Player/Type Collections

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Workmanlike Performances

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I recently accepted a position at the wireless HiFi company Sonos, so am pulling regular hours again. This means a little less time to blog,...
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Saturday, April 19, 2014

1949 Bowman Baseball Wantlist (Updated Sept 25, 2016)

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This post tracks progress on my low-grade 1949 Bowman baseball set. Some collectors call it the ugly duckling of post-WWII issues, given its...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

1922 T85 Strollers Tobacco Actors & Actresses #5, Barbara La Marr

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Hollywood writer and actress. Six movie roles per year in the Roaring Twenties. Touted as The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, capital lett...
Monday, April 7, 2014

1975 TCMA Larry French Baseball #5, Brooklyn Dodgers years (1941-42)

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Collector and dealer Mike Aronstein's publishing company (TCMA) spent the early 1970s making retrospective looks at baseball, temporaril...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

1975-76 Calbee All Star Game Baseball #5, Tsutomu Wakamatsu & Katsuya Nomura

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This is my latest "one that got away," a scarce Japanese type card that ended with me as runner-up bidder on eBay. According ...
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Monday, March 31, 2014

1971 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Wantlist (COMPLETED July 30, 2015)

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This post tracked progress on my Good-to-VG set of 1971 O-Pee-Chee's low series (#1-523). It was COMPLETED at the 2015 National by Sal ...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

1917 Boston Store (H801-8) Baseball #5, Fred Anderson

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In 1917, New York spitballer Fred Anderson led the National League in ERA (1.44) and WHIP (0.93), great numbers even for the Dead Ball Era. ...
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Springtime and the Three Careers of James P. D. Bunning

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Welcome to the first day of spring! Spring means baseball and baseball means more moments like this. From Nomar's three-homer day The c...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Poll wrap-up to What Game Set Would You Play Online?

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Thanks to everyone who chimed in on last week's poll: which game set I should create for online play ? 1960s Milton-Bradley Baseball...