Cards that mesmerize
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Every time.
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This (not my card)
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That Meyers gets more amazing everytime I see it; unfortunately they're never for sale
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Just a small touch of nightmare fuel from the soulless eyes of a HOF'r. Cubs players really got robbed in this set compared to the amount of detail in many of the other cards.
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That Meyers is such a nice card
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I have never noticed it before, but when looking for a scan of a mesmerizing card to add to this thread, I came across this Diamond Stars card of Ray Hayworth. Ray is doing his best to keep us from noticing that umpire/player discussion in the background.
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Ray Hayworth was such a nice man. The last living Tiger teammate of Ty Cobb, I believe. What's remarkable about Ray's relationship with Cobb is that it was a positive one! Cobb was always nice to him, which goes against what we've been taught about Ty, especially in how it pertained to rookies!
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Since the day I got it, and my first card in my new collection....Now shown 2.1 million times. It still has that mesmerizing quality to me.
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This one does it for me
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The card image, the sig and the story behind this card are mesmerizing to me.
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All glory to the Hypnotoad!
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One of a kind
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In seriousness these two always suck me in. Campy because it’s a great tribute, Gibson because I get transported to that moment just with a picture.
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The Meyers D381 is probably my favorite all time card image! The Matty is my avatar, but love these as well:
The whole set is full of striking unique images. A few others I love as well: |
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I’m on the road right now, so can’t post a pic, but for me the card is the 1953 Topps Satchell Paige card. I could stare at that one all day…
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I'll post one for you, and one for me.
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First one that comes to mind that hasn’t been shown yet.
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Look into those eyes.
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I believe Franz Mesmer would feel a kinship with the hypnotic power of Sandy's eyes...
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This 1924 Diaz Cigs card of "Oyster Joe" Martina:
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Sandy again…and Gehringer with that great signature he had as well. Plus Joe Wood (this one I have up for auction in Clean Sweep this month).
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With all the airbrushing happening on this card, it initially made me wonder if the touch-up guy at Topps took a bit of liberty with Miller's eyes, but on closer inspection, I don't think so.
I actually found a player who had even more piercing blue eyes than Miller. Sadly, he never had any cards, as he was a one-gamer. The few period photos of him were B&W, so it wasn't until visiting his widow and I saw color snapshots of him as an older man that I realized this. |
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Look into my eyes................
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My new vote for ugliest card ever. 1943 M.P. & Co. look like pointillist masterpieces by comparison. |
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There is just something about this card...
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first name wouldn't happen to be moe
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I'm watching you...
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easily this one, for me
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Matty
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Not my card, but the photo that inspired the T205 Mathewson is absolutely mesmerizing, and the card too!
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That is a great one!
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Egan is the mesmerized, not the mesmerizer.
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eagle eye ty!
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If you look too long this guy will suck you into the Twilight Zone.
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There's just something about this Clemente.
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Like a stalker or something |
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Have always loved the look of this postcard...
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The best looking Mantle ever produced - 52 Bowman.
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................ I have you in my power ............. you can't escape ....... :p
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McIntyre in the Funhouse Hall of Mirrors.
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Maybe it's because of the larger format (and it's Babe Ruth), but I find myself staring this card more than almost any other in my collection. I don't know if it's mesmerizing, but I think the Babe looks kind of sad in this one....
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I agree. I always thought maybe he went 0 for 4 that day.
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Here is another sad W517 fellow who keeps staring at me as if quietly pleading out for help.
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The Andy Pettitte staredown.
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Am I remembering correctly that he had to borrow the suit he was wearing in the classic HOF induction group photo? In spite of his sad, itinerant later years, if a fan could find a way to get a letter to him, he'd graciously reply, usually on the stationery of whatever hotel he was staying at when replying. |
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From my collection, this postcard (just a wee bit trimmed) of WaJo is the one that does it for me: https://photos.imageevent.com/derekg...%20Johnson.jpg |
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And here’s another of Mendez (not mine) that is totally mesmerizing:
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Floating heads are always mesmerizing, especially when they are bobbing within a sea of grayish muck.
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Mendez was a scary looking guy. Less mesmerizing, more zombie.
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Wadda you lookin' at?
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First card I thought of; just surprised to not see it posted yet
https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=13555 |
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As seen in the previously posted 1939 Play Ball, the intense but patently non-evil Charlie Gehringer stare-down has put many a beholder into a trance.
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[QUOTE=atx840;2341774]Wagner's Wagner./QUOTE]
I always thought a real nice Frank Bowerman blank back card could be cut out of this T206 Wagner panel. Brian |
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That Campy rookie is simply fantastic!!!
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