One of my favorite early day inserts where those player specific sets that Fleer/Leaf put out. I looked forward to seeing which player would be chosen for that special 10-card tribute. So many wo...
http://www.communitygum.com/2019/05/14/theres-no-team-in-sets/
2002. The New England Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams for their first NFL championship shortly after the tragic events of 9/11, so a lot of people put extra meaning on that team winning, but I...
http://www.communitygum.com/2019/04/07/maddux-overload-2002-edition/
Whether you like it or not (and the answer is probably not), reprints are a part of the hobby these days and they don’t show signs of leaving anytime soon. It’s understandable that card com...
http://www.communitygum.com/2018/11/26/ive-seen-this-before/
While I didn’t get a massive response to my trade bait posts (I do want to try again soon), I did come out of it with some success. I was also lucky enough to meet a couple new trade partners. ...
http://www.communitygum.com/2018/09/09/trading-to-fill-in-some-junk-wax-gaps-part-1/
At the show, I expanded my budget a little bit. I put a little cash aside each month just for this show, which was thankfully easier due to paying off my car and credit cards a while back. That a...
http://www.communitygum.com/2018/07/20/2017-nscc-6-sample-size-swatches/
My goodness does time fly. There are trades initiated in November of last year that I still haven’t posted on here yet. I’m sorry to anyone else who is still waiting for their cards and thank...
http://www.communitygum.com/2018/06/23/decidedly-not-red-cardboard-a-trade-with-red-cardboard/
I teased this before in my June ebay rundown, but I happened to stumble across a nice Frank Thomas lot in one of my random, non-saved searches. It was one of those unique situations where the sel...
http://www.communitygum.com/2017/10/07/that-june-2017-ebay-frank-thomas-lot/
In typical Community Gum fashion, this monthly series hasn’t been featured on the blog since June when I displayed my May winnings. I’m stealing about 30 minutes from my nighttime work schedu...
The dust is starting to settle after the 2017 National. It’s been about a week since it ended and I’m slowly getting organized. Work has put me severely behind and reduced my free time to an ...
http://www.communitygum.com/2017/08/06/a-twitter-trade-before-the-storm/
I’m very much itching to get back to the National and I finally bought my tickets. It’s been hit or miss as to whether or not I would be able to get there, but as of now, I’m going to make ...
http://www.communitygum.com/2017/07/17/2015-nscc-9-preparing-for-2017/