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Friday, January 23, 2015

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!

4 comments:

  1. What a trade. I've had a few trades where I've sent out some nice vintage and got an 800 count box in return.

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    1. Oh wow! I used to give free cards to people in every trade I made but I stopped doing that when several told me they just threw them out. But I've never sent that many!

      Thanks everyone for the comments!

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