Could you imagine discovering the Old Judge original glass plate negatives from the Vermont Find in the mid 90s?  I'll write more on that in a future article, but for now, I thought I'd share a pickup (and custom project) having to do with this find.   In this find were photographs developed directly from the glass plate negatives from over 100 years ago.  I was able to obtain a photograph of Abner Boyce.  Abner Boyce was featured four times in the Old Judge set, and is on the Old Judge "scarce" list.  His cards never surface, and it is a

When Topps revived the Allen & Ginter name, they did a remarkable job staying true to the brand, while introducing some really, and I mean realllly cool cards.  Metal, stained glass, silk, wood, glow in the dark, rip, framed/not-framed, etc.   It seemed to be only a matter of time when Topps would release the hounds, and create a superfractor version.  It is something that many have been anticipating for years - the 19th century royal lineage of cardboard was on a collision course with the gold standard of 21st century baseball cards: the superfractor.   But could Topps pull it off? 

10-15-88: Kirk Gibson did something big. I don't quite recall, but that's not important. Blah. Earlier in that game, the legend of Jose Canseco grew when he hit his first ever grand slam on the biggest stage in the world of baseball: Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. The Home Run wasn't run of the mill, either. It was a 400ft line drive missile to straight away center field, and actually dented the NBC camera it hit! (Here's a video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxLrDqpwYn8 ) In 2003, Topps commemorated this missile grand slam by creating a Canseco card for it.