What Were They Thinking: The Marie Antoinette Edition
February 15th, 2011 by slangon

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 […]

Countdown.
February 7th, 2011 by slangon

Days Until And

On The Seventh Day of Christmas…
December 20th, 2010 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!

Card of the Moment #55
November 8th, 2010 by slangon

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 […]

It Came from the 6-for-5 Bin
June 12th, 2010 by slangon

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 […]

Christmas Cards (The Kind Without Glitter) Part V
January 8th, 2010 by slangon

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 […]