Friday, July 3, 2020

Sorry Laura, it's mine now!

Reggie Jackson is one of the players that I really want to get his base Topps card from every year, but I also collet his other cards as well.

In the stack of cards on my desk were just two Reggie Jackson cards, well one card and one booklet.

The card is a 2019 Allen & Ginter card featuring Jackson in an Angels uniform. On a related note, if anyone has a 1971, 1972, or 1980 Topps base Reggie Jackson card and you want to make me really happy, you would send me a a copy. I mean, my birthday is in a couple of days.


The booklet is from 1970 Topps and was apparently owned by a Laura before me. 


Laura used a pencil to mark her property, so I was able to use an eraser to remove her claim to the booklet. As you can see, it didn't go so well. Although I will say that her name shows up more in the picture than in person.


So I did the next best thing and put my name over Laura. Problem solved!


I only spent 10 cents on it, so I might as well enjoy it. How about you? Have you ever written on a baseball card before?

5 comments:

  1. That is the funniest thing - good job asserting your ownership over that card.

    I'm too finicky about the condition of my cards to scribble on any of them, even for fun.

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  2. love how you solved the identity crisis! my fave Jackson is a 71. I don't collect him but want a clean copy of that card. It will probably run me $40 -50 one day. Your Guardian figure does a fun job holding the card for display.

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  3. I half expect Laura to show up at your doorstep and demand her card now.

    The only time I've written on cards is for some blog stunt. But I never wrote on cards as a kid.

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  4. I have to admit I did write X's on the checklists when I was a kid. And I still have those checklists.

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  5. Lol. Nice solution. I can't remember any specific moments when I wrote on a card... other than to sign my custom trading cards for bloggers and students. But I'm sure I have written on checklists before.

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