1952 Topps Completed!*
Celebration time! In the mail this week was the final card needed for the non-high number portion of my 1952 Topps set building project.
The Fall of the House of Mack
A Mack always pays his debts…though you may want to cash that check sooner rather than later. I find my long gone relative’s payroll check from the Philadelphia Athletics and catch a glimpse of the chaos hidden inside the turret above Shibe Park’s main gate.
Stolen Cards Alert: Autographed 1993 Finest Refractors
One of the most impressive (and uniquely identifiable) collections of 1993 Finest Refractors was stolen earlier this year. Let’s help find the cards.
Finding the Relative Scarcities of 1949 Leaf Variations
I’m using data to estimate the relative print runs of the dozens of variations in the 1949 Leaf baseball checklist. It turns out some cards are up to 6 times harder to find than others.
What Re:Leaf Brings to the Discussion
I’m two years late in writing this. Brian Kappel’s writing brings readers up to speed on the ’49 Leaf baseball card set and pushes them to explore the next chapter of this set’s story.
The Great 1948-1949 Leaf Debate Is Settled
They’re 1949, not 1948, but it doesn’t matter. You’re about to start worrying about your Ken Griffey, Jr. rookie.
“Mid” Century: 1952 Topps Demographics
This set included much more demographic data than previous baseball cards, including some real oddities like eye and hair color. Based solely on this information, which name in the checklist can claim the total of “most average ballplayer?”
You’re Supposed To
Faye Throneberry and I grew up in entirely different worlds. I never knew high school could be optional.
A Unique Card Show
Today marks my fifth anniversary of writing CardBoredom. I want to discuss a rather unique baseball card show, one where the tables exist solely to facilitate “show & tell” rather than buy & sell.