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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 22h

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #17✍️

This is arguably Jose’s most iconic Rangers card, so much so that there’s a version with Deadpool in Jose’s place. This is the Silver Signature variation, with an auto that looks more like “Jo Canseco.”

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 1d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #16✍️

This is a great one in this series because it’s kinda meta: Jose signing a baseball for a kid on a card that features his signature. I see a tiny hand reaching out. That kid must be really cute to make Jose chuckle like that. That kid is also 35 now.

Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 2d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #14✍️

One of my all-time favorite designs included a shiny, refractory signature stamped into it! That probably makes it my all-time fav in this Print-O-Graphs series.

Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 4d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #13✍️

There’s so much going on on this card, from the high hat to the mullet to the fact that it’s a sunflower seeds card. But it’s also an “Autograph Series” card and that’s a very classic looking Canseco signature. But it is odd that it’s written vertically.

Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 4d

😬

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 5d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #12✍️

Jose gave Pepsi the most half-hearted, scribbled signature I’ve ever seen from him, and I commend him for it. Coke is it! He knows it, too. Look at that impish grin on the back of the card.

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 5d

😆 Can’t wait, gotta POST it now.

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 6d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #11✍️

The signature I’m POSTing today is so similar to the one I POSTed yesterday, it could’ve been the same stamp or file, or whatever they used in 1991. The one I’ll POST tomorrow is verrrry different.

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 7d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #10✍️

Let’s ease on down to MooTown for today’s printed auto. Dairy I say, this is another pretty realistic-looking signature? I definitely don’t have a beef with it. Not sure I can milk any more puns out of this one. 🐮

Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 8d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #9✍️

After yesterday’s overly precise signature, today Jimmy Dean brings us one much more representative of a Jose auto. He’s very happy about it on the front, too, as Big Mac makes a subtle cameo.

Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 8d

😆

Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 9d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #8✍️

Even Collect-A-Books had a facsimile signature inside — if you can call it that. The penmanship is so neat it looks almost like a script font. Although the J and C do include hallmarks of Jose’s typical signature.

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 10d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #7✍️

We move on to a Wonderbread issue, with a less than WONDERful rendition of Jose’s signature. Truly white bread. 🍞 As far as the top renditions of Jose’s signature go, this one’s toast.

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 12d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #6✍️

This is the only example I have of a printed auto being “knocked out” (white text on black background). Kind of a cool look.

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 13d

😆 Most likely. I’m sure he was just on a lower step, but I’m surprised Jose was okay with that.

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 14d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #4✍️

I didn’t even know about this card until a couple years ago, but it’s a real beauty. It’s oversized, the photo is amazing, the colors pop and it’s got that classic printed signature, very much what you’d expect to see in a Jose John Hancock.

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 15d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #3✍️

This might be the only instance I have with two “print-o-graphs” on one card, with Jose alongside his Bash Brother. The “ose” part of his first name is little more than a tiny, illegible scribble here.

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 16d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #2✍️

Yesterday, a follower on another app pointed out there was an ‘88 “printed auto” from Starting Lineup that I don’t have. But this ‘89 has virtually the same back, with the auto, aside from the extra year of stats. It’s an especially sloppy rendition of his auto.

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 17d

So cool!

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 17d

✍️PRINT-O-GRAPHS #1 ✍️

Today we begin a little series on cards with printed (i.e. not actually signed) autographs. I think this is the first appearance of one on Canseco cards, chronologically and alphabetically. We’ll see a lot variations in his signature, too.

Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 18d

Talking Baseball Card: youtu.be/adzA8qFwJ18?...

Topps Baseball Talk: youtu.be/gNvFqEFCmYQ?...

UD Powerdeck: youtu.be/EWz4lZVEt5c?...

Baseball Archives: Jose Canseco Talking Baseball Card (Vinyl)

YouTube video by Harpua

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 18d

💿MULTIMEDIA “CARDS”💿

Only one of these actually looks like a card, but they all feature an audio or visual experience and all are on @tradingcarddb, so I guess that makes them cards. I’ve also never listened to mine, but links are in the 🧵

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 19d

TOPPS INAUGURAL 🏔️🐠🐍😈

I’ve always loved Topps’ Inaugural parallels. Jose’s playing days coincided with four new teams joining MLB, so we have ‘93 variations for the Rockies and Marlins, and ‘98 gave us Diamondbacks and Devil Rays gold foil stamps.

Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 19d

1995!

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Canseco Collector @cansecocollector.bsky.social · 20d

📸Su-su-Studio🖼️

Studio brought some class and refinement to the baseball card world in the ‘90s. There’s so much to love here. The throwback insert from ‘92, the giant hat logo and refracting signature in ‘93, and I know the credit cards were controversial, but I love them.

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