A complete 1975 Hostess Twinkies sheet offers a wonderfully imperfect look at one of the decade’s great baseball oddball issues.
Post War Cards
The original artwork used to create Sid Gordon’s 1953 Topps #117 card, as offered by Mastro in December 2002.
Mastro called this a 1962 Topps Civil War News currency sheet, but its 15 different designs raise an interesting A&BC question.
The original hand-painted artwork behind Gil McDougald’s 1952 Bowman rookie card surfaced in Mastro’s December 2002 auction.
Marty Appel’s 1998 argument that Mickey Mantle ignited the baseball card hobby not once, but three different times.
Sixteen original production artworks for the 1931 W517 set were offered together in 2000.
A 1997 look at how Stadium Club, Finest, Bowman and Chrome helped Topps fight its way back to the top of the hobby.