Owner of the ENTIRE print run of TOPPS FOOTBALL CARDS from 1955-2015, so I post them for the world to see. Follow & scroll my timeline for a trip to yesteryear…
@ProFootballHOF
The Pro Bowl died when it left Hawaii. Need to put it back there and give the players a million bucks for the winner and zero for the loser. That should make it competitive.
@Commanders
Anyone else see the sad irony in Native Americans getting pushed off their logo/mascot and replaced by an 18th century military master just like they got pushed off their land? Score 1 for mascots of white guys I guess.
1966
#Topps
#1
BATMAN RC
Since Batman is now confirmed to be real & lives in
#France
what better time to share my
#Batman
rookie card? Honestly don’t know much about this card but I believe it’s the Caped Crusader’s first cardboard appearance.
#thehobby
#vintage
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#SuperBowlLVIII
is tomorrow so it’s time to open this
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wax pack from 1987! Hoping for Jim Kelly or Cunningham rookies, Elway, Rice, Payton, Marino…
Follow along & I’ll post results in a few minutes in the replies.
#NFL
#FootballCards
@CardPurchaser
@rawsalerts
I wonder how many times they had to count the passengers that got off the plane when it was over? Can’t just assume no one was sitting there because the seat wasn’t purchased. People move around all the time.
Who was the best Running Back ever?
I don’t know for sure, but I do know he’s in this photo! We’ve got the best year ever, best career, most dominant, most elusive, and best all around. Who ya got?
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#thehobby
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1985 Topps
#79
Eric Dickerson
Book Value: $1.25
Alright, let's stop the nonsense and admit that this man had the greatest season of any running back ever. I dare you to argue it any other way... You can't! React to me!!!!
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#NFL100
#NFL
#LARams
@EricDickerson
1972
#Topps
COMPLETE SET
Value: $2500.00
HUGE!! I've been missing a dozen or so of the high numbers since the mid 1980s & thanks to
#ebay
I was able to complete the impossible to find 3rd series high numbers to complete the entire 1972 set.
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#NFL
#collect
#thehobby
Playoff weekend in the
#NFL
so it’s time to open this
#Topps
wax pack from 1983! Hoping for a RC of Marcus Allen, Singletary, or McMahon, maybe a Montana 3rd year? Payton? Lots of HoF possibilities…
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@CardPurchaser
@BleacherReport
@TCraig_23
Never forget AG’s balls fouling Jimmy’s foot as the
#NBA
did everything they could to try and extend this series. Blown call, ok, the refs suck. Blown review on top of it? Yeah,they were trying to fix this thing!
My wife gave it a good shot with my Christmas gift. Good
@ebay
find by her but
@USPS
had other plans. Shipped in a bubble mailer and arrived cracked clean in half. Card sadly has multiple creases right through the Spirit of St. Louis. Poor Lindy! What a shame.
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@NFLonPrime
I have prime, I never watch it. I'm not going to bother digging up a password and trying to stream this when I should just be able to flip the channel to see this. Big fail by
#NFL
. Boxing died when it went to pay per view,
@NFL
is not immune to a ppv death too.
@CardPurchaser
I don’t understand modern card collecting. Everyone knows what a Joe Montana rookie card looks like. It was popular enough to be desired. I can’t tell you what a Mahommes rookie card looks like, there are probably a million different kinds & none are common enough to be popular.
Time to open this 44 year old
#Topps
wax pack from 1980! Hoping for Phil Simms or Ottis Anderson RCs, tons of other HoF possibilities like Payton, Dorsett, Bradshaw, Griese…
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@SNFonNBC
Ehhh, looked like a good one but the finish was horrible. Mid at best. The replay stuff has got to go, at least only do replay upon coaches’ challenge and if he gets one wrong he gets no more. And no more stopping the game to allow for substitutions. Spot the ball and go.
Sweeeet!! Mike Singletary and Steve Largent!! Opening these old packs makes me realize how rare a high grade & centered card of a star is. I would say most of what Topps produced back then was flawed out of the pack with off centering, miscuts, snow, print defects, & wax stains.
@CUBarstool
That car should be able to park anywhere on campus and be exempt! Middle of the street, next to the Ralphie statue, the UMC fountain, ANYWHERE!
Not hits for me but that was fun…. Hard pass on the gum. Still have a dozen or so packs of these left over from years ago. Will save it for a rainy day and hope for the Kelly/Rice/Cunningham/Payton.
@HarrisonWind
It wasn’t missed, NBA has to help this series along so it gets extended. You can’t come to any other conclusion after watching these last two games in Phoenix.
1941 SKY-BIRDS
Awesome set for the military & aviation history types. Maybe the earliest reference to the P-38? Set of 24 includes the B-17, Spitfire, Hurricane, & the very tough to find German aircraft.
Started this one years ago & finally completed it today!
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#SuperBowlLVIII
Sunday in the
#NFL
so it’s time to open this
#Topps
wax pack from 1982! Hoping for Lawrence Taylor & Ronnie Lott RCs, maybe Joe on the phone? Payton? Lots of HoF possibilities…
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@NBAonTNT
@SHAQ
@KingJames
GOAT of media hype for sure. Most Ls in finals history, never won an NCAA championship or even participated in a dunk contest and needed to create super teams everywhere he went. Borderline top 5 all time.
The F22s using the callsign FRANK to shoot down the
#ChineseSpyBalloon
had some meaning & history. Frank Luke, known as the “Arizona Balloon Buster” was a World War I ace credited with shooting down 14 German airships. Here, Luke is seen on his 1933 Sky Birds card.
@CardPurchaser
I’ve been looking for a 1934 Sky Birds Amelia Earhart for years and a few weeks ago 4 of them popped up on eBay around the same time. While everyone was sweating the PSA 5.5 that went for $900, I sniped this one for under $100 right before the expensive one ended.
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@SNFonNBC
@ConnieScouts
The thing that makes Vicis helmets so safe in terms of preventing concussions is that they absorb the impact because they are very bendy. When it is that cold though they can’t bend so the result is they crack like this one did.
The F22s using the callsign FRANK to shoot down the
#ChineseSpyBalloon
had some meaning & history. Frank Luke, known as the “Arizona Balloon Buster” was a World War I ace credited with shooting down 14 German airships. Here, Luke is seen on his 1933 Sky Birds card.
@CardPurchaser
Picked up an "unopened" pack of 1961
#Topps
Football because the TOM FLORES was visible and it was one of four I needed to complete the set... HUUUGE SCORE!! 4 sharp corners and great centering on the JIM BROWN, best condition in the pack!
@JimBrownNFL32
#NFL
#NFL100
#Browns
@Knicks_Fanatick
@ESPNStatsInfo
A player that can lead in various stats is a unicorn, particularly when you are a center and can lead in things that typically a point will do. The fact that Wilt came closest to this so many years ago makes this record that much more amazing. MOST Valuable Player hands down.
1981
#Topps
COMPLETE SET
Everyone knows this is where Joe’s RC lives but this issue is much deeper than just him. Art Monk’s RC is no slouch, Walter Payton has a nice card, & there are HOFers scattered throughout the 528 cards.
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#NFL
#thehobby
#vintage
@sanchise1316
@bstokley14
Did you tell all the NFL teams to stick to sports when they all changed their team colors to rainbow this month? Just checking for consistency.
Not bad! Walter Payton is obviously the hit here but cool to get Herschel Walker and Doug Flutie RCs in the same pack. The Dorsett is nice too. Looks like everything has a slight corner bump though. Gum is intact, may have to PSA that one!
Who likes High Numbers? All of the elusive 3rd series from 1972 & unopened packs from 20 years later. I feel like the 1992 base & Stadium Club high numbers are really hard to find & pretty undervalued. Great photography in both sets!
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#collect
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#footballcards
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1976
#Topps
#355
GEORGE BLANDA
Value: $5.00
Now THAT'S how you fill out the back of a FOOTBALL CARD! Every other card in the set has a horizontal back but Blanda here played so damn long he broke the format!
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#collect
#thehobby
#NFL
1956
#Topps
#101
ROOSEVELT GRIER RC
Value: $50.00
Body guard for ETHEL KENNEDY when SENATOR KENNEDY was assassinated in '68. GRIER actually took the gun from SIRHAN SIRHAN & captured him! Part of the Fearsome Foursome, an actor, singer, & minister.
#Giants
#NFL
#history
#Rams