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Card of the Day: Matt Ryan 2008 Topps Mayo #276
Card of the Day: James Harrison 2008 Topps Mayo #119
Card of the Day: Norman Rockwell ’08 Topps Mayo Cut Auto
Card of the Day: George Washington ’09 Topps Mayo Celebrated Citizens Mini
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Card of the Day: Mark Sanchez ’09 Topps Mayo #178
Card of the Day: Matthew Stafford ’09 Topps Mayo #187
If I had the choice of opening a box of Allen & Ginter or Mayo, I’d have to go with the Mayo. I like the overall design better, and it doesn’t contain a lot of those gimmicks you find in A&G. Congrats to Matthew Stafford on having a great game over the weekend. His ’09 Topps Mayo card is one of my favorite base rookies.
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Card of the Day: ’09 Topps Mayo Brown/Sanders/Favre/Namath Auto/Jersey Box Topper
Originals Are Awesome
One of the best things that card manufacturers, specifically Topps & Upper Deck, have done in recent years is include original cards within their newer products. I think its great that collectors have the chance of pulling a card from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Pulling old cards, gives you the chance to learn about great players that you probably never heard of. Take this card as an example.
This is an original 1894 Mayo Cut Plug football card of Sam “Brinck” Thorne. He was born in 1873 and died at the age of 56 in 1930. Thorne was a halfback for Yale and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970.
The first time collectors could pull any type of vintage cards came during the 1990’s with products such as All-Sport Plus. Products like All-Sport Plus didn’t last very long because the manufacturer hyped up their product making collectors think a base card from the 1970’s was really worth a lot. You might have seen infomercials featuring Don West selling products like this. Topps and Upper Deck have done a much better job allowing collectors to pull vintage cards.
Just for fun. Here is a classic Don West 🙂
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Famous Frames – Which Do You Prefer?
Our hobby is filled with a bunch of framed mini relic and/or autographed cards. The first time I saw a framed mini was upon the release of 2002 Topps T206. Since then the hobby has seen multiple designs from the quite dull to the very colorful Allen & Ginter. Which is your favorite?
My favorite is the new 2008 Topps Mayo Cut Plug black frames. The black color goes well with the card design. The three Allen & Ginter frames have always reminded me of Hawaiian shirts.
2008 Topps Mayo Cut Plug
2008 Topps Allen & Ginter
2007 Topps Allen & Ginter
2006 Allen & Ginter
2003 Topps T205
2002 Topps T206
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