tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.comments2024-03-17T21:26:57.322-07:00Plaschke, Thy Sweater Is ArgyleGreg Zakwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comBlogger7398125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-23285684981236398242024-03-17T21:26:57.322-07:002024-03-17T21:26:57.322-07:00Love love love the image of Ty! I would have 100% ...Love love love the image of Ty! I would have 100% regretted not getting it in the long runGreg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-14622813759793724592024-03-17T21:26:12.734-07:002024-03-17T21:26:12.734-07:00Thanks Brett!Thanks Brett!Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-77535235596482406182024-03-17T21:26:01.964-07:002024-03-17T21:26:01.964-07:00I love collectors who are hyper-focused on one or ...I love collectors who are hyper-focused on one or two players! And I really love oddball stuff like this, to me it's almost more fun nabbing this type of stuff for the collection compared with the cards/items everyone else is chasing.Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-92138827476515714972024-03-17T21:24:02.075-07:002024-03-17T21:24:02.075-07:00I ain't picky, and off-brand rookie year stuff...I ain't picky, and off-brand rookie year stuff is cheaper to boot :)Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-25432913733884256612024-03-17T21:23:36.991-07:002024-03-17T21:23:36.991-07:00I'm always sad when a player doesn't have ...I'm always sad when a player doesn't have a SABR write-up. I've been lucky that most do when I need to find something to include in a post.Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-28115124323228782902024-03-17T21:22:08.412-07:002024-03-17T21:22:08.412-07:00His stuff is definitely popular and more expensive...His stuff is definitely popular and more expensive than I would normally go for considering the real appeal is a scandal. I got lucky, so to speak, getting this as part of a severance package from a job lol.Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-75700670030107109492024-03-17T21:20:58.774-07:002024-03-17T21:20:58.774-07:00And I totally dig different!And I totally dig different!Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-50982856035336165242024-03-17T21:20:37.411-07:002024-03-17T21:20:37.411-07:00Thanks Jon!Thanks Jon!Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-81374015688035168282024-03-08T05:24:31.028-08:002024-03-08T05:24:31.028-08:00Even without the provenance, it's not hard to ...Even without the provenance, it's not hard to see why this photo would've set you back so much. I like how humble Ty appears to be in this image, which is how he really was in his personal life.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-63276930915433594922024-03-02T18:43:27.960-08:002024-03-02T18:43:27.960-08:00That is very neat... and is definitely a rookie it...That is very neat... and is definitely a rookie item!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-2995108486269526612024-02-29T18:55:46.879-08:002024-02-29T18:55:46.879-08:00The SABR folks seem to be missing a lot of guys. U...The SABR folks seem to be missing a lot of guys. Unfortunately too, for a lot of them, they've probably waited too long to ever get a decent bio up. They really should've started with guys like this back when they first started doing bios and set aside the Cobb's and Clemente's of the world for later.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-87615484961139417892024-02-27T21:05:00.312-08:002024-02-27T21:05:00.312-08:00Nice ephemera piece. Reminds me that years ago the...Nice ephemera piece. Reminds me that years ago there was a collector on the Trading Card Central (TCC) forum who basically just collected Jim Thorpe memorabilia, Red Grange and Bronco Nagurski. Anything and everything, if someone made a Time Thorpe toilet plunger he would get it. He would show off his current acquisitions to each collection whenever he added stuff. Sometimes it would be weeks or months between posts. His last posts were in Dec 2017. Don't know what became of him or his collections. It is difficult to know since in the last 10 years or so TCC has gone down a few times for months on end, several of those times seeming like it would be the last. Many members gave up on it the first time or two it went down, having moved on to TCDB or Facebook Marketplace or elsewhere. Since TCC was the first trading card site I ever joined, I always look for it when it has been down and I guess I always will. It is currently up. CaptKirk42https://www.blogger.com/profile/16039278539984069944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-41695726880486350732024-02-24T18:37:36.177-08:002024-02-24T18:37:36.177-08:00Another good looking page.Another good looking page.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-20382621520447860642024-02-22T05:15:30.004-08:002024-02-22T05:15:30.004-08:00That's certainly different!That's certainly different!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-37377099910770207112024-02-16T17:41:59.056-08:002024-02-16T17:41:59.056-08:00Yeah, that's a really awesome piece of basebal...Yeah, that's a really awesome piece of baseball history!Brett Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909286892005353279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-6185754325581126862024-02-10T18:46:03.578-08:002024-02-10T18:46:03.578-08:00Wow!!! I was recently looking into his cards, figu...Wow!!! I was recently looking into his cards, figuring that they'd be expensive, but I didn't think they'd be quite as expensive as they are. I just wanted one, but I don't think it'll be happening anytime soon.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-9396492025584173162024-02-10T15:42:11.422-08:002024-02-10T15:42:11.422-08:00I'm sure there are pretty great breakdowns of ...I'm sure there are pretty great breakdowns of the printing process to be found online, but I've never done the digging. That being said, the printing process on these does seem really unique compared with what Topps has done over the years. Leads to some awesome scrap cards! I really need to do some reading on it!Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-59686737743358804802024-02-03T09:16:14.834-08:002024-02-03T09:16:14.834-08:00That's fascinating, because it indicates that ...That's fascinating, because it indicates that the cards weren't printed the way modern ones are. They appear to have made entire sheets of one card, or at least sheets where the same card is stacked together, which is very different from how Topps and other manufacturers usually do it. Brett Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909286892005353279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-82756055145738690062024-01-14T23:53:39.685-08:002024-01-14T23:53:39.685-08:00Thanks fellas! Very pleased everything aligned onc...Thanks fellas! Very pleased everything aligned once it got lost to allow it to find its way back to me. Such a pretty piece of cardboard!!<br /><br />Jon -- sadly, most people wouldn't because humanity sucks :( should not even be a question of what someone in my position in this situation should and would do.Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-14979331165386185742024-01-14T23:38:25.108-08:002024-01-14T23:38:25.108-08:00Yeah the market has come down a decent amount from...Yeah the market has come down a decent amount from Covid highs. A few of these are still way up there but patience is something I can afford to have with this projectGreg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-25149395264197384182024-01-14T23:37:38.598-08:002024-01-14T23:37:38.598-08:00Honestly, as oddball as it is, you can't beat ...Honestly, as oddball as it is, you can't beat that price for that era even without the freebie team!Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-64333255623684600422024-01-14T23:36:41.178-08:002024-01-14T23:36:41.178-08:00One of my favorite parts as well! And definitely t...One of my favorite parts as well! And definitely too catchy lol.Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-45684063117403610142024-01-14T23:35:55.161-08:002024-01-14T23:35:55.161-08:00There's some fun random stuff from the 60s and...There's some fun random stuff from the 60s and 70s that is very underappreciated!Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-50209675618481628692024-01-13T05:23:28.391-08:002024-01-13T05:23:28.391-08:00That is quite the story! My favorite part was hear...That is quite the story! My favorite part was hearing that you went back and paid the seller, as I believe most people in this day and age wouldn't have. Says a lot about your character :)Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958775228784031495.post-11984572741767129102024-01-12T04:04:13.254-08:002024-01-12T04:04:13.254-08:00That is really cool!! Didn't know these existe...That is really cool!! Didn't know these existed!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949460127063264497noreply@blogger.com