Baseball Card Thread, Relaunched

[seawolf17]

2 and 5 are both vintage-style reprints. #2 is from the 2002 Upper Deck Vintage set, where yes, they did use a style similar to the 1971 Topps design; #5 is a reimagining of the original 1989 UD set, with current stars. It was part of an insert set in one of the recent UD sets.

Topps has done quite a bit with vintage styles; their 06 Topps Heritage parallels the '57 set, and their 06 Bowman Heritage parallels the 1949 Bowman set.



The 07 Topps Heritage, due in March, parallels the 58 Topps set.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Like the full-bleed photo on the Chris Ray card.

Love them '58 Topps. Distinctness and style out the ass on those.

[seawolf17]

The other vintagey thing they're doing is that in every vintage-style set, they're issuing a certain subset of cards that are shortprinted. Frustratingly, Jose Reyes was shortprinted in both the '03 and '05 Topps Heritage sets, so I haven't tracked those down yet.

[stevejrogers]

This is the what the 2007 David Wright Topps Base card looks like.


I like the "intent" of throwing back, but its still on the bit much side, especially with the silver action going on

[seawolf17]

Should be out next week. I, for one, am actually excited, because now that Wright is an Official Topps Spokesperson, there will be a lot of neat Wright inserts and bonuses in the set.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

It must be fun to work at Topps.

Can you find the mistakes in Derek Jeter's '07 card?



http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/latest/mantle-active-again-on-2007-topps-derek-jeter.html

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's hard to tell.

Is that the President standing up and yelling at him? Don't presidents get corporate boxes so they're not easy targets?

Is Mickey Mantle in the hole with a bat?

Are they wearing hime pinstripes on the road?

Is that an actual "NY" on his breast? It looks like "...ES."

[Benjamin Grimm]

Are they technically "mistakes" if they're intentionally Photoshopped into the picture?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I like how the president is in focus and his seating partners are not.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Well there are two big mistakes. Jeter is hitting the ball, and there's no Tom Verducci on the side telling Jeter how great he is.

Not that I'm bitter. Much.

[Benjamin Grimm]

And I can't see Jeter's halo.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

And I can't see Jeter's halo.[/quote:338ndwi1]

Badass!

[seawolf17]

Yeah, that card's an embarrassment. I'm down with Photoshopping guys into their new uni's:



(Okay, so that image is still a little unsettling.)

...but that Jeter is going too far.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I had a little fun mocking this card on the blog today. Jeter and Mantle are always fair game. Enjoy!


http://metsguyinmichigan.blogspot.com/

[Benjamin Grimm]

You stole my halo line!

If I had an attorney, you'd be hearing from him! (Or her!)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yup. How about a little citation when you borrow?

Meanwhile, Wayne Grezky's Honus Wagner card has sold for $2.35 million.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

You stole my halo line!

If I had an attorney, you'd be hearing from him! (Or her!)[/quote:340tskcq]

My apologies. That shall be corrected.

[Benjamin Grimm]

No biggie. You didn't really have to give me credit, and you can remove that if you like.

A stolen joke is a compliment, not a cause for complaint.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

No biggie. You didn't really have to give me credit, and you can remove that if you like.

A stolen joke is a compliment, not a cause for complaint.[/quote:3iukg51l]

Nope, it would be like Verducci giving Jeter credit for an ARod home run!

But seriously, I'm surprised Topps let that happen. It sure could have been a lot worse.

[seawolf17]

My problem is this... I'm going to need that Jeter card for my set. Do I sell it now, get $100 bucks for it, and hope the price bottoms out and I can pick one up later? Hmmm....

[stevejrogers]

I'm sure you'll get a few suckers even after the market bottoms out. My dad actually bought this Ryan card that was marked up (not an insane markup, maybe a few bucks more than it was worth) because the dealer said it was a "rare oddity" with Ryan throwing a football.

[stevejrogers]

Now here is my question. How long will it take before someone takes that card, cut signatures of Mantle, GWB and Jeter (or somehow get Jeter and Dubbya to sign it) and puts THAT on eBay and for how much!

[Guest cooby]

I read somewhere that that football was photoshopped in.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

My problem is this... I'm going to need that Jeter card for my set. Do I sell it now, get $100 bucks for it, and hope the price bottoms out and I can pick one up later? Hmmm....[/quote:76unyoxm]Doubt you'll get much cash for it unless you find a real sucker, apparently they're going to leave it in as the real Jeter card, so it'll be as common as any other.

[seawolf17]

Thing is, it's selling on eBay for almost that much. I know in my head that the price will bottom out... so do I sell now, then pick it up for a couple of bucks down the road? Or does the price stay up, so I have to spend fifty bucks to get it back for my set? Bleh. Wish I'd pulled two.

[seawolf17]

Okay, I listed it. We'll see what happens...

[seawolf17]

I added ten bucks to my Buy It Now at the last minute... apparently, I should have added more; it sold in fifteen minutes.

[G-Fafif]

My main man Jason gets to the root of his collecting in today's Flashback:

http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/2/2774506.html

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Do I hear $385.5 million?

Topps agrees to $385.4 million takeover Published: March 6, 2007 - 9:36 am (AP) — Topps Co. Inc., known for sports cards and Bazooka bubble gum, said Tuesday it accepted a $385.4 million takeover offer from a buyout group that includes Michael Eisner, the former chief executive of The Walt Disney Co. The buyout group, which includes The Tornante Co., founded by Mr. Eisner, and the Chicago-based private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, has agreed to pay $9.75 for each Topps shares, which represents a premium of 9.4% over the stock's Monday closing pricing of $8.91 on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. The deal has been approved by the Topps board. Topps said in a statement that the deal still faces regulatory approval and a vote by Topps shareholders, but is expected to close in the third quarter. The company also said it ''intends to solicit superior proposals from third parties during the next 40 days.'' Mr. Eisner stepped down in 2005 after more than two decades years as chief executive of Disney, the entertainment and media company that owns theme parks, movie studios and the ABC, Disney and ESPN television networks. Topps was founded in 1938 and makes Major League Baseball, NFL, NBA and other trading cards. In addition to Bazooka bubble gum, it owns the candy brands Ring Pop and Push Pop. ''This will be a change in ownership, not a change in direction,'' Topps Chief Executive Arthur Shorin said in a statement.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wow, an industry leader that grew more tiresome seemingly with each innovation gets gobbled up by an innovator like Michael Eisner. I boggle at what the future holds.