Not sports or sports card related, but I thought I'd share some post-mortem april fools goodness with you all. I have a lot of traumatizing experiences with April Fool's past.  Like when my parents gave me a bowl of chocolate ice cream before going to bed - only to find out they were refried beans.  I *hate* refried beans.  No, they did not give me a real bowl of chocolate ice cream, either. Or how about the time when I was in 7th grade.  I went to bed dreading school the next day (I *HATED* school - 7th grade was the worst

I have had the pleasure of being a guest blogger for Topps, and you can see my moustachioed face at www.Topps.com - hurry though, because they will probably take it down soon! (Fun fact:  All of the visible cards you see were actually photoshopped in the picture, including the hand print card on the wall.  When this picture was taken, I didn't yet own most of the cards shown!)  Here is a direct link to the article: https://www.topps.com/blog/jose-canseco-topps-collector/ Here are some fun graphics from the article! Nearly 100 DIFFERENT Archives Signature Series Canseco cards .... I actually have two more than what is pictures

Just when you thought you couldn't get enough buyback cards... Introducing:  The buyback-buyback! If you are like most collectors, 10 different buybacks of the same junk wax card in the span of 7 months simply isn't enough!  Here is the rundown: Take a beautiful base card: Have it signed, then stamp, serial number and encase it ... Then take that signed/stamped/numbered/cased card and have it signed/stamped/numbered ON the case ... and put it in another case!  These ON CASE signed/stamped/numbered cards are guaranteed to be a hit with collectors and investors alike.  (Note: the sticker is in an entirely different