A Cardsphere Meet And Trade

Following my annual Sports Cards Super Bowl/All That Is Left this past February I got an email from Angus of Dawg Day Cards regarding a Danny Shelton autograph that I pulled that he was interested in trading for. We were looking to make a PWE trade but he let me know he would be in the Valley visiting family this week so we just decided to meet up at a local card shop to make the trade.

Angus is a great guy and he put together a superb trade package for me made up of all my favorites. He hit the all-important Ken Griffey Jr needs, with some awesome Canadian versions too, some University of Arizona products and to top it all off a 1979 Police Seattle Seahawks team set. We met before the shop opened and just talked for awhile and when the shop opened we spent a couple more hours just going through dime and quarter boxes before I had to head home for the kids but I really had a ton of fun. Meeting other collectors from the cardsphere is always a great experience.

Here is a nice selection of cards included in the trade from Angus.

Starting with the Griffey cards:

1990 Fleer “Printed In Canada” version #513

 

1991 O-Pee-Chee #392 All-Star

 

1995 Score Gold Rush parallel #437

 

1996 Collectors Choice #100 Promo

 

A group of Former University of Arizona players plus an Arizona Cardinal (Alex Okafor) autograph

 

The 1979 Police Seattle Seahawks Team Set. The cards are slightly larger than a standard base card and there are 16 cards on the checklist. On the back of each card is a football term along with some words of wisdom.

 

 

With the top 2 cards being Jim Zorn and Steve Largent

The Seahawks South Of The Border

One of the cards that I have been hunting is the 1977 Topps Mexican Steve Largent card, it is actually on my White Whales list. In 1977 Topps was attempting to extend their football line beyond the border and released a set in Mexico that was exactly like the set released in the U.S. except in Spanish. The above left card is the base version and the above right card is the Mexican release.

The packs only contained 2 cards and a stick of gum, which means a good portion of the cards out there have some sort of gum stain (as mine does on the front) so these are very condition sensitive cards. Many of the cards are rather cheap outside of the top players like Bradshaw, OJ Simpson and Steve Largent’s rookie card.

While my search for a reasonable priced Largent RC from the Mexican set has been unfulfilled I have happily added another Seahawks rookie, Jim Zorn, from the set to my collection.

Jim Zorn is not as popular as Steve Largent but he was the Seahawks first quarterback and was the starting QB for 9 seasons before being replaced by Dave Krieg in 1984. After retiring in 1987 he coached a couple of years in college before moving to the NFL where he has been a QB coach for 5 teams plus two disastrous seasons as the Washington Redskins head coach.

The 1977 Topps Mexican football cards are not always apparent at first considering that some of the team names and positions are the same in English and Spanish but when you flip the card over it is all in Spanish. I also noticed that the Mexican card is a flimsier cardboard, almost a sticker like cardboard stock, but the ink is brighter.

It's Time For Some Football

A couple of new Seahawks cards I recently picked up just in time for the season opener tonight.

1983 Topps Jim Zorn, the Seahawks first quarterback ever. The card is a bit worn but the autograph is a nice addition.

 

1984 Topps Dave Krieg RC. Krieg was signed by the Seahawks in 1980 but he didn't have a rookie card until 1984. He eventually replaced Zorn as the starting QB taking the team to the AFC Championship in 1983.

 

A 2013 Crusade and 2014 Crusade pair. I am not a huge fan of most of Panini’s football cards but I do love the Crusade sets.

Closing out with a 2014 Panini Black Gold Marshawn Lynch. This shadow box card is extremely cool. I picked it up because I love the 3D look and can anyone really have enough Lynch cards?