Tuesday, October 28, 2008
1949-A Magical Year
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Topps embarked on a two pronged marketing approach in 1949: selling penny pieces of gum, known in the confectionery trade as "changemak...
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Babe in Toyland
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In 1967 Topps issued an interactive card set entitled "Who Am I?" which featured 44 cards of famous people with their faces obscur...
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Orange You Glad To See Me?
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After two major insert sets were unleashed in '61 and '62, Topps didn't produce a baseball stamp series in 1963, but they did pr...
Friday, October 17, 2008
1954 Where Are You?
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If there is one book that really propelled me into studying the myriad issues of Topps Chewing Gum, the 3rd edition of the Sport Americana B...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Excelsior You Fathead!
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I thought it would be appropriate on the 9th anniversary of Jean Shepherd's death, to show a very strange Topps item he likely inspired...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Between The Buttons
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I have had, for the longest time, a scan in GIF format, of a 60 "button" uncut proof sheet (missing 4) of the 1956 Topps Pin Set. ...
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Baseball In Three Dimensions
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Maybe it's because the regular 1968 baseball set was so drab or because some of them were still circulating in my neighborhood a year l...
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