Dutchman

I love vintage and I love these old Allen & Ginter cards from 2 centuries ago. A card from a year starting with 18xx is just amazing. Greg at Plaschke, Thy Sweater is Argyle pointed me to another great card. Why did he point me to this specific card ? Well, because it was called "Dutchman", clearly a good fit for The Dutch Card Guy !

So here it is, for only a few bucks, a 1888 N33 Allen & Ginter's World Smoker !

Sure, a crapy back but hey, it's almost 150 years old ! Thanks a bunch Greg for this cool tip !!

Any of you trying to complete some of the old Allen & Ginter cards ?

A huge trade !!

I don't do "huge" trades very often but a recent deal clearly can be classified as huge !! It was a trade with Matt at Bubba's Bangin' Batch of Baseball Bits (not sure how long it took him to come up with that blog name!).

I noticed a great card of one of my PC guys on his blog and it all starting rolling from there ! Before we knew it we had a huge trade going on with some great cards going to Matt (probably my best pull ever!) but also several piles of great cards moving into my direction. Can't show them all in one posts but let's make a start !!

The trade included a few hundred minis going my way...yes you read that correctly....a few hundred !!! Given that I am trying to complete all the Allen & Ginter and Gypsy Queen mini sets this was really awesome. First up, a couple of the hundred minis that came my way !!

More minis, this time mini inserts !!!

Love the mini inserts, especially Bird of Prey !

Matt send me loads of Flagship inserts as well, here's Cut to the Chase with Kiner and Fielder !

Awesome insert alerts: The Elites !!

More awesome inserts, here are some "The Greats".

Matt also had a bunch of box toppers for me, here's one...David Wright !!

That's it for the first post with the best still to come !! So stay tuned for the 2nd post on this trade soon !! Thanks Matt for an awesome trade !

A pile of Ginter from the Dimwit !!

A while back I pulled a cool Astros Allen & Ginter card. Of course I think we all know only one Astros collector hence this card was destined to go to him. Who's him, our Daily Dimwit of course ! He send me a huge pack of cards in return, almost completing me base set and taking a huge dent out of my inserts and mini needs !!

Let's see what Sam send me ! Let me check over the huge pile of base cards and jump right into the minis !!! Sam send me a ple of minis inserts !!!

Some animals were present as well !! Love the Birds of Prey set !

More Minis including a cool Sabathia !!

Might get boring but more inserts to see here, a dinosaur !!

And then some !!

All in all a huge pile of A&G so thanks very much Sam, hope you enjoy the Astros card !!

Allen & Ginter box 3 !!

After the huge hit in the last Allen & Ginter box, i.e. the George Springer booklet, I am looking forward to box 3, my final box of this year's A&G ! This one will be a quick overview so not much comments, just sit back and enjoy the pictures !

First-up, the box topper, here's Castillo !!

Minis, more minis !!!

More minis !!!

Here's a cool, bird !!

The two "hits" of the box, Pederson and Pujols !! Not bad at all !!

Two of the 10th Anniversary cards, as said, I like the framed ones but couldn't care less about these others...

A rower's relic !!

More inserts !!

Two more inserts, Jetpacks and the Gaunlets !!

Last card of the box, the Fall of the Berlin Wall !!

That's it for this year's A&G ! Hopefully my Want List will be up already or up soon so do reach out for a trade !!

Allen & Ginter box 2 !!

After breaking my first A&G box of 2015 today it's time for Box 2 !! The first box started as an average one with not much special. Let's see of box 2 is any better !

First-up, a few 10th Anniversary cards...I have made up my mind....I like the framed ones and really don't care about the unframed, simply stamped, cards to be honest.

The first "hit" of the box, a guy named Rovell ?!? don't have US TV so no clue who he is I am afraid. Utley was also present.

Now comes my best "hit" of the year !!! A George Springer Booklet !!! Looks amazing although a shame about the sticker auto...why does Topps do that....anyways even with the sticker it's an awesome card !!!

The box topper came from Russia !!

Let's move to the minis of the box and as you know: I love minis !!

More minis including a Great Horned Owl !!

Couple of inserts, a Sphinx and a Unicorn !!

More inserts, strange but interesting !!

To finish of box 2 let's have a look at a cool old house !!

All in all the booklet made this box a great one !! Be on the look-out for box 3 in the coming days !!

Allen & Ginter Box 1

It's that time of year again !! Every year I am looking most forward to Allen & Ginter and this year is no different. Therefore, as my ritual goes, we open three boxes of Ginter !! Here's box 1 !!

First-up, minis !!! I love minis and will be chasing the full mini set again this year (so keep the minis coming !!). The minis included several inserts including the First Ladies and a Healthy Body !

More minis !! A World Beneath Our Feet ! Pretty cool cards !

The box topper came from Italy, the Colosseum !!

The box also came with a few 10th Anniversary stamped cards, not sure yet what to think of them, feel like a waste of space in these boxes......at least they took the trouble of framing a few which makes them look nice.

More inserts were included, here are a few Menagerie of the Mind.

The "hits" of the box were a few relic cards, Choo and Martinez !

One more, Brandon Belt !

Let's finish the box with two more cards. Another 10th Anniversary card and Kershaw !!!

All in all, an average box and on my way with the Ginter chase !! Be on the look-out for box 2 & 3 in the coming days !!