I am blogging through a small parcel of cards I bought off eBay. Said parcel spent its time winging its way to me, and in the meantime I received an envelope of cards from Tim, which included two Sportflics cards. I knew one of the cards in the eBay purchase was a Sportflics card so I mentally added it to the pile of dupes in the lot, thinking it was bound to be one of the ones I received from Tim. But when it arrived, it was from a different series of Sportflics cards released the year after the ones Tim sent to me.
Card Number 629: Sportflics, 1987; #31
Lenticular cards don't like scanners. And scanners don't like lenticular cards.
There are three pictures in the lenticular array. Tony swinging...
... Tony in his batting stance ...
...and a portrait.
This time around, Sportflics added in a little portrait photo on the back of the card.
Sportflics carried on producing these lenticular cards until 1990, so there are a few more featuring Tony from later series. Maybe one day I'll master the art of photographing them.
Total: 629 cards
Just learned about the copyright year variation two months ago on another blog (Kerry's Cards on Cards). The 1986 version came from a factory set, while the 1987 version came out of packs.
ReplyDeleteLove the colorful card backs of Sportflics... and the additional photo was a nice touch.
Oh that's very useful info about the copyright notices. Thanks Fuji
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