it's not trade bait anymore

i've got more trade bounty to showcase today, courtesy of oscar at all trade bait all the time.  it's sometimes tough trading with fellow dodger collectors, but at the same time, you know they are pulling from a variety of card manufacturers and years.  that makes for some interesting trade packages.  here are some highlights from one of them.

1986 sportflics decade greats steve garvey

garvey certainly was a decade great, although his best decade was 1974-1983.

1978 o-pee-chee rick rhoden

always a joy to get an o-pee-chee card in a trade package.  how do i know it's o-pee-chee?  here's the back

rhoden was only 24 in 1977.  i was pretty excited at the time about the dodger rotation with him, don sutton, tommy john, burt hooton and doug rau.  only hooton was around for the 1981 world series title, however.

1988 topps uk mini pedro guerrero

from canada to the united kingdom.  not bad.

2005 playoff prestige ron cey

playoff put together some decent retired player/current player cards in the early 2000's.  i was happy to see some garvey cards included, although this is when the parallel ridiculousness really took off.

fleer greats of the game, however, were my favorite retired player sets from that timeframe.  topps all-time fan favorites was right there, too, but i slightly preferred fleer.  here's davey lopes' card from the 2004 greats release.

oscar included a couple of 2002 greats of the game, too - fernando

and maury wills

and you know it wouldn't be a dodger collector's trade package without a shawn green card.  here's a 2001 topps gallery card of green

if you think that there are a lot of matt kemp cards these days, well, shawn green had more ten years ago.  at least it seemed like it.

thanks oscar - more trade goodies coming up throughout the day.

card show recap - dealers 5, 6, and 7. hunting for memorials

on to dealer 5.  this was the guy that had the 1995 topps brooklyn dodgers archives cards in a dime box the last time i was there.  i didn't get any more of those, but i did pick up these cards.

1991 classic eddie murray

1991 fleer ozzie smith

1991 fleer ultra don mattingly

1994 upper deck all-time heroes vida blue 125th anniversary parallel

1994 upper deck all-time heroes bert campaneris 125th anniversary parallel

1994 upper deck all-time heroes al oliver 125th anniversary parallel - with bonus expos hat

2001 topps gallery chan ho park - it's night time at dodger stadium

1993 upper deck sp tony gwynn - in scott sanders' jersey

2002 topps total glossy chipper jones checklist
2003 laser line vladimir guerrero

2008 upper deck first edition buddy carlyle
2008 upper deck first edition chien ming wang
2008 upper deck goudey jimmy rollins
2009 topps update carl crawford
2009 upper deck icons brian roberts
2009 upper deck icons mariano rivera
2009 upper deck icons jimmy rollins
2009 upper deck sweet spot shin soo choo
2009 upper deck sweet spot raul ibanez
2010 upper deck roy halladay biography

most of those are for my memorials project, so they'll be showcased over time.

short and sweet with dealer 6.  this was the guy that completed my 1973 topps set a while back at the big annual show in town.  i was hoping for more set completing karma.  i failed.  he did have the last player card i needed, though.

1974 topps phil niekro

i still need a couple of checklists from the set.  mission not accomplished.

dealer 7.  i bought 10 cards from this guy, all from 2011 topps update.  8 of the cards are for the memorials project, and two were double plays.

2011 topps update willie bloomquist cognac

2011 topps update dj lemahieu cognac

2011 topps update derek jeter checklist cognac
2011 topps update clayton kershaw cognac
2011 topps update clayton kershaw diamond
2011 topps update jay bruce diamond
2011 topps update andre ethier cognac
2011 topps update starlin castro cognac
2011 topps update lonnie chisenhall cognac
2011 topps update brandon wood cognac

so there you have it. my card show loot from dealers 5, 6 and 7.  remember, i am looking for three numbers in the comments - how much did i spend with each dealer?  closest (or first to get the exact amount correct) wins some cards.

last dealer post coming tomorrow morning! stay tuned.