kristopher | November 29, 2009
Player: Earl Campbell Card: 1979 Topps Football Card #390 Team/Position: Houston Oilers / Runningback Cost: $2.80 I knew this deal was too good to be true, I knew it. I purchased this Earl Campbell with a Dan Fouts Rookie Card because the seller agreed to ship it via standard airmail. Rant Ensues, Feel Free To [...]
kristopher | November 28, 2009
Player: Ken Houston Card: 1971 Topps Football Card #113 Team/Position: Houston Oilers, Washington Redskins / Safety, DB. Cost: $2.00 Ken Houston doesn’t get much love outside of Washington, it seems. I actually ended up with a couple of his rookie cards; If you’d like a free one, leave a comment with your email address and [...]
kristopher | November 27, 2009
Blowoutcards has started their Black Friday Sales and my cat, distressed by my girlfriend flying to New York, has decided to meow it’s face off at exactly 5:55 AM. So, I’m up.
kristopher | November 27, 2009
Player: Cris Carter Card: 1989 Score Football, Card #72 Team/Position: Philly Eagles, Minnesota Vikings / Wide Receiver Cost: document.write(‘$0.50′);$0.50 If Cris Carter isn’t a first-ballot Hall of Famer, I don’t know who is. Jerry Rice is obviously going to be a first-ballot guy; but realistically, do you have to be the greatest player at your [...]
kristopher | November 27, 2009
Player: Steve Largent Card: 1977 Topps Football Card #177 Team/Position: Seattle Seahawks / Wide Receiver Cost: $3.75 Largent finished up his career at Tulsa as an All-American, yet slipped into the fourth round of the NFL Draft. The Houston Oilers originally planned on cutting the great white hope, until the expansion Seahawks traded an 8th [...]
kristopher | November 26, 2009
American Thanksgiving means all-day football, for the most part crappy football, but football none the less. Apparently, Americans love spending money on the day after Thanksgiving, which lead to plenty of emails regarding super-sales on cards. I like cards. Goodtimes. If you’re already doing the CheckOutMyCards thing, then now’s the time to cash out or [...]
kristopher | November 25, 2009
Player: Steve “Big Boy” Van Buren Card: 1950 Bowman Gum, Card #23 Team/Position: Philadelphia Eagles / Runningback Cost: Acquired in a $20.00 Lot After writing about Steve Van Buren’s Leaf rookie card yesterday, I received a wonderful surprise today: Steve Van Buren’s first Bowman card that doesn’t look like a boring old stock photo. While [...]
kristopher | November 25, 2009
Player: Deion “Prime Time” Sanders Card: 1989 Score Football, Card #246 Team/Position: Falcons, Cowboys, 49ers / Cornerback Cost: $0.50 I absolutely, positively, despise Deion Sanders. As a 49ers fan, it was Deion’s mentoring of Michael Crabtree that finally pushed me over the edge. Sanders is brash and seems to wipe his ass with the mantra, [...]
kristopher | November 25, 2009
Player: Steve “Big Boy” Van Buren Card: 1948 Leaf Football, Card #22 Team/Position: Philadelphia Eagles / Runningback Cost: $23.00 The print-line across the top definitely detracts from this 1948 Steve Van Buren, but it also made it affordable. There’s currently a PSA 5 available on eBay for just over 100 dollars, which is actually a [...]
kristopher | November 24, 2009
Player: Marion Motley Card: 1950 Bowman Football, Card #43 Team/Position: Cleveland Browns / Fullback Cost: $30.00 The 1950 Bowman Gum Football set is one of the greatest sets of all time. Prior to the 1950 season, the AAFC merged with the NFL and some of the all-time greats finally got their first rookie cards. The [...]
