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: 1954 Topps, 1956 Topps, 1963 Topps, 1965 Topps, 1971 Topps, 1975 Topps, 2000 Fleer Tradition, 2001 Fleer Tradition, 2001 Upper Deck Decade, 2001 Upper Deck Vintage, 2002 Upper Deck Vintage, 2003 Upper Deck Vintage, 2005 Fleer Tradition, 2009 Upper Deck, 2010 Topps Vintage Legends, Al Leiter, Alex Escobar, Bobby Valentine, Bubba Trammell, Cliff Cook, Dave Kingman, Derek Bell, Ed Charles, Ed Kranepool, Edgardo Alfonzo, Harvey Kuenn, Jae Weong Seo, Joe Frazier, Johan Santana, Mike Strahler, Mo Vaughn, Nolan Ryan, Richard Hidalgo, Rollie Fingers, Rusty Staub
Filed Under: What Were They Thinking by slangon
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I’d posted a few lots that I won a while back from the same seller on eBay over the last week. They were particularly fun for me because they were basically the equivalent of buying a pack of cards in both cost and the number of cards that I ended up with, but with the […]
Tags: 1963 Topps, Albie Pearson, Bob Sadowski, Eddie Bressoud, Elston Howard, Harvey Kuenn, Jerry Walker, Negro Leagues, Norm Cash, Philadelphia Phillies, Richie Ashburn, team card
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Having recently decided to officially chase the 1960 Topps set, I made my first major step toward that goal. Up until now I had been randomly acquiring cards from this set in a kind of unsystematic manner, so I had a pile of maybe 25-30 of them. In one fell swoop I’ve managed to double […]
Tags: 1960 Topps, Bob Elliott, Boston Red Sox, Charley Grimm, Chicago White Sox, coach card, Harry Chiti, Harvey Kuenn, Joe Gordon, Luis Aparicio, manager card, Nellie Fox, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, team card, Walt Alston, Washington Senators
Filed Under: Set Chase by slangon
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