“Found” Cards
January 27th, 2012 by slangon
You know that feeling you get when you pull your winter jacket out of the closet for the first time? You know, you put on this jacket that you haven’t worn in about 9 months, stick you hand in the pocket and pull out a $20 bill? That’s a pretty awesome feeling, right? Well, now […]
Tags: 1953 Topps, 1954 Topps, 1955 Topps, 1958 Topps, 1962 Topps, Bob Kline, Bobby Adams, Cal Abrams, Earl Torgeson, Harry Craft, Jerry Kindall, Jesus McFarlane, Jim Pearce, Jim Rivera, Jim Robertson, Johnny Klippstein, manager card, Reno Bertoia, Ted Kazanski, Terry Fox
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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: 1953 Topps, 1954 Topps, Bill Taylor, Bob Young, Bud Podbielan, Clem Koshorek, Dick Groat, Ed Bailey, Fred Haney, Ken Raffensberger, Luke Easter, manager card, Paul Minner, Pete Runnels
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I made mention of this recently, but I’ve gotten a gaggle of cards off of eBay recently. I don’t know about you, but I’m realizing that I’m totally cyclical in my card collecting. Sometimes I go through stretches when all I’m doing is shopping on Sportlots. Sometimes all my cards seem to come from the […]
Tags: 1953 Topps, Bob Young, Clem Koshorek, Ed Bailey
Filed Under: It Came from the 'Bay by slangon
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I snagged another mini-haul from good old Sportlots. This one started with one specific card that I had wanted for a spell that someone was selling for a nice price so I decided to jump on it. I couldn’t very well buy just one card though. That would make no sense. I saw a few […]
Tags: 1953 Topps, 1963 Topps, 1969 Topps, 1969 Topps Deckle Edge, Al Spangler, BobDuliba, Boog Powell, Houston Colt .45's, Luis Tiant, Mayo Smith, Peanuts Lowrey, Sportlots, Tommy Helms, Tony Gonzalez
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