tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28994969753639402932024-03-05T19:53:07.067-08:00The Real DFG's Card GarageA new addition to the DFG family...it's the Card Garage. Here we will feature cards for sale, trade, to brag about, or for no particular reason at all that have come from the million card experiment in my garage. Seems simple enough. But why a new blog you ask, when I already have a perfectly good blog? Because I can.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-9890490220673536212012-08-12T18:00:00.000-07:002012-08-12T18:00:00.391-07:00Par For The Course<div style="text-align: left;">
I think it really takes a special person to collect golf cards. Specifically, collecting golf cards prior to the Tiger Woods era. Let's face it, golf is not the most action-packed, exciting sport to watch or to even play for that matter. It is most definitely one of the hardest sports to master. If you are anything like me, you enjoy the game but it frustrates the crap out of you. After about 8 or 9 holes, it essentially becomes just a day out of the office.</div>
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I'm no expert on the sport or for that matter, the golf sports card market. But just based on my own observations, up until Tiger exploded onto the scene, it seemed golf cards were only for the hardcore fans because I know of no casual collectors. I'm sure most collectors know or at least have seen pictures of the golf cards in the Goudy Sport King sets of the 1930s and the US Carmel set in 1932. Some of those are iconic in the sports card world. I believe the first recorded set of golf cards was a cigarette set from 1901. But up until we had "personality" guys like Jack Nicklaus or Arnold Palmer, I don't really think golf had the attention that it does today. </div>
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Since Tiger, there have been golf sets released on a fairly regular basis and the sport has taken a huge leap in popularity. When you check the master checklist, there are now over 12,000 golf exclusive cards (meaning they came from a golf only set). 11,600 of those were since 1981. Plus are numerous sets like Sport Kings, Allen & Ginter, and Goodwin Champions that regularly include golf subjects. </div>
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But even still, there isn't the target audience in the card market like the other sports. Golf takes a back seat (way back seat) to baseball, football, hockey, basketball, even NASCAR. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that most collector's out there probably either don't own a golf card or if they do, they probably could tell you every one of them.</div>
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Up until the Garage came into existence, I don't remember owning a single golf card, other than this one. </div>
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I don't really remember how I got it but I'm sure it was in a trade. But that card was long gone before I started blogging. I think I remember trading this one away for some 1992 Upper Deck Baseball commons or something like that. </div>
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While in the Garage, some golf cards surfaced that I figured I would share with everyone. Including the one above, there were these.</div>
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The Chi Chi Pro Set along with the Ben Crenshaw were in a little folder marked by the Pro Set logo. I can only assume this was some type of promotional giveaway or a prototype released to dealers. The Tom Watson is a 1981 Donruss card. When I looked it up, it is apparently considered his "rookie" card. <br />
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Obviously the set is still sealed and I have no intention of opening it. I am guessing the Pro Set cards above came out of this set. Since it is blurry, there are 100 cards in this set which include 75 PGA Tour cards and 25 Senior Tour cards. It also says "1 Collectible" on the bottom. I'm not really sure what that means.<br />
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I guess you never know what you'll find in the Garage.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-68384615055567761312012-08-11T19:23:00.000-07:002012-08-11T19:25:34.244-07:00Still kicking...It's been ages since I last posted on the card garage. Not because the garage is no more. I just haven't had a whole lot of non-primary-hobby-collecting-time-and-energy to go through things out there. But I would like to start doing so again at some point because looking through all that stuff is fun and I always find interesting and different things.<br />
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A couple updates for anyone that might care. The garage was expanded a couple times since the last post on here. There is now somewhere in the range of a million cards or more out there. At first I thought that was an exaggeration but I don't think it is. There were two other "collection" purchases made in the last year that added to the enormousness.<br />
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As a result, I installed shelves along one entire side of the garage to house all of the cardboard wonders. I also had to remove many of the boxes that were moved inside the house out of fear of domestic violence. So shelving was the logical step and it looks way better than it did before.<br />
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I was putting stuff on the shelves this morning and as I was going through some of the boxes, I noticed a few cards that I had never seen before. I figured I would share here since this is my outlet for all things that come out of the garage.<br />
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These were the first two out of the box. When I first saw these I was kind of mesmerized because I had never seen a set like this before (actually if you look around the blogosphere, countless collectors have featured this set...I'm just oblivious). The cards are from the 2001 Upper Deck Cooperstown Collection Hall of Famers Set. This was issued as a hobby only set when it was released. The boxes can still be obtained from places like <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CGkQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dacardworld.com%2Fsports-cards%2F2001-upper-deck-hall-of-famers-baseball-hobby-box&ei=Qg4nUOGfHY7OyAHKg4CwBw&usg=AFQjCNGi3UslUWIRHb-Hhbjr2z0z7pXUSw">Dave & Adam's</a> but they are still over a hundred bucks!! And remember, if you do pull the trigger on one of these and you get a redemption card...you are SOL.<br />
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To give you an idea of what we have here, the set is broken down into 90 cards that feature the greatest players, builders, and moments in baseball history. There are four different categories of cards in the set.<br />
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Behold, a set of 1992 First Edition Baseball Hall of Fame Heroes Cards, err Official Baseball Card Stamps. What in the world are baseball card stamps. Well in 1992, the St. Vincent Philatelic Services, Ltd. decided to manufacture and release a 12 card set of standard size cards featuring some of baseballs well known HOFers. Of course, being the Philatelic Service that they were, the cards doubled as peel-away stamps and are actually official legal postage in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.<br />
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The cards have an interesting design, featuring a head shot of the player in a black/white/sepia color over a faded gold two tone background. The borders deckle edge to simulate a stamp design and there is a clean yellow boarder around it. Each card has enough for $4.00 worth of postage. <br />
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The backs feature a plain white background with all the pertinent text you would expect to find on the back. Everything from when they were born, died, where they were from, and their position are printed on the top. The states included most, if not all of their playing history including World Series stats. <br />
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As you can see by the back of the box, the players include Ty Cobb, Whitey Ford, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth. The set also features Satchel Paige which is kind of cool since you don't see many cards of him out there other than from the last 10-15 years. The sides of the box are also printed with the inscription "A Unique First In The Trading Card Industry" on one side, and "Baseball Card Stamp Set Is Legal For Postage" on the other side. Here are a few scans of some of the cards, both front and back.<br />
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Here are 9 of the player stamps. You can click on the image to zoom in and get a better look.<br />
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And here is what the backs look like.<br />
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I couldn't find much about these anywhere so I really don't know what the print run was. Since it was in the early 90s I can only imagine it was quite large. Plus, if people actually peeled them and used them, that could make the print run less. I'm still not sure if they were actually printed in St. Vincent or the Grenadines or if they came out of some dusty warehouse in Miami. I check around on Ebay for sales of these. You can pick up sets anywhere from about $5 all the way up to $40 depending on where you look. There are even FDC versions already on envelopes floating around out there. <br />
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Definitely something a little different. But that is always expected when you pull a random box from the garage. TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-65862931481512620692011-06-11T14:58:00.000-07:002011-06-11T14:59:54.727-07:00Tiffany<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826PTEuHKhE"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6o4_Hbsf_6Ap4pRnrPCnTvQax2LmHpQ_MOBeokdk52I4dQqrXhUPCcXZGEIQAvwrv0WUpx7LR2DNY5t9ZMlZB7vSxzJvhd55GibECBeVpULZlukAHlWAt3SOwHIJVIeAB2QC4mljEx0aL/s1600/album-tiffany.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No, not that<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826PTEuHKhE"> Tiffany</a>. Tiffany baseball cards. You know those weird glossy cards that Topps put out between 1984 and 1991? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, I found some mixed in with a pile of 1988 and 1989 Topps cards that I was prepping for the bonfire. Upon initial review, there is really no difference between these cards and their regular counterparts. But where they stand out is with the high gloss finish to the fronts and the brightly colored backs. At first, you may think they are from the Traded sets as those generally have a shade or two brighter back than the base set. But these don't have the "T" designation after the number and they are the same photos on the fronts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Topps released the Tiffany cards as a "super" premium set for the collector that was able to fork out an arm and a leg for a set. They were only packaged for sale by hobby dealers in a full set, not as a wax box or rack pack like the regular cards. The sets themselves were limited by over production era standards to anywhere from 5,000 to 25,000 sets, not serial numbered. The 1991 set is believed to be the lowest print run set at the 5,000 mark. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since they seem to be scarce, you can generally find these selling for quite a bit more than their base set counterparts. For example, a 1986 Topps Traded Will Clark rookie went for between $.50 and $5.00 on Ebay while the same card in the Tiffany version went for over $50.00. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm not saying I pulled anything $50 worthy here, it's just interesting to get to see these in person. As a childhood collector, neither myself or any of my friends could afford a Tiffany version of any of these cards. I remember seeing singles at card shows back in the late 80s/early 90s with price tags on them upward of a few hundred dollars. What kid can fork out that kind of cabbage? None that I know, that's for sure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here's a few from the garage that have been rescued from their eminent doom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">On the scans of a few of them you can notice that they look to be a little brighter than their regular release brethren. Scanner doesn't pick up shiny very well so you don't get the gloss. Instead of the gray cardboard like the base set, these are printed on a white card stock that is a little thinner, which makes the colors pop a little more. Notice the backs where you can see the color of the cards is much brighter than what you would normally find on an 1989 or 1988 set, especially the 1989s. If you believe everything they print on the internet like I do, apparently these were printed in Ireland instead of Pennsylvania. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I didn't find any other years of these yet, but now that I know they are out there, I will be more careful before sending these late 80s nightmares off to Hades where they belong.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>PS. Did you click on that album cover up top? Go ahead. Try it. </b></i></span></div>TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-91403583576977094972011-03-29T20:55:00.000-07:002011-03-29T20:55:24.358-07:00Random 8 (Episode 3)<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><i>Since the point of starting this blog was to showcase what was in this giant collection, I figured I better get on the stick. So with that, I bring you another episode of The Random 8. These are 8 cards pulled, at random, from a box that I may be currently going through. Why 8? Because that is how many fit comfortably on my scanning bed. These can be anything, all sports, even non-sport. I'll even attempt to comment. Also, if I ever show anything you might want, let me know before it goes back to the garage or gets put up for sale.</i></span></span><br />
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1. <u><b>1998 Donruss Jeff Bagwell (Hit List)</b></u> - I was always a fan of Jeff Bagwell. The tandem of he and Craig Biggio was one of the best in baseball at the time. Donruss again put out the Hit List set only in 1998, they included it in the regular issue of the set. It looks like an insert but is sequentially numbered with the base cards. Sadly, Bags can be found in the common boxes these days. <br />
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2. <u><b>1997 Leaf Gary Sheffield (Legacy)</b></u> - Again, another cool looking card that appears to be an insert but is not. Leaf included the Legacy cards as regular set issued cards. The set was broken up into two 200 card series so this one came out of Series II. Sheff was another guy I always liked growing up and thought he was underrated as a player. Unfortunately, like many of my childhood "heroes", he was no stranger to controversy and tarnished himself by making friends with good ole' Barry. I think I lost respect for him somewhere between the racial comments he was making in almost every interview back in 2006 or 2007. To think, for a while there, there was a slim chance that he could have suited up again this year. <br />
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3. <u><b>1984 Donruss Kevin McReynolds RC</b></u> - I'll admit that I hardly remember Kevin as a Padre. He spent from 1983-1986 with San Diego and apparently wasn't horrible but not enough to keep him from being traded. I remember him mostly as a Met (although he would play for the Royals later on). If my recollection serves me correctly, Kevin was on a stolen base tear back in 1988. He set the record for most SB's without being picked off. In my little trading card circle which consisted of about 5 kids from the neighborhood, his cards were most definitely not "commons" at the time. Afterall, he was better than Rickey Henderson according to one of my friends at the time. If only...<br />
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4. <b> <u>1987 Fleer Bo Jackson</u></b> - This was the most sought after Bo Jackson card amongst the kids in my neighborhood. That was until the 1990 Score "BO" card came out featuring the over the shoulder pads bat picture that has since become iconic. I remember picking one of these up from a show at the Ramada Inn and being the envy of the neighborhood. $20 was a lot to spend on one card back then. I think I'd be lucky to get $2 for it now. Funny how times change. I guess I should have traded it for the Don Mattingly RC and Darryl Strawberry RC I was offered when I had the chance. <br />
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5. <b>Skybox/Hoops Isaiah Rider</b> - Here we have another fallen, waste of potential talent in Isaiah JR Rider. I thought this guy was going to be huge. After coming out of UNLV, he was drafted by the T-Wolves with the #5 pick overall. But like most modern-era players, the quick jump from poor college athlete to filthy rich pro went to his head. Drugs, legal problems, assault charges, and other distractions sent him on a downward spiral after just two seasons. He was never the same after that. I think he may actually hold the record for the most suspensions in the shortest amount of time. You'd have to fact check me on that one though.<br />
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6. <b>Topps Gallery David Justice</b> - I'm not 100% on this one anymore but I think this may be a promo sample. Since I can't seem to find where I put this one, I will refrain from further comment. <br />
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7. <u><b>1990 Donruss Harold Baines All Star (Variation B)</b></u> - What random pile-o-junk would be complete without the obligatory 1990 Donruss card? The answer...none. Here we have Hammerin' Harold and his acknoledgment for being in the 1989 All Star Game. But if you notice the former owner of the card's meticulous attention to detail, you will see the sticker that designates this as Variation B. Wait for it.... It took me a minute or two after finding this to see the problem. The line in the header of the card is going through the star instead of behind it. That's it. I hardly think this card was worth $20.00 for that, then or now, or ever for that matter (no offense to Mr. Baines.<br />
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8. <u><b>1987 KMart 25th Anniversary Brooks Robinson</b></u> - Arguably one of the best 3rd basemen of all time, Brooks Robinson was one of many all time greats to be included in the 25th Anniversary set by Kmart back in 1987. The set was manufactured by Topps and included a set of 33 glossy cards featuring "Stars of the Decades", meaning the 60s, 70s and 80s. Also included was that ever popular stick of gum. The cards were packaged in a box similar to a pack of playing cards. Other stars included Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Wade Boggs, and George Brett. I was actually shocked to see graded versions of some of these on Ebay going for $10-20. Crazy. TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-33393399213919268652011-02-24T19:53:00.000-08:002011-02-24T19:53:29.887-08:00Another Random 8<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Since the point of starting this blog was to showcase what was in this giant collection, I figured I better get on the stick. So with that, I bring you another episode of The Random 8. These are 8 cards pulled, at random, from a box that I may be currently going through. Why 8? Because that is how many fit comfortably on my scanning bed. These can be anything, all sports, even non-sport. I'll even attempt to comment. Also, if I ever show anything you might want, let me know before it goes back to the garage or gets put up for sale.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. <b>1993 Skybox Ultraverse II Origins Mantra Promo Card</b> - Another non-sport promo card from a random box. This one is from the Ultraverse II set produced by Skybox in 1993-1994. These cards feature artwork created by some of the biggest comic artists of the time. This particular card features Mantra, a man trapped in a women's body. The background story, and I'm not a comic guy so bare with me, is that a warrior who was immortal for some reason or another has to become a mortal woman and a sorceress. How's that for a story line. The character was created by the comic artist Matt Barr. There are also autographed versions of these floating around the universe too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. <b>1999 Topps Gold Label Class 1 Todd Hundley</b> - I was always a fan of the Topps Gold Label series. Any sport, any year. I like the card stock, the reflective/glossy surface, and the design with multiple cut out shots of the player. The backs, on the other hand, need some work. They only show career totals with average stats and career best. Although, this years set has a short write up on the player.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. <b>1992 Wild Card Decision '92 Ross Perot (and George Bush)</b> - This is still sealed in the promo pack it came from originally back in 1992. Apparently a ton of these were given out during the various campaigns as "special cards" or promos. They also put out parallels just like the football versions with numbers stripes that could be redeemed and traded through their Trading Card Center. These were manufactured by AAA Cards. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. <b>1992 Topps Stadium Club Batman Returns Promo</b> - These were put out right before the movie was released and featured 100 cards. The cards show movie photos, behind-the-scenes shots, and also included some production artwork. I think it would have been cool if they inserted these at random into the baseball and football sets back then. Could you imagine pulling one of these out of those poorly packaged cellophane wrappers?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. <b>1996 Upper Deck A Cut Above Ken Griffey Jr. #CA3</b> - Another die-cut card by Upper Deck. The subtitle on this one is "Fun Loving". "Once in spring training, when he lost a bet for a steak dinner to manager Lou Piniella, he paid up by bringing a live cow into Piniella's office." That's no bull. Get it? Bull. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">6. <b>1980 Topps Star Wars Empire Strikes Back Series II Star Pilot Luke Skywalker</b> -</span></span> This was from the second series of ESB cards. It features 132 cards with 33 stickers. On the back is a trivia question. "What is the first spaceship ever to be seen in a STAR WARS movie?" The answer is on card 148.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">7. <b>1993 Gil Elvgren's Ladies of Naughty Nostalgia Promo Pin up Girl </b>- These were produced by Comic Images through Gil Elvgren's publishing company Brown & Bigelow back in 1993. The cards all feature pin-up girls from the 40s and 50s and were contained in a 90 card set. There were also three bonus Super Spectra-Scope and three Opti-Prism cards randomly inserted in packs. I'm surprised I haven't seen more of these around considering the popularity of pin-up art.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">8. <b>2004 Topps Opening Day Gary Sheffield #105</b> - Nothing special. Just a base card. It was just weird that it was sandwiched between some of the ones above. By this point, Sheff had been in the league for 18 years. Here we see him contributing to his 2003 Braves season RBI record (which was held by Hank Aaron).</span></span>TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-32513212319860074772011-02-19T09:45:00.000-08:002011-02-19T09:45:55.230-08:00What (if anything) Is The Effect Of Serial Jersey NumbersI have come across some stuff in a football box that has intrigued me. Apparently at some point or another, the person that owned this collection at one time felt that it was fun/important/profitable/etc. to accumulate serial numbered cards. This box has a ton of them. But something I took note of was the small stack that was separated out in the back of the box. These cards had notations made on the penny sleeves indicating that the serial number was the player's jersey number. So I guess my question to all the blog readers/collectors out there is, does serial numbering that shares the same jersey number as the player bring a premium value to the card?<br />
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Here is a 1999 Fleer Trophy Collection Brian Griese of the Denver Broncos. The card is number 139TC from the set and is serial numbered, (if you click on the picture you can zoom in on the bottom right corner) 14/20. As we can all see by Brian's wonderful demonstration of how to receive a snap for a field goal/extra point, he dons number 14. I'm not aware of the current BV on the card and I was unsuccessful at finding any auctions on Ebay or listings on COMC for this one. I did find a few dealers with the card offered anywhere from $40-60. Does the fact that his number is the serial number increase the desirability and value of this one?<br />
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My second example is this 1999 Donruss Zoning Commission card of Curtis Martin. As we can see here, Curtis sports his #28 as he puts on the brakes in the endzone. The card is die-cut on the sides as you can see by the scan. If we flip the card over...<br />
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we see it's number ZC16 and the set is serial numbered out of 1000. It just so happens that this one is #28, the same number as his jersey. By checking with COMC, I can see that many of the cards minor stars are listed between $1.50-2.50 while the superstar players are about $8. Regardless of what I think, Mr. Martin is probably going to be part of the bottom tier when considering the hierarchy of popularity. The Bay has these selling from $.99-$10 depending on where you look but there was only 1 completed auction for poor Curtis here at $2.99 with no bids. So I'm definitely going with the $1.50 price tag on this one. Does the fact that it is numbered the same as his jersey kick this one up a notch?<br />
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But what about for superstars? My final example (and believe me I could keep going with this) is this fine specimen. It's a 1998 Pacific Dynagon Turf Titanium Turf John Elway #'D/99. I found this weird case in a box with nothing in it so I thought the Elway would look nice...it does. Pacific was always good for putting out a billion insert sets into their product and this was no exception. This comes from a 20 card set with a print run of only 99 cards. If we flip Mr. Elway over, we find...<br />
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that the card is numbered 7/99. Again, his jersey number is the serial number. One thing about this set that I found is that despite the player selection, the print run seems to inflate the price. If we go by BV alone, many of the mid to lower tier players are listed at $20. Heck, even Ryan Leaf has a $15 tag on him and we know that is ludicrous. I haven't seen any completed auctions from this set. There are a few from the 1999 set though with much lower pricing including the Curtis Martin for a buck (man, that guy get's no hobby love). The current ones for sale are ranging from $10 for guys like Terrell Davis, Napoleon Kaufman, or Corey Dillon; up to $140 for the likes of Peyton Manning. Sportsbuy has the Marino for $91. So between the Manning and the Marino, I would probably put Elway at about $100-120. Does that #7 stamped on the back push this one higher?<br />
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I'm curious to hear the hobby communities take on this one. TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-33441650924938705062011-02-13T19:17:00.000-08:002011-02-13T19:17:22.406-08:00Random 8I haven't been spending much time going through the garage haul lately. With the weather, work, and other things, there just hasn't been the time. <br />
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Since the point of starting this blog was to showcase what was in this giant collection, I figured I better get on the stick. So with that, I bring you the Random 8. These are 8 cards pulled, at random, from a box that I may be currently going through. Why 8? Because that is how many fit comfortably on my scanning bed. These can be anything, all sports, even non-sport. I'll even attempt to comment. Also, if I ever show anything you might want, let me know before it goes back to the garage or gets put up for sale.<br />
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1. <b>1991 Impel Marketing, Inc., Marvel National Safe Kids Campaign Trading Card Treats; She-Hulk</b> - Did you know that while driving her flying chartreuse convertible, She-Hulk must yield the right of way to passing pigeons as well as pedestrians? No really, it says that on the back. Seriously.<br />
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2. <b>1991 Pepsi Griffey's Set; Ken Griffey Jr. "Throwing from the outfield" #2</b> - I remember seeing dealers selling these by the dozens back in the early 90s. That was back when anyone with a camera and some funds for printing could make a card set.<br />
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3. <b>1993-94 Upper Deck Shawn Bradley #163 Rookie Card</b> - Bradley was the 2nd pick overall by the 76ers in 1993. I remember the big deal with Bradley, other than his shot blocking, was the fact that he only played his freshman year at BYU. This is before the rash of post high school draft declarations that are rampant in the NBA today. Bradley spent two years as a missionary before declaring for the draft. He was a hair short of being elected to the Utah House of Representatives last fall.<br />
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4. <b>1993 Magic The Gathering "Castle"</b> - Ooooohh! Look. A Castle. I never understood these things. I didn't get the game, the cards, the lifestyle (yes, there was a lifestyle). I guess it was just too complicated for me.<br />
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5. <b>1997 Lucasfilms Inc. Star Wars "Cloud City Engineer"</b> - I have no problem with Star Wars on any scale but like the Magic card above, these are part of some kind of game that involves dice and cards and cloaks of invisibility and...I just don't get it.<br />
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6. <b>1992 Topps Stadium Club Troy Aikman #695</b> - This set was always one of my favorites. I always liked the Skills Rating on the back that show how the player rates on a variety of stats. Aikman has a 4.7 arm strength, 4.2 mobility rating, 4.6 leadership score, and 4.5 defensive read skill. I can only assume the scale is out of 5.<br />
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7. <b>1991 Pro Set Walt Disney's Little Mermaid "Sebastien" Stand Up card #9</b> - You know if the Little Mermaid ever did become a real human, you know she would have cooked up this crab with some butter. That's what I would have done.<br />
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8. <b>1995 Topps Vampirella Gallery Tall Format Dealer Promo card #P1</b> - According to the <a href="http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/way/rbp20/cards/gallery.htm">Vampirella Revealed website</a>, this card is the same as card #19 in the set. It has artwork by Jose Gonzalez and was included in the Vampirella Strikes #1 comic. There were 6 of these in all. As you can see by the card, it is a "tall-boy". As you can also see, wherever she is, it's a little chilly.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-43552821452029138852011-02-08T20:17:00.000-08:002011-02-08T20:17:07.202-08:00A Handful For SaleI've been pulling random cards from boxes over the last few days and throwing them up on Ebay. There is a pretty varied mix of stuff from baseball, golf, and basketball. I will have some football up too in the next few days I think. No hockey yet, though. I guess I haven't found it in my heart to part with any of those that I have found yet. <br />
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If you are interested in browsing, the link is on the side bar.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-29379458382010712011-01-31T19:20:00.000-08:002011-01-31T19:20:52.353-08:00A Couple Odds & Ends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I suppose you can consider this a leftover post since for some reason i have a couple odd-ball items sitting on my desk. One is a baseball item and the other is apparently a basketball item. Let's start there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the same box as the Look N' See cards, I came across this small, tissue-like wrapper that almost got chucked into the garbage pile. Garbage pile, you ask? Box after box after box of these cards seem to have various pieces of flotsam and jetsam. For those not familiar with either the maritime jargon (or the metal band for that matter), flotsam and jetsam is simply a term I am using to refer to all the little pieces of junk that have broken away from larger items, like plastic from rigid top loaders, or price tags that have fallen off, wrappers sans cards, or dust bunnies (lots of dust bunnies). At first glance, I figured this was just the wrapper from something.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At second glance, I almost thought it was a condom. Almost. That was until I picked it up and realized it was not from this world, I mean country. Whatever this was, it was from Vitoria, Spain, I think. To the cloud...I mean Wiki...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><i><b>"Naipes Heraclio Fournier S.A.</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_card" title="Playing card">playing card</a> manufacturer that was founded in 1868 and is based in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitoria,_Spain" title="Vitoria, Spain">Vitoria</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>. Though it has been owned by The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Playing_Card_Company" title="United States Playing Card Company">United States Playing Card Company</a> since 1986, not only does it continue to maintain separate manufacturing operations, but it also manufactures certain USPC products sold by its parent company in the States (i.e., Congress bridge playing cards).</i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>It was founded by Heraclio Fournier in 1868. He died in 1916. His grandson Félix Alfaro Fournier took on the administration of the company and started a card collection. In 1970 he acquired the card collection from <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_De_la_Rue" title="Thomas De la Rue">Thomas De la Rue</a>. His collections formed the <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fournier_Museum_of_Playing_Cards&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Fournier Museum of Playing Cards (page does not exist)">Fournier Museum of Playing Cards</a>, now property of the Province Government of Alava."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alright then. So this must be from some kind of set they produced in the 80s that featured NBA players, since that is what is printed on the wrapper. See there, "Gran promocion <<NBA>>. Upon further review, it would appear that this is from 1988 and is from the Fournier NBA Estrellas set which featured a companion set of stickers. Since this is 23 years old, the glue has kind of worn off the sides so the contents are accessible. If you couldn't see through the initial scan image, here is what was inside.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now I see the irony in thinking it was a condom wrapper.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Blank. Blank? Blank! Ok. This has got to be cut from something. Like a box bottom. Or a cereal box. Or a package of some sort. I don't know but I will get to the bottom of this one. So far, I have come up with nothing. If anyone out there knows what this is or where it came from, please share.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-27368653833032205092011-01-24T20:21:00.000-08:002011-01-24T20:21:36.705-08:00Look N' See what I found<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I haven't posted any finds on here in a while because I really haven't found anything out of the ordinary. Not that this site is soley dedicated to the strange and unusual but most of the major card brands through the years have been seen time and time again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other day I grabbed a box to thumb through while watching something stupid on TV. I found a small snap-tite jewel case that had some odd sized cards rattling around in them. Just from the looks of the sides, since they were sandwiched between some 1984 Topps Baseball and some 1987 Topps Football, they looked old. Only one way to find out... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4pHlamOJBUG2Xp67l4RDquAPK-frmmF4A2zCrK3quLa6JvKUHp-aLhTMADJZ0r5e8qX23cdh90nkdpjR-ske-Q1D_bXSxyd1Ax7a9t-FaP-BSBc7wToYIAUaVbkL4DdUtS4PLfuVQNRR/s320/1952+Topps+Gum+Look+N+See+Dolly+Madison.jpg" width="242" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRyMFN2lIC3tWOBajZ2FIhC5gZF_oyK01A7ES7IpHZHopxfIS6G3qCMox3IeLG2Y36jtu7TcI8KGppoX0KwbDlNvoGG2GZxQ_LvNj0K2DyHevbRkRly70Fgz_ZksUSJn8oBN31hOxIRQc/s1600/1952+Topps+Look+N+See+Dolly+Madison+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRyMFN2lIC3tWOBajZ2FIhC5gZF_oyK01A7ES7IpHZHopxfIS6G3qCMox3IeLG2Y36jtu7TcI8KGppoX0KwbDlNvoGG2GZxQ_LvNj0K2DyHevbRkRly70Fgz_ZksUSJn8oBN31hOxIRQc/s320/1952+Topps+Look+N+See+Dolly+Madison+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">As in most of what I have been finding that "looks" old, these have seen better days. There are predominant creases, mis-cuts, off centering issues and of course the corners are rounded and worn. But none of that changes the fact that until now, I had never seen these before. So off to the interwebs for some information.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">First things first...some observations. My first thought was that these were obviously from a set that features predominant figures in US History and possibly World History. Since there was no date stamp, I surmised that they were probably from the early 60's or possibly the 50s. The fact that it said T.C.G. on the bottom was a tip off that they were made by Topps. Other than that I had no clue. In case you didn't already know, and it's hard to believe after what I found out that anyone other than me doesn't, here is what we found out. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoOWeTT3QzSDia8ZRmvzgvRsPA_ORyVLfLKgyRRA7w4eDKJLGO6tl4vn5mPGPq9iSjbGHVyZZV71WGoiqaynvJwLwuyiKv4rl2NY84F4XNAkQFeZmgP7sRNoV3kRQz_T7sN85qNB22UsV/s1600/1952+Topps+Gum+Look+N+See+General+Ridgeway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoOWeTT3QzSDia8ZRmvzgvRsPA_ORyVLfLKgyRRA7w4eDKJLGO6tl4vn5mPGPq9iSjbGHVyZZV71WGoiqaynvJwLwuyiKv4rl2NY84F4XNAkQFeZmgP7sRNoV3kRQz_T7sN85qNB22UsV/s320/1952+Topps+Gum+Look+N+See+General+Ridgeway.jpg" width="218" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJMWWzSyyXtuiXD3HXz6YccO-o16yga-KQaQlJzu8X2Yty2jjzz2Jy1eyS18LP-ajmOeuIon1ojEyH72bsV-qA8RxZszyG1A93GY7ftcwqrlyc7sqyPEfcI4L-1rvbej-QB3xBkMsF9-D/s1600/1952+Topps+Gum+Look+N+See+Matthew+Ridgway+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJMWWzSyyXtuiXD3HXz6YccO-o16yga-KQaQlJzu8X2Yty2jjzz2Jy1eyS18LP-ajmOeuIon1ojEyH72bsV-qA8RxZszyG1A93GY7ftcwqrlyc7sqyPEfcI4L-1rvbej-QB3xBkMsF9-D/s320/1952+Topps+Gum+Look+N+See+Matthew+Ridgway+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="227" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">Look 'n See was in fact produced by Topps in 1952. Apparently, these were pretty popular and have become one of the biggest 1950's non-sport sets traded today. If you check Ebay, you will find quite a few listings. In fact, when you search for 1952 Look N' See, I came up with 789 individual auctions. What does that basically mean to me? It means that these were probably produced in a much more significant volume than any of the other 1950's non-sport sets. Also, unlike other trading card sets, these were available to purchase for a continued amount of time through the early 50s. Some older collector's remember these being available as late as 1954.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">The most sought after card is the Babe Ruth. Despite the scarcity of some of the other cards, the Ruth still garners three figures in most cases even in less than Excellent condition. Although not impossible to find, the scarcest card, as reported by many dealer's and collector's, is the Rembrandt. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvy0FBkkF6a-kzyZjUXqyUtXmiBuBTI-0uwVzUm1FKRYKZZrXuvavuJ6nNxsz9-2KlVEuGRvq01IeMRKBTa4DW5seIz2hS_YqKmnuhgcBI921Auzn-hjBPgieklrJWYl7OJAzSwoCLpXI/s1600/1952+Topps+Gum+Look+N+See+General+Patton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvy0FBkkF6a-kzyZjUXqyUtXmiBuBTI-0uwVzUm1FKRYKZZrXuvavuJ6nNxsz9-2KlVEuGRvq01IeMRKBTa4DW5seIz2hS_YqKmnuhgcBI921Auzn-hjBPgieklrJWYl7OJAzSwoCLpXI/s320/1952+Topps+Gum+Look+N+See+General+Patton.jpg" width="224" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"> <i></i>The backs of the cards feature hidden answers to trivia questions that are printed on the cards. After a brief biography of the subject, the question is printed in a box such as the one above, "What famouse general did Gen. Ridgway replace in Korea?" There was a small piece of red cellophane included in each pack that kids could place over the back to reveal the answer. Not only would the answer appear, but the orange backs would disappear as well as the biography. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0EKRBoTbxSfSH1cB4O2NdUZXhErWle5xZHzQhLNML3o0JS55LRiJsNbVL01iCqBlHiFHTWkDyNHHC4SQOP_sizyvN6Bf7VJcjrZUAvNuBabhE_cSMyTzz-6SlGSmhh2MfWCEfz1lyOac/s1600/1952+Topps+Gum+Look+N+See+George+Patton+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0EKRBoTbxSfSH1cB4O2NdUZXhErWle5xZHzQhLNML3o0JS55LRiJsNbVL01iCqBlHiFHTWkDyNHHC4SQOP_sizyvN6Bf7VJcjrZUAvNuBabhE_cSMyTzz-6SlGSmhh2MfWCEfz1lyOac/s320/1952+Topps+Gum+Look+N+See+George+Patton+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="233" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">Apparently, these were produced in in two series. Card numbers 1 through 75 were followed by numbers 76 through 135. Topps split the first 75 cards into subsets with seven titles. Card numbers 1 through 9 depicted Presidents; numbers 10 through 31 featured Famous Americans; numbers 32 through 42 were of Military Leaders; and cards 43 through 46 pictured Famous Women. Other headings included Explorers (6 cards), Men of the West (11), World Figures (5) and Inventors (7). </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">The backs list a secondary numbering system for each subset. For example, the George S. Patton card is denoted as "No. 3 of 11 Military Leaders." The cards in series 1 are all grouped together. However, series 2 is all over the board. Collector's speculate that since series 1 flew off the shelves, they rushed series 2 before planning the configuration (go figure even in the 1950s Topps had quality control problems.)<i> </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Overall, though, I think the best part about these is the caricature artwork on the front. A very nice set if you can find it in good condition. I found a full set sell on Ebay for around $800 and you can get most individual cards fairly cheap with the exception of the more scarce figures. So far these are the only three that I have found but like most interesting things, I have a feeling there may be more out there in the garage.</span></div>TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-37704938726356118502011-01-11T18:00:00.000-08:002011-01-11T17:59:28.114-08:00Quick self promotion - Basketball items ending tonight!! Kobe, Jordan, REFRACTORS, Shaq, Rookies, Inserts, etc.<b>There are still a bunch more basketball cards from the Garage up on the Bay. If you are interested, the link is over on the right side toward the top. Almost all the auctions start at $.99. </b><br />
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Well that was until tonight when I found something that set me off. I found these...<br />
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</div>I'm going to guess that at this point you know where I am going with this. Here we have four cards that upon first glance, look to be from the 1950s considering the photos, uniforms, and black & white style. I have never seen cards from this time that looked like these so I assumed they were some limited food printed set or something of that nature.<br />
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Well, they aren't. In fact, they aren't even cards. Actually that is not entirely true. They were cards at one time. That is, until someone with a need to change the images on their cards got a hold of some newspaper clippings or magazine photos, some Elmer's glue and a pair of scissors. I can't imagine why someone that wasn't the creator would keep these as they are abominations at worst and novelty "Frankencards" at best.<br />
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So what were these at one time? Here's a hint...<br />
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Yes, my friends. Those were perfectly good 1954 Bowman cards. 1954 Bowman cards that at some point in their 56 year existence, fell into the hands of someone with more interest in arts & crafts rather than collecting. Even if they were less than enthused with the player selection here, why choose to mutilate these cards? Why not find other pieces of cardboard to paste your favorite player photos to? Why not just put the pictures up in your bedroom, or on your Trapper Keeper? Why not just put the cards in your bike spokes like the rest of the idiot kids in the 1950s and 1960s that didn't realize the gold they had at the time but now force their kids and grand kids to listen to stories about how they had Mantle, Mays, Williams, Maris, and Clemente and sentenced them all to death by bike tire friction? Whoa...calm down.<br />
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As you can see by two of the four former cards, someone had tried to "rescue" them by peeling off the stuck on pictures. It wasn't me, I swear. You can also see that attempt didn't work out too well. Rather than center the photos on the card, you can see that they took the liberty of adjusting the margins a bit...by cutting the edges off to match the clippings! <br />
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So I guess to sum up, I found a 1954 Bowman Hobie Landrith #220, a 1954 Bowman Frank Baumholtz #221, a 1954 Bowman Bill Bruton #224, and a 1954 Bowman Pete Catiglione #174 (Version B)...all with the fronts doctored, with news clippings pasted to them, chopped up and trimmed down to fit some sort of sick fantasy. Or, maybe this was the first Custom Card creator.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-62533496011725849302010-12-21T18:47:00.000-08:002010-12-21T18:47:21.787-08:00Nonsport Hologram-y-nessSo as a change of pace, I thought I would show two random cards I found in a box of otherwise bland, boring 90s baseball.<br />
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First, is this...<br />
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This one is a little hard to see but is spectacular in person. For those that can't make it out, it's a hologram (hololithogram to be exact) of Spiderman putting a boot to the solar plexis of Venom. The image looks awesome in the right light. If you hold it just right, it seems like Venom's shoulder and Spidey's head are coming out of the card. Really, freakin' cool.<br />
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The back is completely black so all the information has to be obtained from the front. This is from the 1993 Marvel set produced by Skybox. It says Marvel Universe Series IV under the picture. It is numbered H-IV. I found four different "versions" of this card on the Bay. There seems to be a Red, Orange (Gold), Green, and Blue version, with the Blue commanding a premium $120-130 asking price and the Red at about $100. The others seem to be consistent at around $25-35. Seems like a ton for this card but again, it's pretty freakin' good looking.<br />
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I found a completed auction for all 4 for $220. Amazing! I can't tell which one I have. In certain light it looks Gold, in another Green, and if I turn it just the right way, it looks Red. Who knows.<br />
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The second card...<br />
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This one you can see a little better. It is a 1991 Impel 25th Anniversary Star Trek Hologram numbered H1. The card is pretty self explanatory, featuring the Starship Enterprise flying over a planet (presumably Earth) and the logo on the bottom right. On the back, it says "The Birth Of A Legend" and goes on to describe a brief history of the series, including the fact that it was the first program to show a Russian and American working together, the first interracial kiss, and helped in naming the first space shuttle.<br />
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This one was all over the board. You can find this one from $1 up to $15 with no auctions that I could find with closing bids. Even still, it is a pretty cool looking card...although not as good as the Spidey Holo.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-35932555394943779512010-12-20T21:41:00.000-08:002010-12-20T21:42:40.635-08:00Just for KicksLong before the 2010 World Cup took the collecting world by storm...Long before the most popular game in the world hooked many a blogger and regular old collector on World Cup Stickers and Soccer cards...Long before there were MLS teams and $250 Million contracts for players...there was Kyle Rote Jr's Superstar Soccer. <br />
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In case you were wondering, Kyle Rote Jr. is a former soccer player for the United States National team as well as the North American Soccer League. He is in the Soccer Hall of Fame and apparently was pretty good. I'm not writing a book report so if you want to find out more about him, Google it (I always wanted to say that).<br />
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At any rate, in 1976 a company called Bel-Art Adv., Inc. and their brand name Rainbo (Colonial), produced a 50-card set of soccer cards featuring the great Kyle Rote Jr. The set, known as the Superstar Soccer set, was sponsored by the NASL. Or at least mine were. Apparently there are some other variations of this set that have different branding but are all essentially the same photos on the front and wording on the back.<br />
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The cards feature a yellow border around the cards and have the heading on the top that says "Kyle Rote, Jr. Says...'Try This'" or "Watch For". They feature a sketch drawing featuring some soccer skill, move, or play and have a picture of Kyle floating on the top in a star. On the bottom, there is a description describing what is going on in the picture. The backs (which I have no scan) feature a write up about the play or trick that is being taught as well as a descriptive drawing panel showing the steps involved in the play. They are definitely something different.<br />
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I don't really have much more to say about them other than I have never seen them before. I am by no means an expert on cards outside the realm of the big 4 sports but I can't recall coming across these before. I found cards going for a buck or two each and complete sets being offered from anywhere between $5 to $20...so I'm guessing a 10 spot would be the roundabout price on a set of 50. Not bad for a set over 30 years old...if you like soccer.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-73761901923810615902010-12-16T19:27:00.000-08:002010-12-16T19:28:00.976-08:00And Now For Something Completely Different...The Queen's EnvelopesAs I was thumbing through another box of random misses, and the occasional hit, I came across some envelopes that were laying flat underneath the stacks of cards. Since they were upside down, I had no idea what was inside. As I removed the random piles of 1980's era Philadelphia Eagles cards, I picked one up to notice this on the other side...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't fancy myself as a philat...philatal...ph...stamp collector. I had a relative back when I was 10-11 years old that decided that I liked stamps and got me a bunch of proof books from the post office to start my collection. I'll admit, I went with it for a while and bought a few of those "bag-o-stamps" that HobbyTown used to sell back in the day. I probably had a few thousand stamps from all over the world when suddenly, the idea of putting all of them into binders and sleeves with the aid of tweezers and little green pieces of tissue paper with glue on them just didn't keep me interested. I can't figure out why. Don't ask me where there are now though because I haven't the foggiest. That interest was replaced by cardboard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At any rate, there were a few of these envelopes in this box. Including the one above, and this one that is a little dog-earred...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have tried to find information about these but I really can't find anything specific. I do know that Artcraft Engravings was a company that produced various First Day Issues of stamps for a variety of occasions. Knowing that, I suppose these were made to commemorate some kind of trip that the H.M. Queen Elizabeth II was taking, or had taken. One of them is stamped Royal Visit, which I suppose means the Queen must have paid a visit to Bermuda. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If anyone else is more high falootin than I, and would like to elaborate on the origin and species of these items, feel free to comment. But for now, the "Queens Envelopes", as I will call them, are taking their place in the Garage. </div>TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-83835306476315861482010-12-14T20:40:00.000-08:002010-12-14T20:40:28.977-08:00Remember These?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYYzEImX4jiTFJPgse93sebyb6Pc9t39HZP_L33eDUyoBaW0JFWvyt7fq_AYWzdy1RYXHenNAUWZSXiXmCmT33enhIrf7YYRxXzK6LYZebGoEfiy2JsKePyae3qqst9fj4FUtlKxkhyphenhyphenrr/s1600/CollectABooks+Orel+Hershiser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYYzEImX4jiTFJPgse93sebyb6Pc9t39HZP_L33eDUyoBaW0JFWvyt7fq_AYWzdy1RYXHenNAUWZSXiXmCmT33enhIrf7YYRxXzK6LYZebGoEfiy2JsKePyae3qqst9fj4FUtlKxkhyphenhyphenrr/s320/CollectABooks+Orel+Hershiser.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><br />
I was always a fan of Collect-A-Books. They were different. Fun. Not the ordinary baseball card that dominated a large part of the early 90s. <br />
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I remember most of my friends at the time that I regularly traded with were more than happy to get rid of these because they didn't fit in toploaders and they were kind of thick to fit in pages too. Of course, this was back before they made higher grade/thickness card protection supplies because there was no need back then. There were no autograph cards unless you got them yourself. There were also no Game Used memorabilia cards that were as thick as two, if not three normal cards.<br />
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</div>You could get these in a box that was kind of like a deck of cards, or one of those KMart Special release sets.<br />
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Strangely enough, the Yount card was one that I never was able to get my hands on for some reason. I think I recall having a Paul Molitor though but my memory isn't what it used to be.<br />
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But the biggest draw for me was the fact that they were just that, books. Inside, you could find all sorts of interesting facts, stats, and information about the player pictured. Let's take a look.<br />
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Personal data, just like the back of a regular card. Wow! Did you know Bo Jackson's nickname is Bo? Interesting...<br />
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I remember watching the All-Star game they are referring to. I must admit, I remember thinking that it was so cool that he lead off with a homer. At that point, Bo was everywhere...TV, Commercials, Cereal, etc. But "startled"? I'm not sure if that is the correct verbiage.<br />
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I was a fan of Bo Jackson but he is one of those third person guys. If there is one thing I can't stand, is a third person guy. You know who you are.<br />
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And now the backs, for those of you that enjoy caricatures of baseball players. Just check out the artist rendering of the guns on Ruben Sierra and Bo Jackson. Now check out Orel. <br />
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Collect-A-Books are now in the garage.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-63273628011744778482010-12-08T19:37:00.000-08:002010-12-08T19:37:59.812-08:00Sweetness!Judging by the title of this post, I'm sure most of you have already figured out who I found. I think I may have even alluded to this being in there before on the regular blog but nonetheless, it's my latest addition to the Card Garage and the newest interesting card to be unearthed from the depths of cardboard purgatory. And not only that, it's a card that I have always wanted to own but never could muster up enough guts (cabbage) to pick up.<br />
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What I considered for a long time to be the holy grail of football cards (next to Kordell Stewart's rookie, of course) was found residing amongst a pile of late 70's and early 80's Bears cards in a two row "shoebox". <span class="pgray">There was Bob Avellini, Mike Hartenstine, Bo Rather, Robin Earl and Dan Peiffer. There was Waymond Bryant, Noah Jackson, Alan Page and a Revie Sorey All-Pro. Then there was this. The only card in the pile protected from the elements by the revolutionary indestructible fortress known as a penny sleeve. </span><br />
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<span class="pgray">Despite it's confines, </span>tt was beautiful to see. I have come across many of these over the years that have had any number of problems including centering, worn corners, color fading, gum stains, etc. Most of the time, those defects have done little to reduce the asking prices by much more than a few percent. But this specimen...oh, this one looked great. It's a bit off center at first glance but nothing extremely bad. No chipping to the borders or edges. The corners are all sharp, real sharp. If I didn't know better, I would have thought this came right out of a pack.<br />
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But alas, the victory was short lived. As I removed it from it's chamber of despair that it had resided in for Lord knows how long, it hit the light just right, revealing several seriously pronounced creases in the top. Most of them stretch from the edge all the way through his face. They aren't significant enough to be seen on the back of the card but the damage, now that it has been revealed, is hard to miss. <br />
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You know what though? I don't care. To me, any Walter Payton rookie card is welcome in my collection. After all, he is only one of the greatest running backs of all time. Oh, and the fact that he was one of the nicest human beings who has ever lived doesn't hurt either. Sweetness has a place for sure in the Garage.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-86944236828439383782010-12-06T19:28:00.000-08:002010-12-06T19:28:46.312-08:00Now batting...Do you know this boy?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a hint...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYY6bb9_f6FdoXgKpdEsYHamDATumb2Yw8MRVOLwV26IUyDls579lRbHq3Zz8UNY-u4wIW-tz32bdIfRcIkI74kHEED8jX4M7ou8KTAHCeZgMIXOQqTqXoHcV_OrFjKi_H1YI3aU4BzT_N/s1600/stlouisstarmize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYY6bb9_f6FdoXgKpdEsYHamDATumb2Yw8MRVOLwV26IUyDls579lRbHq3Zz8UNY-u4wIW-tz32bdIfRcIkI74kHEED8jX4M7ou8KTAHCeZgMIXOQqTqXoHcV_OrFjKi_H1YI3aU4BzT_N/s200/stlouisstarmize.jpg" width="162" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Give up yet?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykiw6wkWFv3WU0cqvDylucPdCDER4fy5cK9cr11_YasteJSjxX5T1oUwb0zJGH-gO6lGWPoHpuWdZ6yHmcqqlGZ-bw1sgI_ksh1WlISzrFrNt5JtdXO5Tfn7vRiQCPWsYUuqrqBU7Cfa5/s1600/51in47mize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykiw6wkWFv3WU0cqvDylucPdCDER4fy5cK9cr11_YasteJSjxX5T1oUwb0zJGH-gO6lGWPoHpuWdZ6yHmcqqlGZ-bw1sgI_ksh1WlISzrFrNt5JtdXO5Tfn7vRiQCPWsYUuqrqBU7Cfa5/s200/51in47mize.jpg" width="158" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's another hint...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mqb1SSWWG46Jw029SfuEkbIAKBQSDxgJt569HdLnuM4Iur2xnpOzCXuRCau6e67E6avLzT704VoeGK-ZNxQesmVEsllDCDrhCnAVjJ0cx_ffzzJac1k-tkhSY12o5hbTXsqmdIupqmhX/s1600/cardsbigstickmize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mqb1SSWWG46Jw029SfuEkbIAKBQSDxgJt569HdLnuM4Iur2xnpOzCXuRCau6e67E6avLzT704VoeGK-ZNxQesmVEsllDCDrhCnAVjJ0cx_ffzzJac1k-tkhSY12o5hbTXsqmdIupqmhX/s200/cardsbigstickmize.jpg" width="166" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Still don't know?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAz9Y3tgBfTLHGhnc9z3jaOjt5lL4Gzl3uGZRyUtDbnkvbnOhum3RVBXDFYBDuUsgM6rpD9kBQ2MpCT9wn8oO7hm56DK4V2_tSKuEra-b5tzmTksxwezMLJ09GSU08oHlEhp1HcESiB84/s1600/mizewithroyrogers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAz9Y3tgBfTLHGhnc9z3jaOjt5lL4Gzl3uGZRyUtDbnkvbnOhum3RVBXDFYBDuUsgM6rpD9kBQ2MpCT9wn8oO7hm56DK4V2_tSKuEra-b5tzmTksxwezMLJ09GSU08oHlEhp1HcESiB84/s200/mizewithroyrogers.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Maybe you have heard of the other guy, Roy Rogers?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMe8dc5ubS_FNNLZZpaJFtT0A4Np51F7_uX8xYypgPQaPYHGvW2m0GdXXdSlI5-thML3AN-_qR8SfBtTjsmtS4eZdNo6i_LIZEa2CnNipCFW6xaeL-zXlzZPTOBBvYPhvBGYmJKFvoNcu/s1600/MizewithTerryMoore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMe8dc5ubS_FNNLZZpaJFtT0A4Np51F7_uX8xYypgPQaPYHGvW2m0GdXXdSlI5-thML3AN-_qR8SfBtTjsmtS4eZdNo6i_LIZEa2CnNipCFW6xaeL-zXlzZPTOBBvYPhvBGYmJKFvoNcu/s200/MizewithTerryMoore.jpg" width="162" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No, not Terry Moore. The other guy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwo3f9caxdiA_ysy71uBwlU4kpM4xQn1znldc4U7JxUMJjsRfjHpkLYY7-HFW2tRL1FNh0R69HmnoZEOEvuxrFUycT97EBg1oBor1LYlEzbZV6cS3kvDbY3vYLuXhxyW8CoKvlQ6DSAC6o/s1600/NLHomerChampMize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwo3f9caxdiA_ysy71uBwlU4kpM4xQn1znldc4U7JxUMJjsRfjHpkLYY7-HFW2tRL1FNh0R69HmnoZEOEvuxrFUycT97EBg1oBor1LYlEzbZV6cS3kvDbY3vYLuXhxyW8CoKvlQ6DSAC6o/s200/NLHomerChampMize.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>It's none other than the great hitter, the Big Jawn, Johnny Mize. I will admit that I was never fully aware of Johnny Mize's accomplishments as a player. He just isn't a guy that you hear mentioned all too often with the likes of the Mantle's, Ruth's and Mays's'es's. But the sad part about that is that he should be. <br />
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As for the cards, I had never seen such a thing before. There are 12 of them that I found. They aren't in the best condition because they are obviously not normal size. They were kind of floating around on the bottom of a 5000 count box, not upright, but under the cards that were stacked above them. I think they may have experienced some water damage a some point or another as well because many of them resemble a Ruffles potato chip. There is no designation on the back showing year, production, numbering, printing...anything. These were a little difficult to figure out but the internet is a wonderful thing.<br />
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</div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 1977, collector John A. Douglas took the initiative to right a wrong. Mize had been retired as an active player for almost 25 years. But despite his amazing stats, including being the only first basement to lead the NL in batting average for 7 years straight, he remained outside the hallowed halls of Cooperstown. In fact, he was nearly left off the ballot each and every year by those who select new members for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yefUJD7y5CODPW0ukyT9do7bOxGA7hBLFUKMLKBc-26IiIAso1G_zThyphenhyphen3ZwzM3EvkvQr3Nz3l2I-MgJeqx_62Z0jSwgCUBzomD78TKI_WaccgfCD_xEdCyYnrT2LpOJ95Pg41iidYUK3/s1600/mizereynoldsjohnson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yefUJD7y5CODPW0ukyT9do7bOxGA7hBLFUKMLKBc-26IiIAso1G_zThyphenhyphen3ZwzM3EvkvQr3Nz3l2I-MgJeqx_62Z0jSwgCUBzomD78TKI_WaccgfCD_xEdCyYnrT2LpOJ95Pg41iidYUK3/s200/mizereynoldsjohnson.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">So Mr. Douglas set out on his campaign to fix this travesty. Douglas decided to issue a 20-card set designed like a scrapbook that would feature all the qualifications that Mize had for enshrinement into the hall. Each card is 3-1/8" by 3-7/8", has a black and white photo of Johnny in different phases of his career, and features a gold border. The backs, as I stated, feature an all sorts of interesting facts about Big Jawn, including many statements by Johnny's contemporaries about him like Jackie Jensen, Ted Williams, Ken Keltner, James "Cool Papa" Bell, Allie Reynolds, and Ernie Lombardi. Mize was finally elected in 1981.</span></div><div style="color: black;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Welcome to the card garage, Johnny Mize. </span></div>TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-46577764156324415772010-12-05T09:27:00.000-08:002010-12-06T18:28:35.356-08:00The Garage Stalls - The First EntryFrom time to time, I am going to be entering in some cards into their respective "Card Garage Stalls" located at the top of the page. You will see multiple tabs for each sport and inside you will find a listing of cards by year for each sport that I have found some interesting specimens worthy of display.<br />
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For my first entry, I chose a card that I really paid no attention to when I first came across it in one of the boxes. In fact, I almost tossed it into the trash when I believed it was just a clipping from an old newspaper. I'm glad I didn't. Going back through the box a second time, it occurred to me that this was more than newsprint. As I flipped the card over, I noticed the name Hassan and immediately realized what it was. Not being an expert on vintage cards, I wasn't aware of the year or classification but I new...It was a tobacco card!<br />
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At first look, you are probably saying, "Wow! That is in some bad shape." You'd be right, although If I looked this good at 98 years old I'd be happy. On the front it featured the great baseball legend Napoleon Lajoie, anxiously awaiting a pitch. On the back it reads:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>A Great Batsman</b></div><blockquote><i>The chances are good that Lajoie, the man at bat in the picture will make the hit he is apparently laying for. He is one of the most confident batters of all time, and rarely finds it necessary to sacrifice. During the first ten years of American League history Lajoie was one of the three men to make 200 or more hits in a season (the others were George Stone and Ty Cobb). In 1901, 1904, 1906, and 1910 he reached this record, and in the last year smashed all American League records to that time by pounding out 227 hits, seven more than in 1901, although in that year he made a percentage of .422. In 1911 he had a batting average of .365.</i></blockquote> I will spare everyone the details of the history of Nap Lajoie and what he meant for baseball back in the early days. There are plenty of people that have done that already and done it better than I could. But I will talk a bit about the card.<br />
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This is a T-202 model card that was issued in 1912 by the Hassan Cigarette company. Well known now in the antique industry as one of the most prolific issuer of pin back buttons (along with Tokio and Obak) as part of their promotions, many people forget they put out one of the most interesting (at least in my mind) cards of the early 20th century. The card's measured 5 1/2" by 2 1/4" when fully intact. That's right. This is only "part" of the card. Hassan took on the concept of a multi-player card one step further than the Mecca cigarette company had the year before. The full size card would have the center panel as you see here but also two side panels that feature an individual player (usually not the one in the picture either). The idea was that you could fold over the two panels to create a booklet. Hence the term, "Triple Folder".<br />
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It worked like a charm and these quickly gained popularity, as they were the only cards that featured a somewhat, full write up on each player on the back. Over time, the constant bending and folding of the side panels caused many of the cards to become detached from their full panel status. Many people hung onto the player panels themselves as they were full color headshots but discarded the center black and white panel as it was larger in size and harder to keep stored. You can, however, still find many of these available on Ebay or other places for a reasonable amount in their full state.<br />
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I have yet to find either of the two panels in any boxes but you never know. I am just happy that I now own a piece of card collecting history. Welcome to the Garage, Mr. Lajoie.TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899496975363940293.post-19392622603356073462010-12-05T08:49:00.000-08:002010-12-05T08:50:13.163-08:00The Card Garage Is Open<b>What you say? Another blog that I will pretend to keep up with but will slowly neglect as time goes on? Probably. But so what. It's my party and I'll blog if I want to. That's right, kids. It's a new blog by me, the DFG, but it's a little different this time.</b><br />
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<b>As many of you know, I had the opportunity to get my hands on a substantially large collection that was once the inventory of two, now defunct, card shops. Since the collection consists of somewhere in the range of 1 Million cards, I obviously had to find a place to put them. Enter, the Garage (<i>and I can thank Sal from Puck Junk for the idea, sort of</i>). I fashioned a buffer zone between the endless stacks of 3000-5000 count boxes and the floor so as to prevent any potential water damage and I also utilized as much of the shelf storage as I could. My garage now looks like those pictures you see on Ebay of the "estate" sale card collections that take up inordinate amounts of space and are being auctioned in lots. You know what I'm talking about.</b><br />
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<b>At any rate, this is going to be where I spend most of the time listing what I find as I go through the boxes, as well as showing the auctions I may post for the ones I'm most definitely not keeping. My goal is actually to try and sell off the bulk of this collection, recoup any investment capital, and at the same time, increase and develop my own PC in the process. I will also be listing any interesting finds that I wish to share with the world. This should be an interesting ride.</b>TheRealDFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.com6