Walt
Frazier
is a mod style dresser - at least that's what the stats say
in this vintage Topps Trading Card
circa 1973. Notice the punchy
color and super-fly graphics with the team logo designed in
an ascending gradation of font sizes. The period from the
late 60's-to the mid-70s was the heyday for the wacky visuals
Topps issued in both Baseball and Basketball editions. Some
might say its gaudy, but if you look at today's trading cards,
their sophistication has a slick commercial surface while
the graphic design from the old cut (literally) and paste
(literally) days is still fresh and fun - remember these were
designed for youths 6 to 16, the primary age for card collecting.
This card is minty fresh and its mine! Of course for the right
bid it can be yours, perhaps one of you turbo-teen punks will
get an allowance increase and buy this valuable piece of Americana.