Yes, the same card topping consecutive posts. Sorry about that, but I wanted to discuss this card for just a minute. This will be a short post.
Bloggers, do you pull a card from your collection for a post and realize for the first time -- even though you've owned that card for decades -- that it's got issues????
That's what happened to me with the 1979 Topps Willie Stargell when I pulled it for my previous post.
It had never been apparent to me in all the times I've owned it, that it contains two significant creases at the bottom of the card, one in the bottom left corner and one in the right. I didn't even realize it when I took a photo of it for the post, nor when I uploaded it. But if you stare at it closely now, you can see them.
There, I circled them (badly) for you.
I didn't notice them until I was returning the card to its page in the 1979 Topps album. I put my fingers on the bottom corner edge and felt it give. Crap!
I have no idea when this card first came into my collection. It's very likely that I got it in 1979 and although I was taking care of my cards a little better then (I was 13), I still didn't have the ability to not stop touching them! So I could have creased them myself, or maybe added it in a trade where one of my friends or brothers couldn't stop touching them.
So, realizing that, I immediately went shopping and ordered a nicer copy. It's kind of silly because if I really looked at all the cards in my '79 set, I know I'd find lots of issues. But I had to rectify this one right now.
So that's the second Willie Stargell card I've bought in the last couple of days (I mentioned in the last post that while doing research for that post, I discovered a Stargell card missing from my complete set). That last post cost me like 6 bucks!
But I know it's not the first time that I've become aware of card issues because I pulled it for a post. In fact I've mentioned it in passing on previous posts.
I don't want this to become a habit. I've made money because of this blog. I don't want it to start costing me money!
So how about you, do you post a card and then feel compelled to get an improved copy?
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