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1935-36 Diamond Match Co. #.53B Larry French GREENPrice = $ 8.95NEAR MINT to EX/EX+
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(part 1) Common - any card which is not short-printed, an insert, a bonus card, or has an insertion ratio. In short, the cards that comprise the manufacturer’s basic set. Condition - the physical appearance of a card/collectible. Centering, corner wear, photo clarity, edges, the presence of foreign material, signs of misuse are the critical components. Along with rarity/scarcity, it is a major factor in determining the value of a card or collectible. Crease - an obvious paper wrinkle defect usually caused by bending the card [i.e.- the result of being tortured on a rear-wheel bicycle spoke during the early ‘50s and ‘60s]. Die-Cut - an insert/parallel card that differs from the basic card by a process of the manufacturer "cutting" portions of the card revealing a special design. Recent issues may also be individually and serially-numbered.
Modern Sports Cards (T2)The drop in production from World War I was compounded by the Black Sox scandal and cards were not produced in significant quantities for over a decade. In the 1930s, baseball cards finally began to reappear with candy products. Beginning in 1933, Goudey, a chewing gum company, began producing cards. Gum became the product associated with baseball cards. Goudey produced larger sets of cards than usual and a boon to collector's they numbered them ! For the next several years, Goudey released new sets of cards to coincide with the baseball season. Again a World War (II) curtailed baseball card production. Bowman Gum Company resurrected baseball cards in 1948 soon to be followed by another bubblegum company, Topps. The two competed not only for consumers but also for rights to baseball players with each trying to sign players to exclusive contracts. In 1956 Topps bought out Bowman and enjoyed a relative monopoly for decades. While Topps was dominant nationally, various regionally-produced sets, usually on or in packages of foods. Post Cereal and Jello printed baseball cards on the backs of their boxes from 1961 to 1963 in both U.S. and Canada. In 1962 Post also produced a football card set featuring players from the two countries in each respective country. Fleer and Donruss ended Topps baseball card monopoly in 1981. Topps sued both but the courts ruled that Topps' exclusive rights only applied to sports cards sold with gum. Score in 1988 and Upper Deck in 1989 joined the market. In 1989 Topps reintroduced tje Bowman brand. The baseball card hobby quickly became saturated with cards. The baseball player's strike in 1994 started a rapid decline in interest. Baseball card companies, trying to remain profitable, started introducing improvements in card quality and also measures to prevent counterfeiting. They released many different brands of cards as well as rare and unique cards. Now baseball cards have come full circle and in 2006 there are only two companies marketing and selling baseball cards: Topps and Upper Deck. Fleer went bankrupt and Donruss lost their license. Upper Deck did buy Fleer and began issuing Fleer brand again.
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*** TOTAL BASES - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Total Bases
1. Hank Aaron HOF 6856
2. Stan Musial HOF 6134
3. Willie Mays HOF 6066
4. Ty Cobb HOF 5854
5. Babe Ruth HOF 5793
6. Pete Rose 5752
7.+ BARRY BONDS (40) 5584
8. Carl Yastrzemski HOF 5539
9. Eddie Murray HOF 5397
10. Rafael Palmeiro 5388
11. Frank Robinson HOF 5373
12. Dave Winfield HOF 5221
13. Cal Ripken 5168
14. Tris Speaker HOF 5101
15. Lou Gehrig HOF 5060
16. George Brett HOF 5044
17. Mel Ott HOF 5041
18. Jimmie Foxx HOF 4956
19. Ted Williams HOF 4884
20. Honus Wagner HOF 4862
21. Paul Molitor HOF 4854
22. Al Kaline HOF 4852
23. Reggie Jackson HOF 4834
24. Andre Dawson 4787
25. Robin Yount HOF 4730
26. Rogers Hornsby HOF 4712
27. Ernie Banks HOF 4706
28. Al Simmons HOF 4685
29. Harold Baines 4604
30. Billy Williams HOF 4599
31. Rickey Henderson 4588
32. Cap Anson HOF 4574
33. Tony Perez HOF 4532
34. Mickey Mantle HOF 4511
Sammy Sosa 4511
36. Roberto Clemente HOF 4492
37. Paul Waner HOF 4478
38. Nap Lajoie HOF 4474
39. Fred McGriff 4458
40.+ KEN GRIFFEY JR (35) 4414
41. Dave Parker 4405
42. Mike Schmidt HOF 4404
43. Eddie Mathews HOF 4349
44. Sam Crawford HOF 4328
45. Goose Goslin HOF 4325
46.+ CRAIG BIGGIO (39) 4283
47. Brooks Robinson HOF 4270
48. Eddie Collins HOF 4268
49. Vada Pinson 4264
50. Tony Gwynn 4259
51. Charlie Gehringer HOF 4257
52. Lou Brock HOF 4238
53. Dwight Evans 4230
54. Willie McCovey HOF 4219
55. Jeff Bagwell 4213
56. Willie Stargell HOF 4190
57. Rusty Staub 4185
58.+ GARY SHEFFIELD (36) 4153
59. Jake Beckley HOF 4147
60. Harmon Killebrew HOF 4143
61. Jim Rice 4129
62. Zack Wheat HOF 4100
63. Al Oliver 4083
64. Wade Boggs HOF 4064
65. Harry Heilmann HOF 4053
66. Andres Galarraga 4038
67. Roberto Alomar 4018
68. Carlton Fisk HOF 3999
69. Rod Carew HOF 3998
70.+ STEVE FINLEY (40) 3966
71. Joe Morgan HOF 3962
72. Orlando Cepeda HOF 3959
73. Sam Rice HOF 3955
74.+ FRANK THOMAS (37) 3949
75. Joe DiMaggio HOF 3948
76. Steve Garvey 3941
77. Frankie Frisch HOF 3937
78. Chili Davis 3914
79. Joe Carter 3910
80. Larry Walker 3904
81. Gary Gaetti 3881
82. George Sisler HOF 3871
83. Darrell Evans 3866
84. Duke Snider HOF 3865
85. Joe Medwick HOF 3852
86. Bill Buckner 3833
87. Ted Simmons 3793
88. Ed Delahanty HOF 3791
89. Roger Connor HOF 3788
90. Ryne Sandberg HOF 3787
91.+ LUIS GONZALEZ (37) 3783
92. Graig Nettles 3779
Ron Santo 3779
94. Willie Davis 3778
95. Tim Raines 3771
96. Jesse Burkett HOF 3759
97. Mickey Vernon 3741
98. Jim Bottomley HOF 3737
99. Dale Murphy 3733
100. Edgar Martinez 3718
*** TOTAL BASES - Active Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Total Bases
1. Barry Bonds (40) 5584
2. Rafael Palmeiro (40) 5388
3. Sammy Sosa (36) 4511
4. Ken Griffey (35) 4414
5. Craig Biggio (39) 4283
6. Jeff Bagwell (37) 4213
7. Gary Sheffield (36) 4153
8. Steve Finley (40) 3966
9. Frank Thomas (37) 3949
10. Luis Gonzalez (37) 3783
11. Juan Gonzalez (35) 3676
12. Manny Ramirez (33) 3668
13. Jeff Kent (37) 3621
14. Ruben Sierra (39) 3610
15. Alex Rodriguez (29) 3576
16. Bernie Williams (36) 3573
17. Julio Franco (46) 3533
18. John Olerud (36) 3530
19. Ivan Rodriguez (33) 3503
20. Mike Piazza (36) 3440
21. B.J. Surhoff 3414
22. Jim Thome (34) 3327
23. Moises Alou (38) 3241
24. Chipper Jones (33) 3213
25. Vinny Castilla (37) 3161
26. Robin Ventura (37) 3133
27. Carlos Delgado (33) 3089
28. Shawn Green (32) 3081
29. Garret Anderson (33) 3062
30. Kenny Lofton (38) 3041
1956 Topps PinsIn addition to their regular issue 1956 Topps baseball card set, which in my opinion, was Topps' nicest regular issue set, Topps released a special pin set. This was the first pins ever issued by Topps.Few issues can compare to the 1956 Topps Pins set. The colorful and attractive 1-1/8" diameter pins, just like baseball cards from the era, were packaged with bubble gum. The pins featured a full color photo of the player with a pin clasp on the reverse. Interestingly, some images for the pin set are the same as those on the regular 1956 Topps cards. Even if you don't want to collect the set, if you collect 1956 Topps cards than YOU MUST add at least one 1956 Topps Pin to your collection. The 1956 Topps Pins set features most of the eras Hall-of-Famers including Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Ernie Banks, Duke Snider, Al Kaline, Yogi Berra, Eddie Mathews and also includes some super tough scarcities such as Chuck Stobbs, Hector Lopez and Chuck Diering. There is not firm opinion as to which of the 3 scarce short prints are the toughest to find. In the end, collectors in the day preferred their cards to pins and Topps cut back the 1956 Topps Pin set issue from a planned 90 pins to just 60. |
1969 Topps StampsThis was Topps 3rd stamp issue in the last eight years and it was a good one !!! The stamps were not inserts but a totally separate issue . For a nickel you got a strip of twelve stamps plus a mini album. The 1969 Topps Stamps complete set contains 240 stamps. The 1 x 1-7/16 inch stamps were unnumbered and featured a color photo with the player's name, team and position inside a colored banner at the bottom of the stamp. The stamps were released in both vertical and horizontal strips of 12 stamps. The 1969 Topps Stamps are often confused with Topps' 1974 issue. The 1974 Topps Stamps have ovals rather than banners at the bottom and were released only in 12-stamp horizontal panels.Along with the stamps, Topps also issued a set of 24 albums, one per team, to store them in. The 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" orange albums were the same size as a baseball card and held a complete 10-stamp team set. To add even more collecting fun, the album's back cover had facsimile autographs of the ten players shown in the album. The 1969 Topps Stamps set is packed with stars like Pete Rose along with tons of Hall-of-Famers including MICKEY MANTLE, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente & many, many more !!! |
1955 Topps All-American FootballIn 1955, college football was much more popular with fans than the NFL. This 100 card 1955 Topps All-American Football card set was Topps response to collectors. Topps first major football issue this unique set features the greatest college football players from the first half of the 20th century.The 1955 Topps All-American football card set was issued in one-card penny packs, nine-card nickel packs and 22-card cello packs. The set is jam packed with rookies and stars !!! One of the most valuable 1955 Topps All-American football cards is the rookie card of former Supreme Court Justice Whizzer White.
TOP ROOKIES: The Four Horseman, Whizzer White, Fats Henry, Doc Blanchard,
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