…my collection gave to me… Eleven 1960’s, Ten Non-Sports Cards, Nine Crusty Skippers Eight Team Portraits, Seven Hall of Famers, Six Vintage Oddballs, Five Mini Mets, Four Old Ass Cards, Three Guys Named Johnny, Two Keith Hernandez’s, And a Vintage Moe Berg!

Tags: 12 Days of Christmas, 1960 Topps, Charlie Root, Chicago Cubs, coach card, Duke Maas, Earl Wilson, El Tappe, Gerry Staley, Gus Bell, Irv Noren, Jack Meyer, Lou Klein, Ray Monzant, Rocky Nelson, Ron Samford, Tony Kubek
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And when I say it’s 1962 all over again, I mean that the Mets played the very first game in the history of the franchise 50 years ago today, a road game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Being in 1st place with a 4-1 record is about as far from 1962 that you can get. […]

Tags: 1962 Topps, Autographs, Charley Neal, Custom Cards, Don Zimmer, Felix Mantilla, Frank Thomas, Gil Hodges, Gus Bell, Hobie Landrith, Richie Ashburn, Roger Craig, SlangKo Heroes of the Diamond
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I recently hit up that wondrous Virtual Quarter Bin that is Sportlots in search of some cards that I needed for my 1960 Topps set. I was able to knock off the equivalent of 3 nickel packs and with no doubles to boot. Of course, that would’ve run me 15¢ back in 1960, whereas I […]

Tags: 1960 Topps, Arnie Portocarrero, Earl Wilson, Gus Bell, Harry Bright, Jack Meyer, Johnny Antonelli, Ray Herbert
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A few weeks ago, I ended up snatching up a bunch of cheap-o rookie cards of guys who have been pretty damn good over the last couple of decades. Some of the guys whose cards I got are pretty much sure-fire Hall of Famers, once they become eligible. Others probably won’t get into the Hall […]

Tags: 1961 Topps, 1962 Topps, Boog Powell, Don Drysdale, Duke Snider, Frank Robinson, Gus Bell, Harmon Killebrew, Jim O'Toole, league leader card, Orlando Cepeda, Sandy Koufax, Stan Musial, Stan Williams, Willie Mays
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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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