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1948 Bowman #.36 Stan Musial ROOKIE (Cardinals)Price = $ 800
'Cardinals' in ink on front, otherwise EX/MINT. Get Musial to autograph this and you've got a winner !!! |
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(part 1) Baseball card production was virtually halted in the early 1940's due to paper shortages created by World War II. The "Modern Era" of baseball cards began in 1948 when Bowman Gum Inc. offered one card and one piece of gum in a pack for a penny. The first important football set was the Mayo set featuring college players in 1984. Other than the 1935 National Chicle set no other key football set was issued until 1948 when noth Bowman and Leaf produced sets.
The Major Card Grading Companies (T6)
There is almost universal agreement that the top 5 grading card companies are: PSA is Without a doubt is the top vintage and old cards grading company. The vintage card public has accepted PSA and people pay huge premiums for vintage cards with high PSA grades. A few years ago, Beckett got into card-grading. They have been successful because they publish the hobbies top magazine and their name carries a lot of weight in the hobby. Also their BGS grading is perceived as being tougher than PSA. Unfortunately Beckett has complicated things further by actually having 3 different grading brands. BGS, BVG and BCCG. BGS is the original and considered a grade very strictly while BVG, basically designed to grade vintage cards, seems to grade a bit easier. BCCG seems to have been created for the Shopping Channel and seems to give their top grades to just about any nice recent card. These differences in grading standards are reflected in their resale prices. Off-brand grading companies There's many lesser known grading companies with more of them appearing seemingly every single day. Some are actual companies while others may be just a single individual with some fairly inexpensive equipment. A list of some of the ones we've heard of is below. It is possible that some of them do grade accurately but the market has little respect for these off-brand grading companies and their cards, if they can be sold, are usually sold at huge discounts off similarly rated cards by the top tier grading companies. This is especially true on high grade vintage cards orGEM MINT and MINT recent cards. If you want to buy graded cards by these companies, be very careful to not pay too much. DO NOT compare their price with graded cards from the top tier companies. In most cases, the going prices aren't even close. If a PSA-9 sells for $40, and a PSA-10 sells for $300, it is more likely that a 10 from an off-brand grading company sells for much closer to the $40 than to the $300. If you don't understand that the discount is this deep, and you spend $100 on this thing, you may think you got a great deal when in fact you paid double or triple or more of the cards true value. For example, we once sold a PRO-10 Shaq rookie for $30 when the PSA-10 of that Shaq rookie was valued at $300. If you see a great bargain on a vintage card then be especially careful. If a '51 Bowman Mantle is in a PRO-8 slab, you must ask yourself why is it not in a PSA slab? In PSA-8 that card would sell for more than a new Mercedes and any right minded seller would try to get the card into a PSA slab if it was possible. That they didn't do it has to be a clue that it wasn't possible. Why wouldn't it be possible? There are many reasons but the most obvious are that the card may be altered or there could be a very light crease. As far as I know, these off-brand grading services do not offer grading guarantees. If you buy an off-brand graded vintage card and it turns out to be trimmed or altered or has light creases your only recourse will likely be with seller and often their answer will be that since the card was "professionally" gradedm the card is sold as is.
"Off-Brand" grading card companies Although some of the above may be "okay", we certainly don't recommend any of them. The market certainly doesn't treat them the same as the top-tier grading companies and in many cases their graded cards sell for the same or even less than an ungraded card. There are more off-brand grading "companies" entering the market. Some don't even use slabs, they simply put the cards in a screwdown or topload with a few drops of glue or a sticker. We've even seen "grading companies" that turn out to be just an individual seller grading and selling his own cards.
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*** DOUBLES - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Doubles
1. Tris Speaker HOF 792
2. Pete Rose 746
3. Stan Musial HOF 725
4. Ty Cobb HOF 724
5. George Brett HOF 665
6. Nap Lajoie HOF 657
7. Carl Yastrzemski HOF 646
8. Honus Wagner HOF 640
9. Hank Aaron HOF 624
10. Paul Molitor HOF 605
Paul Waner HOF 605
12.+ CRAIG BIGGIO (39) 604
13. Cal Ripken 603
14. Rafael Palmeiro 585
15. Robin Yount HOF 583
16. Cap Anson HOF 581
17. Wade Boggs HOF 578
18. Charlie Gehringer HOF 574
19.+ BARRY BONDS (40) 564
20. Eddie Murray HOF 560
21. Tony Gwynn 543
22. Harry Heilmann HOF 542
23. Rogers Hornsby HOF 541
24. Joe Medwick HOF 540
Dave Winfield HOF 540
26. Al Simmons HOF 539
27. Lou Gehrig HOF 534
28. Al Oliver 529
29. Frank Robinson HOF 528
30. Dave Parker 526
31. Ted Williams HOF 525
32. Willie Mays HOF 523
33. Ed Delahanty HOF 522
34. Joe Cronin HOF 515
35. Edgar Martinez 514
36. Mark Grace 511
37. Rickey Henderson 510
38. Babe Ruth HOF 506
39. Tony Perez HOF 505
40. Roberto Alomar 504
41. Andre Dawson 503
42. Goose Goslin HOF 500
John Olerud 500
44. Rusty Staub 499
45. Bill Buckner 498
Al Kaline HOF 498
Sam Rice HOF 498
48.+ LUIS GONZALEZ (37) 495
49. Heinie Manush HOF 491
50. Mickey Vernon 490
51. Jeff Bagwell 488
Harold Baines 488
Mel Ott HOF 488
54. Lou Brock HOF 486
Billy Herman HOF 486
56. Vada Pinson 485
57. Hal McRae 484
58. Dwight Evans 483
Ted Simmons 483
60. Brooks Robinson HOF 482
61. Zack Wheat HOF 476
62.+ JEFF KENT (37) 474
63. Jake Beckley HOF 473
64. Larry Walker 471
65. Frankie Frisch HOF 466
66. Jim Bottomley HOF 465
Jim O'Rourke HOF 465
68. Reggie Jackson HOF 463
69. Dan Brouthers HOF 460
70. Sam Crawford HOF 458
Jimmie Foxx HOF 458
72. Jimmie Dykes 453
73. George Davis HOF 451
Paul O'Neill 451
Jimmy Ryan 451
76. Joe Morgan HOF 449
77.+ FRANK THOMAS (37) 447
78. Rod Carew HOF 445
+ IVAN RODRIGUEZ (33) 445
80. George Burns 444
Andres Galarraga 444
82. Gary Gaetti 443
83. Dick Bartell 442
Don Mattingly 442
85. Roger Connor HOF 441
Barry Larkin 441
Fred McGriff 441
88. Luke Appling HOF 440
Will Clark 440
Roberto Clemente HOF 440
Steve Garvey 440
B.J. Surhoff 440
93. Eddie Collins HOF 438
94. Cesar Cedeno 436
Joe Sewell HOF 436
96. Wally Moses 435
97. Billy Williams HOF 434
98. Joe Judge 433
99. Joe Carter 432
Tim Wallach 432
*** DOUBLES - Active Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Doubles
1. Craig Biggio (39) 604
2. Rafael Palmeiro (40) 585
3. Barry Bonds (40) 564
4. John Olerud (36) 500
5. Luis Gonzalez (37) 495
6. Jeff Bagwell (37) 488
7. Jeff Kent (37) 474
8. Frank Thomas (37) 447
9. Ivan Rodriguez (33) 445
10. B.J. Surhoff (40) 440
11. Ken Griffey (35) 430
12. Ruben Sierra (39) 427
13. Steve Finley (40) 425
14. Bernie Williams (36) 420
15. Gary Sheffield (36) 413
16. Manny Ramirez (33) 411
17. Garret Anderson (33) 403
18. Julio Franco (46) 394
19. Juan Gonzalez (35) 388
20. Carlos Delgado (33) 384
Shawn Green (32) 384
22. Omar Vizquel (38) 376
23. Moises Alou (38) 375
24. Todd Helton (31) 373
25. Bret Boone (36) 366
26. Jim Edmonds (35) 362
27. Ray Lankford (38) 356
28. Chipper Jones (33) 355
Sammy Sosa (36) 355
30. Ray Durham (33) 354
1962 Topps Baseball BucksAnother Hit Topps Test Issue from the 1960's !!!The 1962 Topps Bucks were one of Topps most creative Test Issues. Each "Buck" resembled U.S. currency and measured 1 3/4" x 4 1/8" but instead of George Washington staring at you, it could be Mickey Mantle !!! A drawing of the player's home park along with a brief write-up also appeared on the front. The backs included team and league logos. The 1962 Topps Bucks test issue was sold in it's own 1 cent wax packs and was not an insert in 1962 Topps wax packs. Most examples exist with a fold line but it should not be overly noticeable. Player selection was great as the set is packed with numerous Hall-of-Famers including MICKEY MANTLE, Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente, Carl Yastrzemski, Stan Musial, Al Kaline, Brooks Robinson, Don Drysdale, Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron and more !!! |
1974 Topps StampsTopps released this 240 stamp issue in 1974. These 1 by 1 1/2 stamp are unnumbered and feature a color photo with the player's name, team and position inside a colored oval at the bottom of the stamp. Very similar to their 1969 Topps Stamps issue, the 1974 Topps Stamps were issued in panels of 12 stamps. Alomg with the stamps, Topps also issued a set of 24 stamp albums, one per team, to store the stamps. Due to double prints and different combinations of stamps on panels there are actually 24 different 12-Stamp panels. The stamps were not inserts but a totally separate issue and were sold in packs containing one 12-Stamp panel along with one stamp album.The 1974 Topps Stamps set is packed with SuperStars including over 23 members of the Baseball Hall-of-Fame with greats such as Nolan Ryan, Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench, Ernie Banks, Pete Rose, Reggie Jackson, Al Kaline, Joe Morgan, Willie Stargell, Tom Seaver and plenty more !!! The set even contains seldom seen ROOKIES of Dave Winfield and Dave Parker. |
HARTLAND STATUESHartland produced it's first baseball statues back in the early 60's. Sports Collectibles Digest stated that the 1960's Mickey Mantle Hartland is the single most popular plastic sports statue ever produced ! In 1988 Hartland created their 25th Anniversary Editions which, except for some very minor details, were identical to the original.Hartland partnered with America's leading hobby-periodical publisher, Krause Publications, to create the SCD Authentic series offering the original 18 as you've never seen them with each statue dramatically different from prior releases. They are amazingly beautiful and exquisitely detailed in their road uniforms with painted pinstripes and wood grained bats making them a unique collectible opportunity for both veteran collectors and Hartland newcomers alike. Limited to only 2,500 pieces each, these statues are BRAND NEW, MINT and in THEIR ORIGINAL BOXES !!! |
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