Early Signed FF

Recent pickup of an earlier - playing days - signed FF.  Not too many of these around.

 

Dot, Dots and more Dots!

 

I've always been interested in print dots on or around the knob of the FF bat.  Black Box cards etc.  Once I found out that every letter in Billy's name had examples out there with dots - I wanted to find them all.  The fun is in the hunt.

Recent pickup - the letter K completes my project!  It's also the only Glossy/Blue Back example I've seen with one of these dots (I'm sure there are more - I've just never paid attention).  It's also a 'double dot'?  Stupid, cheap fun stuff to collect.  Another fellow FF collector also completed this side project this month!  Like me, the letter K was his last card to find.

Black Scribble w/ F saw-cut thru the knob

Recent pickup this year.  Black Scribble version with a nicely placed factory saw-cut thru the right side of the bat knob.  The knob was not the target of the saw-cut placement but it's always nice when they meet up.

 

2024 Lunch Box Leftovers Ripken FF Parodies

2024 Lunch Box Leftovers (similar to Garbage Pail Kids) parody of the Ripken FF.  Made by the Super Secret Fun Club.  These are the two 'base' versions.  Cards #86a and #86b.  "Home Ron" and "Sluggin Duggan" posing with the "Funk Face" bat.  Designs inspired by the 1979 movie "The Warriors".  Other serial numbered variations of these are out there to collect as well. 

Also added SP card #86c "Fury Murray" with his "F@%K FACE" bat.

White Scribble (cut from sheet)

New pickup in 2025!  Pretty rare to find '89 Fleer factory scraps.  They surface from time to time but it's normally the original FF version.  It's extremely rare to find anything out of the ordinary for the White Scribble version!  Poor condition but that really doesn't matter for this piece.  The hand written three digit numbers must have been done at the factory as part of some sort of quality control.  Employee ID number or simply counting the discarded sheets.  Other versions of they sheet cut cards have been seen with three numbers written on them.

 

2025 FF cardart by Ermsy

New for 2025.  From well known popular Paris based artist Ermsy.  Contributor to Project 2020 and Project 70 issues.  Crazy tribute to the FF!  These were available in different versions as well.  Regular (white) #/60, Black /20, Silver Auto /20, Gold Auto /5, Hand Customized fronts /7 and even a few different, unique signed 1/1 versions.   The artist even sent me a personally customized Black version - signed on the back too.  A 'one-of-one' with a personal touch!

www.ermsy.com 

Instagram - Ermsy 

 

 

Circle Scribble (CS3) pickup

New pickup from a couple months ago.  Another Circle Scribble (CS3) saw-cut example - but with a twist.

I have always believed CS3s and CS4 are basically the same but with different levels of blank ink coverage on the knob.  This new card has a cut that matches a CS4 I've known about for nearly 20 years.  Same cut - just more or less ink on the knob.