Super Seventies Sales Sensations
A trio of Seventies Topps sell sheets today kids, as I'm feeling a little nostalgic for what I consider to be a decade very much unlike any other. The last good time, in many (but not all)...
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Here's a new look at an old set, 1968's Wise Ties, which I've covered in a small way previously (click on over to the labels to see). Topps was experiencing a peak right around '68 in their max...
View ArticleChips Off The Ol' Blockheads or, Here Be Monsters
Hey gang, today we take a look at the very oddball Blockheads issue that makes last week's subject, Wise Ties - a product Topps appears to have pulled or curtailed due to a perceived choking hazard -...
View ArticleThe Straight Dopey
I was looking through my 1970 Funny Doors set the other day when I noticed something well, funny. Card number 20, "Dopey Book Shop" is festooned with eight book titles, which are being looked over by...
View ArticleAlive in '55
Last month's post about possible dating anomalies concerning the Topps Robin Hood set caught the attention of Friend o'the Archive Lonnie Cummins, who pointed out a couple of things of import on that...
View ArticleChange Of Paice
We have a treat today, a guest post from Keith Olbermann looking at some mysterious doings within the 1962-63 Topps Hockey set:The 1962-63 Topps Hockey Mystery: Doug Marcel Frank Harvey Paille PaiceI’m...
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