Color Catchers, did you get caught??

Have you ever looked through your collection of cards and wondered why you like a certain set or subset. What is it that I feel like I just have to own that card. When I got serious into collecting the key word for me to actually want to own a certain card, the word was pizazz. That word means something dazzling or even exciting. Let's examine these kinds of cards and see what it really is that makes them so attractive and wanted.

This card is from the 2026 Topps Chrome U.S. Winter Olympics 1986 Design of Hilary Knight. These cards are attractive because of the colors used to make these cards stand out and remember more exciting. Can anyone figure out which set this design is from??

This card is the 1972 Topps card of Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson. Again notice how beautiful these cards are because of the colors and the lettering looks like a marquee. This is one of Topps better designs of the 70's along with the 1975 Topps cards.

This card is the 1975 Topps Rookie Outfielders and I am showing this card to show the colors and how interlocking 2 different colors can bring out a beautiful card. This is Fred Lynn's rookie card.

This lot of three cards are all produced by Topps. The card on the left is the 1987 Topps Future Stars card of Bo Jackson, the middle card is the 1972-73 Topps card of Carol Vadnais and the card on the right is the 1971-72 Topps card of John McKenzie. The 1987 Topps card of Jackson has the cards border with a woodgrain design with the very colorful lettering Future Stars. The 1972 Card of Vadnais has the dark red background followed by a name plate band of yellow with red lettering and the teams logo. This design was one of the more popular hockey designs as was the 1971 Topps card of McKenzie with the dark background and the eliptical photo and the teams name in different colors that blend so nicely together. Again as I said earlier all of these cards have that color that is very eye appealing.

The first card in the lot of 4 is the 2007-08 O-Pee-Chee Micromotion card of Patrice Bergeron. When you move this card side to side it changes the colors. The next card is the 1997-98 Donruss Limited Counterparts card of Mark Recchi. This card is metallic  and it looks 3-d. The next card is the 2025 Upper Deck PWHL Dazzlers Purple card of Hilary Knight which again twinkles in the light. The final card is the 1997-98 Donruss Preferred Cut to the Chase Bronze card of Byron Dafoe. Of these 4 cards I would give the best design to the 1997-98 Donruss Preferred because it changes the cards background and makes the white part look more like ice.  All of these cards have that eye appeal which again leads us back to that one important word PIZAZZ.

We all collect cards that are different in size and certain shapes but it is mostly because of that color and glow that keeps us wanting more and more. In other words that Shiny and new look and feel.

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