5 Historic Easter Trading Cards For 2023

Happy Easter every Bunny!

Spring has arrived. Hopefully a majority of the cold weather is coming to an end.

Its time to gather with friends and family, eat a good meal, and hunt for some candy-filled eggs.

In between all of that be sure to check out my top five historic Easter trading cards for 2023.

1991 Peanuts Preview – Easter Beagle #22

2018 Attic Cards Inked Nightmares Easter Bunny Sketch Card by Amanda Pattison

2022 Topps Wacky Packages Monthly Series – April – Hop Tarts #4

Bunny Pearce 1911 E100 Bishop & Co. P.C.L. – Type 1

1995 Disneyland 40 Years of Adventure – Thumper’s Easter Egg Hunt #28 #’ed/90,000

Product Highlight: 1991 Hot Aire Trading Cards

Hot Aire Trading Cards made their debut in 1991 during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. It was the brainchild of two hot air balloon enthusiasts, Danny Edwards and Patrick O’Hea. Edwards would collect pilot bios and take photos while O’Hea designed the cards.

The first set consists of (100) cards.  When they were first introduced, you could purchase them by the pack for $2.50 or in factory set form for $23.50.

Producing only 30,000 sets was thought to increase it’s value. That certainly didn’t happen.

Hot Aire Trading Cards lasted for a few years, and then fizzled out. If you’re looking for chase cards, there aren’t any. No “hot” packs containing inserts, parallels, autographs, or relics.

The hobby is filled with a lot of obscure sets.  With the rise of sports cards as an investment, people were willing to put anything on cardboard hoping one day it would amount to riches. We all know how that went. Not so well.

I wouldn’t hold out any hope for a standalone hot air balloon product to make a comeback anytime soon. At the most maybe a cameo appearance in Allen & Ginter or Goodwin Champions.

A modern day interpretation of a hot air balloon set would be interesting to see. It would give some card manufacturer the opportunity to invent the hobby’s first inflatable card. Or perhaps have a good excuse to bring back puffy stickers.

Under The Tree: 2012 Hot Wheels Monster Jam Series w/ Topps Trading Card

Hot Wheels began to make their Monster Jam series of trucks in 2000. This partnership between Hot Wheels and Monster Jam lasted 18 years and concluded in 2018.

The 2012 set in my opinion is the most interesting. (80) monster trucks make-up the set. (7) subsets cover the (80) monster truck set – 1st Editions, Hot Wheels Originals, Edge Glow, Spectraflames, Monster Jam World Finals Deco, Mud Trucks, and Standard. The “Standard” designation does not appear on any of the packaging like the others do. Its just the name given to those trucks which do not fit in any of the other categories.

2012 was the 30th anniversary of Grave Digger. The packaging for each monster truck contains a special 30th anniversary logo celebrating this achievement.

Packaged with each monster truck is a Topps trading card. The card matches the monster truck it is packaged with.

5 Historic Thanksgiving Day Trading Cards

Happy Thanksgiving! Time to fill your bellies with food while surrounded by friends and family. The Thanksgiving holiday is no stranger to trading cards. Tons of cards are dedicated to turkey day.

Here are my five favorite Thanksgiving-themed cards for 2022. Hope you have a nice holiday.

1983 Topps The A-Team “You Turkey!” #7

2009 Upper Deck A Piece of History Historical Moments Thanksgiving Becomes Holiday #188

2017 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Wacky Packages Thanksgiving Gary Gravy #5a

1987 Topps ALF – Stickers – Don’t Be Repulsed… It’s A Turkey! #14

2013 Topps Mars Attacks Invasion – The Last Thanksgiving #69

5 Historic Halloween Trading Cards

Happy Halloween!

Its time for costumes, candy, and scary movies.

Here are my top five scary/funny Halloween trading cards for 2022.

All Panini Redemption Cards – Pulling one of these would sure scare the hell out of me.

1989 Topps Batman – “Is It Halloween?” #81

1996 Comic Images Elvira Mistress of the Dark #63

Michael Myers 1998 Bowman Chrome Interstate Refractor #201

1994 Collect-A-Card Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Series 2 Retail Power Foil Frankenstein #86

5 Historic Bald Eagle Trading Cards

Happy Birthday America! The USA is the best country in the history of the world.

Hot dogs, hamburgers, and fireworks. America is #1!

To celebrate, here are 5 historic trading cards featuring our national bird the bald eagle.

1933 R78 Jungle Chewing Gum – Bald Eagle #37

2016 Topps Garbage Pail Kids American As Apple Pie – U.S. Arnie #5a

1956 Gum, Inc. Adventure – As American As The Hot Dog #29

1992 Panini Wildlife in Danger – Bald Eagle #76

2021 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Feathered Creatures – Bald Eagle #FC-100

5 Historic Easter Trading Cards

Happy Easter Every Bunny!

Spring has arrived. Hopefully a majority of the cold weather is coming to an end.

Its time to gather with friends and family. Eat a good meal. Hunt for some candy/money-filled eggs.

In between all of that be sure to check out my top five historic Easter trading cards for 2022.

1910 E45 American Caramel – Two Rabbits/Egg Basket – Easter Series

2021 Topps Garbage Pail Kids – Food Fight – Peeping Paige #44a

1995 Dart 100 Years of Hershey’s – Chrome – Easter 1952 #C2

2019 Topps Allen & Ginter X – Egg #213

1995-96 Boston Market Florida Panthers – Hearth Honey Ham

Under The Tree: 1982 Corgi Baseball Trading Cars

Precision Made. Check. Moving Parts. Check. Safety Tested. Check. One Year Money Back Warranty. Check. Non-Toxic Paints. Hang on just a second. I don’t know about you. But I prefer my toys to have a certain amount of lead in them. They just don’t taste the same.

Corgi made die-cast toy vehicles for decades. From Batman to James Bond. There is an entire collectors market for them.

Released in 1982, Corgi introduced their line of Baseball Trading Cars. (26) MLB cars make up the set. The body of a Ford Mustang Cobra was used for each car. Cars have the team name on the roof, and team logo on the hood.

In 1983 collectors saw another set of (26) Baseball Trading Cars. This time the body of a Pontiac Firebird was used. A poster offer also came with the 1983 line of cars. Corgi even made a Baseball Trading Cars carrying case to protect your cars once they were removed from their package.

5 Historic Thanksgiving Day Trading Cards

Happy Thanksgiving! Time to fill your bellies with food while surrounded by friends and family.

The Thanksgiving holiday is no stranger to trading cards. Tons of cards are dedicated to turkey day.

Here are my five favorite Thanksgiving-themed cards for 2021. Hope you have a nice holiday.

1890 N80 W. Duke Sons & Co. Thanksgiving Day – U.S. Holidays

Beavis and Butt-Head 1994 Fleer Ultra – Spanking The Turkey #6919

Richard Sherman 2015 Topps Chrome SP Photo Variation SuperFractor #’ed 1/1

1992 Tabb Investments/Prestige Derrick “DJ” Johnson Turkey Bowling Prototype #’ed/35,000

1954 Topps Scoop Pilgrims Land At Plymouth #104

Product Highlight: 1993 Topps/McDonald’s All Time Greatest Team Trading Card Glasses

McDonald’s has been making collectible drinking glasses for decades.  I never really got into them, except for when they made a set for the movie Batman Forever in 1995.  Topps and McDonald’s teamed-up in 1993 to bring collectors a set of ten glasses.  Printed on each glass is a Topps baseball card.  If you purchased any Extra Value Meal with a Coke Classic you had the opportunity to buy one of these 16-ounce All Time Greatest Team Trading Card Glasses.  Each glass features the player’s facsimile signature too.

Here’s the checklist:

• #1 Nolan Ryan 1969 Topps #533
• #2 Johnny Bench 1970 Topps #660
• #3 Lou Gehrig 1961 Topps #405
• #4 Joe Morgan 1973 Topps #230
• #5 Cal Ripken Jr. 1985 Topps #704
• #6 Brooks Robinson 1961 Topps #10
• #7 Roberto Clemente 1961 Topps #388
• #8 Willie Mays 1957 Topps #10
• #9 Babe Ruth 1962 Topps #139
• #10 Carl Yastrzemski 1970 Topps #10

The first nine glasses were sold nationally.  In order to get the tenth glass, you needed to live in the Boston area.  That makes Carl Yastrzemski the rarest of them all.