Poses for baseball cards have been relatively tame through the years. In the 1950s and ’60s, stilted shots of players swinging a bat, or throwing or catching a ball, were commonplace. Mug shots of players were a dime a dozen. Those gave way to action shots by the 1970s. But there have been those baseball cards that have caused collectors to pause and say, “What?” Strange poses … [Read more...]
Vintage Set of the Week: 1976 Topps Baseball
The summer of 1976 was a firecracker celebration of American excess, from the nationwide commemoration of our Bicentennial to Bruce Jenner's crowning as the "World's Greatest Athlete" when he won the decathlon at the Montreal Olympics in record fashion. On the diamond, the star-studded Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees were rocketing through the regular season and … [Read more...]
Box of Ordinary Cards Leads to Book
Josh Wilker's book 'Cardboard Gods' is the second well-received book about baseball cards to come out this spring. The book was born out of a blog Wilker created by simply grabbing his box of old baseball cards off the shelf and writing. Of course, the book is more than which player is card #193 in the 1977 Topps set. He crafts stories that take readers in a number of … [Read more...]