Trading Cards

Trading Cards

As far as trading cards go, I have a ton.  My forte (get it?) is getting high end rookie cards at low prices. Of course I have Ditka, Sayers, Butkus, Payton and Urlacher rookie cards, and Cutler and Forte, etc. etc.  I also like the oddball cards; the really bizarre ones.  Right now I am trying to complete a couple of collections: the 1991-92 Proline Portrait Autographs and the 2004 Playoff Prime Proof and Prime Proof Signatures.  It's frustrating when each card has 8 different variations, but that is what makes it fun, too - to get one of each of those.  I also collect the 1985 Edge Time Warp 8x10s of Dick Butkus.  they are all autographed and show Butkus getting ready to tackle a player not from his era - hence the "Time Warp" thingy. I'm not going to post all my cards here, but you get the point.  I might have a list saved on Beckett.com.  I will have to check.

Some limited, low #'d Butkus cards

Collector's Edge Time Warp (Large) autographed cards.  1995, 1996? Clockwise from top left:  Michael Westbrook, Emmitt Smith, Marshal Faulk, Jeff Blake (triple auto w/ Junior Seau) Emmit Smith home uniform, Jeff Blake

2007 Leaf Limited  ^^^^^^^^^^^^

2004 Upper Deck Legendary Lines of Defense - 3 HOFers
24/25 made Note: I bought this before Dent was placed into the HOF in 2011.

I like oddball cards ^^^^^^^^^^


and how can we forget these marvelous Draft Picks

I like collecting the draft pick cards where the player is holding up the #1 jersey.  These cards are a reminder of who was good and who ended up sucking.


I bought a large Mike Singletary collection which included these with on card autos.

1990 Little Big Leaguers

1999 SPx Dwayne Bates auto, 2000 SPx Dez White auto, 2001 SPx Anthony Thomas Jersey auto, 2005 SPx Kyle Orton, 2006 SP Authentic Daneal Manning, 2007 SP Authentic Greg Olsen auto patch, 2008 SP Authentic Craig Stelz, 2008 SP Authentic Jarron Gilbert, 2008 SPx auto patch Earl Bennett, 2008 SPx Chris Williams, 2008 Upper Deck First Edition Matt Forte, 2009 SP Authentic Johnny Knox auto, 2009 Ultimate Juaquin Iglesias auto

1990 stickers, 1993 Frito Lay stickers, 1997 Poker Chips

1963 Stancraft - Ditka, Luckman, Halas and Turner Gem Mint PSA 10

2004 Playoff Prime Signatures Proof Urlacher 2/5

2016 Impeccable 1 Oz Silver Sayers 3/12

2017 Impeccable 1 Oz Silver Trubisky 11/15

2017 Panini Rookie Trubisky

2004Playoff Prime Signatures Signature Proof PLATINUM 1/1 Sayers

2019 Panini Impeccable 2 out of 20 Payton ounce silver 

2019 Panini Urlacher 4 of 20 silver

2017 Panini Impeccable 1 troy ounce HOF Sayers 13 of 15

 Red Grange Stewart Disabled Veterans card

Red Grange Lone Star card

About this card:
It is an original, not a reprint or copy of any existing card.
Created on a printing press, not a homemade digital or inkjet product.

300 of this card issued in 2010, no "parallels" or variations were made.

Each card is serial numbered.

Same size as a standard vintage 60s or 70s card.

Designed and manufactured as a print sample by Monarch Corona Printing Co.

Shipped quickly and securely, inside a brand new soft sleeve and rigid toploader.

Payton

About this card:
It is an original, not a reprint or copy of any existing card.

Created on a printing press, not a homemade digital or inkjet product.
200 of this card issued in 2009, no "parallels" or variations were made.
Same size and thickness as a standard vintage 60s or 70s card.

Designed and manufactured as a print sample by Monarch Corona Printing Co.

Shipped quickly and securely, inside a brand new soft sleeve and rigid toploader.

Lot of 9 Monarch Corona & King Card Co. Chicago Bears

 

About this card lot:
100% original, not reprints or copies of any existing cards.
Created on a printing press, not a homemade digital or inkjet product.
200 of each card issued in 2008-2013, no "parallels" or variations were made.
Same size as standard vintage 60s or 70s cards.

Shipped quickly and securely, inside a brand new soft sleeve and rigid toploaders.

 

Guaranteed book value:
This lot will always be worth more than you paid. The minimum "book value" is the price above. I will buy this lot back from you for what you paid any time you ask. Next week, next year, or ten years from now. I can do this only because I know that this lot is worth more than I am selling it for.

About Grouchy:
21 years selling cards online. Before that, owner of Space City Cards Comics & Coins on Main St. in Houston. As a kid I loved baseball and football, and collected cards starting in 1959 - that's 60 years, but it feels like yesterday.  I have bought and sold millions of sports cards over the years. The kids who used to frequent my card shop named me the "Grouchy Old Man" because I had to keep them in line.  The nickname stuck. I'm not that grouchy anymore. I have over 100,000 online transactions, with an average feedback score of 100% over the years.

REPRINTS ^^^^^^

Roquan Smith Panini 2018 Rookie

Kyle Long 2013 Topps/Topps Chrome #62 and variants

Kyle Long 2013 Topps Chrome #62

2108 Panini Flawless Khalil Mack 4/5

2019 Impeccable Rookie Numbers Auto patch Montgomery 54 of 75

added to my ridiculous 1999 Cade Mcnown collection

same statement as card above

1991 Pro Line Portrait autograph Walter Payton - FINALLY got this rare certified card

1969 topps mini album

Chicago Tribune 2006 Chicago Bears Player Cards Sets 1,2,and 3 Uncut Sheets NM

Here is the description the Seller posted on Ebay:  "This piece is from the collection of Chicago sportswriter John Leptich who passed away this year. We obtained this collection directly from the family of John Leptich.

Chicago Bears Football Card Uncut Sheets & Ad Sign (3)

There are three pieces in this lot

Two are uncut sheets

The third is a rare point of purchase display"

1972 Sunoco cards

1972 Sunoco Cards

                                                 2015 Topps Super Bowl Coin Card

                                             1997 Pinnacle Inscriptions Erik Kramer

Kevin White 2015 Panini draft day jersey

2021 Leaf Pro Set Santa set

2013 Panini Golden Age Playing Cards #15 Red Grange 

2019 Panini Impeccable Super Bowl Gault

2021 Panini Eminence Urlacher 8 of 10 autograph .999 silver 

1988 Football heroes Stickers Perry, Singletary, McMahon

2013 Panini Golden Age Playing Cards #15 Red Grange Card

Sid Luckman Rookie

I won this on my first (and only) Razz.....2 spots @$21.00 each.  The value in 2023 is between $200-$300

2021 Donrus Optic DT39 Rookie

Sometimes, things pop up on Ebay that have great value, and the seller is clueless.  There was a set of cards listed as "Chicago Bears Top trumps 1986". I have NO idea where THAT set name came from! I recognized them as the 1987 Ace Fact Pack set from Great Britain.  Complete sets can sell for several hundred dollars. The Walter Payton card in the Chicago Bears set can be worth hundreds on it's own. A PSA 9 is listed now on Ebay for nearly $700.00  I already owned this set, but based on the price of this listing, I just had to bid on it.  The auction was listed in GBP which is the pound sterling money from England.  Maybe that confused people.  After the monetary conversion, I ended up buying the set for only $26.00.  WHAT A STEAL!

2004 Playoff Prime Signatures Proof - been collecting this series and variants for a while

                              2023 Panini Impeccable Rookie Roschon Johnson #'d 4/25

Velus Jones Jr. Rookie Panini Impeccable

A 2023 Panini Prizm Darnell Wright Rookie

 a 2023 Roschon Johnson Impeccable Elegance card (autographed) #'d 10/19 and a 2023 Richard Dent HOF card #'d 21/25

                               and I had to have an infamous Al Bundy  custom card

I just started adding some Gem Mint Rookies to my card collection (above)

2022 UD Goodwin Champs Caleb Playing Card

                         Bought this before he was even drafted, but I knew he was coming!

In addition to starting to collect PSA 10s, I also want to get HOFer rookie cards....I purchased a 1985 Topps Richard Dent Rookie, PSA 8.  That Topps year, with the black borders, are hard to find with a high grade.  I have seen some 9s on Dent, but they are rare.  1985 is also the Steve McMichael rookie card,  I have a couple of those ungraded.

1985 Topps Rookie Card Steve McMichael
 

Another Impeccable added - Butkus Singletary Urlacher Mack 2019 Panini Impeccable Football Silver Ounce 1of20collage