Before we get super-weird (as is tradition), I want to shout out Topps Celebration, which came out late last week and is now being mini-price gouged by re-sellers. I think the fervor will die down eventually as people realize what’s actually inside the box isn’t so much “cards that are worth a lot of money!” as they are “cards that are a lot of fun and you probably prevented actual kids from buying these because you are a soulless animal.” I could be wrong. We opened a couple and they were basically a pack full of joy.
I won’t pay a reseller $89.99 for it. I will grab a couple when the boxes settle down to $50.
Something I noticed while perusing Cheers card inscriptions this week: Christopher McDonald spells “Red Sox” as “Red Socks (view on eBay).” And then he doesn’t (view on eBay).
So now, of course, I stare at the ceiling at night asking myself how does one determine which Christopher McDonald Cheers card is more valuable: The “Socks” or “Sox” version? My hunch is “Sox” is the rarer version based on how many “Socks” ones I’ve seen (the sold results are all over the place - check it out on eBay). Plus the correct version above has him writing a truncated “Chris” and the signature looks a little more fatigued, so maybe someone toward the end of his signing whispered to him, “hey man, it’s spelled S-O-X.”
On the other hand, “Socks” could be considered the “error” version, and that might have a little more cachet for collectors. I love error cards; everyone loves error cards!
As part of our “Commitment to Something Close To Excellence” here at Mail Day, I went back and watched the entire “The Endless Slumper” episode and the Sox/Socks thing is not a referential joke to the character or plot. So there’s that!
At $50-60 each, I could just buy both and see what happens. Or I could buy neither and save my money for food and clothes for my family. TBD.
I know we talk a lot of Cheers cards here, but the set is fascinating.
Anne Schedeen made a crossover ALF reference in her autograph (view on ...
