Ever since I started this blog, and began to really take a good look at Topps card designs over the years, I’ve encountered numerous details of those designs that would sort of leave me scratching my head. I’m not sure if I puzzled over these specific things because graphic design is what I do for […]
Tags: 1971 Topps, 1972 Topps, 1973 Topps, 1974 Topps, 1975 Topps, 1976 Topps, 1977 Topps, 1978 Topps, 1979 Topps, 1980 Topps, 1981 Topps, Chicago Cubs, floating heads, team card
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Countdown.
February 7th, 2011 by slangon
… my collection gave to me Seven Keith Hernandezes, Six Deckle Edges, Five David Wrights, Four New York Giants, Three 58’s, Two vintage pugs, And a Red from Cincinnati!
Tags: 12 Days of Christmas, 1977 Topps, 1978 Topps, 1980 Kellogg's 3-D Superstars, 1980 Topps, 1981 Topps Stickers, 2009 Topps Tribute, autographed relic, Keith Hernandez
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1980 Topps #172 Ron Hodges Ron Hodges was a backup catcher who played his entire 12 year career with the Mets. I must admit that I find that kind of admirable. I think it’s fair to say that it’s not easy to break into the Major Leagues, but I also feel like it can’t be […]
Tags: 1980 Topps, Ron Hodges
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A couple of weekends ago I was playing poker with some buddies and ended up with $50 more than I started out with. I needed some binder pages from the card shop, so I perused the 6-for-5 bin while I was there. I was able to hit a few cards from the ’73 set this […]
Tags: 1973 Topps, 1975 Topps, 1980 Topps, Bert Campaneris, Bob Gibson, Carl Yastrzemski, Joe Morgan, Lou Brock, Tony Perez, World Series
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Part of my Christmas card haul included a little spree at Check Out My Cards. I had browsed through there on many occasions, and I often use it as a reference tool, both in researching cards and in making customs. This is the first time that I bought anything there, though. If you haven’t used […]
Tags: 1962 Topps Stamps, 1975 Topps, 1977 Topps, 1978 Topps, 1980 Kellogg's 3-D Superstars, 1980 Topps, 1981 Topps Stickers, 2004 Fleer Authentic, 2005 SP Legendary Cuts, 2005 Turkey Red Football, 2008 Topps Mayo, 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces, 2009 Goodwin Champions, 2009 SP Legendary Cuts, Autographs, Brandon Jacobs, Carlos Delgado, Check Out My Cards, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Felix Mantilla, Football, Fred Lynn, Gus Bell, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes, Keith Hernandez, Mario Manningham, Mets, relic, team card, Thomas Jones, Yogi Berra
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