wooooo it's the top tem notherfuckers
WHOOPS WHAT HAPPENED THERE. LET'S JUST JUMP RIGHT IN AND SPEAK OF THIS NO MORE
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
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
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
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
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
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:
That #1 card is amazing!!
-Matt Cards Over Coffee blog
Go Braves!
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.
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.
Not crazy about Stadium Club either. Nice photography, but I prefer borders.
Stadium Club Frankenset or page-a-year sounds awesome. Great top 10, and you typing out ACUñA threw me off a little
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