Mr. Gibson's (elfstones) blog

I have purchase hundreds of hundreds of 9 pocket card sheets and have been discouraged and how the quality has continued to go down while the price at Walmart and Meijer is now $6 for just 35 for Ultra "pro" sheets. As I have posted before, I have been exploring alternatives. One such alternative is Amazon brand sheets.  Yes, Amazon brand.  I was very pleasantly surprised. 100 sheets for $11 and better quality that what I can purchase at Walmart.  With a thicker mill and easy fit, I was very happy. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PD7KBN5 Now I'm exploring Gold Seal 9 pocket sheets that are 100 sheets for $17.50. 100-Ct. clear HEAVYWEIGHT trading card sleeve pages/protectors, 8.5" x 11" 9 Pockets per page times 100 pages gives you storage for 900 cards! Single-sided top loading for easy card insertion Durable, nonstick, non-glare, archival safe and acid free Reinforced heat-sealed seams to last

I now have spent a week on Topps 1990. I own way more 1990 Topps cards than I thought I owned. I am 99% sure I have two complete sets and most likely many incomplete sets. I'm thinking at this time that I will probably only keep 3 binders worth. I admit I like these cards better than when I purchased them in 1990. Since I have hardly touched them since then, they are in great condition. I did pick up a few hundred of them (maybe over a thousand) in 2020 while aquiring other cards. 12 Most Valuable 1990 Topps Baseball Cards #414 Frank Thomas Rookie Card #336 Ken Griffey Jr. #692 Sammy Sosa Rookie Card #757 Larry Walker Rookie Card #701 Bernie Williams Rookie Card #331 Juan Gonzalez Rookie Card #1 Nolan Ryan #2 Nolan Ryan (The Mets Years) Baseball Card #3 Nolan Ryan (The Angels Years) Baseball Card #4 Nolan Ryan (The Astros Years) Baseball Card #5 Nolan Ryan (The Rangers Years) Baseball Card #300 Bo Jackson Baseball Card

1) Catalog at least half of my 1990's baseball cards. I have many thousands to do. I believe 10-15 thousand cards between 1990 - 1999 that still need to be cataloged. 2) Additionally, I would like to put all of my 1990's cards into binders. That project will be expensive and as time consuming as goal #1. 3) Also I would like to create more videos for youtube and try to make them more pesonalble. 4) Lastly, I will be aquiring more cards, but purchase less and specifically for certain holes in the following sets: 1959 Topps 1962 Topps 1964 Topps 1972 Topps

Six days ago, I finally posted a video blog on Youtube.  This video is a summary of 2020.  But even after this video I have purchased more cards. https://youtu.be/oPtyQG0Xqug This has been the year of sets for me.  I have grown many of my older sets.  I have spent hours putting card sets into binders.  Lastly, I have moved the entire collection to a new home. I would say the end of the year focus was on 1958 Topps and 1975 Topps. Today's purchase of 1975 Topps cards. Al Fitzmorris  , 1975, Topps, Standard, KC Royals     , 024 Bob Forsch     , 1975, Topps, Standard, Stl Cardinals , 051 Rick Wise      , 1975, Topps, Standard, Bos Red Sox   , 056 J.R. Richard   , 1975, Topps, Standard, Hou Astros    , 073 Enzo Hernandez , 1975, Topps, Standard, SD Padres     , 084 John Mayberry  , 1975, Topps, Standard, KC Royals     , 095 Wilbur Wood    , 1975, Topps, Standard, Chi White Sox , 110 Ken Singleton  , 1975, Topps, Standard, Mon Expos     , 125 Toby Harrah    , 1975, Topps, Standard, T

Over the weekend I have placed all of my 1958 to 1972 Topps baseball cards into labeled and divided white binders. I probably have over 1/3 of my entire collection in binders now. Out of binders again.  I hope to have the remainder of the 70s done soon.  Looking forward to doing 1975 the most.  Even nicer are my super sturdy new iron rod steel book shelves I have placed these binders on.   Additionally, I have most of my Cubs memorabilia up on the walls now!  Need to purchase frames for my flags. Cataloging:  Currently cataloging 1992 Leaf silver set. Newest acquisition: 1958 Topps Roger Maris

  Binder 3A Topps 1965 Standard Baseball Cards page 1 1 | 2 | 3 - - - 4 | 5 | 6 - - - 7 | 8 | 9 - - - page 2 10 | 11 | 12 10 Wins leader ( ♦ Larry Jackson) 13 | 14 | 15 1 4 Len Gabrielison 16 | 17 | 18 - - - page 3 19 | 20 | 21 - - - 22 | 23 | 24 - - - 25 | 26 | 27 26 Bobby Knoop, 27 Dick Bertell page 4 28 | 29 | 30 29 Felix Mantilla 31 | 32 | 33 33 Jackie Brandt 34 | 35 | 36 34 Cal Koonce Page 5 37 | 38 | 39 - - - 40 | 41 | 42 41 Bruce Howard Marv Staehle Chi White SoxRookie Stars 43 | 44 | 45 - - - Page 6 45 | 47 | 48 47 Tommy Harper 49 | 50 | 51 49 Orioles Rookie Stars Blefary and Miller 52 | 53 | 54 - - - Page 7 55 | 56 |57 - - - 58 | 59 | 60 58 Fred Talbot, 60 Jim O`Toole 61 |62 | 63 - - - Page 8 64 | 65 | 66 - - - 67 | 68 | 69 - - - 70 | 71 | 72 70 Bill Skowrow- - - page 9 73 |74 |75 - - - 76 | 77 |78 77 Doug Camilli 79 | 80 | 81 80 Ytuk Gsttrll, 81 Don Bu