chime in if you will with your best background shots

theczar

i'll start with these two:



i think there may have been one other cleveland brown players' cards from that era with the car in the background.



the back yard shot!

Elemenopeo

Great topic and great examples. Here's one of my favorites...

larryallen73

Great thread and great pictures guys.

Stone193

Czar

Great thread and it leads me to an interesting discussion. Also, I'll look at some cards this evening when I get home.

This has nothing to do with value of cards and totally looking at quality.

Today's "modern" cards offer so much better photography - for me it started with 89UD.

Also, the 92F Ultra was tremendous!

Back to the photos at hand...

You would think that Topps' editors could find better shots...

But then, we wouldn't have anything to talk about?

jimq112

Nice topic! This is one of my favorites, it's from a monday nite game packers at broncos in 1984. Packers first shot at Elway. I was there and it was COLD! The Packers fumbled the first 2 offensive plays and the Broncos scored on both. 14-0 before the offense came on the field. If I remember right Lynn Dickey had almost 400 yards passing trying to come back.

montanafan

awesome thread.. i'll be back later with some scans.

itzagoner

very cool thread...i remember watching that game, too, jimq, Pack made a furious comeback but fell short 17-14, probably one of the best MNF games ever....Czar, correct me if i'm wrong, but i think all the Browns were photographed in front of that beautiful convertible for the '64 Philly set, i think i have a couple others, will try to add them tonight

tkd7

I always liked this Larry Csonka with the palm trees and moving truck in the background

Fabfrank

Rumor had it that the car in the background of the Philly Jim Brown card, was his car. Supposedly it was brand new and Jim wanted his picture in front of it. All the other Browns players ended taking their pictures in the same spot.

Elemenopeo

Love the strategic placement of the halo in this one... I think there may be another Angels player similarly posed in the '72 set.

Stone193

Cool Cowan card!

mike

Twinsthreepeat

Here's one.


Little adjusting going on

baseballjeff

Awesome!!!

Hey, I think we found a variation Score made!

I looked in my 1989 Score Set and my Paul Gibson has the guy in the back ground really blured, and the hand itself has been totally whited out!!! I'd post a scan if I knew how, but I'd be happy to e-mail it to anyone!

Jeff

Sweet, I wonder how PSA would denote this variation?

theczar

<< <i>Sweet, I wonder how PSA would denote this variation? >>



i hope anything but miscut

zef204

<< <i>i'll start with these two:



i think there may have been one other cleveland brown players' cards from that era with the car in the background.
>>



I think the whole team was taken with that car in the background.

montanafan

Awesome!!! Hey, I think we found a variation Score made! I looked in my 1989 Score Set and my Paul Gibson has the guy in the back ground really blured, and the hand itself has been totally whited out!!! I'd post a scan if I knew how, but I'd be happy to e-mail it to anyone!

Jeff

jeff's card:

montanafan

haha.. now it just looks like he's got his hand IN his pants.

montanafan

or the geniuses at score could have gone one step and 20 minutes further and really fixed it..they did have photoshop in 1989 didn't they?

Southerncards

I dont know if this qualifies as a background shot and although I hate modern cards, I really like this set.

Sorry for the poor pic.

jmbkb4

<< <i>I dont know if this qualifies as a background shot and although I hate modern cards, I really like this set. >>


It's OK to admit that you like a modern card; you don't need the qualifying statement. It doesn't mean you're the anti-christ or anything.

Southerncards

I admitted it...I feel better.

Hi, um, my name is Jim, and I'm a modern card hater...


HI JIM!!!!!!!!!

recovery is a slow process. Admitting that I have a problem is the first step.

montanafan

one thing i'll tell you about modern cards, is they're a heck of a lot easier in psa 10.

Stone193

Shaq's working hard for the money!





And the fans are going CRAAAAZY!!!!

GDM67

This one isn't mine, but it's comedy gold.



I think that guy is literally fishing in his pocket, looking for his keys.

schr1st

FYI, that Gibson was a known error. Back in the day, you could get a few buck for the crotch shot version.

I like this one:



It's a parallel (1999 Bowman Chrome International Refractor), but it's still a cool background (albeit an artificial one).

1989FleerBillRipkencollector

Great Thread. Hope my pic works

onlyanumber

<< <i>Great Thread. Hope my pic works >>



Fixed it for you Donovan. Great card btw.

1989FleerBillRipkencollector

Thanks only a number. I copy url and paste on mountain pic and it shows on my computer but others have said in past it is not visible?

CreeperKat

Fregosi-monster scooping up a truck:

lawnmowerman

One of my favorite cards. Look at the guy on the far right of the card giving up and walking off the field
This card always makes me smile

Stone193

Like I said - modern has the photography - can't beat it!

mike

montanafan

Like I said - modern has the photography - can't beat it

yep, that's a beauty..

lawnmowerman

Fabfrank

Like I said - modern has the photography - can't beat it!

and I think that's just the back of the card!

Elemenopeo

Came across this '57 Elmer Valo today and it reminded me of this thread. I can't resist reviving the thread for a second to add it on. It's just a great photo and I can't think of any other card in which the player is shown choosing his lumber from the bat rack. The TV camera in the background is a very cool element.

jlbsquared

this one is actually in the foreground I guess....

MorrellMan

I like that Valo card; there are lot of cool backgrounds in the '57 set.

I've always like this background with the Colloseum turnstiles in the background:

HoofHearted

I love that '57T Valo. I'm going to have to find a copy of that one!

[edited to remove a background already displayed...]

MorrellMan

I always liked the faces in the stands:

Elemenopeo

<< <i>I always liked the faces in the stands: >>



Wow. Hadn't noticed those before. Pretty spooky.



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