't carry germs; I never stopped doing cards when I was sick when I was in school and going through them in later years never once made me sick, in fact I went nearly a decade without getting sick and never stopped dealing with the same cards. I also wash my hands constantly- every 20 minutes or less) The pages appear at the top of each post and the main page, so by nature they are important topics. Even if I do get one done I doubt I will get them both posted, because one of them is going to require more than one day's worth of work to create. It requires planning and research...

The NBA's duplicates have almost caught NASCAR's, and I believe they will surpass them in the next session I get for entering them- two of the largest sets are ahead of me still, plus I still have all of 2004-05 through 2011-12 and the 1980s to enter, plus some 2013-14 and 14-15. (Not as many as it sounds like as I took a break from the NBA from 2006-07 through 2011-12, so it's only a couple hundred cards, and at least 1/3rd of them are probably from 2005-06 Rookie Debut, a set I did two boxes of.) The margin is only around 400 cards. Of course, if I could find the rest of my NBA duplicates, they would have a several thousand card lead...someday.

One last thing, the mail came after I went to sleep, and I got a dual patch in the mail! I don't have the mental energy needed to deal with the scanner I use for patches right now (my normal scanner has no depth of field whatsoever, the one that does is damaged and needs a LOT of work to fix a scan for posting) but hopefully I can get it posted up in a new feature I plan to debut in a few days.
EDIT: I don't know why it didn't occur to me sooner, but, why not take a real, genuine photograph? Duh...

As always, thanks for reading!

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!

A Brief explanation of my Top 10 Most Wanted Cards

For years, people have been asking me, "What's you most wanted list?" and finally, last night, I came up with it. For now...it's sure to change as I think of something I've forgotten, or, hopefully, get some of the 10 cards added to my collection.

I thought I would break down WHY each of the 10 cards make the Top 10 list. Most are common cards that have just eluded me, only one is expensive, although some others are hard to find. It is a mix of racing, NBA and non-sports.

Reasons are in bold.

1. 1992 Langenberg ARCA Flash #101 Tony Schwengel's car Both #1 and #2 on the list were sold as a factory set only. However, my factory set included two copies of two cards and no copies of two others, they are tied for #1 most wanted but appear here in numerical order.

2. 1992 Langenberg ARCA Flash #106 Bob Schact

3. 1995-96 Upper Deck Electric Court #168 David Robinson Both #3 and #4 also go together. As is well known, when I add a card to my collection, it stays there. Forever. I have held true to this most of my life, but in 1996, I opened a pack of Upper Deck and pulled a David Robinson Electric Court card. I then traded it to one of my friends- I don't remember who or what I got in return, but to this date, it is the only card I ever had in my collection and no longer do. It's been nagging me ever since. I don't remember which card, I know it was NOT the first subset card, but I don't remember if it was the series 1 or 2 base card. It may have even been the USA subset, which I now have, but I think it was one of the base cards. Both are on this list.

4. 1995-96 Upper Deck Electric Court #310 David Robinson

5. 2003 Press Pass Signings Jeff Gordon I am more about base cards, but I also collect autographs and relics. Every card that exists is one I would like to have. I've always wanted Jeff's autograph, but I've never been lucky enough to pull it. If I could get his 2003 Signings card, I might be able to do the entire set. I pulled the Dale Jr. card (from a retail pack, no less!) so if I could get the big two, it would be a good start. Also, it predates when he and several others started putting stickers over their autographs. (I would not turn down any of them though!)

6. 1994-95 Topps Embossed #57 Micheal Williams Last I need to complete the set.

7. 1991 Maxx Sample Bill Elliott 1991 Maxx is one of my favorite NASCAR sets ever, and I have every card except this one.

8. 1993-94 Topps #384 Michael Jordan Scoring Leader Last one I need to complete the set.

9. 1991 Topps Desert Storm #7 (variation) Merrill McPeak While there are lots of variations I don't have for this set (The entire 1st series of 88 cards has 4 variations each!) this is the only time there is a totally different card. I did a box, and the box I did was the first release, which means this card was not included.

10. 1998 Maxx 10th Anniversary Promo #P1 Rusty Wallace Another of my favorite sets, and my favorite Upper Deck NASCAR set. Maxx was always my favorite company and this set uses the designs of the first 6 years' of Maxx sets. It was also the first set I ever made a paper listing for, although I had to recreate it as I did a lousy job. I completed the base set in 2009, but I don't have the promo. I've never even seen it.

As always, thanks for reading!

The importance of having a working tradelist

As I mentioned last night, I was planning to write up a piece about the importance of having a working tradelist before we lost our Great Aunt. Tonight was a tough one and I have to admit I was not able to hold it together totally, but I did get to spend some time with my family, even though it was not a happy time. I even ended up talking about cards briefly, with a cousin who is a basketball player on his high school team. I'm going to be giving him a stack of cards soon, all duplicates...they will do more good with him than in a box in my storage unit.

Anyway, I need to think about happy things, and I mentioned that I would be posting about card topics this week. Might as well start now!

I've been collecting cards since 1988, and my favorite way to add to my collection is by lots. I have a semi-local card shop that fills 660 count boxes with cards and sells them for $19. I used to be able to get boxes like this at closer sources, and lower prices, but the shops have disappeared. Even though I get a lot of duplicates, I am a sucker for these boxes. For my birthday in 1997 my brother got me about 20 of them (200 count boxes), that was the true foundation of my collection.

I even keep getting the 100 card clamshells you can find in Target even though most of the cards end up being duplicates. I am happy if I get more than 5 new cards from one of them. Yes, you read that right, I go in expecting 95 duplicates. Last year my brother brought one of them home for me and it contained 26 new cards- unheard of since the 1990s!

I've been collecting these duplicates in boxes for more than 20 years, and I have tried to trade them, but it hasn't always been easy, as I had no idea what I had....I would have to go through the boxes all the time to see if I could fill requests on the various card message boards I frequent. or used to, in the early 2000s. Finding them is not always easy. I know there are more out there somewhere, in one or more likely all three of my storage units. I'll find them eventually. I did give and trade away quite a few of them over the years as well. A few years back I traded about 10,000 cards for 3 cards, and I have no regrets about it. (well, actually, I do- the shop went out of business before I could get everything I wanted!)

In November 2014 I really started to work on posting my duplicates to the trade list section on the Trading Card Database. It turned out to be a very good thing to do. I have only a portion on there, but in the month or so since I finished the NASCAR cards, I've already gotten around 300 cards, and have a trade in the mail that is about 350-400 more, the largest trade I've ever made. WOW! I've sent out several hundred of my own- the trade I'm waiting for, I owe 392 cards to him. He wants to wait until I get mine before I send to him or else I would have them going out tomorrow morning.

So, now for the past week, I've been working on posting my duplicate NBA cards, or at least, the ones I could find. I could not find as many as I thought I could, but I'm still looking at several thousand cards. As of right this instant, I've typed in this many cards (after removing those I've already traded away)

And I still have the largest, third and fourth largest years ahead of me. They alone take up almost 1/4th of the duplicate stash.

And these numbers only include those cards I deemed perfect. I've rejected several thousand, of both NBA and NASCAR, as untradeable, usually for minor corner dings or scratches. For some reason a lot of the NASCAR cards have scratches so bad they look like they have been used as knife sharpening blocks. They arrived to me that way, I treat my cards better. Luckily, I've found people who don't mind having these cards, and most of these damaged cards will be finding their way to new homes within the next few weeks.
Some of these cards are not really in bad shape, and the majority of them- especially the NBA cards, which are generally in better shape for some reason- if they were not duplicates I would not look for replacements. Some are in too bad shape and I won't burden my friends with them, they will stay with me. My friend who is getting the NASCAR cards only wants the Winston Cup era so all the 2004 and later will end up staying with me for now, hopefully I can find someone to give them to at some point.

I still have roughly a week's worth of work on the NBA cards, I have the rest of the multi-sport and other sports (I have a very small stash of football, hockey and baseball available- around 5 cards each, and the baseball cards may be too damaged to list) then I have to finish the non-sport cards, They are about half done. I have much less of them than I do either of my sports, due largely to the fact that I totally ignored them from roughly 1996 through 2010. I regret that now, but I can't change it...I can only make sure I don't ignore them going forward. It does mean I have less work to do to organize them, but it does also mean I have less trade bait.

And that brings me to my next topic. I mostly deal in base cards. Yes, there are some relics and one or two autographs on my tradelist, but base cards make up 99% of them. I know there are still set collectors out there, after all, I am still able to trade from time to time. But what I've been able to trade has surprised me. Specifically, 1991 Maxx. This is one of my all time favorite sets...but it's so common, I figured anyone who wanted it, probably already has it. It is by far the most common NASCAR set, and there is never a time you can't find a set for sale for $5 or less. Yet almost every trade has included some of them, and my large trade I'm working on almost cleans out my trade stash. I'm happy that they will be residing in a new home that will appreciate them, but I'm surprised all the same. (I have three times as many that are imperfect, they will all be going to my friend I mentioned above shortly). One of the cards, a Mark Martin card from the 1990 Race Winners subset, I had three copies available. I traded all three copies in a month's time! I did not expect that at all. It seems that I am not the only one who is still trying to complete some very common sets, because I have been trading them off faster than the slightly rarer, or even the genuinely rare promotional issues I also have available, which shocks me. But in a good way.

I don't actually enjoy posting my trade stash to my tradelist. It's a slow process and not particularly fun, but it's very much worth the effort. I'd much rather be scanning, editing and posting, but the thought of working some trades makes me want to push on and finish. That and the fact that I don't want to have both duplicates and the collection out at the same time, so there's no chance of getting them mixed up, also plays a role. It's not totally unenjoyable, though. I've found several variations that I didn't know were variations, and I've found a few minor errors. a couple that were slightly miscut, one that should have been UV coated and wasn't, and one that had it's wording on the back printed twice, leading to a unique look, almost appearing bolded but slightly out of focus. I LOVE error cards and these have actually moved from my duplicate stash to part of the main collection.

There are direct links to my tradelist(s) on the top right of each page here on my blog. I've got nearly 200 positive feedbacks going back to circa 2003 on card forums if you want to make a trade with me. I sometimes can only ship on Saturdays but sometimes (rarely) I can get to the PO during the week.

Thanks for reading, and hopefully trading with me in the future!

Cards in a time of pain.

Several days ago, I was planning what my next post would be, (the importance of having a tradelist, if you are wondering) but that all came to a halt, as one of my very favorite people in the world, my Great Aunt, lost her battle with cancer. I didn't feel much like typing, or doing anything else for that matter. I would describe my mindset over the past few days as "devastated"...and I don't know when or how that feeling will ever go away. I am sure I will find some form of happiness again, even if it doesn't seem like it now, and it will probably come from my cards. (To be totally honest, happiness and myself are not usually concepts that go together to begin with) And that got me to thinking about the last time I felt this bad, which was when I lost my father to cancer, in 2002.

Back then I attempted to assuage my pain with a steady stream of new cards. A few thousand in a week was the norm in 2002.

It didn't work.

BUT...when I look back on those times now, I remember the cards....not always the specifics, but the big highlights I do- hitting 30,000 different NBA cards and having it feature my all time favorite player, hitting 40,000 different 6 months later, on my brother's birthday no less- I think back now and it does give me a smile. And I kept very detailed records on my collection (I still do) and when I look at my paper listings, and see all the different colors denoting each different day I got cards, well that...that makes me smile. I wasn't smiling too much at the time.

I don't remember much of anything else from that time, but I remember the cards. (even if I need a visual reminder from time to time).

As I sit here now, in pain again, cards once again help me. I can't afford to go nuts buying them anymore, as I now need to pay for very expensive medicine to keep me alive, but I'm working on my tradelist. I've been working on it now for a week today, and I still have a way to go. I've been able to distract myself, at least somewhat, for a short time. Able to lose myself in my cards, it's a hollow feeling, I'll admit- but it keeps me from thinking about the fact that I'll never see one of my favorite people again.

I was going to write up a post about how I lost myself in my cards (or tried to) after I lost my dad next month, which will be the 13th anniversary of when we lost him. But I had to write it now. It took me three days before I could even compose myself enough to create this post. I'm sorry that it's not a happy post, but I am not a happy person- especially not right now. I needed to get this out now, tomorrow is going to be tough as I will be going to her wake. Normally I don't go to them, I have in fact not been to one since my dad's. My health plays a large role in why I don't go. But I will be going tomorrow, and I know I won't be able to type this up tomorrow.

I will try and force myself to write up some happy posts in the coming week, each post requires a lot of concentration so hopefully that will help me in at least some small way. I do have several topics to write about.

2015 has started very badly. Not only did we lose my Great Aunt, we lost a 24 year old cousin to pneumonia, I've been sick since January 1st, although for the past week it's been more physically ill from grief than the cold I had, a friend from my scale model club lost his 26 year old daughter today, and my mom's health problems still cause me a great deal of worry. I didn't think it could be worse than 2014 was, but I was wrong.

Thank you for reading. Hopefully it gets better from here.

One Hit Wonders NBA #1 Scott Meents

As I believe I've stated in the past. I prefer to get cards of obscure players more than common superstars that are in every set. I recently posted about my project of getting at least one card of every person who has an NBA card. What if that person only ever had one card? That makes them a One Hit Wonder!

Some people, if you look them up on the Database or Beckett, will show multiple cards, but for this blog (and my collection), only NBA cards count. (I don't have that problem for NASCAR, which will also be included in OHW).

There probably won't be any players who make OHW in the Panini Era. With the massive amounts of parallels Panini has produced, and the lack of promotional issues in recent years, even players who are only included in one set usually have 4 or more cards.

The player chosen as the first One Hit Wonder, or OHW, truly has only one card issued, and they didn't even bother to spell his name correctly on the front of the card! I did not know this card, or even set, existed until I was looking around on Ebay several days ago while trying to determine what to use my Ebay Bucks on. When I saw this team issue from 1990-91, I knew I had to have it, and when I realized there was a player who was not in my collection, my anticipation only grew. It arrived in the mail yesterday and finally spurred me on to create One Hit Wonders, something I have wanted to do for quite some time - before I even had a blog, in fact.

I have to admit, I was not familiar with Scott Meents before. I didn't start watching the NBA until 1995-96, and while I have a deep appreciation for the history of the sport, many players who played before my time, if they aren't the stars that get mentioned on TV often, I only know them through cards. So, when there are players who had a very short career, and didn't get cards, or at least cards I knew about, they slip through the cracks and I don't know much, if at all, about them. He was one of them.

I had to look him up to see which name was the correct spelling.

As it turns out, they got the name wrong on the front of the card, but got it correct on the back.

He played only 39 games in his career, over two seasons with the Sonics. He only played 13 games with them in 1990-91, and this photo was taken during the fourth game, played on November 20th, 1990. He played only one minute, and put up no stats other than a personal foul. The Sonics beat the Nets 105-88, however. All of these stats come from http://www.basketball-reference.com/, an excellent website that is invaluable to stat junkies like myself. I didn't realize you could get that in-depth, even determining the exact date the photo was taken before writing this post.

Kayo, the company that produced this card, is a fairly obscure card company in itself. They never produced any mainstream card sets for the NBA, but they did do multiple promo team sets, and all that I've seen were produced in 1991, although both for the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons. (coincidentally, the other Kayo set represented in my collection is their Nets set). They mainly produced boxing cards, which I have none of in my collection. Production quality is high. It appears they were only in business during 1991.

You can see the rest of this 14 card team issue Here on the Trading Card Database.

As always, thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more One Hit Wonders, from both the NBA and NASCAR, in the future!

Box Review: 2015 Press Pass Cup Chase (The Last Press Pass set)

Writing this today is not wholly a pleasant experience. I debated if I should even write a hobby blog post after the shocking loss of my 24 year old cousin yesterday, but, as always, cards are the best thing I know of to get your mind off your troubles.

As I talked about 2 posts ago, Press Pass has closed up shop, and the future is fairly bleak for NASCAR card collectors, like myself. I was not planning to get a box of 2015 Cup Chase, as I felt it was too expensive. (They retail for $150) I hadn't gone past the $100 barrier for a box in 5 years now. But with this being the last ever Press Pass product, I decided to go for it. It turned out to be one of the better boxes I've done, and I did better than average, taking home 3 autographs and 4 relics, one more than you can expect per box, each. Two of them were autographed relics, bringing my NASCAR total of autographed relics up to 5.

Man, that Joey Logano card has to be one of the best I've ever pulled. It was in the penultimate pack, the Hamlin auto was in the last pack. The Tony Stewart card is serially numbered 1 of 50. In an odd coincidence, I pulled two cards serially numbered 01/XX from the 2013 Press Pass box I did, the last time I did a flagship set box.

The odd coincidence- the Chase Elliott Green parallel in the bottom middle row here is serially numbered 1 of 10! I'm not a huge fan of Chase Elliott, but that is one heck of a card. And oddly enough, I had won another of the green parallels in a contest on NUTS, making it the first time in my collection that I have more than one card from a set numbered to ten or below. The Kyle Larson car is the Blue parallel, while the Allmendinger, Dillon and Kenseth cards are all the gold parallel. No luck pulling the Melting (1/1). The Jamie McMurray autograph came out of the very first pack, right after the Chase Elliott green. Of the three autographs I got, all of them were new to my collection. At some point I will type up a list of the unique people with autographs in my collection.

Here are all the base cards, and the one Dale Earnhardt Tribute insert card, that I got out of the box.

I had previously been given or had won several of the cards, so I ended up getting several duplicates. You can see them on my Tradelist, with scans, Here (2015 Press Pass Cup Chase Tradelist)

And there you have it. The very last box of Press Pass cards I will ever open new. I'm sure it won't be the last ever, as there are lots of sets that I am still not complete on, but they will all be older issues.

Whenever I am approaching a Milestone card (each thousand) I try to make it a current season card, just to track my progress. I hit 25,000 in 2014 with a 2014 card, but it looks like that may not be the case for 26,000, which will likely be sometime in 2015, if I am lucky.

As always, thanks for reading.

Goals for 2015

I meant to post about my goals on January 1st, but then I managed to wake up with a cold that day...now January 7th, I'm still fighting off the cold, although it's mostly just a nuisance and not actually sickness at this point.
I wrote up a short bio about my collecting goals for 2015 as a reply to A Cardboard Problem, another card collecting blog. With some minor modification, and some embellishment, I am copy & pasting it here.

 My card related goals are three-fold:
#1 Finish posting my tradelist to the Trading Card Database. I got most of my NASCAR tradelist posted in November and December and I already worked multiple trades bringing me over 300 new cards to my collection. I still have some NASCAR, slightly under half my non-sports and almost all of my NBA tradelist still waiting to be posted. I've only posted 889 cards so far, and my NBA tradelist is, I believe, over 10,000. It surely was at one point but I may have traded away too many to reach that mark.

#2 Get my fronts to backs ratio closer on the Database. When I first joined, I had already scanned the fronts of my entire NASCAR and most of my non-sports collection, and started posting them. After a short time there I decided to do the backs too, but by then I had already posted over 1000 front only scans. I've worked it down to less than 350 now, but I want to get it even, or as close as it can be. While I've been working on other stuff other members have posted some backs to my fronts so I may not be able to bring it totally even.

#3. I want to acquire more than 11 Elton Brand cards in 2015. That was my total for all of 2014, and it's pretty terrible. So far, I've already added two- purely by luck, from a mixed box- (On the 1st, no less!) and I just bought another on Ebay which I am waiting for the mail to deliver, so it's a much better start than 2014 had, where I didn't get my first until April. The one I nabbed online is numbered to 10 as well, which, while not my lowest numbered card of him (I have a 1/1 from 2003-04 Bowman Signature) it's still a great card.

Not a 2015 goal, but a lifetime collecting goal, is to have every NBA player, NASCAR person, and NBA and NASCAR set represented in my collection. By my calculations, there are 478 NBA people (Not just players, but coaches as well- anyone who has an NBA card), 81 NASCAR people, 92 NBA sets and just 12 NASCAR sets missing from my collection. Of course, I still find out about people and even occasionally sets I didn't know about so the numbers are not set in stone. Even though there are only 12 sets for NASCAR, one of them on the count is the 1972 STP set, so it won't be an easy goal to complete, as each card sells from $90-200 dollars, which is more than I've ever spent on a single card. Technically as a promo set it's not essential, it only makes the list because it was the first solely NASCAR set ever released. I generally only include regular release sets on my essentials list.

I do want to knock out at least one person per sport per month, but I have a tendency of getting sidetracked and not following through. I already added one new NBA player in 2015, and am waiting on one more to arrive in the mail...he's not on the list, though, because he only got one promo card and I just found out it existed when I purchased the set online.

Of the 478 people missing from my NBA collection, 43 of them got their only card issued in 1948 Bowman which will be a challenge, and 78 of them are missing who debuted in 2005-06- the majority of them from the D-League cards included in Topps Chrome. In most cases, the D-League players included have multiple cards (due to the Refractor, X-Fractor and printing plates parallels) but never received cards in any other sets. I should look and see if I can score a box of the set online somewhere, I've always wanted to do a box of that one, mainly for the D-League players. It might be too expensive though, I have not checked.
In case you as a reader may be wondering how I know how many people are missing from my collection, I spent several days in 2014 going through the listings of people on the Database and clicking each name I wasn't sure on as in my collection or not. For the NBA I had to determine if they had NBA cards or college only- about half the names not in my collection got college cards only- and for NASCAR I had to determine if they were actually NASCAR or drag racing, or dirt racing, all of whom are mixed into a single racing category on the Database. As I did this, I typed the names of the people who got NBA or NASCAR cards into an Excel file, where I also noted what year they got their first cards, and if they only got one card or have multiples to choose from.

The majority of the NBA people missing from my collection come from the break I took between 2006-07 and 2012-13, there were a lot of players drafted in that time who did not stick in the League. 152 of them, in fact, got their first or in some cases only card between 2006-07 (I stopped mid-season) and 2011-12. There may be people missing who did not have pages created for them yet- I am not sure all the Miss Sprint Cups have pages, for example, yet- but here is the list for both my sports, sorted by last name. Bold means they appear on only one card. As you can see, copy and pasting Excel into the blog format doesn't work all that well.

NASCAR

Chris	Anderson	1998
Jeff	Andrews	1995
Joe Dan	Bailey	1994
Tommy	Baldwin	1997
Jim	Baldwin	1994
Mike	Belden	1995
Mackena	Bell	2013
T.J.	Bell	2007
Andy	Belmont	1993	Maxx Premer Series
Don	Beverly	1994	Traks Hermie Sadler
Shelby	Blackstock	2012
Chad	Blount	2003
Jason	Bowles	2012
Harrison	Burton	2012
Ross	Chastain	2012
J.J.	Clodfelter	1998
Mark	Connolly	1992
Amber	Cope	2012
Angela	Cope	2012
Dusty	Davis	2011
Kertus	Davis	2007
Gene	Dehart	1994
Dave	Dion	1991
Patrick	Donahue	1998
Craig	Donley	1994
Mark	Donohue	2008
Maryeve	Dufault	2012 (2002)
Paige	Duke	2010
Austin	Dyne	2013
Kelley	Earnhardt	1994
Erica	Enders	2013
Garrett	Evans	2001
Ethel	Flock Mobley	1989
Chip	Ganassi	2007
Gray	Gaulding	2012
J.D.	Gibbs	2012
Craig	Goess	2011
Max	Gresham	2012
Jerry	Hailey	1998
Drew	Herring	2014
Timmy	Hill	2011
Bruce	Hill	1993
Eric	Holmes	2007
Shelby	Howard	2011
Kim	Irvan	1996	Action Packed Credentials
Sammy	Johns	1999
Justin	Johnson	2011
Mike	Johnson	1991
John	King	2012
Jeff	Knight	1998
Michael	Kranefuss	1993
Donna	Labonte	1996	Action Packed Credentials
Brad	Leighton	2000
Jack	Lewis	1998
Ralph	Ligouri	1989
Craig	Lund	1998
Skip	Manning	1993
Hal	Martin	2013
Eric	McClure	2011
Mike/Michael	McSwain	2000
Rip	Michaels	2007
Junior	Miller	2007
Mike	Moore	1998
Leilani	Munter	2010
Bryan	Ortiz	2013
Monica	Palumbo	2010
Robert	Richardson	2011
Michael	Ritch	2000
Clay	Rogers	2011
Shorty	Rollins	1993
Jim	Roper	1991	Track Pack Yesterday's Heroes
Tim	Schendel	2007
Steve	Spahr	1998
Ronnie	Thomas	1993
Mike	Trower	1995
Billy	Wade	1993
Kim	Wallace	1996	Action Packed Credentials
Buffy	Waltrip	1996
Woodie	Wilson	1993
Kim	Wood	1996
Sean	Woodside	2000
Amanda	Wright	2010

NBA

Don	Adams	1972-73
Jeff	Adrien	2009-10
Maurice	Ager	2005-06
Deji	Akindele	2005-06
Josh	Akognon	2013-14
Solomon	Alabi	2010-11
Cole	Aldrich	2010-11
Myron	Allen	2005-06
Morris	Almond	2006-07
Louis	Amundson	2007-08
David	Andersen	2009-10
Dan	Anderson	2005-06	Topps 1952 Style Fan Favorite Autographs
Paul	Armstrong	1948	Bowman
Orsten	Artis	2009-10
Dick	Atha	1957-58	Topps
Randy	Ayers	2005-06
Kelenna	Azubuike	2006-07
Luke	Babbitt	2010-11
John	Bach	1985-86	Star Coaches
Sean	Banks	2005-06
Stanko	Barac	2007-08
Jim	Barnes	1970-71	Topps
Mike	Barr	1973-74	Topps
Earl	Barron	2005-06
John	Baum	1972-73	Topps
Art	Becker	1972-73	Topps
John	Beckman	2009-10
Al	Bianchi	1957-58	Topps
Charlie	Black	1948	Bowman
Cory	Blackwell	1984-85	Star
Tony	Bland	2005-06
Tony	Bobbitt	2004-05
Bojan	Bogdanivic	2014-15
Seamus	Boxley	2005-06
Steve	Bracey	1973-74	Topps
Craig	Brackins	2010-11
Dudley	Bradley	1980-81
Price	Brookfield	1948	Bowman
Hubie	Brown	1985-86
Andre	Brown	2006-07	Upper Deck Ultimate Collection
Bobby	Brown	2008-09
Walter	Brown	2009-10
Lorenzo	Brown	2013-14
Alec	Brown	2014-15
Wallace	Bryant	1983-84
Walter	Budko	1948	Bowman
Dwight	Buycks	2013-14
Tommy	Byrnes	1948	Bowman
Barney	Cable	1961	Essex Meats
Willie	Cager	2009-10
John	Calipari	1996-97	Hoops
Ernie	Calverley	1948	Bowman
Don	Carlson	1948	Bowman
Pete	Carril	2006-07	Upper Deck Chronology
Jaycee	Carroll	2008-09
Butch	Carter	1983-84
Howard	Carter	1983-84	Star
Maurice	Carter	2003-04
Tweety	Carter	2010-11
Al	Cervi	2006-07
John	Chaney	2006-07	Upper Deck Chronology
Eric	Chenowith	2003-04
Will	Cherry	2014-15
Bob	Christian	1972-73
Dionte	Christmas	2009-10
Semoj	Christon	2014-15
Kris	Clack	1999-00
Carlos	Clark	1983-84
Nat	Clifton	1957-58
Jerry	Colangelo	2009-10
Jack	Coleman	1957-58	Topps
Sherron	Collins	2010-11
Leroy	Combs	1983-84	Star
Jody	Conradt	2009-10
Will	Conroy	2005-06
Joe	Crawford	2008-09
Geoff	Crompton	1983-84	Star
Mark	Cuban	2004-05
T.J.	Cummings	2005-06
Ramel	Curry	2005-06
JamesOn	Curry	2007-08
Howard	Dallmar	1948	Bowman
Nate	Daniels	2005-06
Rick	Darnell	2005-06	Topps 1952 Style Fan Favorite Autographs
Jermareo	Davidson	2007-08
Brandon	Davies	2013-14
Ben	Davis	1997-98
Paul	Davis	2006-07
Darren	Daye	1983-84
Austin	Daye	2009-10
Matthew	Dellavedova	2013-14
Larry	Demic	1980-81	Topps
George	Dempsey	1957-58	Topp
Yakhouba	Diawara	2006-07
Guillermo	Diaz	2006-07
Ed	Diddle	2009-10
Seth	Dolibola	2005-06
Bob	Doll	1948	Bowman
Daryl	Dorsey	2005-06
Chris	Douglas-Roberts	2008-09
Marcus	Douthit	2005-06
Terry	Driscoll	1973-74	Topps
Robb	Dryden	2005-06
Ronald	Dupree	2003-04
Devin	Durrant	1984-85	Star
Ken	Durrett	1972-73	Topps
Jack	Dwan	1948	Bowman
Jerry	Eaves	1983-84	Star
Keith	Edmonson	1983-84
Franklin	Edwards	1983-84
Eddie	Ehlers	1948	Bowman
Paul	Endacott	2009-19
Chris	Engler	1983-84	Star
Desmon	Farmer	2005-06
Nick	Fazekas	2007-08
Bob	Feerick	1948	Bowman
Al	Ferrari	1961	Essex Meats
Kyrylo	Fesenko	2007-08
Harry	Flournoy	2009-10
Sharrod	Ford	2005-06
Courtney	Fortson	2012-13
Shan	Foster	2008-09
Bud	Foster	2009-10
Larry	Friend	1957-58	Topps
Joe	Fulks	1948
Hiram	Fuller	2005-06
Anthony	Fuqua	2005-06
Tony	Gaffney	2010-11
Sundiata	Gaines	2009-10
Keith	Gallon	2010-11
Mike	Gansey	2006-07
Thomas	Gardner	2008-09
Jack	Garfinkel	1948	Bowman
Calvin	Garrett	1983-84
Diante	Garrett	2012-13
John	Garris	1983-84	Star
Pop	Gates	2009-10
Mickael	Gelabale	2005-06
Otis	George	2005-06
Michael	Gibson	1983-84	Star
James	Gist	2008-09
Andreas	Glyniadakis	2005-06
Lancaster	Gordon	1984-85	Star
Joe	Graboski	1957-58	Topps
Stephen	Graham	2005-06
Stewart	Granger	1983-84	Star
Aaron	Gray	2007-08
Devin	Green	2005-06
Taurean	Green	2007-08
Erick	Green	2014-15
Donte	Greene	2007-08
Lynn	Greer	2006-07
Taylor	Griffin	2009-10
Anthony	Grundy	2005-06
Hamed	Haddadi	2008-09
Jeff	Hagen	2005-06
Chuck	Halbert	1948	Bowman
Bruce	Hale	1948	Bowman
Mike	Hall	2006-07	Upper Deck Ultimate Collection
Jeff	Halliburton	1973-74	Topps
Adam	Haluska	2007-08
Ralph	Hamilton	1948	Bowman
Venson	Hamilton	1999-00
Tang	Hamilton	2001-02	Fleer Maximum
Zendon	Hamilton	2003-04	Upper Deck Legends
Justin	Hamilton	2012-13
Dave	Hanner	2004-05
DeVon	Hardin	2008-09
Manny	Harris	2010-11
Don	Haskins	2006-07
Vern	Hatton	1961	Essex Meats
Tommy	Hawkins	2005-06
Steve	Hayes	1983-84	Star
Marques	Haynes	2009-10
Chick	Hearn	2003-04
Jud	Heathcote	2006-07
Richard	Hendrix	2008-09
Walter	Hermann	2006-07
Sid	Hertzberg	1948	Bowman
Corey	Hightower	2000-01
Cleo	Hill	1961	Essex Meats
Simmie	Hill	1973-74	Topps
Marcus	Hill	2005-06
Herbert	Hill	2007-08
Fred	Hilton	1972-73
Robert	Hite	2006-07
Darington	Hobson	2010-11
Justin	Holiday	2013-14
Ryan	Hollins	2006-07
Shaheen	Holloway	2000-01
Nat	Holman	1933
Joe	Holup	1957-58	Topps
Tom	Hoover	2005-06	Topps 1952 Style Fan Favorite Autographs
Bob	Hopkins	1957-58	Topps
Rex	Hughes	1991-92	Fleer
Rick	Hughes	1999-00
Robbie	Hummel	2012-13
Rod	Hundley	1957-58
Othello	Hunter	2008-09
Chris	Hunter	2009-10
Carlos	Hurt	2005-06
Mile	Ilic	2006-07
Damien	Inglis	2014-15
Brian	Jackson	2005-06
Damion	James	2010-11
Nathan	Jawai	2008-09
Dontell	Jefferson	2009-10
Horace	Jenkins	2004-05
Eugene	Jeter	2010-11
Arnie	Johnson	1948	Bowman
Rich	Johnson	1970-71	Topps
Clay	Johnson	1982-83	Lakers BASF
Clarence	Johnson	1983-84	Star
Clemon	Johnson	1983-84
Reggie	Johnson	1983-84	Star
Butter	Johnson	2005-06
J.J.	Johnson	2005-06	Topps 1952 Style Fan Favorite Autographs
Alexander	Johnson	2006-07
Nick	Jones	1972-73	Topps
Earl	Jones	1984-85	Star
Ozell	Jones	1984-85
Dwayne	Jones	2005-06
Kevin	Jones	2012-13
Jared	Jordan	2007-08
Phil	Jordon	1957-58
Kris	Joseph	2012-13
Jeff	Judkins	1980-81
Coby	Karl	2007-08
Greg	Kelser	1980-81
Mike	King	2005-06
Bob	Kinney	1948	Bowman
Tarence	Kinsey	2006-07
Toby	Knight	1979-80
Lee	Knorek	1948	Bowman
Joe	Kopicki	1983-84
Petteri	Koponen	2006-07
Ray	Kuka	1948
John	Kundla	2006-07
Ognjen	Kuzmic	2013-14
Fred	LaCour	1961	Essex Meats
Wendell	Ladner	1972-73
John	Lambert	2005-06	Topps 1952 Style Fan Favorite Autographs
Marcus	Landry	2009-10
Keith	Langford	2005-06
Joe	Lapchick	1933
Stephane	Lasme	2007-08
David	Lattin	2009-10
Gani	Lawal	2010-11
Frank	Layden	1984	Star Awarss Banquet
George	Leach	2005-06
Travis	Leslie	2012-13
Ronnie	Lester	1983-84
Maarty	Leunen	2008-09
Fuzzy	Levane	1948
Fred	Lewis	1948	Bowman
Jim	Ligon	1972-73	Topps
Willie	Long	1972-73
Erazem	Lorbek	2005-06
Hank	Louisetti	1993
Stan	Love	1972-73
Justin	Love	2000-01
John	Mahnken	1948	Bowman
Devyn	Marble	2014-15
Damir	Markota	2006-07
Tom	Marshall	1957-58	Topps
Cartier	Martin	2012-13
Eddie	Mast	1973-74	Topps
Ariel	Maughan	1948	Bowman
James	Mayes	2008-09
James Michael	McAdoo	2014-15
Dan	McClintock	2000-01
Jack	McClinton	2009-10
Scooter	McCray	1983-84
Jim	McDaniels	1972-73
Hank	McDowell	1983-84
Dominic	McGuire	2007-08
Kevin	McKenna	1983-84	Star
Bones	McKinney	1948	Bowman
Jack	McMahon	1957-58	Topps
Sammy	Mejia	2007-08
Pops	Mensah-Bonsu	2006-07
Scott	Merritt	2005-06
Stan	Miasek	1948	Bowman
Larry	Micheaux	1983-84
Aaron	Miles	2005-06
Darnell	Miller	2005-06
Albert	Miralles	2004-05
Nikola	Mirotic	2014-15
Lee	Mogus	1948	Bowman
Jamario	Moon	2007-08
Jonathan	Moore	2005-06
Malik	Moore	2005-06
Paccelis	Morlende	2003-04
Randolph	Morris	2006-07
Jay	Murphy	1984-85	Star
Toure	Murry	2013-14
Mike	Muscala	2013-14
Juan Carlos	Navarro	2007-08
Hamady	N'Diaye	2010-11
Donnie	Nelson	2004-05
Ivano	Newbill	1994-95	Flair
Pete	Newell	2009-10
Brad	Newley	2007-08
Jared	Newson	2007-08
Austin	Nichols	2005-06
Demetris	Nichols	2007-08
Kurt	Nimphius	1983-84
John	Norlander	1948	Bowman
Audie	Norris	1983-84
George	Nostrand	1948	Bowman
Larry	O'Bryan	1993
Dick	O'Keefe	1948	Bowman
Jawann	Oldham	1983-84	Star
Kevin	O'Neill	2005-06
Randall	Orr	2005-06
Daniel	Orton	2010-11
Romero	Osby	2013-14
Kevin	Owens	2005-06
David	Padgett	2008-09
Juan	Palacios	2008-09
Bud	Palmer	1948	Bowman
Med	Park	1957-58	Topps
Lamar	Patterson	2014-15
Oleksiy	Pecherov	2007-08
Stephane	Pelle	2003-04
Jeff	Pendergraph	2009-10
Kosta	Perovic	2006-07
J.R.	Pinnock	2006-07
Dave	Piontek	1957-58	Topps
Tom	Piotrowski	1983-84	Star
Kevin	Pittsnogle	2006-07
Trent	Plaisted	2008-09
Tibor	Pleiss	2010-11
Jim	Pollard	1948
Dwight	Powell	2014-15
Mike	Price	1973-74	Topps
Gabe	Pruitt	2006-07
Don	Putman	1948	Bowman
Shavlik	Randolph	2005-06
Andy	Rautens	2010-11
Richie	Regan	1957-58	Topps
Kareem	Reid	2005-06
Darius	Rice	2004-05
Clint	Richardson	1983-84
Norm	Richardson	2001-02
Mel	Riebe	1948	Bowman
Roderick	Riley	2005-06
Rich	Rinaldi	1973-74
Arnie	Risen	1948
Lee Roy	Robbins	1948	Bowman
Anthony	Roberson	2005-06
Joe	Roberts	2005-06	Topps 1952 Style Fan Favorite Autographs
Wil	Robinson	1974-75	Topps
Brandon	Robinson	2005-06
Stanley	Robinson	2010-11
Sergio	Rodriguez	2005-06
Magnum	Rolle	2010-11
Lennie	Rosenbluth	1957-58	Topps
E.J.	Rowland	2005-06
Brian	Rowsom	1990-91
Damjan	Rudez	2014-15
Adolph	Rupp	1993
Ed	Sadowski	1948	Bowman
Kenny	Sailors	1948	Bowman
Tyrone	Sally	2005-06
Chiekh	Samb	2007-08
Samardo	Samuels	2010-11
Abe	Saperstein	2009-10
Herman	Schaefer	1948	Bowman
Fred	Schaus	1952	Royal Deserts
Tom	Scheffler	1984-85	star
Luke	Schenscher	2005-06
Dick	Schnittker	1957-58
John	Schweitz	1984-85	Star
Gene	Senesky	1948	Bowman
Renaldas	Seubutis	2007-08	Upper Deck Sweet Shot
Paul	Seymour	1957-58	Topps
Chuck	Share	1957-58
Walter	Sharpe	2007-08
Nevil	Shed	2009-10
Ricky	Shields	2005-06
Joe	Shipp	2005-06
Chris	Shumate	2005-06
Connie	Simmons	1948	Bowman
Bobby	Sims	1961	Essex Meats
Sean	Singletary	2008-09
Charlie	Sitton	1984-85	Star
Uros	Slokar	2005-06
Tom	Sluby	1984-85	Star
Jack	Smiley	1948	Bowman
Craig	Smith	2005-06
Jamar	Smith	2005-06
Bingo	Smith	2006-07
Ish/Ishmael	Smith	2010-11
Russ	Smith	2014-15
Vassilis	Spanoulis	2006-07
Arthur	Spector	1948	Bowman
Art	Spoelstra	1957-58	Topps
Larry	Spriggs	1983-84
Ryan	Stack	1998-99
Amos Alonzo	Stagg	2009-10
Brook	Steppe	1983-84	Star
Maurice	Stokes	1957-58
Awvee	Storey	2004-05
Goran	Suton	2009-10
Pape	Sy	2010-11
Marcus	Taylor	2002-03	Upper Deck Generations
Donell	Taylor	2005-06
Mike	Taylor	2008-09
Chuck	Taylor	2009-10
Jermaine	Taylor	2009-10
Garrett	Temple	2009-10
Anthony	Terrell	2005-06
Chuck	Terry	1973-74	Topps
Reyshawn	Terry	2007-08
Hasheem	Thabeet	2009-10
Thomas	Thacker	2005-06	Topps 1952 Style Fan Favorite Autographs
Bill	Thieben	1957-58	Topps
David	Thirdkill	1983-84	Star
Jimmy	Thomas	1983-84
Carl	Thomas	1998-99
Billy	Thomas	2004-05
Harvey	Thomas	2005-06
Paul	Thompson	1983-84	Star
Bernard	Thompson	1984-85	Star
Hal	Tidrick	1948	Bowman
Darren	Tillis	1983-84	Star
George	Tinsley	2005-06	Topps 1952 Style Fan Favorite Autographs
Ray	Tolbert	1983-84	Star
Anthony	Tolliver	2008-09
Sedric	Toney	2005-06	Topps 1952 Style Fan Favorite Autographs
Clay	Tucker	2005-06
Ime	Udoka	2003-04
Roko	Ukic	2005-06
Ben	Uzoh	2010-11
Robert	Vaden	2009-10	SP Game Used Rookie Exclusives Signatures
Jim	Valvano	2006-07	Upper Deck Chronology Cuts (1 of 1, only person to have only card be a 1/1)
Gene	Vance	1948	Bowman
David	Vanterpool	2000-01	SP Game Floor
Jarvis	Varnado	2010-11
Pete	Verhoeven	1983-84
Marcus	Vinicius	2006-07
Danny	Vranes	1983-84
Granville	Waiters	1983-84
Bill	Walker	2008-09
Brandon	Wallace	2007-08
Jaquay	Walls	2000-01	Fleer Premium
Willie	Warren	2010-11
Bryan	Warrick	1983-84
Tom	Washington	1972-73
Darius	Washington	2006-07
Deron	Washington	2008-09
Darryl	Watkins	2007-08
C.J.	Watson	2007-08
Mario	West	2007-08
John	Wetzel	1973-74
Rory	White	1984-85
Willie	White	1984-85	Star
James	White	2006-07
Win	Wilfong	1957-58	Topps
Anthony	Wilkins	2005-06
Sam	Williams	1983-84
Ezra	Williams	2005-06
Jawad	Williams	2005-06
Bill	Willoughby	1983-84
Willie	Worsley	2009-10
David	Young	2004-05	SP Game Used Rookie Exclusive Autographs
Sam	Young	2009-10
Patric	Young	2014-15
Sun	Yue	2007-08
Max	Zaslofsky	1948	Bowman
Luke	Zeller	2012-13
Brian	Zoubek	2010-11