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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Enraged 10 year olds stabbing pens into your face (metaphoically)

 I got a couple really cool defaced cards that I found on Ebay.  Nice efficient work here on Cal McLish from 1958. I almost missed it scrolling through some random search of cards, scrolled right by and had to stop a buncha cards later and say "wait, was that..?" 



And someone expertly turned Charley Maxwell into a Pirate despite his being in Detroit.  

I've been working on a couple of the other Frankensets and have a few pages done to show, so I'll try to be back with that soon. 




3 comments:

  1. Shiver me timbers. That Maxwell is a masterpiece.

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  2. I wonder if the former owner of that Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish card knew he had the longest name to ever play professional baseball.

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