Thanks Donovan for this Christmas present! I returned home late in the evening to a mysterious package on my desk. What a surprise - what a gift! 1990 Pacific Senior League wax pack - graded by PSA. On the back is card #126. Jim Nettles' A-Hole card. Love it! It's a nice companion to this PSA 10 (also from Donovan)....
I received a couple tips last week. The new movie 8-Bit Christmas mentions the FF! About an hour into it, they show the main characters sifting through baseball cards from the late '80s. The "Greatest error card of all time". Available on HBO Max.
I picked up a oddball FF Saw-Cut card about a year ago. It has multiple overlapping cuts slanted to the left. This week, I found another one! Nearly identical. Both even have the oddball yellow swirl on the jersey. Weirdness x 2.
Huge thanks to Hayden at LeMaster Graphics (@lemastergraphics on Instagram) for making this custom FF tribute card. Well Done!
Added a couple cheap Black Box versions with Red/Yellow print dots on the front. Fun oddball additions.
1) Dot on the brim of the hat
2) Dot on the jersey #7.
The Avett Brothers (@theavettbrothers on Instagram) performed at Camden Yards in Baltimore on September 16th. This was the concert poster created by Darren Shock (@darrenshock). A great tribute to the FF.
Added a couple odd ball varieties this month.
1) Black Scribble w/ No F - with a red/yellow print dot on the cap
2) White Scribble with multiple Saw-Cuts.
Big thanks to Jerry in CA! I was able to pickup a few oddballs to add to the collection. Included was this double saw-cut FF! Beauty!
I saw this article from January 20th, 1989 (and card) listed on eBay over the weekend. Unfortunately the picture only shows about 80% of the Boston Herald clipping. Still fun to see.
Thanks to Jerry for sending this my way. A square edge Black Box version with a print dot on the letter P in Ripken. Something new and different!
New Pickup this month. Black Scribble w/F with Saw-Cut. This one has a unique, 3 cut. To top it off with a print dot on the letter N.
Always like picking up rack packs with factory saw-cut cards on top. This is a nice FF version on the middle pack with the slit going through the jersey #7. Chuck Crim is underneath.
I report all of these to (popular online resale e-place) but nothing ever gets done.
The "Whiteouts" are too easy to make. The same few sellers are creating these and unloading them all the time. Turning a 50 cent card into $50-$100. Check their feedback! Selling dozens and dozens of these is a RED FLAG!
The "White Scribble" reprints starting appearing a few years ago. No notations on them noting "Reprint" or "Fake". Sure enough - now they keep popping up for sale as Original. The fakes/reprints lately have been obvious to spot. The yellowish knob is the real giveaway.
Buyer beware!
Another neat comic book cover! This piece is being offered by Stadium Comics and numbered out of 250. Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Archie Comic Book series.
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Happy to support a NE Ohio artist with this Autism Awareness cause.
Numbered to #/10. Only a few left!
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New for April:
1) FF Saw-cut with multiple, overlapping sawcuts. This is also the FF version with a yellow swirl on the jersey after the Orioles name.
2) FF Saw-cut with 2 cuts. Card is badly off centered or miscut. Thanks Joey for the trade on this one!
I've been waiting for this since Daniel Jacob Horine began creating these this past summer. PopFlyPopShop.com just released a fantastic piece of the FF. Beautiful work! These comic book cover art designs are outstanding! Limited print run, so order one today!
New pickup this week. A regular rounded edge Black Box version with 3 irregular print dots on the front. Not sure if I've seen one like it before. Cheap fun!
Big thanks to 4mer Legends for getting me one of these beautiful glasses! Great work. Hop Ripken!
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Thanks to Kevin C. for sending me these 2 ideas for the 'Adult Cards' section.
Here is a ESPN article on the Comstock card:
New pickup for 2021. It's a lower grade Black Scribble w/ Loop that has a factory sawcut. Nothing special. Creased and dirty. Cheap addition. The sawcut is under the knob of the bat. I didn't have that version with that cut location - so why not? Something new and different.
Found an article from around 2010 covering the 1990 Pacific Jim Nettles A$$ Hole card.
This card can be found with 3 (maybe 4) versions.
The AH version, Glossy partially corrected, Regular fully corrected and a print defect that has the regular corrected version missing the upper horizontal black line under the yellow stars. I also got one autographed several years ago.
I acquired an odd card last year and decided to do a write-up about it. I posted in under the 'Fleer' tab and labeled it 'Frank Mustin'
