Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Covering all the bases

 I got a really nice trade package from Dime Boxes this week that covers all the bases of the kinds of cards I like to collect. 

Lots of Yankees cards, including some oddballs. My favorite is the "vintage" Starting Lineup card - I've never seen one of those before. Also some shiny cards on the bottom row, though the shine didn't show up well in the photo.

I love minor league cards, cards of vintage players, and oddballs, especially consumer brand/retail oddballs like Kellogg's, Coca-Cola and Burger King. Nick even threw in a Babe Ruth postage stamp!
These were two of my favorite oddballs. Alfonso Soriano is one of my all-time favorite Yankees, so it was cool getting this Chicago Tribune card with a mashup of the '72 and '73 Topps designs. And while Bubba Trammell had only a very brief Yankees tenure, I actually got a few cards from this McDonald's set at a McDonald's in 2004, so it was fun to get another.
This was my favorite of the oddballs, though. It is from the 1986 True Value set. It's similar to an A&G rip card - there is one card with more on the inside!
Here's the whole thing opened up. The Rinse'n'Vac ad is as much fun as the cards to me. I can't decide whether to detach the cards or leave it intact.
Unfortunately I did not win a trip to a 1986 postseason game. 
And of course there was plenty of vintage! Lots of '60s Cubs, plus a '75 mini.
More vintage! That Whitey Ford card is well loved - well, I love it too. Moose Skowron and Clete Boyer are awesome pickups. The '70 Rose is a great card but I did have it already, so it's up for trade if anyone wants it.



7 comments:

  1. I vote to keep the True Value panel together. (Sorry you didn't win a trip to a 1986 postseason game.)

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  2. Gamble wins the first group.
    Burger King Pena wins the second group.
    Boycotting the third group because of that Ashburn blasphemy.
    Rose wins the last group.

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  3. A nice diverse mix of cards.

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  4. A lot of cool cards here... but my favorite is the 1989 Kenner SLU Baseball Greats Gehrig too. Such a cool design... and loaded checklist.

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  5. I have two versions of the '86 Tru Value fold out thing with Pedro Guerrero on it. One I opened, one stayed closed.

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  6. Those Post's look really good, but the Gehrig would be tops for me as well.

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