Cardinalsgeek

I collect vintage baseball cards. Players like Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Willie Mays and many more. 

I have a Facebook group called "Harmon's Old-Time Baseball Cards - Buy Sell Trade & Show Them Off. 

If you love vintage baseball cards please join us.

If you don't have any cards from my want list, check out my "On Sale" collection. All cards are 10/$1 plus postage (PWE if possible)

FYI I'm not going to pull the cards then send an offer only to be rejected, never replied to or counter offer. If you want to do the trade, send me a message or accept but hold off on mailing till I pull mine. If I make a mistake I will do my best to make it right. 

Started collecting baseball cards in 1966. Stopped in 1971. Started again in 1987. Stopped again in 1994. Started to try to reduce the size of my collection when I joined this database. Not sure if I'm getting anywhere.

Like a lot of diiferent card types. If you look at my collections you will get an idea of what. Especially  like cards from before 1970 and oversize cards. Very flexible when it comes to condition.  

Favorite team: Cardinals

Favorite players: Albert Pujols, Randy Johnson, Tony Gwynn, Nolan Ryan, Orlando Cepeda and Bob Gibson

Too hard to pick a favorite set but there are definitely some I just do not like the looks of.

57 Topps (boring) 62 Topps (makes me think of wood paneling) 70 Topps (hate gray) 72 Topps (Tackiest looking ever) 81 Topps (hate the little hats that don't look like the team's actual hats) and 89 Fleer (another gray card set)

Red Schoendienst Super Collector. 

My #1 wanted card is Reds Schumacher Service Station!

I also love snapshots of Hofers pre 1960,

type 1s and unique items of reds.

By far the best way to contact me is through Twitter DMS!

Goal 1:1 Card from 2023 for each player who played in the World Baseball Classic 

Goal 2: to Complete a full Topps/Bowman set for each of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of famers whos numbers have been retired.

Ozzie Smith

Red Schoendienst

Stan Musial

Enos Slaughter

Tony La Russa

Ken Boyer 

Dizzy Dean

Lou Brock

Whitey Herzog

Bruce Sutter

Bob Gibson

Ted Simmons

Goal 3: To Collect a card for each player on each roster for the St. Louis Cardinals each year

Goal 4:To Collect a card for each player on each roster for the St. Louis Blues each year

Goal 5:To Collect a card for each player on each roster for the St. Rams each year

J. Buhner, A.Rhodes, C.Bosio,  D. Wilson, J.Nelson, J.Kruk, R.Dibble, M.Blowers, R.Myers, D.Boyd, M. Blowers, M. Fidrych, B. Blyleven, D. Parker.

DISCLOSURE:

My Topps 59' 60' 61' and 62's are all Ex or Ex+ and looking for good homes.

My OPC/Topps 70's vary widely.  I hesitate to grade, but I do  know the parameters.  Ask for condition and I will put eyeballs on the card and let you know.

My Topps 79' and 80' are weathered.  Some dings, soft edges. Pesentable. Handled by me as a child.  If its creased, it isnt listed here

Everything else Ex+/Nm or better.

Soccer is my first love.

Transactions are ON, lets trade!

My Collections--

• I like to build my Ozzie Smith & Ray Lankford collections.  My Want list is mostly updated on this site.
• I also like to build team sets of the St. Louis Cardinals.  
• Current grail card-  High quality version of https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/35/cid/26913/1955-Bowman-257-Tom-Alston
• Unofficially a collector of Adam Wainwright rookie cards, even in a Braves uniform. 

TCDb Trading--

• For trades, when selecting cards from my want list, I prefer base set cards over parallels or inserts in order to complete team sets.   
• Open to any trade offer, just looking for equal value on both sides and cards from my Want list.
• I'm most likely going to use a PWE (Plain White Envelope) to send trades unless the trade is for >28 cards or higher in value or you let me know otherwise before the trade is agreed.  Thanks!
• I'll trade my few football and basketball cards for cheap if you want em!
• I have a complete set of 1981 Donruss Baseball I got as a door prize that I wont take the time to completely add to my FS/T list.  If you want it, let me know and we'll work out a good trade for you.  
• FYI-- When adding new cards to my FS/T list, Ive decided to stop worrying about a lot of minor variants from the early 90's, such as the Donruss "." variants, Upper Deck hologram variants, and various copyright code variants.  If you want a specific VAR in a trade, please ask at the time of the trade and I'll make sure I've got the one you need.  I worried about it for a long time so most are entered correctly.   Thanks for understanding. 

Priority of my want lists:
1 - Any and all Phillies cards (almost anything not in my collection is a "want")
2 - Various set ventures (baseball - 1972 Topps, 2016 Topps Chrome, Archives, Heritage sets, then hockey sets)
3 - Baseball HOFers (1980s)
4 - Baseball HOFers (1970s)
5 - Baseball HOFers (1990s)
6 - Baseball HOFers (other decades)

If there are any other categories of want lists, they would fall between set completion and HOFers.

I added approx. 90,000 cards available for trade in early 2023.

[The next section has been updated on 3/4/2024]

Note: Currently transactions are ON.

While I have transaction requests turned on, trade proposals will be handled in the order in which they are received. I am continuing to take it slow because I don't have the time or patience to take on too many trades at once. Additionally, I have found that it makes it easier on both sides because the cards are known to be available. And please, when we do trade, please make it so that the postage to/from your location to mine makes a trade worthwhile for both of us. Thank you.

Please also note that I am very much open to selling in addition to trading. If you see stuff you want and don't have anything in return, that's okay. We'll work out a deal that will be fair for both of us, not just me (and not just you, please). (The listings over at the SwamiLee account are in my possession and I am also selling those. The only sport left there is baseball.)