A Huge Haul From Reader Michael

Several weeks ago I got an email from a long-time reader, Michael.  He was in the process of paring down his collection and offered to send some cards my way.  I've already been the recipient of his generosity and I gladly accepted this latest offer.

He was serious when he said he was paring down, because look what arrived at the WW World Headquarters:

Wow!!  That's 480 cards!  Thank you Michael!  I broke the cards down and here's what I got:

Year	Brand	Cards
1968	Topps	2
1985	Fleer	29
1987	Donruss	9
1989	Donruss	25
2005	Bowman	19
2005	Bowman Gold	16
2005	Timeless Treasures	3
2006	Bowman	11
2006	Chrome	13
2006	SP Legendary Cuts	12
2007	Bowman Heritage	12
2012	Gypsy Queen Mini	8
Player	Assorted non Cubs	46
Player	Assorted Cubs	16
Player	Ernie Banks	3
Player	Andre Dawson	17
Player	Mark Grace	30
Player	Greg Maddux	59
Player	Rafael Palmeiro	26
Player	Ryne Sandberg	107
Player	Sammy Sosa	17

Many of the cards were already in my collection.  They will probably end up with my third and fourth graders.  Baseball cards make great prizes and my kids are learning to like getting Cubs cards as much as Tigers....especially if they hope to make it to fifth grade some day!!

But there were many that I'd never seen before.  Some will go into my player collections...I'll have those tomorrow.  Today, I've got some of a couple players that I don't collect, Mark Grace and Sammy Sosa.

I'm not sure what I'll do with them.  I doubt I'll start player collections for these two.  And I'm not sending them to school.  For now, I've got a new box for miscellaneous Cubs.

Thanks Michael for getting the box started!