I'm 'nickel and dime-ing' my way through my Johnny Callison want list. He hasn't reached Billy Pierce's collection status. In other words I'm not going to go out and try to find every stupid Topps Lineage Canary Diamond sparkle card like I did with BP.
But I am trying to build a solid career-era collection and add will mix in assorted oddball post-career stuff when it's available cheaply. Same as I am doing with Elston Howard and a few others.
And Callison doesn't really have much in the way of Heritage-type cards. Most of them fall into the buyback/re-issue realm and if I have an 'original' I can do without the gold stamped versions.
This came from a Net54 member. Seriously miscut (but signed) '59 Rookie Stars. I love the design. Part of the appeal of the vintage sets I built were the subsets. The rookie and All-Star cards Topps birthed in those days were just so cool.
But when it came to the '65 Embossed...Topps whiffed. Actually, this Callison bears a decent resemblance to him. But go find the Yaz Embossed. That ain't Yaz.
Here's an example of a post-career card that was easy to add to my PC. 1981 TCMA Go-Go White Sox Callison.
The seller sent it in a Card Saver inside a PWE which is fine by me. But he used a sticker to seal the thing:
Even if you're selling cheap oddballs, do better.
I think that I might be one of the select few who actually likes the '65 Embossed set. Trying to buy them online is a pain though, because you can never really tell what kind of condition the surface is in, as scans always make them look the same, good or bad.
ReplyDeleteOuch, I second the "do better" comment. Glad the card wasn't damaged!
ReplyDeleteThat packaging is just lazy. They could have spent an extra 30 seconds to make it right. It's not rocket science...
ReplyDeleteThat 59 Callison is a great looking card.