Cubs players in collection

Here is a list of Cubs players (Not a complete list) that I have at least 8 cards of:

Name             cards/items
Ryne Sandberg    =  119 
Andre Dawson     =   77
Sammy Sosa       =   55
Mark Grace       =   50
Greg Maddux      =   44
Lee Smith        =   43
Shawon Dunston   =   43
Paul Assenmacher =   36
Derrek Lee       =   33
Jeff Pico        =   33
Dennis Lamp      =   33
Joe Girardi      =   25
Ron Santo        =   23
Damon Berryhill  =   23
Aramis Ramirez   =   22
Kerry Wood       =   20
Keith Moreland   =   20
Billy Williams   =   19
Leon Durham      =   19
Greg Gross       =   18
Anthony Rizzo    =   17
Jerome Walton    =   17
Mike Krukow      =   17
Ernie Banks      =   16 
Bill Buckner     =   15
Steve Lake       =   15
Kris Bryant      =   14
Derrick May      =   14
Starlin Castro   =   12
Jake Arrieta     =   11
Bill Madlock     =   11
Alfonso Soriano  =   11
Larry Bowa       =   11
Kyle Schwarber   =    9
Willie Hernandez =    9
Carlos Zambrano  =    9
Fergie Jenkins   =    8 
Geovany Soto     =    8
Ron Cey          =    8

More cards

Even though I will be in Chicago during the Nationals, and it free for me to get in, I will very likely not be attending this year. That said, I'm purchasing a lot of cards the last couple of days. 81 cards to be exact for only $11. Makes me wonder if the Baseball Card market is crashing. Every time I accumulate a lot of cards for very little, I don't complain. Mostly because I don't sell and I don't collect to profit. I just love Baseball and I just love baseball cards. Here are some Chicago White Sox, Stl Cardinals, and Chicago Cubs cards I picket up today. Also got a few HoF and All-star players.

Card shopping at Pokémon Fest in Normal Il with my kids

Cody and Ernie

Kerry Wood

Mark Grace


Gangar, V, and I

V and Phyduck


M and I
 

Went book shopping and picked up Terry

Spent some time with my two oldest kids today at the book barn in Forsyth IL. Picked up three books for my Terry Brooks and Terry Goodkind collection.

- Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind
- Confessor by Terry Goodkind

and

- Dark Wrath of Shannara by Terry Brooks


Lastly, I purchased the eBook, Indomitable by Terry Brooks that is between the Wishsong and Dark Wrath.

That is the most high-fantasy books I have purchased in one day in a while. 

My collection listing can be seen at http://mrgibson.com/tbtg/

Another Pickup and more about last weeks Illinois Game Conference 2024

 I finally picked up KC munchkin for the Odyssey 2 this weekend.  My find list is now complete. I never owned that game, but it is the first game I played on that system.  Picked it up for $8 .

I have my TI-99/4A hooked up.  Let's face it -  How cool is it that in 1981 the TI had made a  computer with a16 bit processor and S-Video out!  Unlike everything else of that era, I don't need an RF demodulation.  Here is a photo of it hooked to a 60 inch monitor via HDMI. Better than that CRT TV I had when I was a kid.  But hey I guess it did me fine back then.

Here are some photos of my last week pickups. Yes there are duplicates of stuff I already owned, BUT, some of these are for display and not playing. The TI I had been wanting for some time.  Someone sold it to my for $60 and I could not turn that down.  Tore the TI down and apart - and it was amazingly clean on the inside.

And here are some pics of the Illinois Game Conference in Bloomington IL.  This conference was the best one yet! It has grown every year, so I'm curious about next years.

Spar....Mostly Fluorite - collection

I have added a new collection page on MrGibson.com, my Spar collection.

The web page can be found here http://mrgibson.com/spar/.

Here are a couple of my favorite pieces.