THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY SIX - BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA

IT'S A DAMN GOOD THING THIS IS A SHORT POST OR ELSE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE EVER GOTTEN IT. TOMORROW IS LOOKING SKETCH HOWEVER

ONCE AGAIN A STRAY POST FROM A ROGER VINTAGE SHOW. SPOILER ALERT: MOST OF THESE POSTS WILL BE FROM CARD SHOWS

June Vintage Card Show Loot: Part 4 - Goodnight, wherever you are

ORIGINAL SAVE DATE - 6/24/13

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HIT THE BOTTOM ROW ON THE SCRAMBLED LETTERS I MUST HAVE BEEN FEELING SAUCY THAT DAY

EVERYONE READING THIS BLOG SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS BOOK. IT'S BASICALLY THE ORIGINAL CARD BLOG. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, GO GET IT. IT'S PROBABLY OUT OF PRINT AND EXPENSIVE NOW BUT TAKE THE MONEY YOU WERE GOING TO SPEND ON A SCALPED BLASTER OF BOWMAN OR PRISM AND BUY THE BOOK. OR DOWNLOAD THE DAMN THING SOMEWHERE, IT'S THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, RIGHT? IT'S GOTTA BE FLOATING AROUND ON SOME SERVER LEGAL OR OTHERWISE IN BIT FORM. THEY HAVEN'T ABOLISHED LIBRARIES YET, DO SOME SEARCHING. JUST READ THE DAMN BOOK SOMEHOW. ANOTHER SPOILER WARNING, THIS IS THE LAST PAGE OF THE BOOK:

1951 BOWMAN IS THE BEST. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE BORDERS ARE CUT OFF THIS CARD BUT IT LOOKS BETTER THAN ANY TOPPS SET IN THE PAST 6 YEARS. I'M NOT SURE WHERE SIBBI SISTI WAS THEN, PROBABLY MANAGING SOME MINOR LEAGUE TEAM. I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE COLLECTED EVERY CARD FROM THIS BOOK AND I AM JEALOUS OF THEM EVEN THOUGH I PROBABLY HAVE OVER 50% OF THEM SOMEWHERE TUCKED AWAY IN BINDERS. ANOTHER TIDBIT: THE COPY OF THIS BOOK I CHECKED OUT FROM THE SCHOOL LIBRARY AND THE COPY THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY DAD DECADES LATER WAS IN A LARGER SQUARE FORMAT THAT GAVE THE CARDS AND TEXT ROOM TO BREATHE. BUT SOMEHOW THE COPY I HAD FOR YEARS WAS THIS ODDBALL PAPERBACK SIZE THAT HAD TO REFORMAT EVERYTHING AWKWARDLY. THE BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA PAGE WAS PARTICULARLY HARMED BY THE SQUASHING. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT, IT'S PROBABLY SUPER RARE AND COLLECTABLE NOW. IT'LL STILL END UP IN THE DUMPSTER WHEN I CROAK THOUGH

SORRY, THE HOLIDAY CHEER IS GETTING TO ME. HERE'S THE CARD

1949 BOWMAN IS ONE OF THOSE RARE SETS THAT LOOK BETTER THE MORE BEAT UP AND SHITTY THE CARD IS. CREASES, PIN HOLES, TAPE, WATER DAMAGE, CIGARETTE BURNS, INK SPLOTCHES, MOUSE NIBBLES, BUG CRAP, JUST PLAIN OL' DIRT. ALL CAN ONLY ADD NEEDED ATMOSPHERE AND CHARM TO THE FLAT MUTED PICTURES ON THESE CARDS. NOT TO SAY THE SET IS UGLY, IT'S VERY COLORFUL AND UNIQUE LOOKING UNLESS THE CARD SAT IN THE SUN FOR DECADES AND IS COMPLETELY WASHED OUT. THEN IT LOOKS LIKE 1948 BOWMAN. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO PAINT A PITCURE IN THE STYLE OF THIS DESIGN BUT I NEVER DID AND NOW I GET ANXIETY JUST LOOKING AT A PAINTBRUSH. MY ACRYLICS ARE PROBABLY ALL DRIED OUT ANYWAY

THIS CARD WAS GOT AT THE SHOW TO FILL A HOLE IN MY BRAVES TEAM SET. THERE ARE STILL SEVEN CARDS MISSING FROM THE SET AND THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SEVEN CARDS MISSING FROM THE SET BUT I APPRECIATE THE ONES I HAVE AND PRINTED OUT COPIES OF THE REST SO THE BINDER LOOKS NICE. SIBBY IS EASILY MY FAVORITE '49 CARD

I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET MY HANDS ON ONE OF THOSE GAME AND BANKS. I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE PLASTIC PLAYERS LOOK LIKE. I WANNA READ THE GAME DIRECTIONS. I WANNA KNOW HOW BAD THE GAME IS THAT THEY ENGINEERED IT TO BE REPURPOSED INTO A MAKESHIFT PIGGY BANK TO ENSURE YOU GOT SOME VALUE FOR YOUR QUARTER. 

ALSO: SIBBY SISTI WALLY PIPPED ED STANKY IS A GREAT SENTENCE

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GOOBA GABBA WE ACCEPT YOU ONE OF US

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