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, Elston Howard, Negro Leagues, Norm Cash, Richie Ashburn, vintage cards
Filed Under: It Came from the 'Bay by slangon
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About a week and a half ago, I had finally gotten around to sending out my very first through the mail autograph request to the gentleman pictured in the card below. Yesterday, as I was sifting through the bills and junk mail, I stopped at an envelope addressed to me, written in my own hand [...]
Tags: 2009 Allen & Ginter, Herb Simpson, mail day, Negro Leagues, TTM
Filed Under: Autographs by slangon
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While looking into the checklist of known Moe Berg cards, I came across the 2005 Helmar set. Honestly, the only reason I ended up really looking into it was because when I did a search for Moe Berg on the Beckett site, his card from this set had an asterix next to it (Which I [...]
Tags: 2005 Helmar, boxers, House of David, Japanese Players, Moe Berg, Negro Leagues, retro sets
Filed Under: Cards I Would Like to Own by slangon
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