tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post5169095703280549652..comments2024-03-28T13:44:09.103-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: It's gotta be the shoesnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-1545684473463166812013-05-01T17:23:39.950-04:002013-05-01T17:23:39.950-04:00Ahhh... shoeboxes & rubber bands. Great memor...Ahhh... shoeboxes & rubber bands. Great memories.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-66243672735926488662013-05-01T11:22:43.681-04:002013-05-01T11:22:43.681-04:00I've heard some tips about putting stuff in a ...I've heard some tips about putting stuff in a plastic tupperware container with xx (there seem to be a couple of techniques with different stuff like coffee grounds) and leaving it overnight or for a week or something.<br /><br />One of these techniques I just looked up (for removing the smoke smell) is to: "Mix baking soda and rice in tupperware and put the cards in the container."<br /><br />another suggestion is to wrap them in a fabric softener sheet in a plastic bag..<br /><br />I saw one technique for books about wrapping the books in day old to a week (not ancient and musty) newspaper and putting the newspaper wrapped books in a box or container that can be sealed with some crumpled up newspaper and charcoal apparently the charcoal and newspaper absorb the smells.<br /><br />I'll have to try one of those things the next time I get smelly cards.CaptKirk42https://www.blogger.com/profile/16039278539984069944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-33205409696930132402013-05-01T03:33:11.102-04:002013-05-01T03:33:11.102-04:00Oddly enough, nearly all of my 1979 Topps cards we...Oddly enough, nearly all of my 1979 Topps cards were given to me by a friend of my father's in a brown paper bag. There's a pretty good chance that they were in a shoebox at one point prior to my owning them, though. And they definitely have been in my basement and some other funky cardboard boxes.<br /><br />It's really weird to get a bunch of cards, some valuable, loose in a brown paper bag. Even as a teenager, I didn't know what to make of it.maddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493650721714521989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-70347484482961749032013-05-01T01:15:06.314-04:002013-05-01T01:15:06.314-04:00today's digital action photo era is great. but...today's digital action photo era is great. but Topps didn't too bad with the poses and film back there in 1979. thanks for the scans!BaseSetCallinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05508114484929386332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-76341322770555945682013-04-30T22:43:21.672-04:002013-04-30T22:43:21.672-04:00I have a half dozen shoe boxes storing cards next ...I have a half dozen shoe boxes storing cards next to my desk as I type. I plastic storage boxes but they felt too.... plastic, I guess. Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-49397862274829666712013-04-30T21:18:18.411-04:002013-04-30T21:18:18.411-04:00I think I actually still have a few shoeboxes full...I think I actually still have a few shoeboxes full of cards in my closet. I'll have to check.<br /><br />Nice '79s, though. The Rivers is one of my favorites from that set.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508921644099472101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-21947845026661456242013-04-30T21:05:09.059-04:002013-04-30T21:05:09.059-04:00Nice EJ's reference.Nice EJ's reference. The Lost Collectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281282785351456790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-79159737485077460312013-04-30T20:42:24.296-04:002013-04-30T20:42:24.296-04:00Take a look at the Flair and Stadium Club Piazza. ...Take a look at the Flair and Stadium Club Piazza. Those are not only two different brands but two different companies, and amazingly they look like photos from about a millisecond apart. Weirdness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com