2020 trade package #8: a Penny Sleeve For Your Thoughts

You know, whenever I say "let's trade again soon!" in notes I include in my trade packages, I do mean it, I just usually don't expect it to actually come true that quickly.  And yet, just a few weeks after I posted cards from my first deal with Jon at A Penny Sleeve For Your Thoughts, another envelope with his name on it was in my mailbox!

He was nice enough to include a note that alerted me to the fact that one of the items could easily be lost.  Forewarned, I carefully extracted them:

First is a pair of new cards for my nascent Ted Simmons collection.  In case I didn't explain it before, I wasn't actively collecting him because I didn't think he had any affiliation with UM, and in fact he didn't play baseball for the Wolverines, but he was a student here, and therefore fits the definition of a Michigan alum and someone I collect.

Almost everything I already had of him was from my complete Topps sets from the 80s, so the two you see above are among the oldest of the 17 I have.  On the left is a '75 Hostess oddball--my only 70s card of his for now--with the usual inconsistent quality of the cut-out job increasing its charm.  The smaller item I had to be careful to remove is an '81 Topps Sticker of the HOFer, and I think he's wondering if you've ever played ball for the Brewers...onnnnn weeeeeeeeed?

The other card today is a 2013-14 Prizm HRX insert of THJ.  This is actually the fourth Hardaway insert Jon's sent me going back to the last envelope, which actually had three other Prizm inserts, all of which are different.  For those of you that never saw these inserts in the basketball/football/hockey products, HRX started out as a redemption for a card with an embedded video, then eventually morphed into what you see above, with a QR code on the back you'd scan to see an "exclusive video."  Kind of like UD's PowerDeck, but with more work!

Jon, thanks for getting me back with another envelope so soon plus adding to a couple of my smaller PCs!  I'll keep working on looking for some stuff you might like so I can return the favor when it makes sense.