If I ever decide to downsize my card collection, it will be with one stipulation: that I can continue to add oddball cards. If it's possible to fall in love with a particular genre of card, then I am about to ask each and every food issue card to marry me. Expect an announcement -- and a wedding date -- on the blog soon. One day, I may ditch all cards so I can dedicate myself toward tracking down every cookie company, gas station, department store, tire shop, clothing outlet and hot dog stand that ever manufactured cards. That really seems like meaningful life's work. I'm already getting a head start thanks to some people who read my blog and take me seriously when I say I want cards that once came out of potato chip bags. Ta-da! Isn't that fantastic?? This is an honest-to-goodness 1962 Bell Brand Potato Chips card. Bell Brand issued sets of Dodger cards in the late '50s and early '60s. This is the first one I've ever seen in person, ...
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