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Are Clint Eastwood Cards Undervalued?

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1959 Menko
1962 Dutch Gum

Clint Eastwood is arguably the most iconic American male actor/director of all-time: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Million Dollar Baby, Heartbreak Ridge, Letters from Iwo Jima, the list is endless.

Clint Eastwood was born in San Francisco in 1930. He is a 12th generation American, descended from the pilgrim William Bradford. As a young man he was: a jazz pianist, a lumberjack, a steel mill worker, a truck driver, a life guard, a grocer, a forest firefighter, and a bouncer. Eastwood was stationed at Fort Ord Army base from 1951-1953 and served his country as a swimming instructor. On September 30th 1951, he was a passenger in a US Navy Skyraider which crashed into the ocean off the coast of Point Reyes in Marin County, California. Eastwood was able to swim the two miles to shore at night, guided by the Point Reyes Lighthouse. Eventually, Eastwood made his way to Hollywood and slowly but surely became a movie star.

Clint Eastwood has two recognized rookie cards: the 1959 Menko & the 1962 Dutch Gum (see above images). There are a few variations for both of these extremely rare cards. There are only 21 graded (PSA & SGC) 1962 Dutch Gum/Menko rookie cards. Currently, eBay has only 10 Dutch Gum & 5 Menko cards listed. COMC has 13 Dutch Gum & 1 Menko card. I’ve been tracking these cards for several weeks; new Eastwood cards are almost never added to either platform. One slight breeze in the market & all of Clint Eastwood’s 1960’s cards will easily be $100+.

So, are Clint Eastwood cards undervalued? Yes, yes they are. -You can purchase a Clint Eastwood Rookie card here:https://www.ebay.com/itm/375355074141

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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all white faces at new trier high school, john hughes film trademark, vanilla chicago, the only actors of color that i can recall were the two guys who took the red ferrari for a joy ride, but this isn’t a political poetic meandering, only painting the picture, backdrop if you will, matthew broderick, that envious grin, i always win, and rooney, who always loses in pursuit of bureaucratic justice, pick and choose your nuance, warm gummy bears, sausage king abe froman, voodoo economics, student drool, these are ornaments, but the narrative throughline wears a redwings jersey, we are talking about sickly cameron, neglected cameron, angry cameron, by product of capitalism gone too far, this part gets dark, like that molly ringwald/judd nelson tension, like collapsing into a pool, like killing a car, and perhaps this is the whole point of the film, have fun, enjoy wealth, but if your kid is sick, urge them to wrap a hot towel around their head, shows you care.