SGW 1991 Upper Deck Prototypes

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In the early 90s, a San Diego based company, Signs & Glassworks, Inc., was developing cards for the premium baseball card market. SGW printed up sheets of proposed chrome cards for a meeting with Upper Deck, using the existing 1991 Upper Deck Silver Sluggers cards for their prototypes. One sheet included Barry Bonds, Dave Parker, […]

1990 Topps Simpsons Set

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As an avid card collector, and fan of the Simpsons, what’s not to like about a set of Topps trading cards above the Simpsons. The set came out in 1990 when the Simpsons was initially climbing in popularity, and included 88 cards and 22 stickers.

Topps Living Set – Card #1 Judge

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As Aaron Judge approaches the AL Home Run Record held by Roger Maris, its fun to look back at the card that started off the Living Set. Aaron Judge started off as iconic card #1, vastly outselling the other cards available that week of Joe Panik and Nick Castellanos. A hearty 13,256 verions of Aaron […]

Tony Gwynn Fleer Rookie Graded Pack

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Another Cool Oddball Item I picked up years ago, a PSA Graded 1983 Fleer Unopened Pack with a Tony Gwynn Rookie On-top.

1985 Thom McAn Disc

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I picked up this oddball disc of one of my favorite players, Tony Gwynn, earlier this year. It’s a cool card from the early part of Tony’s career, and the odd sized graded case adds to the uniqueness of this piece.

1991 Donruss Elite

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The 1991 Donruss Elite was a landmark set, being one of the first serial numbered sets of insert cards available via pack. The Donruss Elite set followed-up on the hand numbered Upper Deck Reggie Jackson Autographs the previous years. While the cards have relatively high serial numbers compared to today’s cards, these were relatively hard […]