1949 Bowman Rookie Card
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In Memoriam: Ralph Branca
Posted in In Memoriam, Uncategorized with tags baseball, baseball cards, Brooklyn Dodgers, Ralph Branca on November 23, 2016 by Cardboard IconsMy first rainbow is complete — 2015 Topps WWE Undisputed Ted DiBiase
Posted in Misc., Uncategorized with tags Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase, Topps, Topps Undisputed, wrestling, WWE on July 6, 2016 by Cardboard IconsWhen Topps released WWE Undisputed last year I was absolutely floored by the quality. And I was thrilled that the set featured cards of one of my all-time favorites, Ted DiBiase, “The Million Dollar Man.”
I’ve got quite a few of the autos — that post will come later — but I have just concluded the rainbow of DiBiase’s base card, which is a feat that I never thought I’d complete. A big thanks to Rich Layton, owner of Layton Sports Cards for hooking me up with the base gold 1/1 parallel. The Magenta printing plate arrived today via eBay. The base card and the unnumbered red parallel are in my collection as well, but the serial numbered ones look more impressive.
In Memoriam: Joe Garagiola (2/12/26-3/23/16)
Posted in In Memoriam, Uncategorized with tags baseball, baseball cards, Bowman, Cardinals, Joe Garagiola, rookie card on March 23, 2016 by Cardboard Icons
1951 Bowman Joe Garagiola, rookie card.
Rookie Card Upgrade: 1960 Topps Willie McCovey
Posted in Rookie Card Upgrade, Uncategorized with tags baseball, baseball cards, BGS, BVG, rookie cards, Willie McCovey on March 15, 2016 by Cardboard IconsI’m a big fan of Willie McCovey but I’ve never really been a huge fan of his 1960 Topps rookie card. Reason? It’s ugly. The rendition of McCovey isn’t exactly flattering. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: McCovey looks like a deer on this card.
I digress. Being the rookie card collector that I am I had to own one. Hell, everyone should own one. The copy I decided on was raw and ultimately graded a 3.5. It’s one of the best-looking 3.5’s I’d ever owned. 
Lately I’ve been doing a bunch of upgrading and recently posted my new Carl Yastrzemski. When I put that Yaz in my rookie display case next to the McCovey, it got me thinking about upgrading the Giants’ HOF rookie card.
And so I did. In relatively cheap fashion. in fact, it was maybe $20 more that what I had paid for the first McCovey.
Icon-O-Clasm: “No Off Days” 1921 American Caramel Wally Pipp and 1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig
Posted in Icon-O-Clasm, Uncategorized with tags American Caramel, baseball, baseball cards, Goudey, Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, Wally Pipp on March 9, 2016 by Cardboard Icons
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