Baseball’s 1st Home Run King – In Color

Baseball's 1st Home Run King - In Color   This is an 1889 Goodwin A35 Round. The lithographic piece is circular and is about 8". I designed and created an acrylic holder with a pullout tray for easy access to it. The holder serves as a way to both display the awkwardly round piece and hide damage near the hole on the left where it was strung together as an album.   Featuring the finest in 19th century baseball color lithography, this piece is drenched in baseball history. Depicting some members of the team, the New York Giants were fresh

A Jose Canseco Topps artifact from…1982???

I recently picked up the original Topps Vault internal file/contract record for Jose Canseco, and underneath a later sheet stapled over the top is something very intriguing. The earliest entry appears to read: SIGNED: 10/14/82TERM: 5 YRS. PYMTCHECK #: 23072AMOUNT: $5.00 There’s also a 9-29 date associated with the payment, all recorded via typewriter. Canseco had only turned 18 years old on July 2, 1982, meaning this paperwork appears to date from just a few months after his 18th birthday - years before he became a household name. And then there’s that $5. If I’m interpreting the notation correctly, Topps

Jose Canseco Fine-Ish Superfractor to Finest Superfractor

How much do you dislike sticker autos?I don’t necessarily hate them - especially when they’re done well - but there’s just something more special about an autograph being directly on the card.When I saw 2026 Topps Finest, I instantly fell in love with the design. Topps somehow fused ’90s mall food court / skating rink energy with a genuinely beautiful high-end look.A quick eBay search showed that the set has a mix of on-card autos and sticker autos. My friend Jon and I decided that if it had a sticker, maybe it should really be called 2026 Topps Fine...or perhaps