Resurrected by Topps in 2011, Gypsy Queen was a well-known cigarette brand that included cards distributed by a tobacco manufacturer from New York named Goodwin & Company. Made to resemble the old cigarette cards from the late 19th century, Topps Gypsy Queen has begun to move away from the designs from the original sets that served as their inspiration and is using more original and...
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Bowman Baseball is back! Released on April 27th, the first Bowman release of the year includes several cards of Mets’ top prospects. With a quick search on eBay, I was able to locate several reasonably priced listings and snatched up the base set and prospects set. Bowman Baseball is split three ways: a 100-card base set of veterans and rookies, 150 cards of prospects, and the same 150...
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A little over a decade after the Topps Chewing Gum Company began printing baseball cards, its 1962 card design is arguably near the front of the line of iconic designs and one of the most celebrated amongst collectors. Featuring a brown wood grain border with the player name position and team name in the right corner, the 1962 Topps set is the OG of wood bordered baseball card sets. Its...
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After two months of being stuck in the eBay secondary card market rabbit hole, I finally began to drag myself out and found my way back to COMC, managing piece together a few mid-1990’s parallel sets, finding more cards of Mets top prospects, and jumping into the 2022 baseball card releases.Located in Redmond, Washington, COMC is an online trading card exchange with over 28 million total cards...
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On March 11th, Topps takes collectors back to 1973 with its Topps Heritage release. The 500-card set is packed with Mets in the base set and the multiple insert sets. In a decade full of classic designs, the 1973 Topps set was exquisitely designed with an all-white border with a different silhouetted player to represent each position on the field. For Mets fans, 1973 was a good year. The Metsies...
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