Today’s Card of the Moment is brought to us by the number 0, as in how much interest I have in the World Series this year. 1958 Topps #289 Series Hurling Rivals, Lou Burdette & Bobby Shantz Actually, I take that back. Maybe today’s Card of the Moment should be brought to us by the […]
Tags: 1958 Topps, Bobby Shantz, Lou Burdette
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(I just found out today that Moose Skowron passed away last Friday. By coincidence I had been planning this post for about a week or two. What better way to pay tribute to a great old ball player than to share how he got his nickname.) One of my favorite things about the history of […]
Tags: 1958 Topps, Bill "Moose" Skowron
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“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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…my collection gave to me Nine Team Cards, Eight Crusty Skippers, Seven TTM Autos, Six 1960 High Numbers, Five Checked Up Checklists, Four Mini Cards, Three Jersey Relics, Two 56’s, And a Cardboard Zeppelin!
Tags: 12 Days of Christmas, 1958 Topps, 1959 Topps, 1962 Topps, 1964 Topps, 1971 Topps, 1972 Topps, 1980 Topps, 1981 Topps, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Expos, team card
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…my collection gave to me Eight Crusty Skippers, Seven TTM Autos, Six 1960 High Numbers, Five Checked Up Checklists, Four Mini Cards, Three Jersey Relics, Two 56’s, And a Cardboard Zeppelin!
Tags: 12 Days of Christmas, 1958 Topps, 1960 Fleer, 1961 Topps, 1963 Topps, 1966 Topps, 1969 Topps, 1971 Topps, 1978 Topps, All-Star, Casey Stengel, Dave Bristol, Earl Weaver, Eddie Stanky, Fred Haney, manager card, Mickey Vernon, Ralph Houk, Red Schoendienst, Wilbert Robinson
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Stage 1: The Gromek I had just finally pushed back from the table and was pretty pleased with myself at the damage I had done. Stage 2: The Noren A while after I had parked it on the couch, probably sometime around the start of the Cowboys game, I began to drift into some sort […]
Tags: 1957 Topps, 1958 Topps, 1962 Topps, 1963 Topps, 1965 Topps, 1966 Topps, Billy Hitchcock, Chuck Hiller, Irv Noren, Jim Fregosi, Jimmy Piersall, Lum Harris, manager card, Steve Gromek
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I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything I picked up at the old Sportlots site. Shocking, I know. Well, that’s about to change because here’s a sack of cards that I recently got from that very institution, none of which coat me more than 2 bits (with the exception of one […]
Tags: 1954 Bowman, 1954 Topps, 1957 Topps, 1958 Topps, 1959 Topps, 1961 Topps, 1962 Topps, 1963 Fleer, 1964 Topps, 1966 Topps, 1973 Topps, 2011 Allen & Ginter N43, 2011 Allen & Ginter Step Right Up, 2011 Allen & Ginter World's Most Mysterious Figures, 2011 Gypsy Queen, 2011 Topps, Al Rosen, Andre Rodgers, Bill Bonham, Bob Allison, Bobby Shantz, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Dick Allen, Dick Hall, Eddie Stanky, Fire Breathing, George Crowe, Hank Foiles, Hank Sauer, Johnny Bench, Kasper Hauser, league leader card, Lucas Duda, manager card, Mickey Vernon, Milwaukee Braves, Ralph Houk, Rick Monday, Roger Craig, Roy Halladay, Snake CHarming, team card, The Human Blockhead, The Strongman, Tom Seaver, Wilbur Wood, Willie Montanez
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Double timing it today. Here’s batch 2 from my latest Cards for Customs haul, and there’s some good ‘uns in there. Michael started this one off with the second and third year cards of probably the Greatest Met Ever. This has nothing to do with Michael and his generosity, but it always kind of irks […]
Tags: 1958 Topps, 1968 Topps, 1969 Topps, All-Star, Johnny Temple, Stan Musial, Tom Seaver
Filed Under: Trade by slangon
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I know I said I was only going to show my 5 favorite cards from the swag that I landed in my best my best month ever as a collector, but there was a massive write in campaign from my readers that caused me to reverse directions. Well, 2 people left comments saying I should […]
Tags: 1958 Topps, 1960 Topps, 1963 Topps, 1966 Topps, 1974 Topps, Bob Apodaca, Casey Stengel, Dick Baney, Don Newcombe, Donn Clendenon, Fred Haney, John D'Acquisto, manager card, Mike Wallace, The Best Month Evah, Willie Stargell
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