February 23, 2015

One of football card collecting’s most desirable rarities, the 1952 Bowman Large Jim Lansford serves as both the player’s rookie card, a short print, and the last card in the set.  The 1952 set was rife with short-printed cards, a result of printing larger cards on standard-sized press sheets.  Coupled with the tale of large quantities …

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In the spring of 1965, a young Pennsylvania boy was playing outside with his friends in the suburbs of Philadelphia, aimlessly wandering about.  They came upon the parking lot of a diner which was, evidently, a frequent place where the boys played.  On this particular day, the boy noticed that a desk had been discarded …

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