This next trade was completed at the start of the year and was a real New York Mets trade. Mark is Mets fan with a healthy collection of Mets cards of his own. He has his own blog over at This Way to the Clubhouse. It is fine read not only for Mets fans, but card collectors in general.
I have been meaning to work out a trade with Mark for a while now. It sounds like he was doing the same. We are essentially the perfect trade partners. We both have plenty of duplicates that the other needs in their collection. Even after this trade, I still have over a hundred Mets cards Mark still needs according to our Zistle matches.
This was one of the larger trades I have completed on Zistle. It would take me a while to scan all of the great cards I received, so there are some of the highlights.
The cool thing about these large trades is that you can see the changes to the team over time. Starting above, George Foster represents the early 80's Mets. Gary Carter arrives from the Montreal Expos and we go into the mid to late 80's Mets with Dwight Gooden, Howard Johnson, and Lenny Dykstra. The 1990's start with some veterans hitting their declining years and young players just starting their Major League careers.
During the mid-90's, the new crop of players takes full effect with Jeff Kent, Rey Ordonez, Todd Hundley, John Franco, and Rico Brogna.
Towards the late-90's, some younger players were traded and established players like Bernard Gilkey, Carlos Baerga, Robin Ventura, John Olerud, and Mike Piazza were added to the team.
This was a fantastic trade with Mark. Look forward to the next one!
