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Old 97
Well, it's finally happened; after 71 years the checklist for the 1955 Topps Small Hocus Focus set has finally been completed! I first started looking at this set and its larger - yet smaller -...
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Winner's Choice
Just when you thought we were done with looking at the 1971 Topps Winners set (which is actually from 1972) some additional information has come to light from an unusual source, namely one of the...
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Topps Topics: Studies in Uncut Sheet Arrays - The Update
Tday we recap and update Mark Pekrul's six part series covering the Topps vintage uncut sheet arrays that examined the use of short prints and double prints by Topps in their vintage era. Part one can...
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Topps Topics: Studies in Uncut Sheet Arrays - 1973 to 1992
Presenting the concluding part six of an ongoing series examining the use of short prints and double prints by Topps in their vintage era; part one can be found HERE, part two HERE, part three HERE,...
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Topps Topics: Studies in Uncut Sheet Arrays - 1969 to 1972
Presenting part five of an ongoing series examining the use of short prints and double prints by Topps in their vintage era; part one can be found HERE, part two HERE, part three HERE and part four...
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Happy BIrthday!
As we celebrate the 250th Anniversary, or semiquincentennial, of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it seems a very appropriate time to detail a little-known-something about the Shorin...
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Topps Topics: Studies in Uncut Sheet Arrays - 1965 to 1968
Presenting part four of an ongoing series examining the use of short prints and double prints by Topps in their vintage era; part one can be found HERE, part two HERE and part three HERE. Today Mark...
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Take and Give
When we last visited the 1960 Topps Venezuelan Baseball Tattoo set a couple of months ago, the subject count was progressing as it usually does with this set: slowly. I had even pulled what I thought...
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Non-Sport Potpourri
Just having some fun today with a thread covering some interesting images of the Non-Sports variety. Topps began what was to become an annual Valentine's Day tradition that lasted until 1971 (or more...
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Topps Topics: Studies in Uncut Sheet Arrays - 1961 to 1964
Presenting part three of an ongoing series examining the use of short prints and double prints by Topps in their vintage era; part one can be found HERE and part two HERE. Today Mark Pekrul is looking...
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BAA, BAA, BAA...
A long, long time ago, I took a look at the Topps Baseball Achievement Awards. This was the reward system, still active in some form, that succeeded the more well-known (and so-called) Rookie Banquets...
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Topps Topics: Studies in Uncut Sheet Arrays - 1958 to 1960
Presenting part two of an ongoing series examining the use of short prints and double prints by Topps in their vintage era; part one can be found HERE. Today Mark Pekrul is looking at the 1958 to 1960...
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World Baseball Classics
Well two more "1960" Venezuelan Topps Tattoos have surfaced recently and both are true heavy hitters. I'll go in alphabetical order, kicking off with Hank Aaron, courtesy of Friend o'the Archive Josh...
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Topps Topics: Studies in Uncut Sheet Arrays - Introduction and 1957
The use of short prints and double prints by Topps in their vintage era has always sparked interest from collectors. Today will be the start of a series by Mark Pekrul looking at the 1957 to 1981...
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Simply Splendid
So I was tooling around eBay last week when I noticed a very interesting player ledger kept by Topps back in the pre-digital days. This one knocked my (Red) Sox off almost immediately:As far as 1950's...
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1952 In View
Friend o'the Archive Pete Putman recently sent along some very cool and interesting things related to the 1952 Topps Baseball set. With Spring Training kicking off for real right about now, what better...
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Fours Field
The last time I took a peek at the "1960" Topps Venezuelan Tattoo set, I was marveling at a page from the 1989 Topps Auction at Guernsey's, where a number of potential subjects were included in a lot...
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Woody Gelman
As per my last post, I've been working on a biography of Topps executive, Nostalgia Press publisher and card collector extraordinaire Woody Gelman for the last five years. I'm about 75% of the way...
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Highly Irregular
Not really a blog post today, more of an update. I've decided to pause the weekly entries, at least for the time being, and move into a cycle of posting only when interesting or new things pop up....
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Flag Day
Longtime readers here may recall that about eight years ago I took a look at the some of the later Flags of the World sets sporadically issued by Topps over more than two decades. If you refer back to...
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