mkrueger

Update 6/2024

Currently working on finishing up a 1983 Topps Baseball set (only 10 more to go), got the big ones out of the way.  I have about half of the 1997 Metal Universe Baseball set that I'm thinking about working on next.  Mostly wanting to trade vs. buy.  Not too condition sensitive.  For card values I typically use Beckett or Ebay comps, but I don't buy/sell/trade too many cards where this matters that much to me.  Mostly trying to get the assortment of cards that I have that someone else might want into someone else's hands and build some sets on the way.  Thanks for stopping by.

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Baseball: Ripken, 78-89 Topps, former Oregon State players

Football: 79-83 Topps, LA/SD Chargers, former Oregon State players

Basketball: Sonics, Blazers, lots for set building, former Oregon State players (Glove, Brent Barry, GP2)

Send offers! For every 20-30 offers I send out, I get about one coming my way.

I'm a baseball only guy, but lately my wants are getting harder and harder to find, so I'm trading for Michael Jordan cards when trade partners don't have 90s baseball inserts I need. 

If I have cards on your wantlist and you don't have anything on mine, I will sell. It'd be nice to occasionally replenish all the funds I'm spending on stamps!

I guess it's time that I put a real profile description on here, as I've been around for a couple of years and am starting to ramp up my trading.

I am a baseball only collector. I owned a card store for about 9 years in the heyday of the junk era boom (1989-1998). When I closed it, I put the cards in storage for about 8 years, not touching them until roughly 2006.

 I decided in 2020 to narrow my collecting focus to only two areas:

1990's baseball insert and promotional sets.  I have completed about 75 percent of all insert sets made in the 90s!

AND:

1980's oddball sets if they were produced by one of the big five (Topps, Donruss, Fleer, Score and Upper Deck) Here's all I need from that era:

Some 1988, 1989 and 1990 Topps Stickers (1981 through 1987 complete)

Some 1983 Fleer Star Stickers (all other years complete)

A full set of 1980 Topps White Back Supers (all other years complete)

A full set of 1980 and 1981 Fleer Laughlin Team Logo stickers

1984 Fleer Update Gooden and Clemens to finish the complete run of 1984-1991 Fleer Update sets

A complete set of 1981 Topps Scratch-offs

Complete sets of 1983-1989 OPeeChee Stickers (have 1982)

All of the Topps Team Checklists from 1980-1982 (not the pack pulled ones, the ones that were printed on thinner cardboard sheets)

1970-1976 Kellogg's sets (I have completed 1977 through 1983. I might give up on this quest as these don't meet my criteria of being made by one of the big five, and finding older ones uncracked is hard and expensive.

A fair number of 1982 Fleer stamps (1983 is done)

Most of the 1989 and 1990 KMart blister pack Topps Batting Leaders

That's it for 1980's oddball needs

I have tens of thousands of star cards from football, basketball and baseball not listed in my FS/FT yet, but will be working on that as time allows. If you see that I have cards on my wantlist that you have, but don't see anything on your wantlist that I have, send me a message and I bet I can round up some trade bait while I'm working on inputting them.

My collecting is mostly focused on post 2020 Topps flagship & chrome sets but I also collect Topps flagship Brewers base, inserts, and parallels. I have a soft spot for the 2023 Topps Update Halloween parallels, so feel free to send a trade if you've got some!

 Interested in trading only. Assume that trades of 27 cards or less will be shipped PWE unless we agree otherwise. 

Collecting John Olerud, Toronto Blue Jays team sets, and 1974 to 2020 Topps base sets. My main collecting priority is Toronto Blue Jays team sets from Topps flagship and Topps Heritage (including variations and SP's).

I'm not currently very active in terms of posting in the forums and initiating trades, but I am still accepting trade offers and will respond within 24-48 hours. Thanks!

***pausing transactions briefly to catch up on current proposals and reconcile inventory***

Matt Williams (#1 TCDB)

Still in the long process of uploading my current collection of baseball cards.

New to the site since 1/25/23 after a 20-year break in collecting and have just completed 450 trades on 3/8/2024!

ALWAYS looking for 1998 Topps Tek Diffractors Patterns for card #44!

Most wanted items:

1987 The Bon Pocatello Giants Team Set

1990 Phoenix Baseball Magnetables #54 Matt Williams

1991 O-Pee-Chee - Pre-Production Sample Sheets #NNO