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Thrift Treasures 57: A 99-year-old Mini Giants Blanket and 52 Topps card

on April 6th, 2013 by Cardboard Icons

April 6 marked the first Saturday of the month, which of course meant that one of the local community colleges was having its monthly flea market. I made the jaunt, despite the occasional sprinkle, and it paid off. I spent about 90 minutes at the flea market, spent $9 on four cards and an old [...]

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Check Out My Cards Mailday March 2013

on March 14th, 2013 by Cardboard Icons

Pardon the cheesiness and the lack of centering of the video.  Enjoy anyway.

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Rookie Card Upgrade: 1975 Topps George Brett

on March 5th, 2013 by Cardboard Icons

A few weeks ago I posted this ridiculously awesome Icon-O-Clasm picture of my 1975 Topps George Brett rookie card.  To say I needed an upgrade would be an understatement: Well, thanks to some good luck via the eBay I managed to snag a beautiful Brett rookie already slabbed by Beckett. As you can see, the [...]

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Treasures From Mom’s House

on February 24th, 2013 by Cardboard Icons

I Made a trip to my mom’s house last night and while we were talking, the subject of my old toys came up. I have a small amount of stuff still at her house. I’m in my 30s now, so I had gotten most of my childhood items cleared out of mom’s house a while [...]

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“Live” reveal of 1992 Score Ser. 2 pack with a “Franchise” (auto) insert.

on February 21st, 2013 by Cardboard Icons

On Wednesday I made a quick run to my local card shop and picked up another 1992 Score Ser. 2 box in search of the super rare ‘Franchise” insert cards, hopefully one that is signed.  Well, as the title of this post suggests … I got one!  Check out the “live” reveal … In case [...]

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Icon-O-Clasm: 1993 Elite Signature Series Will Clark autograph

on February 14th, 2013 by Cardboard Icons

It’s here! It’s finally here! Twenty years after its release, the 1993 Donruss Elite Signature Series Will Clark has come to the ‘Icon’s collection! If you’re not familiar with this card, it was the last of the three Signed cards that Donruss inserted into packs from 1991 to 1993. The first was Ryne Sandberg, the [...]

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Thrift Treasures 56: Micro cards and jumbo packs

on February 9th, 2013 by Cardboard Icons

While much of the east coast was blanketed in snow on Saturday, the sun was shining here on the West Coast, which of course meant there had to be some sort of garage sale of flea market somewhere.  My wife had plans with some friends, so I grabbed the kiddos and headed to a nearby [...]

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Kids point out previously unseen `boo boo’ on Griffey Jr. Topps card

on February 5th, 2013 by Cardboard Icons

So the other day I was tooling around the house before work and my daughter caught  me looking at baseball cards.  Normally when she and my son catch wind of me fidgeting with my cards, they both come over and start wanting to hold everything too.  Not a bad problem … if the kids are [...]

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