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Greatest Single 45 Picture Sleeve of All Time
I came across this Spanish 45 picture sleeve for the Rolling Stones, and loved how they have pictured the band as actual stones, complete with their names, and Mick asking the rest of the band "have...
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You Can Judge a Book by its Cover
Judging by the awesome cover of this 1962 Sporting News publication,I would have to agree that this book is "dope".
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New Photos of the 1971-1972 Orioles All Orange Uniforms
A couple of new pictures have turned up showing the rarely seen all orange alternative uniforms the Orioles briefly wore in 1971 and 1972. First we have Brooks Robinsonwhose sporting goods company...
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Orioles All Orange Uniform Finally Appears on a Topps Card!
46 years after the Orioles first wore them, Topps has finally created a card showing the all orange uniform that was worn briefly in 1971 and 1972:The 2017 Topps Stadium Club card of Brooks Robinson...
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1967 Fleer Baseball Emblems Cards & Cloth Patches
Since I first wrote about the 1967 Fleer Baseball Emblems Cards & Cloth Patches almost 10 years ago, I have slowly been making progress on finding images for this extremely rare set. That process...
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Back to School with NFL and AFL Book Covers from the 1960s
Fall means its time for football and time to head back to school. As we gear up for another NFL season while the kids are heading back to class, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at...
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Celebrating 10 Years and 1,000,000 Page Views!
I'd been meaning to post this last month, but ended up being very busy during the holidays. I wanted to announce that December marked the 10 year anniversary of The Fleer Sticker Project!Another...
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Secrets Revealed In a 1974 Fleer Uncut Cloth Patches Sheet
Recently I had someone contact me regarding an uncut sheet of Fleer Cloth Patches to see if I would be interested in purchasing a framed uncut sheet.Needless to say, I was blown away by the beauty of...
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Blog Bat Around: My Current Projects
Thanks to Night Owl for kicking off this latest Blog Bat Around. After reading about his current projects as well reading posts from other bloggers who have posted, I thought I would join in. Here is...
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Getting Help With My 1967 Fleer Baseball Emblem Cards
Contributor to the blog John was kind enough to send me one of the hard to find 1967 Baseball Emblem cards that I need for my set:You may recall that John provided scans of the cards from his...
View Article"Merry Christmas In The NFL" - A Lost Christmas Classic
When I was back at my childhood home over Thanksgiving, I came across a few cassette tapes I had made as a kid where I had recorded songs off the radio from the late 70's and early 80's. As I was...
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Fleer Stickers That Never Were - USFL Edition
I came across a great item on Pinterest where someone designed USFL helmets in the style of the 1977 - 1980 Fleer Team Action stickers:I also like that the creator (Gumball) uses the Fleer logo for...
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Topps Carelessness Creates Collecting Dilemma
In looking at the cards that just came out in the Topps Update series, I found that there is a new Jim Palmer card to add to my player collection - or so I thought. When I took a look at the picture...
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1991 Bowman Variation Discovered - Obscured Budweiser Sign
In what appears to be an attempt to cover up alcohol advertising, I've come across a variation of the 1991 Bowman card # 174 for Scott Lusader where the Budweiser advertisement on the Tiger Stadium...
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Mike Boddicker Has A Great Sense of Humor!
Last Fall, I called out Topps on their mistake for using a picture of Mike Boddicker on Jim Palmer's Greatest Seasons card in the Update Series.As a followup to that post, I wanted to share a picture...
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The Joys of Marking Off a Checklist in the Digital Age
As I've mentioned a few times on the blog, Wacky Packages were the first things I collected, and the checklists were what got me hooked on wanting to complee sets, which continues to be my collecting...
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Play Ball! - Bob Laughlin Style
As we get ready for the most unique season in MLB history, I thought this would be a good time to show a Sporting News cover from 1967 that I recently came across featuring the artwork of Bob Laughlin...
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False Advertising - 1979 Topps Football Sell Sheet
I saw this 1979 Topps Football sell sheet on ebay, and was quite surprised to see the Steelers logo on Terry Bradshaw's helmet. This flyer certainly gives the impression that the 1979 set would include...
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Amazing Topps 1967 Video Shows Boy On Top of Millions of Dollars Worth of...
If you haven't seen the 1967 Topps promotional video entitled "The Hidden Treasure", you are in for a treat. Topps posted this on YouTube a few weeks back, and it is an amazing time capsule:This is a...
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1972 Fleer Baseball Cloth Patches Uncut Sheet - Another Piece of the Puzzle
Here is a picture of what I believe to be a 1972 Fleer Baseball Cloth Patches uncut sheet: The reason I believe it is from 1972 is that there are no Senators or Rangers patches, so this would most...
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Fun with Astros vs Phillies Programs
As we get ready for the World Series, here are a few fun Astros programs where the Astros played the Phillies from the 1960's:I miss the days when some teams would publish programs that poked a little...
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1973 / 1974 Fleer Baseball Big Signs Variation Helps Answer Question...
Thanks to Mike from the great Baseball Card Variations Guide Book Vol 2 for alerting me to the fact that there are 2 versions of the California Angels Fleer Baseball Big Sign.One version has the Angels...
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1977 Sunbeam NFL Stickers
One set that I was not aware of when I did my original review of Sunbeam's NFL items from the 1970's was the set of helmet stickers from 1977: The stickers do not mention Sunbeam on the back, but are...
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1980 Carnation NFL Stickers
I wanted to share a set that I was not aware of until recently. In 1980, collectors could get NFL helmet stickers when buying a box of Carnation Hot Cocoa Mix:Most of the stickers are blank backed,...
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Now Boarding...United Airlines NFL Ads from the 1960s
With the news that American Airlines and United Airlines have added Flight 1989 from Kansas City to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl to take advantage of the Taylor Swift - Travis Kelce hysteria...
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