tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post3523321877154596922..comments2024-03-28T13:44:09.103-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: My tedious 10night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-17135197792135669202010-05-14T15:29:25.603-04:002010-05-14T15:29:25.603-04:00dayf and sruchris - When you have a brick of cards...dayf and sruchris - When you have a brick of cards that won'e come apart throw them in the freezer. and then try it. If that doesn't work throw them in the oven for a bit. That usually get them apart (unless they got wet somewhere along the way)<br /><br />This also works for cards that have been in a screwdown too long.AdamEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107347958456472504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-77970524258498863292010-05-14T14:06:22.312-04:002010-05-14T14:06:22.312-04:00Damn Owl, you hit so many nails right on the head!...Damn Owl, you hit so many nails right on the head!Collective Trollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214312372172286275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-79084518589724605142010-05-14T12:41:40.164-04:002010-05-14T12:41:40.164-04:002. Small dates are bad, but wrong dates are even w...2. Small dates are bad, but wrong dates are even worse. Try sorting 1998-2003 Topps. For example some 2001 Topps cards have a 2000 date on them!<br /><br />4. It's not that hard. Spend a weekend organizing then keep up with it.<br /><br />5. Like stated above, curling is more a problem for me than scratches on chrome cards.<br /><br />6. What Dayf said. I have stacks and stacks of 2001 Topps and Stadium Club that are stuck together. Every attempt I've made to unstick them without damage was a failure.<br /><br />8. Not only should numbering be easy to read, it should be correct. Nothing is worse than paging a set and getting to card #403 only to find out that card number 12 does not exist and there are two card #128s!<br /><br />9. You and Dayf must have super-human strength! I never had a problem with binders or pages ripping and I've bound two cases of pages worth of cards over the past year.sruchrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07252808315190609518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-2363844503121035182010-05-14T11:15:16.038-04:002010-05-14T11:15:16.038-04:001. Cycle I like. Carolina Brights I like. Old Mill...1. Cycle I like. Carolina Brights I like. Old Mill I like. Bazooka Joe can die in a fire. <br /><br />2. You need a microscope to tell the date on some of these cards. I liked when Fleer and Donruss incorporated the data into their logos.<br /><br />3. If I were to drop everything and start cataloging cards 24/7/365 with two half-hour meal breaks, two 15 minute potty breaks and 5 hours for sleep per day, I would finish cataloging my cards on March 27th, 2194 at 8:15 PM. Then I would immediately die. <br /><br />4. If I can manage to FIND my dupes I consider it a great victory for mankind.<br /><br /><br />5. This is the reason for the stupid finest film protectors back in the 90s. If you keep your chrome reasonaby stored this chouldn't be a problem unless you love picking through cheapo nickel and dime boxes. Scratchy chrome breed in nickel and dime boxes.<br /><br />6. Oh, so you hate the glossy slick cards? stack those suckers together, put 'em in a box and go back 5 or 10 years later. The UV coating fuses into a giant brick. You have to break off a small stack and then bend 'em until you hear a satisfying cracking sound then peel them apart one by one. they <i>usually</i> don't get damaged. <br /><br />7. I liked foil names. Then I bought a scanner. I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate foil names. <br /><br />8. If the card number is not on the top left corner of the card it's a minor design flaw. If it's unreadable or hidden it's simply a bad set. <br /><br />9. I can't stand when I'm pulling a card out of a page and the seam splits on a pocket. These are the good Ultra-Pro pages, mind you, not the flimsy crappy ones with the dotted seams. That happened to me at Atlanta Sports Cards when pulling a relic out of their cheapo binder and it was just plain embarassing. <br /><br />10. I normally don't mind this but there is one excaption: 1958 Topps Hank Aaron / Mickey Mantle combo. Rat bastid Yankee collectors have driven up the price of that card to astronomical levels.dayfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09343838411856677615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-9788199592895979192010-05-14T10:16:36.596-04:002010-05-14T10:16:36.596-04:00Cataloging cards has always been my biggest hang u...Cataloging cards has always been my biggest hang up. I start these projects so many times and only make it a third or halfway through before accumulating so much in the meantime that I am no better off than I was when I started. It is a no win situation that I am glad to keep losing.<br /><br />Scratchy chrome is also a pet peave, and black border cards that always have chips in them annoys me too.<br /><br />But the one that takes the grand prize is by far the variations. I am all for multi-colored parallels or short printed versions. But when you start messing with the backs...forget it. Prime example for me is this years Champs Hockey. The Base has three parallels, including a front variation change on one. The mini's have two or three different back variations as well. Where do you draw the line?TheRealDFGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-8741417482704894942010-05-14T09:08:23.363-04:002010-05-14T09:08:23.363-04:00I can definitely sympathize with teeny weeny fine ...I can definitely sympathize with teeny weeny fine print copyrights and super glossy mishaps. Three things I would add: <br />1) The fact that my Chrome cards always seem to curl and make that super glossy mishap 80x more likely to occur. <br />2) Horizontal cards that have vertical backs that are printed upside down. What I mean by this is I always want my horizontal cards situated such that the card bottom is on the right hand side when in a top loader or binder page. But SOMETIMES the company uses a vertical back on these cards and they do it the other way around. So then if I'm showing card backs, I've either got a card with an upside down back or a backwards sideways front. Grrr.<br />3) Card numbers that are not in the upper left corner of the card back. I always handle my cards exactly the same and organize sets with the same hold, shuffle, insert, move manuever. If the card number is not in the upper left, it makes that manuever difficult.<br /><br />But yeah, like you, these are no where near deal breakers for me. Sort of like the bombshell pin-up girl who has a nasally voice or teases her eyebrows just a tad too much. It's a slight drawback, but really doesn't detract from the beauty of the entire package.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-57734067524411267162010-05-14T08:25:58.742-04:002010-05-14T08:25:58.742-04:001 and 2 are the worst ones on the list.
What I ...1 and 2 are the worst ones on the list. <br /><br />What I do about #1 is ignore it. To me the backs of the cards don't matter. So my mini A&G and T206 pages have a smorgasboard of backsides. <br /><br />Upper Deck cards are so much easier to sort because they not only put the year real big they put the set name real big at the bottom of each card. Fleer was pretty good also with a big year in one corner. Heritage are by far the worst.AdamEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107347958456472504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-50327531205682367472010-05-14T07:11:02.491-04:002010-05-14T07:11:02.491-04:00Exploding glossy stack...ha!Exploding glossy stack...ha!the sewingmachineguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041850862520319891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-74707077442248430982010-05-14T02:45:14.197-04:002010-05-14T02:45:14.197-04:00I'm thinking about collecting Dodgers since th...I'm thinking about collecting Dodgers since the Pirates suck.<br />The Dodgers have more talented players come through their organization.<br />I love the uniforms since blue is my favorite color.<br />The Garvey, Lopes, Russell, and Cey teams were my favorite.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652672655010595288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-92166152708220745442010-05-14T02:40:00.746-04:002010-05-14T02:40:00.746-04:00I agree whole heartedly. I'm sure there are o...I agree whole heartedly. I'm sure there are other things I'm bothered by, but it's too late to think. Still, I love this hobby. I had a stack of sorted cards slide over last night. I didn't have the heart or energy to fix them. Sad.Play at the Platehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-21155020992984248652010-05-14T01:04:29.299-04:002010-05-14T01:04:29.299-04:0010 great points. I pretty much agree with you on a...10 great points. I pretty much agree with you on all of them, especially the tiny copyrights and I could use some organizational skills as well. Some of our stuff is stored by set, some by team and some by player. It's pretty half-assed.BigDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730889755481834414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-56413174180767895232010-05-14T00:58:10.275-04:002010-05-14T00:58:10.275-04:00I really agree with 1, 2, 6, 7, and 10. The worst...I really agree with 1, 2, 6, 7, and 10. The worst of them are 10 and 6. I have an uneven desk and the glossy tend to slip off. And the two(or more)players/one card stunt just gets thrown into the doubles box if they are not on the same team. <br /><br />As for variation backs, I very rarely notice them.zman40https://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-5080771410149545562010-05-14T00:51:55.878-04:002010-05-14T00:51:55.878-04:00gcrl ~ Have we just met? What do you think I'v...gcrl ~ Have we just met? What do you think I've been doing?<br /><br />I need another Dodger collector besides you. We can't keep swapping the same '89 Brian Holton back and forth.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-53606164934160399282010-05-14T00:44:28.440-04:002010-05-14T00:44:28.440-04:00Send your dodger doubles to me and ill send you mi...Send your dodger doubles to me and ill send you mine. Seriously!gcrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882449679093991427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-29692417883631015682010-05-13T23:11:19.317-04:002010-05-13T23:11:19.317-04:002, 5, 8, and 9 kill me. ESPECIALLY 2, and ESPECIA...2, 5, 8, and 9 kill me. ESPECIALLY 2, and ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY with basketball/hockey cards. I've seen "1997-1998" cards with tiny, background blending copyright years, resulting in 1997 designations on beckett and 1996-1997 designations on sportlots and comc. When even the websites that keep track of cards get confused, you know that the copyright date needs to be more clear!SpastikMoosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13374559066158419166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-52597558367997287392010-05-13T22:48:54.517-04:002010-05-13T22:48:54.517-04:00How in the world are Cole Hamels and Russell Marti...How in the world are Cole Hamels and Russell Martin on the same card? Great write-up like usual, and I do agree that the back variations are quite annoying.longlivethewhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630692497796179967noreply@blogger.com