gulms13

Welcome and thanks for visiting my page.  Have a look at my For Sale/Trade and Wantlist.  I hope we can do some trading.

What am I collecting?  New York Yankees cards.  The community at TCDB has been great and I'm getting very close to completing my first goal of at least one manufacturer/team set for each year from 1970 to the current year.

These are what I need to complete my first goal (aka my highest priority cards).:

• 1995 Upper Deck - 495
• 1997 Upper Deck - 248, 250, 252, 253 and 254
• 2002 Topps Traded - T25

My Wantlist is up-to-date with everything I'm interested in getting under my first goal plus secondary ones I've added over time.

Beyond my first goal list, I am interested in all Yankees cards.  If you see something on my For Trade list that you want but you don't have anything on my Wantlist then feel free to message me.  I'd be happy to check what Yankees you have for trade and see if there are other cards I'd like.

Variations: I'm not too concerned with the variations when it is essentially the same card but with a different copyright line.  If I'm looking for a card with multiple variations like this I'll often add all to my Wantlist so its easier to find traders but I'll only need one when actually making a trade.    

I'm open to buying cards if you are selling instead of trading.  I can check what you have available and let you know what I'd be interested in then we can discuss price.    

What do I have in my collection to trade?  My collection is probably very typical of the casual collector.  I have baseball and football cards from when I collected as a kid in the late 70s and early 80s.  Then a resurgence of baseball only cards from the 90s and some early 2000s.  I tried to take good care of my cards so I think most of the 70-80s cards are VG-EX or better.  Anything from late 80s on should be NM or better.  I've tried to enter the condition for any card that I think does not have the desired quality for its age; these are mostly cards with checklists because I wrote on them as a kid but there is the occasional card that I got from someone else who didn't take care of them as well.  I will definitely check every card before agreeing to a trade and let you know if there is anything that could be a concern.      

About Me: As you can see from what I collect, I'm a New York Yankees fan.  I've been following them for 40+ years from the time of Munson and Reggie, to Mattingly (my favorite), the great years in the late nineties to present.  Hoping the current group can break through the World Series drought.   

I'm open for trading/selling - just send me an offer! I'm fine with trades of any size or value - my trade/want lists are up-to-date. If you don't have anything on my want list, feel free to purchase - I'll sell most cards for $0.50 - $1.00, as long as it's worth the postage cost.

Shipping - I will ship PWE unless otherwise agreed. I mark as "package sent" when I drop in the mailbox; typically that means the postmark date is the day after. I appreciate your patience.

My collection:

I'm usually working on a few sets at any given time, especially 35th Anniversary inserts, Black Golds, and A&G minis. My big long-term project is collecting one of each Yankees base gold (e.g., /2022).

My random project is collecting an autograph from every player on the 1996-2009 Yankees WS championship rosters. When they exist, I go for licensed, on-card autos from years the player was active on the Yankees. I prefer to get cards from championship years. The toughest part is the bench players/middle relievers who often don't have any official auto cards; I'm making progress in-person/TTM.

For most players that I collect, I focus on sets:

- Mariano Rivera, Gleyber Torres, Masahiro Tanaka, Gerrit Cole, and Jose Canseco silver packs

- Jorge Posada A&G minis

- Brett Gardner base rainbows

- Jose Canseco 35th Anniversary inserts/autos/relics

- Hideki Matsui Chrome Platinum Anniversary rainbow