Here is an unusual card from Chris of View From The Skybox.
It's a pretty cool night scene from the 1995 Phil Rizzuto's Baseball National Pastime set put out by Comics Images. It's an all-chrome set from back in the day when we were supposed to call it "chromium," in as reverent a voice as possible and then "ooh" and "aah" afterward.
Like all of the images in this unlicensed set, it's a picture of a bygone era. This is Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, which was home of the Pirates from 1909 to 1970. It doesn't exist anymore and neither does its replacement, Three Rivers Stadium, which was imploded in 2001. Three stadiums in 31 years seems a bit excessive if you ask me.
But back to the card. In hand, it's fairly dark. Holding it under a light brings it to life. It seems like one of those cards that if you kept it under a light for awhile and then went into a darkened room, it would glow in the dark. Sadly it does not (yes, I tried).
In an attempt to bring out the image more, I took a couple of snap shots. They failed. But I'm not above showing my failures on this blog.
There's your ghost stadium.
And there's your "ooh, look at the pretty lights ... OH MY GOD, I"M BLIND!" stadium.
But you get the idea. It's a card you can play around with, and I don't have enough of those cards.
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Night Card Binder candidate: Forbes Field, 1995 Comics Images Phil Rizzuto Baseball National Pastime, #5
Does it make the binder?: Sadly, no. It must compete with this:
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