I won cool stuff from the Card Hobbyist

it was a while back, but it's never too late to post about cool cards, right?   i won a contest over at the Card Hobbyist and i got a great combo of cards for the PC, and a little bitta trade bait.
without further ado...presenting some very nice cardboard i got just for being part of our very cool subculture.  thanks for the great contest and the great loot !  (p.s. thanks to all my readers too)

this is my favorite card out of the pile.  card hobbyist hit my wish list right on target for baseball cards.  check out this 1959 -  i said - 59 !! topps in just about pristine condition. ink colors, the photo, cool logo, even a decent signature from ol' pedro.  its a beautiful example of vintage cardboard. heres a tidbit about ramos involving the mick. ramos threw the pitch that mantle famously almost hit out of yankee stadium,  hitting the top deck facade in right field.  a feat later reproduced in the redford baseball classic, the natural.

more vintage goodness.  my first charlie hustle as a phillie card.  i dig this photo with rose sportin' the 'mudflaps' look and as always, looking like he's about 60 seconds away from a base hit.  homeboy musta SLEPT with a batting helmet on.

check out this RC of america's (?!!?) quarterback. 

check out this great NFL relic card

and just to keep the badass QB roll call going, mr. manning

i've seen these spotlight cards on my fellow bloggers sites and they looked great.  now that i have one..yeh, they are very cool.  hey marlins fans...feel a trade coming on?

Santa's Package is coming to YOU...

hey everybody, i've been talking trades with several of you over the past week and i finally got over to the post office today.  i dropped off several trade packages for y'all.  Cards are on the way to:

kyle over at juuust a bit outside

 david the rhubarb_runner

greg the night owl  
you mentioned ismael valdes in your post about our last trade, so i found a laser valdes for you... ( i packed it before i scanned it, so i had to snatch a pic from another site - "please visit checkoutmycards.com for all your online purchases and tell them stealing home sent you."  OK, lawyers??

the wicked hombre over at  the cardboard don

and last, but far from least...ryan over at the great orioles autograph project

enjoy your cards everybody...and for everyone else...a quick reminder from another one of santa's helpers...

BE GOOD Y'ALL ! SANTA'S WATCHING...at least, he's always watchin' me.