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Saturday, October 29, 2016

Year: 1969

Set: O-Pee-Chee (Rate)

Card: #217 John Donaldson


“ Some vintage O-Pee-Chee Love! But man....that is one ugly uniform! This was the last year O-Pee-Chee was English only on the back. ” -rmpaq5

“ Nice vintage. Surprisingly rare to see vintage baseball come up here. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ Nice pajamas. ” -vrooomed

“ So the KC was airbrushed out due to the teams move to Oakland. His 68 Topps has the same thing, but with a different pose. I read a great article about the the photos for those set were affected by a player's association boycott. ” -joshthurman

“ you just have to like the vintage cards .This shot seems so genuine and spontaneous. Of course we play baseball in snow shoes in Canada. LOL ” -uncaian

“ John needs to get some meat on those bones. ” -carthage44

“ Thought it said Josh Donaldson for a second. I wonder if the cameraman accepted his request for a hug. ” -DanD

“ Love it! ” -bkklaos

“ Cool 1960s Vintage Baseball! Double points for being OPC! Fantastic that it is the old yellow unis for Oakland A's ” -captkirk42

“ Brilliant airbrushed IPC issue. Never heard of him, but probably no relation to Josh Donaldson. ” -dilemma19

“ It is great to see another 1960s card. To me this was the greatest decade for cards! I remember getting the Topps version of this card. All the 1960s cards and sets are beautiful!! ” -twinscollector34

“ My how athletes have changed. ” -SFC Temple

“ The head and cap doesn't look proportionate to the body of the player.. The logo on the cap is also missing or blotted out with marker or pen. ” -deporcoruña


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NJDevils

Posts: 6344
Joined: Sep 2010
Saturday, October 29, 2016 9:14 AM

Such a great card.   No sparkles, no refractor, just the great Charlie Finley uniforms.   Plus, Donaldson had enough sense to stand to the side and leave room for the purple circle with his name on it.


   


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