Card of the Day -- World Series Batting Foes

Talk about two of the games' greatest ever, both in the prime of their careers!! Not a mint copy but I love it just the same.

Cards of the Day

Topps sets from back in the day didn't have too many cards commemorating events and achievements but they did have a series of cards depicting the previous year's World Series.

Here's the 1960 set:

Card of the Day

2004-05 ITG Franchises #A-LA

I love it when a card is given a nice background for a signature. That and that these are all ON CARD autos.

Lou Angotti was the Flyers first captain after having been claimed from the Blackhawks in the 1967 expansion draft. He returned to the Hawks a couple of years later and was on two Stanley Cup finals teams in four years before finishing his NHL playing career with the St. Louis Blues.

1972 Topps Football -- Doubly Symbolic

1972 Topps #52

My obligatory Super Bowl post is this Archie Manning rookie card from 1972. In case you've been living under a rock, Archie played in New Orleans for most of his career so I'm sure he has ties to the Saints. On the other hand blood is thicker than water and he must be rooting for his son Peyton's team, the Colts. On some level his night will end positively.

National Chicle Amelia Earhart

First Day Issue posted this Amelia Earhart relic card last week. No doubt it is a cool looking card but is it really worth the $30.00 it's been selling for? To me this is an instance where "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" just doesn't add up. Firstly, you can pick up a copy of Era Icons #1 with the same image, for about $3.00 shipped. Secondly there seems to be some confusion about the stamp. It's an issue from 1963 and a block of six, in mint condition, sold a couple of weeks ago an Ebay for 61 cents with free shipping. The stamp on the card being canceled would presumably have little value on it's own. So is this card worth what people are paying? To each his own. I collect pieces of cardboard with pictures of ballplayers on them that a lot of people wouldn't give a penny for so who am I to say.

UPDATE: The last three of these to sell on Ebay went for $17.50, $9.01, and $8.27 so people seem to be coming to their senses.

On top is Amelia Earhart in the 1934 National Chicle SkyBirds set, #48.

1963 Air Mail Stamp

Some pictures of Miss Earhart:

This is the image used on the current card

Timeless Teams Bat Cards -- Mets vs. Orioles

Here's one more of my favorite relic sets, Upper Deck's, 2001 Vintage Timeless Teams. This set includes a good number of cards of players that you don't see in great numbers as well as your usual superstars. The design doesn't blow me away but it is clean and the bat pieces are good sized.

#NYM-EK

#BA-BP

#NYM-RS

#BA-MB

Help, I Don't Want to End Up on "Hoarders"

I'm looking for some feedback today. I have nine of these empty cereal boxes, the five above and four duplicates. Do you think I should save them or are they just overproduced packaging that I should toss?

I don't want to throw out something valuable but I don't want to end up on "Hoarders".