Unnamed Trade Project: Phase One: Justin's World

Justin, from the aptly named blog, Justin's World (whom I nominated for Blog of the Year BTW for those who are not familiar with this great blog) was the first person to participate in the little trade project I concocted recently.  I offered up a Starling Marte 2012 Rookie card to anyone who wanted it and said that I would then trade off whatever was sent in return for it.

Here is what Justin sent:

Hmmmm.... my first trade in this project, and the first temptation to keep the card and nix the project.  But no, I said I would keep this up for a year and see what we wind up with.

As a bonus, Justin added a card of thorn-in-the-Razorbacks-side Jevan Snead.

Yeah, no such temptation to keep a card of this goober.  Not that we Razorbacks detest Ole Miss or anything.

So, let's keep this going.  Anyone who wants the Bruce and Snead, leave a comment and they're yours.  Don't tell me what you are sending back in return.  And the quantity does not have to increase.  You can still just send one card for the two above.   Whatever I receive, will be traded off as well, so don't think you have to find something I would like.

Thanks for playing Justin, and nice return for the Marte!

Today's The Big Day... And Here's A Card I Almost Threw Away

Tonight's the big auction, and yours truly will not be able to attend.  I'll be there in spirit though, and am anxious to call Cleve tomorrow afternoon and see if I managed to get anything.  In the meantime, I almost threw this card away:

Not that it's a super card or anything, but it's it's not bad either.  I was organizing my crap the other day and grabbed a couple of what I thought were empty blaster boxes and was about to toss them in the recylcing bin.  I heard something rattle around in one of the boxes, and out popped this card.

So I thought it would be cool to use this as a seed and see what this card could "evolve" into over the course of a year.  I'm going to trade this to someone- and I don't want to know what comes back in return.  Then whatever I get back- no matter what it is (does need to be a sports card)  and no matter how much I like it- will get traded as well.  I'll keep doing it for a year, and document the journey along the way. 

Whoever wants to kick this game off with me in the first round, please leave a comment below and send me your address.  Just don't tell me what you are sending back.