Show and Tell #117: The Baseball Card Snob’s Propaganda

The Baseball Card Snob sent me a bunch of 2009 Topps Update Propaganda cards and now I’m only down to eight left for the insert set. My favorite is this Chipper Jones.  Man I hope he has a great season and can at least get passed Jose Canseco on t…

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Topps has been posting a ton of sketch card examples of what we can expect to find out of this summer’s Mars Attacks Heritage set.  Each box will have a 1/1 sketch card and some of these look amazing. Here is my overall favorite which I love becau…

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I’ve started yet another blog which brings the total to four active ones.  We have the blog you are reading,Heartbreaking Cards Of Staggering GeniusA Pack To Be Named LaterHeartbreaking Originalsand now we have Card Roulette, which will be random …

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I enjoy this card [the most recent addition to my Pafko collection] because it was possibly owned by an Andy Pafko collector much like myself.  They cared enough about being accurate that they edited their 1959 Topps card to show that Andy became …

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The store Vintage Stock in Topeka has the best selection of baseball card packs of any card shop in the northeast section of Kansas. Their per pack prices are ridiculous but they have a box of just about every new product out there. They also have a f…

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Earlier in the week, Topps announced on their Mars Attacks Facebook page that there would be a musical based on the famous 1962 card set that would debut in 2013.  Here was the poster:Looks interesting, right?  I saw it on Facebook and I was …

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Six new cards for the Andy Pafko collection ranging from 1949 to 2002.  

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If this happens when the Jayhawks make the Championship game I wonder what will happen if we win on Monday…or what would happen if we loose.   Of course there was one asshole who thinks they are going to drive down the street.  

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I’ve been working on this Franken-set for a few years now and I’m finally getting around to making an official  needs list rather than just having dumb luck in finding cards I need.  The only rule to the set is that the cards need to be at le…

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I haven’t had time to make a video of the randomization yet so my Golden Giveaway contest is still alive and kicking.  Enter by going to this post and leaving a comment telling me what your favorite card is from 2011 or 2012. 

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Thank you for those who have added me to their follow list and so it’s Golden Giveaway time.  Just leave a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite card of 2011 or 2012 has been.  A winner will be randomized sometime tomorrow.

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I’m currently sitting at 199 followers and that is bugging me so once we cross over to the land of 200+ followers [i.e. the land of the "populer" card bloggers] we will have a randomization giveaway for two Golden Giveway codes.  So if you read th…

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As a person with a history of unflattering photos this one ranks as an all-time unflattering one.  I’m sure there have got to be better CC photos out there from last year.  How about this, and this, and this. 2012 Topps #145 CC Sabathia

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**This series highlights those few lucky [and unlucky] athletes that have names that make you stop and do a double take.**When I think of Biff, I think of only one thing:And I guess this card comes in second.  Biff Pocoroba was a back up catcher f…

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Here’s the front cover of issue #1 of the New Mars Attacks comic series from IDW Publishing that will expand well beyond the story given in the 1962 Topps card series:The comic is available in June and is $3.99 while the card set arrives in J…

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First, we have photos of what the card box looks like so we now know it’s going to be called either Heritage Mars Attacks or Mars Attacks Heritage.  I hope its Mars Attacks Heritage but that “Heritage” is oddly placed so it could go either way. We…

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Here’s the first video in what will be hopefully be an ongoing series highlighting the Joy of the Completed Set [trademark Cardboard Junkie]. 

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TheHitKing has done it again…this time unloading a mother load of 2011 Allen & Ginter mini in exchange for my Jay Bruce relic I pulled here…I might have enough now to start my own Frankenset! Sometimes the backs of these minis can be just as in…

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Ripping three packs of 2012 Topps Opening Day…possibly my favorite product. 

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2012 Topps Opening Day Mascots Needs ListLast updated: 3-21-12Bold = awaiting arrival/pending trade1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1920, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

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TheHitKing of the Spoke Bait and The Game blog recently send me a whole slew of Allen and Ginter minis from my needs list in exchange for some Reds cards.I received four Mysterious Figures…Three Portraits of Penultimacy…And six Step Right Up minis….

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In the new 2012 Topps Update you’ve got two types of photoshopped cards.  You have the new players shown in their new uniforms for the first time plus, this year you have your first shot to see the Marlins with their new name and new uniforms. Her…

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I’m really excited for Matt Flynn to be a Seahawk and I hope he does really well.  Hopefully the Packers will get to play the Seahawks next season.  And although the media would try to make it into something like the first time Aaron Rodgers …

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These next few days on the blog are going to be a bit of a 2012 Topps Opening Day overload. I’ve got a blaster video, individual pack ripping videos, plus this post. Everybody is focused on Heritage and so I’m changing things up a little bit. Let’s b…

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2010 Topps Allen and Ginter Sailors of the Seven Seas Mini Needs ListLast Updated: 3-18-12Bold = awaiting arrival/pending tradeSSS1 Christopher ColumbusSSS2 Sir Francis DrakeSSS3 Sir Walter RaleighSSS4 Vasco Nunez de BalboaSSS5 Francisco Vasquez de Cor…

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Reader Jeff recently sent me some minis from my 2012 Topps minis and the various needs lists from 2011 Allen and Ginter. He also included one of the 2008 Topps Obama Presidential set sticker I was missing.  Thanks Jeff!2008 Topps President Obama S…

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Are you ever searching CheckOutMyCards.com and looking for newly listed rare Andy Pafko cards and you are asked to “browse her pics” and that “new hot girls join every minute”?  It seems to happen to me pretty regularly. When people have the debat…

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Here are nine great 2012 Topps minis that I recently received from Smed’s Cards in exchange for some randoms from his needs list.This puts me at more than half done with inset set!   Thanks Smed!

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It’s here, it’s here!  The Unbubbling Video that I’ve been waiting to make for what seems like FOREVER!  This should it no way look bad upon the person who sent it too me.  I’ve been like a a 9 year old on December 24th waiting and waiti…

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In one of Tom The Ripper’s newest videos a Stan Musial 2012 Topps Tribute autograph is pulled.  This is a Jake Break, so as usual Jake he didn’t seem too excited about it when it was pulled but it is currently the only copy available for sale on e…

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