Flipped!

I recently shared some of the cards from a blaster of Topps Winter Olympic cards.  I purposely left out the hit.  It turned out to be a pretty good one.  Noelle won a silver medal.

As nice as this card is (and I do have the base card) I don't own it anymore.  By the time Noelle won her medal I had sold the card on ebay.  While it was listed I found the three items below for what turned out to be just about the same amount of money I made on the card.

The 2006 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards lists these as "1969 Tasco All-Star Collection Caricatures".  Of the 46 posters 9 are Chicago Cubs.  They're an impressive 11-1/2" x 16" and cost under a dollar when issued.  They were  sold shrinkwrapped and  backed by cardboard.  I already have the Beckert and Santo in their original state as well as three others.  They've been in my "I'll post these some day" stack.  The great thing about these three, other than that I did not have the Hundley, is that they were custom framed.  Judging by the condition they were probably framed back when they came out.  

Three vintage framed posters of Cubs legends I grew up with for a sticker auto of an Olympian?  Noelle could have won gold and I'd still be happy with this "flip".  What do you think?  Do you have a favorite flip?

Blow Out the Candles June 1

Cubs fan favorite Randy Hundley is celebrating his 70th birthday today.

Hall of Fame defenseman Paul Coffey is celebrating his 51st birthday today.

Entertainer Andy Griffith is celebrating his 86th birthday today.

Actress Marilyn Monroe was born in Los Angeles, California on this date in 1926.

Alanis Morissette

Autographed Cards A-Z -- Skipped "H"'s

When I got back into collecting five or so years ago one of the things that excited me was the availability of autographed cards.  Perhaps I went a little overboard but I think I picked up some nice cards.  This will be an A-Z series of posts with varying numbers of cards.

I thought I was through the "J"'s but oops, I left out this group of "H"'s that were stuck in a desk drawer.  Now the Mad Hungarian will really be mad.

Not a Hall of Famer but the nickname is.

 2004 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites #FFA-AH

Herbie!!  (calling for a pizza?)

2005 UD Past Time Pennants #HR

I collect players from my favorite team, the 1969 Cubs.  Here's my stash of Hundley's.

 2006 Fleer GOTG Cubs Greats #CHC-RH 05/30

2004 UD Timeless Teams #51 (2 copies)

2006 Fleer Greats of the Game #73 (2 copies)

2005 UD Past Time Pennants #RH Silver

I don't know if these are Gold or Bronze

Catfish died in 1999 so there are very few card company issued certified auto's out there.  Maybe because this one pictures him in a suit the last copy that sold on Ebay was for a bargain $11.99 shipped.  I collect Swingin' A's so he was a must have for me.  I still don't have Reggie though.