2009 Icons Box Break

These are the cards from the box of 2009 Icons I posted about last month. This was a lot of fun to open and getting the Ozzie and Markakis cards made it even better. Everything else is up for trade!

First – The Numbered Cards (all numbered to 999)



The Relics


The Lettermen (20/40 and 1/35)


The Auto (80 of 199)

Met’s Trade with The Sandlot

We completed a trade last month with the The Sandlot. We sent Mets, he sent Cardinals. Here's some of the loot!

2006 Flair Showcase Albert Pujols Emerald 91 / 150
2007 Topps Chrome Jim Edmonds Refractor 24 / 660
2009 Topps Gold Border Kyle Lohse 1349 / 2009


2007 UD Elements Skip Schumaker Auto
2007 Turkey Red Brad Thompson Jersey

Lone Wolf Pack Break

I mentioned before that the principal at my school helps to run a card shop on the weekends. We went to visit him last weekend but it turns out he was on vacation. We bought the last pack of 2008 Bowman Chrome and the last pack of 2008 Moments and Milestones they had in the case and spent some quarters at the card vending machine.

The Bowman Chrome pack had a numbered refractor of current Cardinals backup catcher Gerald Laird’s baby brother – Brandon Laird 464 of 500.



The Moments and Milestones pack had a Clay Buchholz Rookie Autograph!


These are both for trade.

Dad: Isaac has inherited my “what if” disease – The one that, in other collecting realms, will not allow me to walk away from the last copy of a Jazz LP, or editioned poster / print, or other music or hifi related collectible in fear that it will not be there next time or, worse yet, the item is even more special than I suspect. This affliction has now spread to the the last (few) packs of a box at the shop. Isaac’s propensity to grab autos and relics out of these lone wolf packs has only worsened this condition in both of us.

Hobby Shop Mystery Pack

My principal works at a hobby shop on the weekends. We went to the shop last weekend and picked up a few Cardinals, a pack of Bowman, and a mystery pack. The mystery pack is a brown lunch bag containing twenty cards and random relics or autographs.

This pack had a bunch of cards but no Cardinals and these two hits.

2005 Turkey Red Mark Mulder Jersey Card


2000 Diamond Authentics Jesse Ibarra Autograph. Here’s his claim to fame.

2009 Signature Stars Box Break

My dad found a box of this on sale and gave it to me because he lost our bet. He bet me I couldn’t get to 500 reading counts points this year. The previous Third Grade record in my school was 300. I made it all the way to 513 points. Only two sixth graders had more points than me and they were over 600.

This was a bad box: two USA jersey cards, one USA jersey + auto (a repeat player!) and one average MLB auto. At least there were lots of Cardinals and a Lincecum and Markakis.

Trever Bauer and Chad Bettis jersey cards


Chad Bettis (again!) Jersey Autograph


Matt Tolbert Autograph


These are all up for trade.

2006 SPX Adam Wainwright Auto

The latest addition to our Adam Wainwright Rooking collection:

Numbered 350 of 999.

2006 Topps Finest Adam Wainwright Rookie Auto

Added to our Wainwright rookie collection a few weeks ago thru a cheap, three card lot from a new seller. I think a lot of folks were turned off by the new seller’s lack of feedback so the bidding was at a minimum.


The other two cards in the lot. Nelson Cruz Rookie Auto. Ryan Garko Rookie Auto Refractor 366 / 399. Both are up for trade.

Gypsy Queen Retail: Seeing Double

We've picked up loose packs of Gypsy Queen at Target the last few weeks and ended up pulling two autos!!!

There was just one problem...

Both Josh Tomlin Auto's are up for trade!

Birthday Box - 2006 Upper Deck Ovation

This is the second box my Grandma gave me for my birthday. My dad gave me a box at the Winter Warm Up this year and I got a great Ken Griffey Jr. autograph. I also have cool Chien Ming Wang and Miguel Cabrera autographs from Ovation boxes. This box had another Cabrera auto (the wrong one), a scuffed HOF jersey card, an extra numbered rookie card, and a Pujols insert I didn’t have yet. Everyone but Albert is up for trade.

Birthday Box–2006 Artifacts

My Grandma gave me two boxes for my birthday. My dad and I have opened two boxes before and haven’t done very well with the relics or jerseys. This box was OK. At least I got something to sent to Carl Crawford Cards. These are all available for trade. I’m looking for similar Cardinals or favorite player cards.
Carl Crawford Jersey 67 of 250

Coco Crisp Jersey 30 of 325

Ervin Santana Jersey 237 of 250

Chris Capuano Autograph 74 of 800

Trade with Sewing Machine Guy

Sewing Machine Guy posted about a Nick Markakis Gypsy Queen autograph and my dad asked if it was up for trade. It was. We sent a Rick Porcello auto I got a couple of years ago for the Markakis. He also sent some cool Cardinals too. Thanks!

Two Cardinals Mini’s


A Matt Holliday Turkey Red


A 1982 Pete Rose


And here’s the Nick Markakis autograph


My dad brought home a pack of Masterpieces on his trip. I got this cool Justin Verlander numbered 34 of 75 right after his no hitter!


Dad – Looks like this card, or at least the scoreboard, is from Verlander’s 2007 no hitter against the Brewers. Chalk it up to SMG kharma.

2006 Adam Wainwright UD Future Stars Auto

Here’s another low cost ebay addition to our Wainwright rookie stack. This one is pretty cool as its printed on clear plastic. The auto is on a clear sticker.

2011 Topps Redemption: Fausto Carmona

We had the Indians in A Cardboard Problem’s 2011 Topps Series One Case Break and ended up with a redemption for a Fausto Carmona autograph. Not very exciting but at least the throwback uniform keeps things interesting.



Available for trade if anyone is interested!

2004 Donruss Elite Molina Rookie Autograph

Not sure when it started, but I’ve been picking up Wainwright and Molina rookie cards when I come across them cheap. I picked this one up on ebay last month. Its not bad for a sticker auto but Yadi is definitely someone Ike wants to get in person.

Another Rack Pack Box of 2004 Fleer Platinum

My dad got us another box of 2004 Fleer Platinum Hobby Rack Packs. No Ryan Howard or even anyone close this time. There was one repeat autograph though.

Javier Vazquez


Rich Harden


Richie Weeks


And the repeat autograph goes to….a Billy Wagner redemption. BOOO!


These are all up for trade.