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Sunday, January 15, 2023

TOP THIRTY CARDS FROM NIGHT OWL'S JUNK DUMP GIVEAWAY BOX - #10-1

 wooooo it's the top tem notherfuckers

WHOOPS WHAT HAPPENED THERE. LET'S JUST JUMP RIGHT IN AND SPEAK OF THIS NO MORE

#10 - 2018 STADIUM CLUB BO JACKSON

I KNOW UNLIKE THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE I'M NOT REALLY A BIG FAN OF STADIUM CLUB BUT DAAAAAAAAAMN THIS CARD LOOKS GOOD. I SHOULD MAYBE QUIT THINKING ABOUT STADIUM CLUB IN SET BUILDING TERMS AND MAYBE TO A FRANKENSET OR EVEN JUST A SINGLE PAGE PER YEAR OF SUPER COOL CARDS LIKE THIS

#9 1986 TOPPS TRADED TOM SEAVER

1986 TOPPS I AM ABSOLUTELY A BIG FAN OF. ALSO TOM SEAVER. RED SOX? MAYBE NOT. BUT AIRBRUSHING? HELL YES. I HAVE LIKE FOUR OTHER COPIES OF THIS CARD AND I DON'T CARE, IT'S GREAT

#8 - 1992 SPACE SHOTS SERIES 3 RUSSELL "RUSTY" SCHWEICKART

SO I WAS GOOGLING AROUND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YEAR THIS CARD WAS FROM AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A BIG SCANDAL WHERE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY FROM A CONTEST AND PROMISED DONATIONS TO THE ASTRONAUT MEMORIAL FUND FROM THIS SET'S PROFITS WERE NEVER PAID. SHADY SHIT HAPPENING DURING A COLLECTIBLES BOOM? SHOCKING. THE SET IS STILL PRETTY DOPE AND I WISH I COULD FIND A BUNCH CHEAP


#7 - 1980 KELLOGG'S PETE ROSE


FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY VINTAGE SET I TRY TO COLLECT, PETE ROSE IS ONE OF THE LAST FIVE CARDS I NEED. INCLUDING THE 1979 KELLOGG'S SET. IT'S SO DAMN NICE TO GET ONE OF THEM EARLY ON IN THE SET BUILDING PROCESS


#6 - 1965 DONRUSS FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS

IN A WEIRD BIT OF SYNCHRONICITY, RIGHT BEFORE I GOT THESE CARDS I SAW A HERO HABIT YOUTUBE VIDEO ON THIS SET AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A NEAT CARD TO TRY TO FIND. THEN THIS ONE ARRIVED. THIS PICTURE HERE IS ONE OF THE MOST BRITISH THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN

#5 2021 DIAMOND KINGS WILLIAM CONTRERAS


AWW YEAH! WILD BILL ROOKIE CARD! PLAY THEM TRUMPETS!

IN MILWAUKEE NOW, BUT PLAY THEM TRUMPETS

#4 1959 TOPPS ROCKY COLAVITO BASEBALL THRILLS


JUNK BOXES SHOULD NOT CONTAIN GREAT LOOKING 1959 TOPPS CARDS, BUT THIS ONE DID. AND EVEN BETTER, I DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE THIS CARD! THIS WOULD EASILY BE THE #1 CARD ON ANYONE ELSE'S LIST BUT I AM A WEIRDO WHO LOVES STUPID STUFF

#3 - 2020 TOPPS BIG LEAGUE RONALD ACUñA JR STAR CARICATURE


I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT BIG LEAGUE, AND THIS IS CHARITABLY AN ODD LOOKING CARD BUT IT'S AN ACUñA INSERT I DID NOT HAVE AND HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE, SO YOU BET I'M SUPER HAPPY TO GET IT


#2 1980 TOPPS YOU'LL DIE LAUGHING STUDIO 54

I ABSOLUTELY ADORE TRADING CARDS OF OLD MONSTER MOVIES BUT HAD NEVER STUMBLED ACROSS ANY FROM THIS PARTICULAR SET BEFORE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TOPICAL NATURE OF THIS JOKE, YOU'RE NOT SEEING A STUDIO 54 GAG ON A MONSTER CARD AT ANY OTHER TIME BESIDES 1980. THIS PHOTO IS FROM THE FILM "MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS" WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE I HAVE SEEN BEFORE BUT CAN REMEMBER NOTHING ABOUT


#1 - OLD-ASS THING I CAN'T REMEMBER CLAIRE WINDSOR


AT ONE POINT I FIGURED OUT WHAT SET THIS WAS FROM BUT I FORGOT ALREADY AND DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT SEARCHING AGAIN. CLAIRE WINDSOR (ORIGINALLY NAMED OLA CRONK) WAS A POPULAR SILENT FILM ACTRESS IN THE 20S KNOWN FOR GLAMOROUS ROLES. THE MOVIE MENTIONED ON THE CARD IS FROM 1922 AND IS PARTLY LOST, THE LAST TWO REELS ARE NOW MISSING. BUT HUNDRED YEAR OLD CARDS DON'T DROP FROM THE SKY VERY OFTEN AND EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW THE SET, THE ACTOR OR EVEN WHERE TO WATCH THE FILM THIS LAST LITTLE BIT OF EPHEMERA LETTING US KNOW IT ALL EXISTED IS PRETTY FANTASTIC

BIG THANKS AGAIN TO NIGHT OWL FOR CLEANING ALL THE CRAP OUT OF HIS CARD ROOM!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

That #1 card is amazing!!

-Matt Cards Over Coffee blog

Johnnys Trading Spot said...

Go Braves!

night owl said...

1. The second-best part of clearing out a bunch of unwanted cards is seeing someone compile a top 10 list of them! (First-best, not having them stare me down anymore).

2. Do not try to build Stadium Club, it's a collation nightmare.

3. I may have kept the card if she stayed Ola Cronk.

Fuji said...

I really like the Space Shots sets, but that really sucks about the controversy. I wonder who ended up walking away with all the profits. Hopefully it wasn't the founder. It'd be pretty sad if he did... considering his father is an aerospace hero who died in a pre-launch test for Apollo 1.

Anonymous said...

Not crazy about Stadium Club either. Nice photography, but I prefer borders.

Jafronius said...

Stadium Club Frankenset or page-a-year sounds awesome. Great top 10, and you typing out ACUñA threw me off a little