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March 04, 2012

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Schrödinger's cat of trading cards or can you really have a mint Topps Finest card from the 90's?

They are the Schrödinger's cat of trading cards -- Topps cards from the 90's with the plastic protector still on them. They are cards that are out the pack and yet you truly don't know their condition because there is that second sheet of plastic. When I can't get to sleep, sometimes my mind turns to the card collector's unanswerable existential question: Can there really be a mint Topps Finest card when the protective coating is on the card? Just like the cat in Schrodinger's box that is either alive or dead, the card can be mint or damaged by the plastic protector and there is no way to know without ripping that sucker off. To me it is like grading a card still in the wrapper. You don't know the condition of the card until you open the pack, just like you can't really know the condition of the card until that annoying plastic coating is removed. For years, I've been doing just that in a series of posts I've called "Free the Finest....

15 Of The Best Cards From 2016 Topps Series 1

I remember people used to joke that opening day of the baseball season should be a national holiday but I propose a national Ripping Day holiday to honor the day the new Topps set hits the shelves! Gather your family around the table, rip some packs, and think about how thankful you are the next baseball season is just around the corner. Use this helpful guide of the best cards of 2016 Topps Series 1 as you rip and sort your first few packs of the year. It is also undisputed that the release of Topps' flagship set is the peak of the baseball card collecting calendar, even at a time when huge group breaks and high-end product hits are the focus of card collecting for many breakers. Many collectors, some who don't follow the baseball card market closely and some who are on a limited card budget, return to card collecting year in and year out to scoop up some packs of Topps Series 1 and reminisce about a time gone by. For the sake of simplicity, I have not included an...

Check out my Lawrence Welk rookie card

Growing up, I have the distinct memory of being at my grandmother's house on many Sunday afternoons when the TV would get turned to PBS and reruns of the Lawrence Welk Show would be on. The variety show focused on musical performances that were mainly pre-recorded. In general, it was so wholesome and portrays a world of the 1960s and 70s that seems absurd today in many ways. Saturday Night Live honored the show many times through the years through their series of skits about the Maharelle Sisters...from the Finger Lakes. Flipping through a stack of postcards and odd-sized cards at The National Sports Card Collectors Convention a couple years ago, I came upon this card which brought me back to those quiet Sundays. A young Lawrence Welk, band leader and accordionist was featured on a postcard put out by Mutoscope Cards . The cards were issued in 1945 by an offshoot of the International Mutoscope Reel Company which had machines that were one of the first ways ...

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