I went to a card show today! My first in over a year! It was held at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds and was the biggest show I have attended here in Oklahoma. It was huge, but it included Pokémon and TCG and I expect it was dominated by those sellers. To be honest, I barely got inside the doors. Two of the sellers I buy from at every show were set up next to each other right by the entrance. I never got past their tables.
Overall, there was nothing I would consider a noteworthy pickup. It was all set needs. Mostly commons, but with a few minor stars and a couple of HOFers that aren't particularly popular in the hobby. I did manage to find a few 1967 high numbers, which was a pleasant surprise. Overall, it felt good to attend a show again.
However, this post is about something different: mail deliveries!
As long as it has been since I went to a show, it has been even longer since I added something to my Johnny Antonelli player collection. And I added two this week.
I found this 2009 Heritage buyback on Ebay for less than $20 and I grabbed it immediately. I have a complicated relationship with buybacks. I don't consider that the foil stamp conveys any transformative effect to the card. This is, and will always be, a 1960 Topps card. But the online resources consider this different, so I will continue to add them provided the price is reasonable. I've seen other Antonelli buybacks, but prices in excess of $50 are not reasonable. So, this is my first buyback card in this player collection.
This is the real star of the two. It is a 1971 House of Jazz card. These were issued by the House of Jazz record store in Glenside, PA as a store promotion. There are 35 cards in the set and it boasts an impressive checklist for an unlicensed set. There isn't a lot of information on the store, though a quick Google Maps search shows that the address is now home to a counseling service and a community development organization. The checklist itself is dominated by East Coast teams but seems to lack any thematic organization. It includes all-time greats, stars, and utility players (Peanut Lowery!)
The set itself would be fun to build, but the rarity of the set makes that a non-starter. I have only seen the Antonelli a few times, certainly less than 4, over the years and it normally sells in excess of $300. I can only imagine what the Lou Gehrig and Jackie Robinson would sell for. When I saw this on eBay for $99, I mashed that But-It-Now button immediately. This is probably the second most rare Antonelli issue behind the 1958 Packard Bell (of which I have only seen once) To say I am stoked is underselling it.
What I am listening to: Life During Wartime by The Talking Heads
Posts two days in a row? Is this a harbinger of a level of posting beyond the normal once a month or so that has characterized this blog for the past 4 years? Probably not. However, I did add something new to my Johnny Antonelli player collection this week. But first, a little background.
I got back into collecting late in 2010, so my first real year of being a collector was 2011. Like most anyone new to the hobby or returning after a long layoff, I collected everything. Modern, vintage, and even some junk wax era stuff.
I have always been forgetful as my stupid mind is usually dwelling on something other than the proximate world. But, I believe that the first set I ever completed was Topps Lineage. Lineage was a one-time issue of 200 cards celebrating Topps 60th Anniversary and featured cards that (more or less) used designs from previous Topps flagship sets. It was a set with feet in both vintage and modern worlds but more affordable than Heritage. It was right in my wheelhouse.
But, as I have recounted before, my feelings for modern turned sour in 2012 and I sold off my 2011 Topps flagship (including the Mike Trout RC) and Lineage sets with the intent of focusing only on Heritage. 2013 came and my love for Heritage died due to the expensive quest for the short prints.
However, I still have two Lineage cards in my collection: a 1975 mini CC Sabathia jersey relic card that I got from Night Owl and a Johnny Antonelli 1952 reprint autograph insert. This week I added a third:
Also a 1952 reprint, this is the Canary Diamond parallel that is serial number 3 of 10. Despite upcoming adult life stuff that will limit my hobby activity early this year, I would say that my 2025 is off to a great start.
What I am listening to: Highway 65 by Paige Plaisance
By nature, I am a pessimist. But, over the years I have done my best fight that tendency and work too see the positive. I try, in this blog, to keep things light. I don't always succeed, but I do try. Today, I am not even going to try. This effort to update my player collection have and need lists has brought me to a point of reckoning. And recognition.
TCDB is a great tool in that it has helped me identify cards that I need for me player collections. And I have discovered that I am the top collector on TCDB for both Paul Blair and Johnny Antonelli. But, somewhere along the line I began to measure those player collections by the percent completion. And that was at the root of my recent annoyance at the new entries I found. To be sure, anything I said about those new entries in recent posts was true but, in the end, it was about more than what was considered a card and what wasn't. It was about what those "non-cards" represented in terms of my percent completion of Paul Blair items. When I realized that was my unstated goal,, it caused a sea change in my thinking. It had been less about the fun of collecting and more about the percentage.
Here is what made me realize this.
This is one of the new entries I found for Paul Blair on TCDB. It is a 2012 Historic Autographs Champions 1978 Yankees cut auto of Paul Blair. Take a look at it and take a look at the back:
It probably isn't obvious what caught my eye, so let me cut right to the chase:
The PSA label indicates that this is serialized as #20 of 20. However, there is nowhere on the card itself that shows this serial designation. That tells me that it was slabbed by PSA right when it was created. Maybe not at the end of the production line, but it was created to be entombing it in plastic before distribution.
Take a look at the upper corners of the back. Do you see something? Here is a close-up.
See it now? This isn't a card. It is an envelope. I was ambivalent enough about cut autos when they were inserted into card stock. But, in a paper envelope? Ambivalence becomes loathing. And with that, my interest in maximizing my Paul Blair percent completion died. I won't be pursuing any more of these Historic Autograph items. And any other card that doesn't catch my interest.
But, in an attempt to cleanse this blog of that negativity, let me share a recent auction win.
It is the packaging from a 1956 Big League Statue of Johnny Antonelli. Just the packaging, but I am tickled beyond belief to have won this. I might even try to find one of the statues. Note that it isn't on TCDB. Certainly not the packaging, but not even the statue itself. Yet another reason to not put any thought to TCDB rankings. If you want to see what the original packaging and statues look like read here.
What I am listening to: Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace
I was updating my TCDB collection today. I have been keeping up with my set builds, but not my Paul Blair and Johnny Antonelli player collections. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, there were new entries on TCDB for Blair that I hadn't seen previously. Alas, the same holds true for Antonelli. So, I've been trying to get my master spreadsheet updated with these new entries. You might ask why I am keeping a spreadsheet in addition to TCDB as they should be performing the same function. You might, but it would be a bit rude of you. However, since the question is on the table, let me answer.
Two reasons: first, I have seen a number previously essential websites disappear (Yahoo Groups and JPGMag are but two) and I will always have my spreadsheet. Additionally, I have a number of independently produced art cards that are not cataloged on TCDB. So, with that out of the way, let me get back on track.
While looking at my Antonelli collection versus TCDB, there are three main categories of "wants:'
Rarities like 1958 Packard Bell and 1971 House of Jazz.
Armour Coins (14 variations from 1955 and 3 from 1959)
Jay Publishing pictures.
I am not going to pursue the coins since they are not cards, or any type of paper product, for that matter. But the Jay Publishing's are bit of an issue since images get reused year to year. Note:
This is an animated GIF I created that cycles between the 1955, 1956 Past and Present 10, and 1956 Past and Present 12 Jay issues. The thing is that I cannot be 100% sure the variations you see (image exposure and image position) are attributable to the actual production or are just modern artifacts of image cropping and scanning differences. I will probably crop off the borders in my starting images and redo the animated GIF to see what that shows. But, holy moly, I really didn't want to go down a rabbit hole on this.
Added in edit: The cropped animation. The slight shifts may very well be my cropping.
As I mentioned in my previous post, my hobby activity has basically gone on hiatus for a while. I have added three cards to my player collections.
I have always been ambivalent about buybacks. While I don't necessarily consider them a defaced vintage card, I do consider them little different than the pre-stamped vintage original. But, my Paul Blair player collection has stalled with only a few additions each year. Certainly, so few I can count them on one hand. Currently, I sit at 159 unique cards in my Blair collection out of 211 on my list, for a respectable 75%. The problem is what I lack.
Of the 52 cards I need, most are cards that I have little interest in:7 more vintage buybacks, 13 unlicensed cut autos (mostly Tristar), 10 low-pop serial numbered cards from 2004 UD Timeless Teams, 4 printing plates, and three uncut panels for cards I otherwise have. See what I mean? I am too much of a completist to just throw up my hands and consider this done, but further progress means picking up cards I would otherwise ignore. I am not sure whether it is a blessing or a curse, but most of those remaining cards are valued too highly by their current owner and are priced well beyond what I will pay. An unlicensed cut auto card for $40. No way. But these two were cheap enough with both being around $10 delivered.
Anyways, this is what I am most excited about:
I realize that may look like a well-loved 1960 Topps card of Johnny Antonelli. And, it is. But, what isn't obvious from the image is that it is on thinner, poorer quality stock which identifies this as a Topps Venezuelan. In well over a decade of collecting, this is only the second 1960 Venezuelan card of Antonelli I have ever seen. And I got it for about $15 delivered.
With regard to progress, I have 71 unique Antonelli items out of my identified population of 100. The remaining items I don't have are mostly photocards/postcards, buybacks, and a handful of reprints. I've never seen most of them, so this may be one of the last cards I acquire for this collection.
What I am listening to: Bring Me to Life by Evanescence.
It was a year. When I last left you, I was still waiting on the acquisition of my employer by a larger company to close. The transaction finally closed in early December and because, when given the option of moving to Houston or moving on, I chose the latter, a 180 day clock started ticking. When that clock runs to zero sometime around June 3, I am officially unemployed. I haven't started looking for a new gig yet, but will be starting shortly.
As it stands, I have had plenty of time to prepare, so the change doesn't represent an existential issue. I'm blessed to have that flexibility and to be able to keep somewhat active in the hobby.
So, enough about that. Shall we talk hobby? My hobby activity was a bit odd. I scaled back my level of activity as I prepared but, at the same time, also completed my three most expensive purchases. So, let's review the year. First, though, I do want to acknowledge a recent kindness.
1. Cards from Night Owl
To get cards from Night Owl is always an opportunity to experience joy and guilt in equal measures. Joy because he seems to have access to really great cards that I don't see very often, if at all. Guilt because he does so much for the hobby already at his blog that receiving cards from him always seems to overweight one side of the ledger. I get that our little corner of this hobby isn't about making sure the debits and credits balance, but my collecting is so inwardly focused that I do occasionally need reminders of the obligation to be a good member of the community.
My early collecting included a mix of modern and vintage. While I left the annual Topps releases behind quickly, there were several modern series of sets I really liked. The Fleer Greats of the Game sets issued between 2000 and 2004 are the prime example. I was mostly done with 2002, except I only had half of the Dueling Duos insert set. I had mostly forgotten about it when a package arrived from Greg that included three of my needs for that subset. I have acknowledge that one of the three was the card above that featured Duke Snider, a legendary Dodger. Getting such a card from a Dodger collector is a great treat. And it provided the necessary incentive to get this over with. I managed to piece together the remaining subset needs from COMC and Burbank.
I am almost exclusively a vintage collector, but I do occasionally pick up modern cards that catch my eye. If I came across this card in a discount box at a show, it would buy it. No questions asked.That I received it as a gift makes it all that much more special.
I still remember where I was when I learned that Thurman Munson had died in a plane crash. I grew up in western New York and my family's annual vacation was to rent a cottage in the Thousand Islands near Alexandria Bay. Why mention this at all? Well, Alex Bay is a short drive from where Night Owl lives.
Finally,
An interesting card from this year's Stadium Club offering: a Superstar Duos card with Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton on opposite sides. The background graphics, particularly on the Judge side, remind me of the colorful backgrounds on the 2009 through 2011 Tristar Obak sets I love so well.
2. 1960-1963 Signed Fleer
I'm not going to show any cards here, as I still intend to have a series based on them at some point soon. But, for something I started on a lark nearly 10 years ago, I am amazed at how much progress I've made. See for yourself:
3. Set building
Set building has always been a slow process for me. I see folks on Twitter who finish multiple vintage sets per year. It is hard for me to fathom that. Once I got past the late 1970s sets, it usually takes me a minimum of two years to complete a set and sometimes more.
I finally finished my 1968 Topps set in 2021. As near as I can tell, I started this set in 2017, but made absolutely no progress after 2019. I sat at two cards to go for two years waiting for the cost of the Nolan Ryan rookie card to come down. It never did and I finally resolved to just bite the bullet and get it over with. I broke down and got the Lou Brock card earlier in the year, only leaving #177 to go. I managed to pick this up in an auction for $325 delivered:
This was the third most I have ever spent on a card, but was well below what all but the poorest of Ryans usually go for.
If you look at the comps on this card, the price I paid was a steal. It went so low because of color fading on the left hand side of the card. But, it is in great condition otherwise, and it has great eye appeal despite the fading. So, I am very happy to have it and to have this set finally in the books.
I also have finished 1960 Topps. Sort of, anyways. The final card I needed for that set is still in transit to me and should be here Tuesday. It isn't this card though:
I got this earlier in the year in a Robert Edwards auction. This set me back over $400 and is the most I have ever spent on a card. Evern more than the 1956 Mantle I got at the National several years ago. Barring a postal catastrophe, I'm glad to have finished 1960.
I have not, however, finished 1965.
I started working on 1965 four years ago, in the late winter of 2017, and I am still needing 21 cards to finish. While I picked up the Mantle in 2020, I still need a fair number of the high value cards, like Aaron, Mays, Banks, Uecker, plus the Carlton and Niekro rookie cards.
Wait. Back up a second. Uecker? It's a high number, but a common nonetheless. Yeah, I don't get it either. Beckett assigns it a book value of $25, but even rough copies of the card sell for more than that. It is just odd.
Anyways, I am skeptical of my ability to finish this in 2022. I looked back. In September of 2020, nearly a year and a half ago, I needed 38 cards to finish, I've added a total of 17 cards in 16 months. I may just have to bite the bullet and start resetting my cost expectations on this set, because it really shouldn't be this hard.
4. Player Collections
I have two player collections, Johnny Antonelli and Paul Blair. This year, I undertook an effort to try and catalog the cards that are available for each. I mainly used TCDB, but found it incomplete andsupplemented it with what I already have. If you look at TCDB, you will see me as having the largest collection for both players. But, in summary, I still have a way to go.
This is the latest addition to my Antonelli collection, a James Elder postcard. At the moment, I have catalogued 98 unique Johnny Antonelli cards and postcards and, also at the moment, I have 66 of them. 67% is pretty good, but not good enough if I am going to be serious here. Unfortunately, the 32 I don't have are all pretty obscure. How obscure? Well, the only one of the 32 I have actually seen is a 1960 Topps Venezuelan card. When a Venezuelan is the least obscure of the remaining needs, you know the rest are rarer than hen's teeth.
My entry back into the hobby was trying to collect Paul Blair cards, since I had a Paul Blair model glove as a kid. Little did I know what I was getting myself in for. I have catalogued 209 different Paul Blair cards and photocards. There are two sub-categories that I am ambivalent about: Topps buyback cards (which are basically vintage cards that are stamped with foil, like this one) and cut auto cards mainly produced by Tristar. Alas,. if I am going to continue to advance my Blair colleciton, I am going to have to overcome that ambivalence. As of today, I have 154 of those 209 items, for a respectable 74%.
So, that was a summary of where I am to date. I'm going to try and blog more in 2022. There are a couple of series I started and let die that I'd like to pick up again. In my next post, I'll lay out how I see my hobby '22 shaping up.
What I am listening to: Texas Sun by Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
On this continent and in the psyche of its people the plains have always been a staggering presence, a place of myth and cliche, a place for transformation, bafflement, or heartbreak. From the east they are a release from the clawing of swamp and tangle and human density. From the west they are a drop and a straightening after the kinks and strains of mountains. Entered from any direction they are a new air, a joy to behold, a combination of large-scale intimidations and primordial inner acoustics.
What a year, amirite? In some ways it has been a lost year. But, we are heading into the most wonderful season of the year: no yard work season!
Well, that isn't entirely true as we had a huge ice storm the last week of October and I lost a lot of branches off my trees. The cleanup, however, is mostly done. I am referring, of course, to the holiday season. Because we have the farm, and live so far from family, we haven't travelled back for the holidays in a fair number of years. We usually have other local "orphans" over for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.
This year, with COVID obviously, that won't be happening. The situation was further complicated when my 92 year old mother-in-law came down sick and had to spend some time in the hospital. My wife drove back to Ohio to help her sister care for her mother while she recovered her strength and got back on her feet. So, she missed my birthday last weekend and will probably be up there for at least another week and a half. So, I'll be spending Thanksgiving alone, as well. My wife and I have been together for 30 years (married for 28) so it is a bit odd to be a bachelor again. But, I adapted quickly by reverting to eating poorly, and not cleaning up after myself.
Anyways, do not mourn for me. I am very fortunate that I have many blessings in my life. And, while this holiday will be odd, I am happy that better days are ahead for us all.
Anyways, I recently added a new piece to my Johnny Antonelli player collection; the first since August and, as near as I can tell, only the second so far in 2020.
This is an advertising postcard from 1957 for Knickerbocker Beer showing Antonelli with Giants play by play announcer Russ Hodges. At 7" by 9", it is larger than a normal post card and it appears to intended to send to retailers and not fans. I haven't found much information on these and have only seen 3 other, different versions with manager Bill Rigney, third base coach Tommy Henrich, and All Star outfielder Willie Mays. This version is pristine with a surface gloss that belies the fact that it is 63 years old.
So, how did "sure bet" Antonelli do in 1957? Did he make it to 20 games? Not exactly. He went 12-18 with a 3.77 ERA for the Giants in their final season in New York.
Still haven't made any progress on that next post in the promised series on 1970 Topps card backs. In my defense, we had a huge storm a few weeks back and I lost 7or 8 large post oak trees and large limbs off at least a half a dozen others. So, in addition to all my normal chores, I have been slowly cleaning up that mess.
So, I am going to half-ass a post here of things that have an admittedly tenuous link to ink, in it's various incarnations.
A new addition to my Johnny Antonelli player collection, this is a 1960 Topps tattoo. I've got to get my Antonelli collection organized. It is fine in the binder, but I haven't really done a good job of organizing the spreadsheet of haves and wants. It is supposed to be hot this weekend, maybe I'll work on when I retreat inside after doing my morning projects outside.
One of the three remaining cards I need to finish the 1970 Topps set is this 7th Series checklist, unmarked by either pen or pencil. I actually have bought one of the two remaining cards for that set, but there is a problem.
That is right, the card shipped and has been sitting in Los Angeles for over a week and a half. This was purchased from Greg Morris Cards off of eBay. I have come to expect that such shipments will usually take 2 or 3 days to clear the LA distribution center. But, this is way beyond that. While I get that the Post Office is struggling with difficulties imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, I have to say that this isn't that. This isn't a long simmering degradation in service. This happened all of a sudden early in July. There are stories being reported in the media about changes being made by the new Postmaster General that are bollixing up service, they aren't really breaking through the general election year noise being generated by the political class at the moment. Here is a good article discussing the issue.
And finally, a new non-sports addition to my collection:
In a recent auction held by Vintage Non-Sports Auctions, I managed to pick up the two bookplates shown framed above. They use the artwork for 16 of the cards from the 25 card 1892 N101 Duke "Breeds of Horses" set. I am led to understand that these bookplates were contemporary to the same era. Anyways, I just got it back from the framers yesterday. I was looking for a Victorian feel and I think we captured it. Even if the Arts & Crafts wall color doesn't really match up well. Now, I actually have to start building that N101 set. I don't have any yet, as they have tended to sell individually for $10-$20 dollars. That isn't horrible, but I have been able to acquire other horse themed tobacco card *sets* in the same range and it has been a little off-putting to get one card for that price.
Anyways, hopefully I will whole-ass a post soon.
What I am listening to: You Can't Rule Me by Lucinda Williams
I saw on Twitter tonight that Johnny Antonelli passed away at the age of 89. As I am probably one of the only Antonelli collectors outside of the immediate family, I felt like I should post something. My connection to Antonelli is tenuous, at best. But,we'll get to that in a minute.
Johnny Antonelli was one of the original MLB bonus babies, players who signed a contract in excess of $4,000 in 1947 or later. Such players had to be carried on the MLBroster for two years without being assigned to a minor league team. As such, Antonelli never played in the minors. His 12 year MLB career, interrupted in 1951 and 1952 by military service, was highlighted by a stellar 1954 season that saw him go 21-7 with a 2,30 ERA during the regular season. It was further capped off by a spectacular World Series performance against the Cleveland Indians where NY Giant Antonelli pitched an 8 hit, 1 run complete game victory in Game 2 (he also had an RBI on a 5th inning ground out off HOF pitcher Early Wynn).He followed that up with a 5 out save to secure the win in the decisive Game 4. He finished 3rd in the MVP race that year, two years prior to the introduction of the Cy Young award, which he surely would have won. As I am not a gifted writer, you can read more about his life in the excellent SABR biograph found here.
So, how did I come to be a Johnny Antonelli collector? I've related this before here, deep in the archive, I grew up in Rochester, NY and lived there until I graduated from college in 1988. I knew of Antonelli because, during my formative years, he owned the main Firestone tire store franchises in the greater Rochester area. How specifically I decide to PC him has been lost in the dusty recesses of my mind. However, as it stands, I have 65 unique Johnny Antonelli items in my player collection. If the Trading Card is to be believed, there are 81 unique Antonelli items. The major items missing from my collection are the various Jay Publishing Photos, as well as the several Armour Coins.
In memory of the noteworthy Giants hurler, lets take a look at a few:
Rookie Cards
1949 Eureka Sport Stamp
1950 Bowman
Last Cards Issued during his playing career
1961 Topps
1961 Post
1961Kahns Wieners
Last Card issued overall
2011 Topps Lineage (Base, Black Diamond, and Autographed)
Cards Issued After his best year (1954)
1955 Bowman
1955 Red man
1955 Golden Stamps
Oddest Oddballs
2010 National Ethnic Heritage Foundation Sons of Italy
A Baseball Memoir Promotional Card
1984 National Sports Collector Convention Ticket
Personal Favorites
1954 NY Journal American
1953 Johnston Cookies
1954 Topps
1958 Hires Root Beer(with tab)
Banty Red Custom
What I am listening to: Temporary Nature by Lucinda Williams
Since I maintain two player collections, I am constantly looking for new cards for those players. At this point, it is a rare occurrence to find something I don't have. I do occasionally run across art cards, which are non-licensed cards generally produced by independent artists, and I will often buy them. But, I tend to run hot and cold on these cards. Let's take a look at why that is.
These Edward Vela cards are very nice. The reference to being a giclée print means they were digital images printed using an inkjet printer. That is fine because these are well done. Vibrant colors, glossy finish, and on a heavy stock of similar weight to licensed trading cards.
My only complaint about these cards, and it is a minor one, is the images. Since I am looking through all new Paul Blair listings on Ebay daily, these images are familiar to me. Each are commonly seen on 8x10s for sale. Further, card #2 is the same image used on the 1999 and 2001 Fleer Greats of the Game cards for Blair, in addition to the 2003 AT&T Heroes to Heroes card. Overall though, this is minor gripe. These cards sell for $5 to $10, so I would expect that the process is basically running a digital image through some Photoshop filters to render them like paintings.
This card, part of my Johnny Antonelli PC, was a major disappointment. The stock is similar to what is used on greeting cards. Heavier than construction paper, but much thinner than normal trading card stock. Additionally, as you can see, the colors aren't very bright, almost as if the printer was running out of ink. I like custom cards with backs, but this one is uninspiring.
This is my latest art card pickup. This is generally a really nice card. Nice stock, well designed, bright colors. It falls into the "cards that never were" genre. The final series of 1959 Topps baseball included cards for a number of that years All-Star game participants. While Antonelli was on the team representing the Giants, he didn't have a card in that subset. This art card corrects that. My only complaint about this card? The back is blank. Since this card was $5 delivered, I get that the artistic process needs to be limited in order to make this a profitable venture. However, I would have gladly paid $10 or more for this card with a printed back.
There is another art card seller on Ebay that also has a Johnny Antonelli card available. I haven't purchased the card because, even though the card image is quite well done, the listing description reads as follows:
"THIS IS A NOVELTY CARD THAT IS CUSTOM MADE. IT HAS NO VALUE, IT IS FOR COLLECTING ONLY. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT A CUSTOM CARD IS, PLEASE BUY FROM SOMEONE ELSE. THESE CARDS ARE THE SAME SIZE AS A NORMAL CARD BUT NOT AS THICK. IF YOU WANT A THICK CARD THEN BUY FROM SOMEONE ELSE. IF YOUR GOING TO DISPLAY YOUR CARD IN A TOPLOADER, WHY DOES IT MATTER HOW THICK IT IS. IT WILL LOOK GREAT. CARDS ARE MADE ON 140LB CARD STOCK"
Maybe I am just a different version of curmudgeon, but the combination of thin stock and negativity just turns me off. I'll buy from someone else.
Finally, there is one other art card in my collection and has been so for 6 years. It came to me from Cardboard Junkie. You can read about it here.
So, to my half a dozen or so readers, how do you feel about art cards? Do you add them to your collection?
What I am listening to: Rolling in the Deep by Adele.
