Today, we’ll continue with Challenge #24: A favorite oddball card from the 1960's.
Ok. Today we're going to try a little experiment. How long will you all read a post about nothing?
(I know...aren't all my posts about nothing? Hardy haw haw)
But, when I last did one of these about the 1960's I admitted that my collection was severely lacking in cards from that decade. In fact, it contains only two cards. Both 1960 Topps. Neither one the slightest bit odd. (Ok, one is a rookie subset...but that's still a stretch.)
I've even discussed the reasons for this. The 50's and 60's are that tweener section. Not old enough to be "cool vintage" like a tobacco card, or even a PlayBall. But, not new enough to have cards of my favorite players. So, the desire to acquire them was never really there.
I did once, if you remember, have a couple more cards from the 60's in my hands. But, they needed to be returned to their rightful owner. I should have stashed them away as a processing fee or something. But, still, neither of them were really oddballs.
So, I suppose I'm left with a question. Which oddballs am I most missing from my collection. It occurs to me that the oddball cards might be a fun way to add some visual interest to my collection. But, I'm not able to think of any great ones off the top of my head from the 60's. (Or, the 50's for that matter.) But, there must be some out there I should chase down.
Which oddball cards from the 60's (or 50's) would you recommend?
Ok. Today we're going to try a little experiment. How long will you all read a post about nothing?
(I know...aren't all my posts about nothing? Hardy haw haw)
But, when I last did one of these about the 1960's I admitted that my collection was severely lacking in cards from that decade. In fact, it contains only two cards. Both 1960 Topps. Neither one the slightest bit odd. (Ok, one is a rookie subset...but that's still a stretch.)
I've even discussed the reasons for this. The 50's and 60's are that tweener section. Not old enough to be "cool vintage" like a tobacco card, or even a PlayBall. But, not new enough to have cards of my favorite players. So, the desire to acquire them was never really there.
I did once, if you remember, have a couple more cards from the 60's in my hands. But, they needed to be returned to their rightful owner. I should have stashed them away as a processing fee or something. But, still, neither of them were really oddballs.
So, I suppose I'm left with a question. Which oddballs am I most missing from my collection. It occurs to me that the oddball cards might be a fun way to add some visual interest to my collection. But, I'm not able to think of any great ones off the top of my head from the 60's. (Or, the 50's for that matter.) But, there must be some out there I should chase down.
Which oddball cards from the 60's (or 50's) would you recommend?
**The 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge** är ett roligt sätt för samlare och baseballfans att kombinera nostalgi, statistik och personliga favoriter. Idén bygger på samma typ av struktur som olika 30-dagarsutmaningar inom musik och populärkultur, men här står baseballkort i centrum.
ReplyDeleteVarje dag får deltagarna en ny uppgift som uppmuntrar dem att välja ett kort utifrån ett särskilt tema. Det gör utmaningen mer intressant än att bara visa upp sina dyraste eller mest sällsynta kort. I stället får man möjlighet att berätta historien bakom sin samling och lyfta fram spelare som betyder något personligen.
**Dag 24** blir därför ännu ett tillfälle att bläddra igenom samlingen och fundera över vilka kort som passar dagens tema bäst. Det kan vara ett kort med ett speciellt minne, en favoritspelare eller en oväntad detalj som gör just den baseballbilden mer intressant än andra.
En stor del av charmen ligger i själva diskussionen. När samlare delar sina val kan andra upptäcka nya spelare, kortserier och delar av baseballhistorien. Två personer kan tolka samma tema helt olika, vilket gör varje version av utmaningen personlig.
Sådana aktiviteter är också ett bra sätt att hålla äldre samlingar levande. Ett baseballkort som har legat i en pärm i många år kan plötsligt få nytt intresse när dess historia berättas på nytt. För vissa samlare handlar värdet dessutom lika mycket om minnen som om pengar.
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**The 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge** visar till slut att samlande inte bara handlar om att äga kort. Det handlar också om berättelser, personliga favoriter och möjligheten att upptäcka varför ett till synes vanligt kort kan betyda så mycket för just den person som äger det.