More European baseball cards collectors !

Apparently I am not the only one collecting baseball cards in Europe ! I am happy to have discovered that fellow Europeans Tony MC and Martyn have a blog called Cards Beyond Oceans and are based in the UK, not far from Holland (for those of you that have no clue where my tiny little country lies!).

They are organising what seems a fun contest with a great free give-away, a very nice auto/relic Duke Snider card (numbered to #10) !



In addition, he is planning for some additional give-aways so go and check out their blog Card Beyond Oceans here and join the contest !

Thanks for checking out my blog again, really appreciate the visits !

JABO's box break loot arrives !

I recently participated in Kyle's Topps 2012 box break at his Juuust a bit outside blog and it was again a lot of fun and well organised. As usual I picked the Yankees and the randomiser gave me the Marlins as well.

As you might recall I recently broke some boxes myself so I actually completed the base set already. Still the break give me one missing card, one of the great pitchers I collect: a CC Sabathia's mini !!  

Granderson's mini was also included, guess he just finished a nice slide...

2 more minis were pulled, both up for trade !

I like these Golden Greats cards, still needs some to complete my set so check out my want list !

3 nice Golden Standard cards ! Sadly enough the white spaces were not filled with an auto...

To conclude, a fun break and again a bit closer to completing the insert sets ! Thanks Kyle for doing the break, keep an eye on his JABO blog as I expect more breaks coming up in the next few months (no pressure Kyle !).

Silk Rivera Arrives !

When looking at my player collections I can honestly say I like collecting Mariano Rivera the most at the moment. As rumoured, 2012 is likely going to be his last season after a really great career with the Yankees. Therefore, when I saw his silk Topps 2012 card appearing on the bay I couldn't resist myself. The mailman delivered it this morning !

I like the look & feel of the Silk Collection (numbered to 50) ! Are you chasing these silk versions as well ?

Trade Bait Draft !

Wes at Jaybarkerfan's Junk is holding a Trade Bait Draft. I have participated in one before, done by Cameron at Cardboard Heaven, so I decided to jump at this one as well. Wes still has 5 spots left so go check it out, it should be a lot of fun and he already has some interesting teasers on his blog.

Here is the link to the Trade Bait Draft at Jaybarkerfan's Junk

Hope to see you there !

Honus Wagner

Since I started collecting baseball cards a while back I kept hearing the name Honus Wagner, being the one on the oldest or most expensive baseball card. Well, I assumed that as a new collector (based in Europe to make it more complicated) I was not going to see this Honus guy anytime soon. I was wrong !! A few weeks back when I pre-ordered some Topps 2012 box I also noticed a Topps 2009 box clearance so I figured, why not add one to my shopping cart. At the end of the break I pulled a nice Honus patch card, I know it's not one of the original Honus cards but still, I can now say I have a Honus in my collection (although at parties here in Europe that line doesn't do wonders yet, also not with my wife, as no-one here has a clue who he is :-)).

Here it is, a nice patch card numbered to #50 ! A shame Topps didn't really make the effort to make the patch fit nicely (as you likely noticed it's sticking out a little). 

Enjoy your Monday everyone !

Still Free Redemptions left so join my Contest !

I recently launched my first contest to promote this new blog The Dutch Card Guy a bit. I had some fast participants that took the first redemption cards. However, I still have several Topps Prime 9 Redemption Cards left so go check it out here !

Enjoy your weekend everyone !

Dimwit's loot arrives !

I recently participated in a fun box break, organised by Sam at TheDailyDimwit opening several boxes of 2007 UD SP Rookie Edition and 2009 UD Signature Stars. I chose the Yankees and Rangers and the randomizer gave me the A's and the Marlins as well. The package arrived this week with some nice cards !

Several Yankees from the nice SignatureStars set

My teams got me no less than three, yes three!, autos, I really like the Derek Holland Auto and not because I am from Holland !! A shame all 3 are sticker autos...

Some nice Ranger cards from the SignatureStars set as well !

 Some more Yankees for my collection !

Thanks Sam for a fun break, looking forward to the next one !