Card of the Day: Tony Hawk 1994 Generation Extreme #95

“Pin-Up” of the Week: 1972 Central Counties Bank 1st Generation “Crush the Orange” Penn State Button

Its funny how the simple looking things can end up having an entire science to them.  That’s the way this hobby works.  Take for example the button pictured above.  Central Counties Bank produced three generations of buttons for Penn State fans in 1972.  This button is one of six from that first generation.  They all have phrases on them such as “Get the Goat”, “Hammer the Hawkeyes”, “Crush the Orange”, “Trip the Terrapins”, “Wallop the Wolfpack”, and “Pulverize the Panthers”.  Central Counties Bank wasn’t sure what type of response they would get from the public, so they only made them for the six home games and left their logo off.

Fans went nuts for these buttons.  Generation 2 consists of a second printing of the last four buttons from generation 1, and the Central Counties Bank logo is at the bottom.  Generation 3 is a third printing of the last two buttons from generations 1 & 2.  The main difference are the metal backs compared to green cardboard found on the first two generations.

Central Counties Bank eventually was taken over by Mellon Bank.  Now Mellon Bank is Citizens Bank.  No matter the name of the bank, they still made buttons.  Its a tradition that continues to this very day.

Many of the early buttons first introduced in 1972 carry a hefty price tag.  A collector recently spent $100 for this generation 1 “Crush the Orange” button.  For all Penn State button collectors, check out this great resource.  The site looks like something from the 90s, but its kept up-to-date.

Patriots New Generation Auto Contest Winner Announced

Congrats to Marc on being the lucky winner of the Brandon Meriweather 2007 Leaf Certified Materials New Generation Auto #’ed/399.  Once Marc sends me his mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP.  Thanks!

Patriots New Generation Auto Contest! – NOW CLOSED

This contest is for a Brandon Meriweather 2007 Leaf Certified Materials New Generation Auto #’ed/399.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, June 3, 2016 @ 8:00 p.m. EST.
• To enter, please leave a comment in this post.
• You can enter once per day.
• The winner will be selected at random.
• Please provide a valid e-mail address when entering.
• The winner will receive an e-mail when the contest is over.
• The winner has one week to send me their contact information or the contest will be held again.
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

Card of the Day: Dave Mirra 1994 Vision Generation Extreme #62

Card of the Day: Dontrelle Willis 2003 Leaf Certified Materials New Generation Mirror Emerald

New Generation Auto Contest Winner Announced

Congrats to dawgbones on being the lucky winner of the Robert Alford 2013 Panini Certified Mirror Red New Generation RC Auto #’ed/999.  Once dawgbones sends me their mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP.  Thanks!

New Generation Auto Contest! – NOW CLOSED

This contest is for a Robert Alford 2013 Panini Certified Mirror Red New Generation RC Auto #’ed/999.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, December 6, 2013 @ 8:00 p.m. EST.
• To enter, please leave a comment in this post.
• You can enter once per day.
• The winner will be selected at random.
• Please provide a valid e-mail address when entering.
• The winner will receive an e-mail when the contest is over.
• The winner has one week to send me their contact information or the contest will be held again.
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

Card of the Day: Delmon Young 2003 Leaf Certified Materials New Generation Mirror Black Auto

Card of the Day: Andy Irons 1994 Generation Extreme #56