[rjcj2017]

My friends,

For many years on these boards, Dr. Mitch J and I have swapped numerous stories, thoughts and jokes about the hobby, but for whatever reason we were never able to connect on a trade.

Finally we were able to make a deal, and it was a whopper.

There are not many cards I would give this up for:




Except for this:





I am a huge Piazza fan, and having an on-card auto of one of my all-time favorites was something I just had to do.

Then, in a separate deal, I finally tracked down an auto of one of my very favorite players from when I was a kid:





Say what you will about the PEDs and what not, but when I was a kid there was not a bigger star (especially in my area) than Jose.

I am thrilled to add these to my collection, and want to thank Mitch and Alan for a couple of smooth deals.

[DrMitchJ]

You're welcome, buddy. ... and Thanks again.
Glad you were able to get a Canseco Auto... I thought Tanner owned them all

[franciscomarina]

Nice to see some great trades going on.

[osujeffrey]

Well done...

[alfredoleal2001]

great looking cards you got there!! congrats!!

[rjcj2017]

You're welcome, buddy. ... and Thanks again.
Glad you were able to get a Canseco Auto... I thought Tanner owned them all

Ha! Yeah, I had to jump on that one quick.

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Nice to see some great trades going on.

Thanks man ... this was one of those I actually lost a little bit of sleep over, LOL.

But at the end of the day, I did what I call the "imaginary card shop test" ... as in, I imagined that I walked into a card shop and these were next to each other in the case.

I could only afford one, so which one would I buy?

And the answer was the Piazza. No offense toward Jeter at all - it's just that Piazza's rookie year with the Dodgers happened to be my freshman year at USC, so I started following him because we were like the new kids in town, LOL.

Plus, I knew Doc would really value the card as a true Yankees fan, and not just try to flip it.

I remember when I pulled it, thinking man, a Yankees or Jeter collector should have pulled this, it's pretty nice.

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Well done...

Thank you! It was quite a mail week, LOL

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great looking cards you got there!! congrats!!

Thank you, I was very glad to have two great members and traders help me out.

[DrMitchJ]

Here's the jeter card in it's new home... thanks again, buddy!

[rjcj2017]

Here's the jeter card in it's new home... thanks again, buddy!

That's awesome, Doc! The only reason I was OK with trading it is that I knew it would go to someone who appreciated it!