Sports Cards Ate My Brain

I took a chance and paid $38 for a Hit Parade repack of 1960 Topps cards.  It promised 5 cards with a chance of getting a graded card.  I got a Norm Cash card I needed for my Tigers' collection that books up to $25.  The other 4 cards were commons. Then there was this at the bottom of the box.  I'd say it was worth the $38.

Back in 2010 there were repacks of Donruss Americana and Popcardz that came with one guaranteed hit per repack.  They were pretty cheap and I cleared them out of every Target I went to.  I got a great number of autos and some Popcardz swatch cards from these. I sold most of the autos but still have a couple of duplicates. I never saw an episode of The 4400 but have seen Robert Picardo in just about every one of my favorite shows over the years.  I loved watching Night Court!  Who didn't love Bull?  This card is from Smallville, another show I never watched. Another card from Smallville.  Annette has been in many movies and shows. A trio of cards from veteran actors that appeared in Alias.  I watched about the first season of Charmed.  I remember Kerr mostly from Dawson's Creek.  Roger Burkle was Fred's father on Angel.  Krysten is one of my favorite actresses.  I watched the first couple of s...

I really like non-sports cards and got into the first few releases of Donruss Americana and other sets from Topps.  I pulled many cards I liked and then ended up selling them on Ebay, much to my regret.   I was much more of a Mary Ann fan than a Ginger fan.   I'm A Believer!  (My apologies for the bad joke.) These Marilyn Monroe swatches are in different Donruss sets but have to be from the same dress.  I had about 20 of the different Movie Posters cards with swatches from various stars. Pieces of space vehicles are cool.  Should have kept them. I bought a case of 2010 A&G a box at a time.  Would like these better if Blaine wasn't shirtless. We end with these nice redemptions from Upper Deck.  I liked the fact that I didn't know what I would get when until these arrived in the mail.

So today, in the Falcons game, we learn that a 10 yard, incomplete, forward pass can be a fumble and be the difference in the game.

  We delve into the world of baseball in my cosmos of regret.  Here are some of my favorites that I sold on e-bay, I got this card as a surprise insert in an Upper Deck tin.  It had their version of "Old Judge" cards in it.  Also got some nice autographs and memorabilia cards in the tin but this one stands out as the first Playball card I ever owned. Rookie cards of 2 future Hall-of-famers.  I collected the heck out of this set as exhibited by all of the gold parallels I have listed on my trade page. I took a chance on some packs of Royal Rookies just in the hope of getting this card and then I sold it.  Why?!?!?!?  I still have the regular card. I'm a sucker for mullti-sport sets and it was nice to own a bat piece from the last .400 hitter. What a great card.  It's even numbered 60/60 while Mr. Cub wishes Topps a Happy 60th.  Practically perfect. I had no idea who Trout ...

Yes.  Hockey.  I collect everything. My dad grew up a Red Wings fan so I inherited the fandom.  This is just pretty. Gold, on-card autos just pop. Bought one box of Upper Deck series 1 that year and lucked out. Needing money made us sell a card of our favorite paper from our local team.  When we used to have a local team. I paid some top dollar for some UD Black boxes but love the set.

As with the basketball cards there are some football cards I wish I still had: I bought a whole box of Bowman a few years ago and got this.  I think I sold this for what I had paid for the whole box.  I've always like these mini-helmet cards.  It's a sticker autograph but you gotta love Deacon Jones.  Not a huge fan of this Greats of the Game design but love the autos.  Also had a Staubach and a Lott. Might be the best card I ever pulled from a pack.