Overpaid my welcome...
When I bought most of these, the prices might have been considered relatively 'stupid,' but I knew a month later they would look like sweet bargains, so I grabbed up each of them.
The centering on the
1961 Topps Ernie Banks #350 ain't be bothering me none, as there's a decent amount of white space on all four sides. The
1968 Topps 3-D Jim Lonborg is just an awesome rarity to behold. The stain is easily-ignored gum/wax(?) on its blank back. I'll take that qualifier any day of the week. This card is beautiful, and Topps really dropped the ball by not pursuing this avenue of cards. Packs of these guys would've flown off the shelves, the way boxes of Corn Flakes did for Kellogg's instead. The (pretty nicely centered for this card)
1969 Topps Pete Rose #120, is what I call "leggy." If there's a future group sub, I'm going to bust him out and work away the 'invisible' gum/wax with some panty hose for a re-submit. And the
1974 Topps Tom Seaver #80 (somewhat awkward tilt aside) is just one of my all-time favorite cards, showing the grunt-filled follow-through of 'Tom Terrific' at Shea on a sunny day with a capacity crowd cheering him on, probably during my Mets' push to the World Series in 1973 (and the John 'The Hammer' Milner cameo makes my heart smile every time)...
