It seems to happen fairly often. A quick note about a card or two turns into a much bigger trade, especially when you are trading for the first time. This trade with Paul over at Phungo started out with Paul asking me if I was interested in this Matt Cain Heritage black border card:
I said sure and we exchanged a couple emails and a trade was born. I was super excited to get some of Paul's signature home made cards. Check these out:
These are very cool and I got a nice selection of Giants. Even though Terry Mulholland is listed as a Phillie, I remember him from his Giants day as well. I really like the photo in the Cain/Lincecum card and all of these are very welcome additions to the Giants binders.
But it didn't stop there, all of these were included as well:
A great collection of past Giants from a bunch of different years and sets. The Nen is looking quite psychedelic. I really want to get more of the Giants from the Legends of NY set, I have a few but these are sharp looking cards. The photography on the Jeff Kent card is perfect, right after contact. It is a great use of the horizontal card design.
The Cain was great, the Phungo cards are better, but this card was by far the best of the package and completely unexpected.
A 1960 Vintage HOF card of Orlando Cepeda! This was one of the last cards I needed for my 1960 Giants team set and I am so thankful to Paul for this awesome trade package.
Thanks for a great trade!
I agree w/ you on so many points about these cards, I am surprised we don't see the Angle on the Kent card more often. The Cain/Lincecum photo will always been one of my favorites, just because even though Lincecum has his backed turned but you know exactly who it is.
ReplyDeleteI have that Blanco Red Parallel reserved, sadly I don't think the Giants are wll represented in 2014 Phungo so there may not be any new ones of those to add to your collection this year.