BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 50: ANOTHER KING

NOW WE REACH THE OLDEST CARD I PICKED UP ON THE CARD BUYING BINGE. SADLY IT WASN'T A NINTEENTH CENTURY CARD THIS TIME. BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, IT IS A CARD OF AN ACTUAL KING RELEASED DURING HIS REIGN. THIS IS THE ROYALTY VERSION OF FINDING A T-206 HALL OF FAMER AT LIKE ONE-ONE THOUSANDTH THE PRICE. THIS ONE IS BEING POSTED OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE TOPICAL

1908 WILLS PORTRAITS OF EUROPEAN ROYALTY H.M. KING EDWARD VII

I GOT A WHOLE-ASS KING THAT'S 115 YEARS OLD FOR SIXTY CENTS, YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT WITH A STICK. IT'S A COOL BLACK BORDERED CARD TOO, I'VE COVETED MAYO CUT PLUG CARDS FOR A LONG TIME BUT THEY ARE SUPER PRICEY. EVEN THE REPRINT SET IS KINDA OUT OF MY PRICE RANGE.  ANOTHER COOL BLACK BORDERED VINTAGE SET IS THE OGDEN'S GENERAL INTEREST SET FROM 1901. I SEE A BUNCH OF THESE IN THE GREAT PRE-WAR CARDS BLOG AND REALLY LIKE THEM AS WELL. I HAD NO IDEA THESE WILLS'S CIGARETTES CARDS EXISTED UNTIL ONE FELL THE THE BOTTOM OF THE LOWEST PRICE ALGORITHM. I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF MONARCHY, BUT I LOVE FINDING CHEAP STAR CARDS IN THE BARGAIN BINS AND THE GUY WHO GOT THE HERO NUMBER 1 IN A SET DEDICATED TO ROYALTY DEFINITELY COUNTS

JUST LIKE THE NEW CHAP, KING ALBERT EDWARD 'BERTIE' THE VIITH WAS THE OLDEST MALE CHILD OF A QUEEN WHO RULED FOR A LUDICROUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND BECAME KING WHEN HE WAS OLD AND BUSTED. BERTIE LIKED THE WOMEN AND REPORTEDLY HAD AN AFFAIR WITH CAMILLA PARKER-BOWLES' GREAT GRANDMOTHER IF WIKIPEDIA IS TO BE BELIEVED, WHICH IT SHOULDN'T. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT HE HELPED POPULARIZE THE HORRIBLE COLLARS ON DRESS SHIRTS WE HAVE TO WEAR TO WEDDINGS AND JOB INTERVIEWS WHICH MIGHT BE THE WORST THING HE DID IN HIS REIGN. THERE ARE WAY WORSE MONARCHS OUT THERE AND AND HE HAS A WHOLE ERA NAMED AFTER HIM THAT IS VERY POPULAR ON PBS SHOWS. IF I MISSED ANY HORRIBLE DREADFUL EVIL THINGS HE DID, FORGIVE ME, I WROTE THIS IN A PANIC AT THE LAST MINUTE WHILE HOPPED UP ON INSTANT COFFEE. I ASSURE YOU I AGREE WITH HOW VILE AND ROTTEN HE WAS AND THAT WHATEVER HE DID WAS VERY BAD. ANYWAY, IT'S A COOL LOOKING CARD WITH A LOVELY BEAT UP BLACK BORDER. MAY KING CHUCKLES' REIGN BE AS PEACEFUL AS BERTIE'S, ALTHOUGH JUST LOOKING AT CURRENT EVENTS WE ALL KNOW THAT AIN'T GONNA FUCKIN HAPPEN

Setsmas All Year Round - Day 8: Junk Food

True facts: One of the first trading cards I ever had if not THE first card* was a 1978 Burger King card acquired in Toronto on a family trip. That card was of a Tiger and is long gone like my memories of that trip. If it even happened, I don't really know for sure because I was 5 and I can't even remember what I ate for lunch yesterday let alone confirm crap that happened almost 40 years ago. I do know I have this '78 Yankees BK team set because I found the scans in my draft folder. I thought I had posted it already but I forgot. I also forgot who sent me this many years ago, sorry and thanks. Man, it's a drag getting old.  

Yeah I know. Yankees. Everyone hates the Yankees. Well I liked, like and will always like the Yankees. Up to the moment Don Mattingly retired at least. All subsequent Yankees teams suck and can go chew on tinfoil. Not crazy about Burger King either, The grease makes me feel oogy and screws up all the numbers in my blood tests. Oh boy did I like their onion rings when I was a kid though. Man, it's a drag getting old.  

This set is cardboard onion rings. Mmmmmmmmmm.

*The official 'first card' is now a 1980 Topps Mike Schmidt. It can be seen in my first post. My goodness that was over a decade ago. Man, it's a drag getting old.