Another contribution to dayf’s Pirate Card Set. I know that’s not necessarily a super short print, but I’ll be damned if I can track down a copy. Also, here’s a pretty interesting article about a Honus Wagner T206 that was owned by Honus Wagner. Wild.
Tags: Allen & Ginter, custom cards, Luis Castillo, pirates
Filed Under: Monday Linkage by slangon
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A while back, I was sitting around drinking a beer on my back porch, thinking about insert sets. I personally enjoy insert sets quite a bit. Sometimes, quite a bit more that whatever base set they’re part of. Take 2009 Topps, for instance. The base cards are fine. I think they’re a smidge nicer than [...]
Tags: Allen & Ginter, inserts, Topps
Filed Under: 2010 Heroes of the Diamond by slangon
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On my way out the door to run a bunch of errands this afternoon, I stopped at the mailbox, and what did I find? Not one, not two, but three fat manilla bubble mailers. Hmmm, I wonder what they could be? Oh, the torture! Also, while running my errands, I tracked down a 2009 [...]
Tags: Allen & Ginter, mail day, manilla envelope
Filed Under: Trade by slangon
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In organizing my collection, I felt that the first thing that I needed to do was to really figure out what I was trying to do with my collection. Up until this point, it consisted of a bunch of baseball cards in boxes, sitting in a bigger box on the floor of my office. After [...]
Tags: Allen & Ginter, Goudey, Keith Hernandez, Mets, prime directives, retro sets, Topps Heritage, vintage cards
Filed Under: Organization by slangon
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