Category Archives: Cards of the Week

c. 1957-8 Sumo Menko

c. 1910 Dr. Grimesby Roylott The Speckled Band from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Turf Cigarettes’ series of Conan Doyle Characters

1889 Duke Sons & Co. Postage Stamp Series This is old-school blind box!

A 1972 Puerto Rican League Sticker Card of David Rossello Notice anything odd?

A 1984 Donruss Autographed Sid Fernandez Rated Rookie Card

c. 1950 Sumo Wrestler Menko Card

1981 TCMA Albuquerque Dukes Sandy Koufax (Happy Spring Training)

c. 1984 Masters of the Universe, Wonder Bread promotional card

1975 Weetabix Doctor Who Card (Released in the UK) This groovy card of the week comes courtesy of artist, and Series 1 contributor, Jason Atomic. http://jasonatomic.blogspot.com/ Thank you, Jason!

1964 Scanlens (Australian) Shintaro Cover Card Based on a Japanese TV show. The rest of the set was black & white.

Late 1940’s Japanese Menko Card

1982 TCMA Jackson Mets Darryl Strawberry

1983 TCMA Bobby Bonilla Alexandria Dukes Card This is Bobby Bo’s very first card. This ’83 black & white series is beautiful.

1992 Pro Set Thunderbirds

1969 Topps Brady Bunch “Christmas Celebration!” Card One of the most popular cards in the Brady Bunch set.

1992 Upper Deck SP4 Special Card of Tom Selleck from the film Mr. Baseball Check out future Hall-of-Famer Frank Thomas in a Yankee uniform behind him!

1950’s Japanese Menko Movie Card

A Star Tobacco Card from Bombay circa 1910

A new feature highlighting cards that were never made, but should have been. The following “cards” are our own take on how they might have looked. 1981 Time Bandits Trading Cards

1985 Garbage Pail Kids #8A Adam Bomb Original Artwork by John Pound. The most iconic non-sport trading card of the 1980’s.