This month, I picked up a complete run of Topps Magazines from 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993. Each came with the original uncut panel/sheet promotional cards and checklist photos; some even had their original mailing protective bags. The entertaining and diverse articles and pictures in this magazine will have an influence on this blog for quite a long time.
Despite February being a short month and my IRONMAN training picking up in mileage, I still found myself working on the blog quite a bit, so besides the bi-weekly blog articles, I made 18 updates to the two archives too.
Articles Published in February
Here are the eight articles I published on the blog this month. I was delighted with the Tipps from Topps article:
- The 1950 Drake’s Cookies Baseball Cards are an Oddball Set You Should Know
- The 10 Most Collected PSA Graded Sets of the 1990s
- The 17 Incredible 1959 Topps Baseball Multi-Player Cards
- The 1988 Panini Spanish Sticker Dennis Rodman Rookie Cards
- Tipps from Topps Booklets and 1968 Bazooka Baseball Boxes
- The Notoriously Difficult High-Grade 1989 Topps #113 Joe Sakic Rookie Card
- A Look Back at the Dmitri Young Collection and Auction
- Random Variations in How Topps Packaged and Distributed Vintage Cards
The Unopened Archive
Here are the ten sets I added to the Unopened Archive in February:
- 1948 Leaf Baseball
- 1968 OPC Baseball
- 1968 Topps Baseball
- 1969 OPC Baseball
- 1969 Topps Baseball
- 1970 OPC Baseball
- 1971 Topps Football
- 1975 Topps Football
- 1989 Upper Deck Baseball
- 1996 Topps Chrome Basketball
The Oddball Archive
Here are the eight sets I added to the Oddball Archive in February:
- 1947 Remar Bread Oakland Oaks
- 1957 San Francisco Seals Golden State Dairy Stamps
- 1958 Syracuse Nationals
- 1959 Oklahoma Today Major Leaguers
- 1961 Union Oil Hawaii Chiefs
- 1964 Wheaties Stamps
- 1967 General Mills Hand Cut
- 1969 Converse Staff
Since I read so many vintage sports columns and blogs, I thought I would help curate some of the best writing, so I started sharing a weekly thread called “This Week’s Best Hobby Writing” over on Twitter. Be sure to follow me there for updates each Friday.
As always, thanks for reading PostWarCards, and if there is ever a topic you’d like me to write about or a set you’d like me to prioritize for either archive, please reach out to me.
Happy collecting!