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

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 12: MOONED

 I'VE GOT A GIGANTIC BOX OF COMC CARDS IN MY GREEDY LITTLE HANDS AND I STILL HAVEN'T POSTED THE MAJORITY OF 2021'S CARDS YET. AND I'M WRITING THIS POST TO PROCRASTINATE WRITING MY TWELVE DAYS OF CARDMAS POSTS SO THIS WON'T EVEN BE UP UNTIL JANUARY PROBABLY. GOODNESS GRACIOUS. IF IT IS JANUARY, HERE'S A GOOD COLLECTING GOAL FOR 2023: GET ALL THESE POSTS DONE BY THIS YEAR'S BLACK FRIDAY 

1924 WILLS'S CIGARETTES DO YOU KNOW SERIES 2 - A LUNAR CORONA

I ONLY GOT INTO BRITISH CIGARETTE CARDS RECENTLY MOSTLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THEY EXISTED AND HARDLY EVER SAW ANY IN THE WILD. I'VE MADED UP FOR LOST TIME, PICKING UP THREE FROM COMC IN 2021 AND FIVE MORE IN 2022. THE SHEER VARIETY OF SUBJECTS THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THESE THINGS IS AMAZING. BIRDS, ANIMALS, HORSES, KINGS, TRAINS, SHIPS, ACTORS, DOGS, FLOWERS, MACHINES, JOKES, HOUSEHOLD HINTS, FOOTBALL PLAYERS, THERE'S A CARD FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF AS LONG AS IT WAS POPULAR BETWEEN THE 1920S TO 1950S IN BRITAIN. AND THIS SET FROM WILLS'S CIGARETTES HAS JUST ABOUT ALL OF IT. BASED ON A GENERAL QUESTIONS THEME THIS SET HAS A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING. TAKING A PEEK AT THE CARDS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON COMC SHOWS ALL KINDS OF STUFF: PYRAMIDS, BAROMETERS, GIRAFFES, GRAPES, STALACTITES AND STALAGMITES, SEA SHELLS, X-RAYS AND EVEN A BISHOP. THIS IS VERY GOOD FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WHOSE COLLECTING FOCUS FOR BRITISH CIGARETTE CARDS CONSISTS OF LOOKING AT A CARD AND SAYING 'YEAH, THAT'S COOL!'

I REALLY LIKE SPACE STUFF AND TRADING CARDS OF MOONS AND PLANETS SO THIS ONE IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT MY EYE. I MEAN, C'MON, A TRADING CARD OF A MOONBOW? LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOO. THE FRONT IS VERY PRETTY AND THE BACK HAS A COOL DESIGN AND LOTS OF TEXT AND IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AND WAS CHEAP AS HELL. PERFECT CARD FOR MY COLLECTION. ESPECIALLY WITH AMERICAN NON-SPORTS TOBACCO CARDS GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE, NEAT OLD BRITISH CARDS ARE THE WAY TO GO