Card Collection
I have always had a love for the game of baseball, it’s fascinating characters and complicated history. I have recently set out to find the it’s most iconic cards in conditions that reflect their age and story.
1948 Leaf Jackie Robinson - The Rookie Card of the First Man to Integrate Major League Baseball
1958 Topps Hank Aaron - 5th Year Card of the Man Who Would Break Babe Ruth's HR Record
1956 Topps Willie Mays - 6th Year Card of the Man Who Dominate the Center Field and the Plate
1953 Topps Yogi Berra - Torn Corner Card of the Man Who Would Win 3 MVPs and 10 WSs
1941 Play Ball Hank Greenberg - A Card with Multiple Written on Names of the Greatest Jewish Baseball Player
1954 Topps Willie Mays - 4th Year Card of a Man Who Would hit 660 Career Homeruns
1960 Topps Carl Yastrzemski - Rookie Card of a Man Who is 9th All-Time in Hits
1957 Topps Frank Robinson - The Rookie of the a HOF Player and First Black Coach in MLB
1962 Topps Lou Brock - The Rookie Card of the Man Who Would End is Career with the most Stolen Bases
1955 Topps Al Kaline - 2nd Year Card of a Man Who Would Win the Batting Title at the Age of 20
1968 Topps Nolan Ryan/Jerry Koosman - A Cut in Half Rookie Card Missing the Strikeout King
1960 Topps Willie McCovey - Rookie Card of a Prolific Home Run Hitter Reaching 521
1933 Goudey Frankie Frisch - Rookie Card of the 4x WS Winner and 1931 MVP
1941 Play Ball Mel Ott - A Colorful Card of the 1st Man in the NL to Reach 500 Home Runs
1956 Topps Jackie Robinson - Last Card of a Man Who Won ROY, MVP and WS in his Short MLB Time
1948 Leaf Kenny Washington - Rookie Card of the Man to Integrate Professional Sports
1958 Topps Roger Maris - The Rookie Card of the Man Who Hit 61 HRs to Pass the Babe
1968 Topps Johnny Bench - Rookie Card of the Greatest Offensive Catcher in History
1979 Topps Ozzie Smith - The Wizard's Rookie Card the Best Defensive Short Stop of All Time
1969 Topps Reggie Jackson - The Rookie Card of the Man Who Would Hit 3 HR in a WS Game
1952 Topps Larry Doby - The First Topps Card of the 2nd Man to Integrate Major League Baseball
1922 American Caramel George 'Specs' Toporcer - The Oldest Known Card of a Man Wearing Glasses
1933 Goudey Benny Bengough - The Man Who's Card is #1 in the Legendary 33 Goudey Set
1954 Topps Ted Williams - Late Career Card of the Splendid Splinter
1911 T205 Frank Corridon - A Card of Man Who Claimed to of Invented the Spit Ball
1949 Bowman Stan Musial - The 2nd Card of The Man Known Simply as "The Man"
1948 Bowman Warren Spahn - The Rookie Card of the Winningest Lefty in Baseball History
1955 Topps Hank Aaron - The 2nd Year Card of the Man Who Has the Most RBIs in History
1969-1970 Topps Wilt Chamberlain - Late Career Card of the Man Who Scored 100pts in a Game
1953 Bowman Berra/Bauer/Mantle - The Core of the Unstoppable 1950s Yankees
1958 Topps Orlando Cepeda - Rookie Card of a Hall Of Famer Who Was Once Caught with 170lbs of Weed
1980 Topps Rickey Henderson - Rookie Card of the Man With the Most Runs and Stolen Bases
1933 Goudey Bill Terry - The Rookie Card of the Last National Leaguer to Hit .400 in a Season
1955 Bowman Mickey Mantle - 5th Year Card of the Best Player on the Best Team in 50s & 60s
1957 Topps Mickey Mantle - 7th Year Card of the Best Switch Hitter of All Time
1963 Topps Roberto Clemente - A Card of Man Who'd Sadly Die 10 Years After This Card was Printed