No, not that Milton Bradley. This one. I recently scored a lot of 1969 Milton Bradley baseball cards. For those unfamiliar with these, according to the old Standard Card Catalog: The first of three sets issued by Milton Bradley over a four year period, these cards measure 2″x3″ and have a white border surrounding a […]
Tags: 1969 Milton Bradley, 2009 Topps Heritage, Bud Harrelson, Catfish Hunter, Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Harmon Killebrew, Juan Marichal, Milton Bradley, Richie Allen, Roy White, Tony Oliva
Filed Under: It Came from the 'Bay by slangon
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This series of posts is dedicated to examining the numerous design details from the Topps art department that leave me scratching my head. They’re the types of things that could just be one time instances that are the result of someone overlooking them, or they could have been a conscious decision on the part of […]
Tags: 1967 Topps, Bob Gibson, Bob Veale, Dick Simpson, Eddie Mathews, Gates Brown, Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom, Ken McMullen., manager card, Manny Mota, Orlando Cepeda, Sam McDowell, Same Mele, Sonny Siebert
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… my collection gave to me Twelve 1960’s, Eleven vintage Mets, Ten Hall of Famers, Nine signed customs, Eight crusty skippers, Seven Keith Hernandezes, Six Deckle Edges, Five David Wrights, Four New York Giants, Three 58’s, Two vintage pugs, And a Red from Cincinnati! Merry Christmas, everyone.
Tags: 12 Days of Christmas, 1960 Topps, Bob Buhl, Bob Gibson, Bobby Thompson, Carl Yastrzemski, Eddie Mathews, Ernie Banks, Frank Robinson, Gil Hodges, Lou Berdette, Ted Kluszewski, Warren Spahn, Whitey Ford, Willie McCovey
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… my collection gave to me Ten Hall of Famers, Nine signed customs, Eight crusty skippers, 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, 1943 M.P. & Co., 1958 Topps, 1960 Topps, 1962 Topps, 1967 Topps, 1971 Topps, 1973 Topps, 1976 Topps, 1977 Topps, 1981 Topps, Bob Gibson, Cardboard Abuse, Carl Yastrzemski, Eddie Mathews, Fergie Jenkins, Gary Carter, Hall of Famers, Harmon Killebrew, Jimmie Foxx, Orlando Cepeda, part 1, Rickey Henderson, Rod Carew
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Now that that pesky World Series is out of the way, let’s get on with the real business of collecting pieces of cardboard printed with images of baseball players on them. Recently, I was able to score 3 more cards from the 1960 set, all from the same eBay seller which meant combined shipping. What […]
Tags: 1960 Topps, Duke Snider, Eddie Mathews, Harmon Killebrew
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First off, I just want to remind everyone to go checkout the giveaway I’m doing to celebrate that this blog has turned a year old. Check it out. Okay, now onto the business at hand. I usually don’t seem to have too much luck pulling cool stuff from packs. Don’t get me wrong, I get […]
Tags: 1938 Gum Horrors of War, 1958 Topps, 1959 Topps, 1960 Topps, 1963 Topps, 2010 Topps, Casey Stengel, Clydell Castleman, cut autograph, Dale Long, David Price, Don Drysdale, Eddie Mathews, Ernie Banks, Hal Morris, manager card, Walt Moryn
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We’re down to the final 2 Rounds. Pedroia and Mantle are out of the picture and Cobb’s got some work to do to stay in the race with Ruth. Let’s see what happens. Pack 29 (Ruth): 345 Chris Volstad 515 Seattle Mariners FH 650 Dustin Pedroia 433 Julio Borbon 558 Ronnie Paulino HWS6 Mickey Mantle […]
Tags: 2010 Topps, 2010 Topps History of the World Series, 2010 Topps Legendary Lineage, 2010 Topps Peak Performance, 2010 Topps Red Hot Rookie Redemptions, 2010 Topps The Cards Your Mother Threw Out, 2010 Topps Turkey Red, 2010 Topps Vintage Legends, Al Kaline, Carlos Beltran, Chipper Jones, Clayton Richard, Dustin Pedroia, Eddie Mathews, Honus Wagner, Mickey Mantle, Warren Spahn, Yogi Berra
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I’m still plugging away. One card at a time. 1960 Topps #558 Eddie Mathews All-Star I’ve mentioned numerous times that one of the things I really love about the 1960 set, and therefore one of the major reasons I decided to make a go at completing it, is how many different, awesome looking designs are […]
Tags: 1960 Topps, All-Star, Eddie Mathews
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I did not decide that it was the Year of Vintage. It is apparently just fated that way. Yesterday, after I had gotten done mentioning that I was declaring this The Year of Vintage, I had to run out a do a couple of errands. I was heading over by the local Target, so I […]
Tags: 1957 Topps, 1960 Topps, 1968 Topps, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps, 1969 Topps Deckle Edge, 1970 Topps, 1971 Topps Scratch-Offs, 1973 Topps, 1974 Topps, 1975 Topps, 1976 Topps, 1977 Topps, Bo Diaz, Bob Gibson, Bob Veale, Bobby Bolin, Carl Yastrzemski, Dale Murphy, Dean Chance, Dock Ellis, Ed Armbrister, Eddie Mathews, Ernie Whitt, Fred Lynn, Hank Aaron, Honus Wagner, Lance Parrish, league leader card, Lou Brock, Lou Piniella, Pumpsie Green, Rick Monday, Ron Santo, Steve Gromek, Terry Whitfield, Tom Poquette, Tom Seaver, Tony Taylor, Willie McCovey
Filed Under: Bargin Bin Baseball Cards by slangon
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