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Instagram Portrait: 1909-11 T206 Walter Johnson / 2010 Topps Chrome Refractor Autographs Stephen Strasburg
Posted in Instagram Portraits with tags autographs, baseball, baseball cards, Instagram Portraits, Stephen Strasburg, t206, Topps, Walter Johnson on July 26, 2012 by Cardboard IconsCardboard Porn: 1909-1911 T206 Ty Cobb (Red Port.)
Posted in Cardboard Porn with tags baseball, baseball cards, Hall of fame, Piedmont, sports, t206, tobacco cards, Ty Cobb, vintage baseball cards on July 22, 2010 by Cardboard IconsCardboard Porn: Because sometimes words just get in the way.
This is the 10th in an on-going series of card images titled “Cardboard Porn.”
Forget 2009 Topps 206, let’s see the real thing!
Posted in Newspaperman with tags baseball, baseball cards, Beckett, Beckett Grading, best baseball cards, Cardboard Icons, Christy Mathewson, Nap Lajoie, sports, t206, Topps, Topps 206, vintage baseball cards on December 9, 2009 by Cardboard Icons
I’ve been on a binge lately with 2009 Topps 206. The reason I love these cards so much is because they remind me of the real deal for 100 years ago.
Fortunately, I own two copies of the original cards, two of the biggest stars of the period, Christy Mathewson and Nap LaJoie. I received these cards back from Beckett Grading on Tuesday and they are even nicer than they were two weeks ago when I cracked them from their less-superior PSA and SGC cases. The Mathewson is a Sweet Caporal back while the LaJoie features the more common Piedmont back, a design Topps used for the common backs for its 2009 minis. I do have a question for Topps though: Is the company looking to produce this set again in 2010? The original T-206s were distributed in 1909 AND 1911.
I just hit for the Cycle with 2009 Topps 206
Posted in Newspaperman with tags baseball, baseball cards, sports, t206, Topps, Topps 206 on December 8, 2009 by Cardboard Icons
I can’t stay away from 2009 Topps 206 retail packs. Searched or not, I find myself drawn to those blue wrappers like a piece of metal to a magnet. It’s almost masochistic at this point because I know there is almost a 99 percent chance that I will not pull a relic. What I keep telling myself is that those blue and black framed beauties are not my reason for buying these cards. And to an extent I am being truthful. The reason I am drawn to these cards is because of the minis — they resemble cards that are a century old, and for the most part they look pretty good. But what sucks is that the and relics are minis, too, only set inside colored frames which are easy for searchers to spot. Bastards.
I digress. Knowing all this, I still bought a few packs the other day and managed to do well with the minis. So well, in fact, that I hit for the cycle: got four different mini backs in just a few packs. The Piedmont backs may be the most common, but I think they may be my favorite. I really like the Polar Bear (1:10 packs) , the Old Mill (1:20) are so-so and the Cycle backs (/99) are serial numbered. But the Piedmont backs are a thing of art — they look exactly like the cards from a century ago
Which one is your favorite?
Ken Griffey Jr.’s 2009 Topps 206 card is U-G-L-Y
Posted in Box / Pack Break with tags baseball, baseball cards, Chipper Jones, Ken Griffey Jr., Mickey Mantle, sports, t206, Topps, Topps 206, Upper Deck on December 7, 2009 by Cardboard Icons
Purchased a few more 2009 Topps 206 retail packs on Monday and pulled a mini of Ken Griffey Jr. Is this really the best that Topps could have done for this veteran; a card of him looking like a huge blob? Seriously, given that this set is sort of art-based, I think there were some real opportunities. Maybe Topps could have given us another Griffey card featuring that pretty swing, or give us a throw back of him climbing the wall like Spiderman. But to put out a card that looks like this is almost a slap in the face. I don’t care if he was an Upper Deck autograph exclusive his entire career, Griffey deserves better than this heaping pile of garbage.
The rest of the five packs break was so-so. No shortprint minis, no short print base cards, but I did wind up with a relic: Chipper Jones Old Mill (1:254 packs) border jersey card. It also should be noted that I pulled another Trevor Cahill mini (Piedmont) and it appears that Topps just screwed up all of the Cahill minis as this one also features the back intended for Josh Whitesell.
