2015 TOPPS HIGH TEK FOOTBALL EMMITT SMITH PURPLE WAVY VARIATION
HEY IT'S FEETSBALL SEASON SO WHY NOT A FOOTIEBOWL CARD. I HAD NO EARTHLY IDEA THAT TOPPS TEK FOOTBALL WAS EVEN A THING. AND ALTHOUGH I HATE FLORIDA, THE COWBOYS AND THE NFL IN GENERAL EMMITT SMITH IS AWESOME. AND THE PURPLY WAVY DESIGN GIVES THIS CARD A COOL AESTHETIC ポフ異
2014 TOPPS MLS SONS OF BEN
99% CERTAIN I GOT THIS FROM STALE GUM SOMEHOW. 96% CERTAIN HE'S ON THE CARD SOMEWHERE
2016 ??? WRESTLING LEGEND IVAN KOLOFF
UMMM WHAT? COMMUNIST RASSLER ADVERTISING BOX BREAKS. 1 OF A THOUSAND! RARER THAN ANY GIVEN CARD IN THE LIVING SET! I COULD WRITE A NUMBER ON IT AND YOU COULDN'T PROVE IT WASN'T THAT EXACT SERIAL NUMBER, COULD YOU? I WOULDN'T DO THAT THOUGH, THIS CARD IS BADASS
2015 QYPSY GUEEN BARTOLO COLON MINI SILVER #192/199
SO I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT HAVE ALREADY DONE A POST ON THIS CARD. ALSO I MAY HAVE ACTUALLY PULLED THIS OUT OF A DIME BOX? I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY THE JOY I FELT PULLING OUT OF SOME KIND OF BOX AT THE LOCAL CARD SHOW. BUT WHO CARES, I'MMA POST IT AGAIN. JUST LOOK AT IT. SO MAJESTIC. BARTOLO USING EVERY LAST MILLIMETER OF SPACE ON THAT MINI CARD THOWING WHAT IS CERTAINLY A STRIKEOUT PITCH. PINSTRIPES FOR DAYS. THIS CARD SPARKS JOY. I KINDA WANT TO START A GQ MINI COLLECTION NOW WITH THIS AS A CENTERPIECE
1989-90 7TH INNING SKETCH KEVIN BUTT
NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS OR WHERE IT CAME FROM BUT I KNOW EXACTLY WHY IT'S IN MY POSSESSION. DERRIERES ASIDE, ODDBALL HOCKEY GOALIE CARDS ARE PRETTY DAMN COOL. MR BUTT NEVER MADE IT TO THE NHL, BUT HE HAD A DECENT CAREER IN THE MINOR LEAGUES, WHICH ARE WAY MORE FUN ANYWAY. DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT 7TH INNING SKETCH BUT I DID FIND THIS COOL ARTICLE ABOUT HOW THEY TRIED TO SNEAK LINDROS CARDS INTO ONE OF THEIR SETS WITHOUT HAVING THE RIGHTS TO DO SO
COMIC IMAGES THE MASTERPIECE COLLECTION PROMO CARD
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT BASEBALL CARDS WERE COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL IN 1993, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT ALL TRADING CARDS WERE IN FACT COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL AT THAT TIME AS WELL? NON-SPORTS ESPECIALLY, THERE WERE A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF NON-SPORTS SETS AND COMPANIES AT THAT TIME PRODUCING CARDS OF ALMOST ANY SUBJECT YOU COULD THINK OF. COMIC IMAGES WAS ONE OF THE BEST AT FINDING NEW ODDBALL SUBJECTS FOR A CARD SET AND DECIDED TO GO WITH ART MASTERPIECES. THIS PROMO CARD IS OF HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LATREC'S AT THE MOULIN ROUGE, THE DANCE, BUT FLIPPED LEFT TO RIGHT FOR SOME REASON. EVEN WEIRDER IS THERE IS A CARD FOR THIS PAINTING IN THE MAIN SET, BUT IT HAS THE IMAGE OF BALL AT MOULIN ROUGE INSTEAD. REMEMBER THAT BIT OF TRIVIA NEXT TIME SOMEONE BRINGS UP THE 1985 GARY PETTIS CARD. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SETS I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO HAVE BUT WILL NEVER TAKE THE TIME TO TRACK DOWN
2013 PANINI COOPERSTOWN COLGAN'S CHIPS BROOKS ROBINSON
I LOVE LOVE LOVE NEW CARDS BASED ON ANCIENT ODDBALL SETS I WILL NEVER EVER GET MY HANDS ON EVEN A PSA NEGATIVE 1 BEAT ASS TYPE CARD FROM. THESE WERE ONE PER PACK IN 2013 COOPERSTOWN WHICH WAS GREAT, BUT THE PACKS WERE $3.99 WHICH WASN'T SO GREAT. YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO FIND THESE IN DIME BOXES BUT THEY CAN BE HIDING IN QUARTER AND UP BOXES. AND BY HIDING I MEAN IT, ROUND CARDS ARE EASY TO MISS. FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL CARDS WERE IN POTATO CHIPS BUT SEEING THE FLAVORS ARE MINT AND VIOLET I'M HAPPY COLGAN'S MADE GUM INSTEAD
1981 TOPPS COCA-COLA BRUCE SUTTER
1986 LARRY FRITSCH NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL STARS
ALL JACKIE CARDS ARE AMAZING AND WONDERFUL AND STUPENDOUS AND JACKIE ROBINSON KANSAS CITY MONARCHS CARDS ARE AMAZINGER AND WONDERFULEST AND STUPENDOUSEREST. LIKE MANY COLLECTORS WHO HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED ALL OR MOST OF THE BASE SETS FROM THE EIGHTIES I HAVE BELATEDLY BECOME ENAMORED WITH ALL THE ODDBALL SETS FROM FRITSCH AND RENATA GALASSO AND TCMA. OH WHY DIDN'T I RESPECT THESE CARDS IN MY WAYWARD YOUTH. WHY DID I WASTE MY MONEY ON THE JUNK WAX INSTEAD OF THE ODDBALLS. OH WHAT I WOULD GIVE TO GO BACK IN TIME AND SPEND THE MONEY I DROPPED ON 88 DONRUSS ON A BASEBALL IMMORTALS SET INSTEAD. I FEEL I HAVE GONE OFF-TOPIC. ANYWAY, JACKIE ROBINSON IS COOL, ALWAYS BUY HIS CARDS
LATE 70S FLEER STICKER SEATTLE MARINERS
TRIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STICKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 GAMES. I'M SURE ONE OF YOU KNOWS INSTANTLY WHAT YEAR THIS STICKER CAME FROM NOW
THAT WAS FUN. IF YOU LIKED IT LET ME KNOW AND I'LL DO MORE POSTS LIKE THIS WHERE I SNAG RANDOM-ASS CARDS FROM DUBIOUSLY-LABELED BOXES
3 comments:
Topps Tek football most certainly was a thing, and it was awesome. Like you though, I only go after the one's that I find aesthetically pleasing, which seems to work out well, especially since I don't know who like half the guys in the set are. Oh, and I do very much remember when every non-sport thing that could be made into a set, was made into a set... I sure do miss those days :(
A. This post inspired me to go out and pick up a 1993 Comic Images Masterpiece Collection set.
B. The Fleer Mariners sticker is from the 1979 set. The 4 games on the card represents the 4 games the Yankees won versus the 2 games the Dodgers won in the 1978 World Series.
Ha! I knew someone would know
enjoy that artsy fartsy set
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