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The smallest subject that's ever appeared on a Topps card

TheCARDKidTheCARDKid Posts: 1,496 ✭
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Saw this in the current Lelands auction.

Is it the smallest image ever on a Topps card? Looks like Brooks is out in the middle of the Sahara desert.

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  • julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    Robbery!!!

    Did he ever get any jail time?

    I love those colors and black background... it is art.

    Julen
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    RIP GURU
  • helionauthelionaut Posts: 1,555 ✭✭
    That's a famously bad photo, but still a classic card.
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  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Is it the smallest image ever on a Topps card? >>



    Maybe, as it turned out, for good reason. While I don't collect '71s or Robinson, this card has always stuck out in my mind.

    What does a '9' bring anyway?

    BTW, this card always makes me do a double-take. I realize he's holding his glove up to show the ball but on first glance it looks like he's wearing a catcher's mask.
  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    So many great photos of his amazing play in that series, and they chose that one?
    A better frame of a diving catch would've been a great horizontal card, like Thurman's in that set.

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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    How about the biggest subject ever on a Topps card:

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    Could they have zoomed in any closer on his mellon?

    Stingray
  • bowdowntomebowdowntome Posts: 398
    Don't have a picture, but what about that "Mantle blasts 565 ft home run" card from the 1961 Topps set? If I remember right, Mantle is just a small spec on the card.
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  • dudedude Posts: 1,454 ✭✭
    Here's the '61 Mantle 565 ft. HR:

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    This one is also rather small:

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  • dudedude Posts: 1,454 ✭✭
    Also, just about any team card:

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