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Leaf Has Some Serious Stones
I mean... seriously. Who the heck came up with the autographed "stone" idea? I'm sure somebody lost their job over this, because this epitomizes "cardfoolery". For those who are unfamiliar with my made up word, it means a foolish sports card creation.
On the other hand, who am I to judge? I actually went out and purchased the pair.
The fact is... they haven't held their value on the secondary market. Which means that if you're looking for an affordable way to collect autographs of Tony Gwynn or Greg Maddux, than these cards might be for you.
Okay... it's your turn to chime in. I'm looking for other cards to feature in my "cardfoolery" series:
Can you think of any sports cards or sports card products that are pretty ridiculous?
Happy Thursday and sayonara!
Extra Edition
After some research, I discovered that these "stones" were originally used on Southland Plastics figurines in the 90's. Here's what the Tony Gwynn figure looks like:
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