Secret Santa Holiday Exchange (3rd Annual) 2014

[Sean1125]

PM'S ARE BEING SENT OUT 12/1 IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE ONE BEFORE 1 PM TODAY PLEASE MESSAGE ME ASAP!

Please post publicly when you receive your gift.
Please post publicly when you have sent your gift.










Every participant will receive a 1953 Brown & Bigelow Babe Ruth from a deck I recently opened. I have 52 to give away.

Hi guys! Welcome to the Third Annual Net 54 Secret Santa holiday exchange!

Here is the rules and timeline:

1. Nov 30th is the cutoff to enter.

2. Gifts should be sent on or before December 10th (Make sure it gets there on time!!!!!!!)

3. Gifts should be valued at $25 or greater. I will do my best to give each SS their interests for both giving and receiving.

4. When sending the gift add "N54SS" somewhere visible so it is not opened early! Please open gifts on or after the 25th.


If you would like to participate please PM me your info, it should include:

E-mail Address
Real Name
User Name
Address

Pick one of the following categories and include your "want" from that category. Ex: 1920 and earlier "T206".
1920 and earlier
1921-1940
1941-1949
1950-1967
1968-1979
Modern
Memorabilia

What you can give should be fairly similar to what you would like to receive. There are no guarantees you will get exactly what you want but I will do my best to match up individuals with similar interests.

[Sean1125]

Username
1 Milkit1 - Shipped - Received
2 Canjond - Shipped - Received
3 4815162342 - Received - Shipped
4 Rich Klein - Shipped - Received
5 Wolf441 - Shipped - Received
6 Jay_Wolt - Shipped - Received
7 Sycks22 - Shipped - Received
8 bn2cardz - Received - Shipped
9 39special - Shipped
10 irishdenny - Shipped
11 gnaz01 - Shipped - Received
12 brianp-beme Shipped - Received
13 pariah1107 - Shipped - Received
14 kamikidEFFL - Received - Shipped
15 markf31 - Shipped - Received.
16 wake.up.the.echoes - Shipped - Received
17 Eric72 - Shipped - Received
18 tschock - Shipped
19 jason.1969 - Shipped - Received
20 mrmantlecollector - Shipped - Received
21 tuckr1 - Shipped
22 GehrigFan - Shipped - Received
23 th38larg - Shipped
24 midmo - Shipped - Received
25 x2drich2000 - Shipped - Received
26 ZachS - Shipped - Received
27 ShoelessBob Shipped - Received
28 ibuysportsephemera - Shipped - Received
29 pawpawdiv9 - Shipped - Received
30 tlwise12 - Shipped - Received
31 h2oya311 - Shipped - Received

[Rich Klein]

Looking forward, as always to this

Rich

[bn2cardz]

It was a lot of fun last year and open to it again this year. Info sent.

[39special]

Pm sent.Thanks for taking the time to do this again!

[irishdenny]

Christmas TiMe! WoW...

It Must be... It's Finally Raining here iN San Antonio :)

It's that TiMe of Year, When I Really Truly Realize How Blessed I am!

Hope You All Have aN AweSome Holiday SeasoN...
And to Finish it off... My Oldest Daughter iS Getting Married January 11th.

"Isn't Life Grand!?... I have No Doubt!!!"

Thanks Sean & All fir the this Spirited Event!

[gnaz01]

Of course, I'm in!! PM sent

[kamikidEFFL]

Sean I'm in. Pm on its way.

[Cmount76]

Sounds like fun. Do we send graded or raw cards?

[gnaz01]

Sounds like fun. Do we send graded or raw cards?

Whatever you choose

[Sean1125]

List is updated.

[Rich Klein]

So this goes back to page 1

[Sean1125]

So this goes back to page 1

Updated.

[milkit1]

I forgot, should we be letting you know what we are sending via PM? sorry i forgot how that worked :)

[h2oya311]

I'm in...I haven't done this before, so let please let me know how it all works...Sean, do you determine all the SS selections? And how do I submit my category to you??

[tuckr1]

any football allowed?? If so I am in

Thanks Tucker

[Sean1125]

Derek - Just send info from first post. I hand select all matches.
Tucker - No one has requested it, but if there are others it should be okay. I will do my best to match.
Sean - You got it.

List is being updated now.

[milkit1]

awesome, Ill let you know what i am contributing this weekend. Thanks :)

[kamikidEFFL]

Just bumping this to the top so we can get more people involved in it.

[Rich Klein]

Bumping Back to 1st Page

[Sean1125]

I will be back tomorrow and
update the list

[ibuysportsephemera]

Sean, as you know I don't do cards....if you can match me up with another memorabilia collector (I have tons of publications, photos etc.), I would love to participate again. My Secret Santa was very generous last year and it was much appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeff

[39special]

Black Friday bump

[tlwise12]

I'll participate. Lmk Sean

[Sean1125]

I'll participate. Lmk Sean

You can follow the instructions in the first post...

[pawpawdiv9]

PM sent Sean. Never done this before, sounds pretty cool.

[kamikidEFFL]

Last day bump. Thanks again Sean for holding this

[Sean1125]

PM's are being sent out now.

One set of "Santas" has each other because they are the only two with those interests - I felt it was best to get them each their give want rather than remain anonymous.

There were also a group of 4 that I was able to get 'close', but not exactly what you wanted.

Everyone else should be in their wheelhouse :D

I did my best!

Let the festivities begin!

[h2oya311]

Sean - did you forget about me??

[Sean1125]

Sean - did you forget about me??

Derek, I just checked and I have no PM from you in the past month.

[GehrigFan]

Sean - did you forget about me??

Derek, just send me something - I buy all your "B/S/T" cards anyway ;-)

Hope you get in somehow.

[h2oya311]

Derek, just send me something - I buy all your "B/S/T" cards anyway ;-)

Hope you get in somehow.


Very funny Mark! But true! I'll send you something for Christmas as my most valued customer!!

Anyway, Sean - I just checked my sent box and didn't see anything to you (although I specifically remember sending you a PM stating that I'm a "rookie" collector but would do anything pre-war). Oh well, I'll be on the look-out for next year's Secret Santa!

Good luck to all!!

[Sean1125]

Derek - drop me a pm I will see what I can work out. Anyone else do the same. Please.

[Eric72]

Derek - drop me a pm I will see what I can work out. Anyone else do the same. Please.

Sean,

If need be, Derek can have my "recipient" spot. And I will still ship a gift to the person whose info you sent me today via PM.

The Net54 Secret Santa tradition has been very good to me. I am more than happy to let someone else receive my gift while getting nothing in return personally.

After all, the holidays are a time of giving.

Best regards,

Eric

[ibuysportsephemera]

My gift is leaving tomorrow morning by priority mail.

Thanks Sean for putting this together.

Jeff

[jason.1969]

Realizing I'm a new member and fairly unknown to the group, I put up my Wish List at http://jasoncards.wordpress.com/about/.

No worries, Santa, if you don't have anything on my list. But if it helps at all, it's there for you.

Jason

P.S. No, I'm not expecting anything on that top row!

[GehrigFan]

My Secret Santa gift is leaving in the mail today. Hope someone enjoys it!

[Jay Wolt]

Mine will ship out tomorrow. Have printed the priority label & need to find out where the Xmas wrapping paper is hidden.

[jason.1969]

Mailed!

[canjond]

Mailed out.

[pariah1107]

This has been a very wonderful year, thank you very much Sean! Secret Santa gift is on his sleigh!

[tuckr1]

Sean thanks for setting this up, what an awesome idea

SS gift on its way

Thanks Tucker

[midmo]

mailed out this morning. thanks!

[mrmantlecollector]

The gift is in the bag.

[kamikidEFFL]

Waiting on my gift to get here then out in the mail it will go. I wanted to really make sure I got something he would want.

[pawpawdiv9]

I will send out Sat

[mrmantlecollector]

Received The present is under the tree.:)

[th38larg]

Gift is on its way!

[ZachS]

Shipped out today.

[Rich Klein]

Will be going to my shippers on Sunday to get these packages ready to ship.

Package will be coming from Pro Look in Allen Texas

[bn2cardz]

I did receive my package and it is under the tree. Which has made my 4 year old jealous as she keeps asking where her presents are and if she can open it.

[Rich Klein]

It will be shipped from Pro Look in Allen TX via UPS

[kamikidEFFL]

The ss gift I got for my ss came in yesterday but I wasn't happy with it so I felt my ss wouldn't either so I have something else for him coming in. Be out the day after I get it in my hands.

[Eric72]

Gift sent out today.

[39special]

Gift went out today.

[milkit1]

Mailed. I hope the person likes it :)

[4815162342]

Received - thank you Santa!

I will be sending out my gift as soon as it comes in.

[Rich Klein]

My package arrived today --- very appreciated :D

[Eric72]

Gift arrived today. Thanks, Santa. :)

[bn2cardz]

I never posted but mine did get sent out.

[midmo]

I received mine, it's under the tree. Thanks!

[tlwise12]

Mine gift was mailed out today

[x2drich2000]

My gift is packaged up and should be at the PO tomorrow and I received mine the other day.

DJ

[Sean1125]

I will get the sent/rec'd post updated when I get back Saturday. Thank you again everyone who participated.

[sycks22]

Mine went out a couple days ago. Always love getting a card at Christmas.

[kamikidEFFL]

Mine will be out tomorrow or day after. It's all packaged n ready to go

[sycks22]

Got mine in today's mail. Now there's a present under the tree.

[h2oya311]

Packages have been sent!! Sorry, no Ruth rookies for the recipients...

[tschock]

Secret Santa package has been sent and is on Santa's Postal sled.

[jason.1969]

My gift has just arrived. Will take all my willpower not to peek.

[wake.up.the.echoes]

My present arrived.

My secret Santa present will leave on Monday morning.

[tlwise12]

My gift arrived today

Thanks to my secret Santa

[canjond]

The mailman had a gift today!

[wolf441]

Secret Santa Package has been sent.

Codeword: "Santa's got a brand new bag!" :D

"Be...sure....to....drink....your.....Ovaltine..... ....Ovaltine? A crummy commerical?....son of a bitch. :eek:

[kamikidEFFL]

Package is on it's way out hope the person enjoys it

[Jay Wolt]

Rec'd mine this morning from frosty MN.

[Rich Klein]

Thanks to the poster who received I can verify -- shipped AND received by my victim :)

[pariah1107]

My net54 SS gift arrived today, and is under the Christmas tree.

Thank you Santa.

[ZachS]

My package arrived today. Can't wait!

[Sean1125]

Post has been updated.

If I am missing that you SHIPPED or RECEIVED please post publicly.

S

[pawpawdiv9]

Received my SS package today

[4815162342]

I was finally able to ship my gift today! The seller I purchased it from was terribly slow in shipping it to me.

[ibuysportsephemera]

Received mine today...thanks.

Jeff

[brianp-beme]

My Santa came today in the puffiest of brown envelopes. I sent out my little puffy about a decade ago.

Brian

[gnaz01]

Mine went out today and will be received Friday via Priority Mail :)

[irishdenny]

I am HaPPy ta SaY... It's oN iT's WaY!!!
Priority Mail ~ Bell TappiN ' da USPS Christmas WaY...

*** MaRRy ChristMaS ALL ***

Wheh... iT's BeeN SoMe KinDa Year :rolleyes:

[GehrigFan]

I received my gift this week, as well as a second gift from "My Other Secret Santa," as the package reads! I am so excited to open these!

This is the first year ever where I could not pay all our medical bills and have outstanding debt, meaning my family is not exchanging presents this year (other than some thrift store toys for my 2.5 year old daughter) nor going home for Christmas. I also cut myself off from buying any cards/memorabilia and gave my wife control over my PP and eBay accounts to keep me accountable. (I am still trading if anyone wants to shoot me a PM!)

So trust me when I say that I am uber-excited to be able to open TWO gifts of vintage cards! Thank you so much in advance to both of my Secret Santa's!

Merry Christmas all!
Mark

[Sean1125]

The one member I am helping out SS gift goes out today Prio. (You know who you are).

My Santa's gift goes out today as well.

I will update the list when back from the post office.

Best,

S

[kamikidEFFL]

Package came in today. Can't wait to open it.

[milkit1]

gift received and under tree!

[wolf441]

Secret Santa gift, received and deposited safely under the tree!! :D

And thanks to Sean for running the show and for the B&B Babe Ruth!!:D

[4815162342]

And thanks to Sean for running the show and for the B&B Babe Ruth!!:D


+1 Thanks Sean! Merry Christmas everybody!

[Sean1125]

Ship/Rec'd is updated.

I am sending out messages to anyone who has not marked as shipped yet...

Sean

[gnaz01]

Received mine, can't wait to open

[ShoelessBob]

Secret Santa gift received and is the 1st present under the tree.

[tschock]

Secret Santa package arrived, probably some time last week, but was out of town so I got it today. Thanks!

[39special]

My package arrived today.Thanks Sean for doing this again this year!

[h2oya311]

Thanks Santa! My package arrived Yesterday! Sean - feel free to add me to the front page as I was a participant this year (albeit a little late).

Cheers, Derek

[jason.1969]

Sean, thanks for the Ruth and for organizing the whole thing. I hear my 3 of Spades variation is a rarity representing less than 2% of total population!

[Sean1125]

Sean, thanks for the Ruth and for organizing the whole thing. I hear my 3 of Spades variation is a rarity representing less than 2% of total population!

1.92307692307692% to be precise.

[Rich Klein]

My on-line column will have photos but I got a nice interesting eclectic set of cards from my Secret Santa:

Highlights included: 1968 Topps Roger Maris, 1967 Topps Al Kaline, 1964 Topps Harmon Killebrew

Other Neat Cards (or other items) included:

1964 Topps Coin Yaz, 1963 NL Strikeout Leaders including Koufax and Drysdale and some autographed Bowman draft pick cards,

Very appreciated

Rich

[irishdenny]

oops...

[wolf441]

Boy, did my Secret Santa come through in a big way!! Thank you so much for this T206 Bob Unglaub American Beauty 350 reverse with double name and even a slight ghost!

You made my day and Life Is Grand!! :D

Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy, safe and prosperous New Year!!

Steve

P.S. - My crappy scanner doesn't do this gift justice! :D

[milkit1]

Its like my secret Santa read my mind! (and possibly bid against me lol).
I have a complete p2 cubs team set with a psa 5 median. I did not have a Mordecai Brown! Possibly a Christmas miracle?
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[milkit1]

Boy, did my Secret Santa come through in a big way!! Thank you so much for this T206 Bob Unglaub American Beauty 350 reverse with double name and even a slight ghost!

You made my day and Life Is Grand!! :D

Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy, safe and prosperous New Year!!

Steve

P.S. - My crappy scanner doesn't do this gift justice! :D


wowzers!

[Jay Wolt]

Here is my gift, Thanks!

http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/1secretsanta.jpg

http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/1secretsantab.jpg

[kamikidEFFL]

Some great stuff to start the day off. I just opened mine and must say I'm very happy to see what I got. Def need for my set. One less card I'll have to find. Thanks to my secret santa.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/kamikidEFFL/Baseball/Goudey/1934/imagejpg1-1.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/kamikidEFFL/media/Baseball/Goudey/1934/imagejpg1-1.jpg.html)

[pawpawdiv9]

i got a 'raw' 57 Rocky Colavito RC. Thanks SSNet54

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg481/kylerowdybusch/rockycolavito_zps27485b47.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/kylerowdybusch/media/rockycolavito_zps27485b47.jpg.html)

[jason.1969]

A HUGE thank you to my Secret Santa. What memories these cards brought back from my early days of collecting! The stars of the late 70s and early 80s were always larger than life for me, and Santa pulled off a Rennie Stennett in going 7 for 7 with cards I needed for my collection.

The 1976 Yount will be a key card in a 50-card 1976 Topps display I'll be putting together in the next couple months. And in addition to the Sutter and Blyleven RCs, the Murphy!! Wow, for a while this was THE card my friends and I all vied for. We had one total among all our collections, and it was constantly traded back and forth in swaps that might seem pretty lopsided today!

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[mrmantlecollector]

Merry Christmas! to all.
Thanks Santa for the wonderful cards. Thanks Sean for putting it all together and for the Brown & Bigelow ruth card.
Jerry

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx299/mrmantlecollector/junk%20file/santa_zpsf8aebef3.jpg (http://s765.photobucket.com/user/mrmantlecollector/media/junk%20file/santa_zpsf8aebef3.jpg.html)

[sycks22]

Got this beauty today. Thanks Secret Santa

[Rich Klein]

How in the heck did they even make Dick Egan look presentable

[pariah1107]

Secret Santa Nailed IT!!!!

An excellent hardcover copy of Sol White's Official Baseball Guide, a copy of Satchel Paige's book Pitchin' Man. Neither of which I have read, but have been desperate to get my hands on. Chicago Union Giants newspaper clippings, Clint Thomas autograph, Jackie Robinson commemorative envelope signed by Josh Johnson, and a 1961 Jimmy Brown football card for icing on this delicious cake. Some very generous gifts from my net54SS, thank you so very much! :D:D:D:D

[tschock]

Thanks to my Secret Santa who sent a sweet little selection of '50s and '60s cards, with the likes of Ashburn, Drysdale, Slaughter, Spahn, Doby, and a few others.

And thanks to Sean for the Ruth card and putting this together.

The only better present today was the news that our one daughter-in-law is pregnant with their first child, my third grandchild. Sometimes getting older DOES have it's up-side. :)

[vthobby]

Got this beauty today. Thanks Secret Santa

That Egan is a cool card and is not miscut. O/C yes. MC, no!

peace, mike

[milkit1]

dang where are all the gifts at?

[gnaz01]

dang where are all the gifts at?

Sean, I'll post mine soon. My SS went above and beyond and I thank him from the bottom of my heart !!!

[ZachS]

Got a Doc White to add to my T206 portrait collection. Thanks Santa!

[Rich Klein]

Of ALL the Secret Santas I participated in.

Posting here as SCD is an advertiser and we have our response from my victim

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/secret-santa-exchanges-close-ramblings-year-giving-receiving/

Regards
Rich

[39special]

My secret santa was awesome.Thank you Santa!!

[4815162342]

Many thanks to my Secret Santa for the two E102s, especially the Collins (one of my favorite poses)!

[tuckr1]

Thanks Sean for the Ruth !! Also thanks to secret Santa it was awesome !!!

[canjond]

So, I just got home and finally was able to open my SS gift. I have to say, my secret Santa sure found some awesome items. As much as I like the SC pin, the triple folder and the Ruth coin (not pictured), the mechanical boxers are INSANELY awesome. Better yet, they work! What a unique item!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j263/jon_canfield/IMG_2818_zpsfbd8a463.jpg (http://s82.photobucket.com/user/jon_canfield/media/IMG_2818_zpsfbd8a463.jpg.html)

[kamikidEFFL]

Let's see some photos here fellas. Big thanks to Sean for holding it. Hope you do it again next year.

[bn2cardz]

Thanks to my seceret Santa. I was going to wait to post until I had images, but realized I haven't even done the pickup threads recently because I have been lacking in scans and photos recently.

I got a nice hodge podge and it was very fun sorting through it all.

[midmo]

Thanks to Sean and my SS. These are great. Much appreciated!

[wake.up.the.echoes]

Thanks to my Secret Santa for the 1953 Topps Campanella and the 1941 Play Ball Hoyt. Both were unique to my collection. Thanks to Sean for hosting this year. I will post some pics when I get a chance. Busy with holiday festivities, my wife's birthday (today), and a 4 week old daughter. Sleep and scanning time are at a premium at this time, but I am thankful for everything just the same.

[GehrigFan]

We did our Christmas today and it took a lot of willpower not to open early. My secret Santa brought me a beautiful 1956 Topps Ted Williams SGC 30! Love the Kid and I needed this one so it is perfect.

Also, I was very blessed to have a second secret Santa - my guess is Derek??? In this one I got an Exhibits Salutations Newhouser I needed for my HOF set, a Bancroft strip card (I was wanting another Bancroft card), Ken Griffey Jr. 1989 Topps Traded RC in solid Mint condition, and a very unusual Pat Gillick card (also needed for my HOF set).

Not sure how both Santas knew perfect cards to give me, but I am extremely grateful for everything! Sean, thank you to you for setting this up and for the Brown & Bigelow Ruth. I have several B&B Ruth and Gehrig items including a verylarge Gehrig wall calendar from 1951 and love the artwork.

Mark

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj259/Manderson9999/Mobile%20Uploads/1419795517576_zpsrvphapyv.jpg (http://s274.photobucket.com/user/Manderson9999/media/Mobile%20Uploads/1419795517576_zpsrvphapyv.jpg.html)

[brianp-beme]

My Secret S-Man sent me a real nice Delong Maranville and a 1950 Bowman Footballer. Thanks generous Santa, and thanks Sean Claus for setting this up and the Bigelow Ruth...never realized what a cool card it is.