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1952 Bowman #.23 Bob Lemon (Indians)Price = $ 60
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 Using a system of grading codes based on those established by price guides such as Beckett, Tuff Stuff, Sports Collector’s Digest, collectors can determine the approximate condition of items offered by interpreting the following grades. Grading is very subjective and there can also be grades in between the levels below. MINT (MT) - while we rarely use this grade, occasionally it can be found for items that we appraise as appearing nearly perfect to the naked eye. With respect to cards, it would be defined as one with 50/50 centering all around, razor-sharp corners, a photo that is well-registered and completely focused, and no visible imperfections on card front or back. NEAR MINT-MINT (NRMT/MT) - is qualified by at least 60/40 centering, only the slightest hint of corner wear upon close inspection, and may have a barely visible print spot, lack of intense color, or a slight focus imperfection. NEAR MINT (NRMT) - card displays at least 70/30 centering, may have a visible slight touch of corner wear all around, and/or a few slightly visible print spots, a lack of intense color, or a slight focus imperfection. EXCELLENT-MINT (EX/MINT) - centering equivalent to NRMT (70/30), but 2 or 3 corners display an obvious "fuzzy" quality. Essentially, a card that would have been deemed NRMT if not for the corner wear being more apparent. May have a barely visible print spot, a lack of intense color, or a slight focus imperfection. EXCELLENT (EX) - all four corners show visible signs of wear, but are not rounded. Centering at least 80/20. May have a visible print spot, a lack of intense color, or a slight focus imperfection. VERY GOOD (VG) - Corners are rounded and the card may have creases or wrinkles. FAIR TO GOOD - in this grade, card has rounded corners and other major defects such as scuffing, pinholes, loss of gloss, multiple creases. In general, a markedly worn card and often used as a "filler" until a better one comes along.
History Of O-Pee-Chee (T5)O-Pee-Chee, also known as OPC, is the Canadian equivalent of Topps. The history of this gum & sports card company is actually quite different. OPC is based in London, Ontario Canada and pre-dates Topps by many years. OPC’s first sports card set was back in 1933 when they produced the V304 hockey cards. The set included stars Eddie Shore and Howie Morenz and has a book value of around $15,000. Their first baseball set was released in 1937. It was a cross between the 1934 Goudeys and Batter-Ups and featured only American League players. The top player in the set is Joe Dimaggio. OPC started their long run of complete baseball card sets in 1965. In these early years, the OPC sets were much smaller than Topps and usually included only the first couple of series. Although they were printed on a slightly different card stock the cards front and backs were nearly identical to Topps but with a small "Printed in Canada" on the back. Baseball was much less popular in Canada and it is estimated that OPC cards from these early years were produced in a ratio of between 1% and 5% of Topps cards making them exceedingly scarce !!! Starting in 1970, OPC baseball cards became more interesting. Canadian legislation demanded that all items produced in Canada carry both French & English so O-Pee-Chee baseball cards became bilingual with their card backs printed in both languages. In 1971, the OPC baseball set had a much more interesting back design and also offered 14 different card photos not in the Topps set of that year. 1972 OPC included a card of Gil Hodges mentioning his death that was not a part of the Topps set. 1974 OPC did include any of the "Washington Nationals/San Diego Padres" variations. In 1977 although the card format remained the same, about 1/3 of the OPC set had different poses/images than their Topps counterparts. In the late ‘70’s, the OPC card fronts appeared similar to Topps but sometimes included traded information with a line across them saying "Now with XXXX". These differences were due the the OPC cards being printed much later into the season allowing for an update of the players status. OPC also was busy with their hockey and Canadian Football League issues. In 1968 they re- entered the hockey market. Today OPC is still strong in the baseball card and hockey card market and has also started printing non-sports cards.
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*** EXTRA-BASE HITS - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Player Hits 1B 2B 3B HR EBH
---------------- ----- ----- --- --- --- -----
Hank Aaron 3,771 2,294 624 98 755 1,477
Stan Musial 3,630 2,253 725 177 475 1,377
Babe Ruth 2,873 1,517 506 136 714 1,356
+ BARRY BONDS 2,727 1,377 563 77 702 1,342
Willie Mays 3,283 1,960 523 140 660 1,323
Lou Gehrig 2,721 1,531 534 163 493 1,190
Frank Robinson 2,943 1,757 528 72 586 1,186
Carl Yastrzemski 3,419 2,262 646 59 452 1,157
Rafael Palmeiro 2,914 1,768 569 38 549 1,156
Ty Cobb 4,191 3,052 724 298 117 1,136
Tris Speaker 3,514 2,383 792 222 117 1,131
George Brett 3,154 2,035 665 137 317 1,119
Jimmie Foxx 2,646 1,529 458 125 534 1,117
Ted Williams 2,654 1,537 525 71 521 1,117
Eddie Murray 3,255 2,156 560 35 504 1,099
Dave Winfield 3,110 2,017 540 88 465 1,093
Cal Ripken 3,184 2,106 603 44 431 1,078
Reggie Jackson 2,584 1,509 463 49 563 1,075
Mel Ott 2,876 1,805 488 72 511 1,071
Pete Rose 4,256 3,215 746 135 160 1,041
Andre Dawson 2,774 1,735 503 98 438 1,039
Mike Schmidt 2,234 1,219 408 59 548 1,015
Rogers Hornsby 2,930 1,919 541 169 301 1,011
Ernie Banks 2,583 1,574 407 90 512 1,009
Honus Wagner 3,420 2,424 643 252 101 996
*** EXTRA-BASE HITS - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Extra-Base Hits Bats
1. Hank Aaron HOF 1477
2. Stan Musial HOF 1377
3. Babe Ruth HOF 1356
4.+ BARRY BONDS (40) 1349
5. Willie Mays HOF 1323
6. Rafael Palmeiro 1192
7. Lou Gehrig HOF 1190
8. Frank Robinson HOF 1186
9. Carl Yastrzemski HOF 1157
10. Ty Cobb HOF 1136
11. Tris Speaker HOF 1131
12. George Brett HOF 1119
13. Jimmie Foxx HOF 1117
Ted Williams HOF 1117
15. Eddie Murray HOF 1099
16. Dave Winfield HOF 1093
17. Cal Ripken 1078
18. Reggie Jackson HOF 1075
19. Mel Ott HOF 1071
20. Pete Rose 1041
21. Andre Dawson 1039
22. Mike Schmidt HOF 1015
23. Rogers Hornsby HOF 1011
24. Ernie Banks HOF 1009
25.+ KEN GRIFFEY JR (35) 1002
26. Al Simmons HOF 995
27. Honus Wagner HOF 993
28. Sammy Sosa 987
29. Al Kaline HOF 972
30. Jeff Bagwell 969
31. Tony Perez HOF 963
32. Robin Yount HOF 960
33. Fred McGriff 958
34. Paul Molitor HOF 953
Willie Stargell HOF 953
36. Mickey Mantle HOF 952
37. Billy Williams HOF 948
38. Dwight Evans 941
39. Dave Parker 940
40. Eddie Mathews HOF 938
41. Harold Baines 921
Goose Goslin HOF 921
43. Willie McCovey HOF 920
44.+ CRAIG BIGGIO (39) 916
Larry Walker 916
46. Paul Waner HOF 909
47.+ FRANK THOMAS (37) 906
48. Charlie Gehringer HOF 904
49. Nap Lajoie HOF 903
50. Harmon Killebrew HOF 887
51.+ GARY SHEFFIELD (36) 886
52. Joe Carter 881
Joe DiMaggio HOF 881
54. Harry Heilmann HOF 876
55. Andres Galarraga 875
56.+ LUIS GONZALEZ (37) 874
57. Rickey Henderson 873
58. Vada Pinson 868
59. Sam Crawford HOF 864
60.+ MANNY RAMIREZ (33) 861
61. Joe Medwick HOF 858
62. Duke Snider HOF 850
63.+ JUAN GONZALEZ (35) 847
+ JEFF KENT (37) 847
65. Roberto Clemente HOF 846
66. Carlton Fisk HOF 844
67. Gary Gaetti 842
68. Mark McGwire 841
69. Edgar Martinez 838
Rusty Staub 838
71. Jim Bottomley HOF 835
72.+ STEVE FINLEY (40) 834
Jim Rice 834
74. Al Oliver 825
75. Orlando Cepeda HOF 823
76. Cap Anson HOF 820
77. Brooks Robinson HOF 818
78. Ellis Burks 817
79. Jose Canseco 816
80. Joe Morgan HOF 813
81. Roger Connor HOF 812
82. Johnny Mize HOF 809
83. Ed Delahanty HOF 808
84. Chili Davis 804
85. Joe Cronin HOF 803
86. Jake Beckley HOF 802
87. Roberto Alomar 794
Johnny Bench HOF 794
89.+ ALEX RODRIGUEZ (29) 792
Ruben Sierra 792
91. Albert Belle 791
92. Dale Murphy 787
93. Mickey Vernon 782
94. Hank Greenberg HOF 781
95. Zack Wheat HOF 780
96. Darrell Evans 779
Bob Johnson 779
98. Ted Simmons 778
+ JIM THOME (34) 778
100. Lou Brock HOF 776
Active Leaders for Extra-Base Hits
Rank Player (age) Extra-Base Hits
1. Barry Bonds (40) 1349
2. Rafael Palmeiro (40) 1192
3. Ken Griffey Jr (35) 1002
4. Sammy Sosa (36) 987
5. Jeff Bagwell (37) 969
6. Craig Biggio (39) 916
7. Frank Thomas (37) 906
8. Gary Sheffield (36) 886
9. Luis Gonzalez (37) 874
10. Manny Ramirez (33) 861
11. Juan Gonzalez (35) 847
Jeff Kent (37) 847
13. Steve Finley (40) 834
14. Alex Rodriguez (29) 792
Ruben Sierra (39) 792
16. Jim Thome (34) 778
17. John Olerud (36) 768
18. Carlos Delgado (33) 767
19. Bernie Williams (36) 750
20. Ivan Rodriguez (33) 747
21. Shawn Green (32) 718
22. Jim Edmonds (35) 714
23. Chipper Jones (33) 713
24. Mike Piazza (36) 711
25. Moises Alou (38) 709
26. Vinny Castilla (37) 682
27. B.J. Surhoff 670
28. Todd Helton (31) 668
29. Reggie Sanders (37) 662
30. Garret Anderson (33) 656
1951 Bowman BaseballThis was Bowman's largest set to date, both in the size and the number of cards. Due to the major rookies in this set (led by Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays) the 1951 Bowman set is by far the most valuable of their issues.Card fronts were very similarly to Bowman's 1950 set, so much so that several players 1951 Bowman cards look like larger versions of their 1950 card. Bowman again used hand-painted color reproductions of actual photographs. Cards numbered 243 to 324 (High Numbers) were printed in smaller quantities and are scarcer. This is hte series that features the rookie cards of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays making them even more difficult to obtain. Other notable rookies include Whitey Ford, Monte Irvin, Jackie Jensen and Jim Piersall. TOP ROOKIES: Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays,Whitey Ford, Monte Irvin, Nellie Fox, Joe Garagiola, Jackie Jensen, Jim Piersall .... TOP STARS: Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Bob Feller, Warren Spahn, Duke Snider, Richie Ashburn & MORE !!! |
1974 Topps DECKLE EDGEThis 72-card test issue set was released with a very limited distribution on only the East Coast around Massachusetts making them quite scarce. They were Officially simply called "Topps Baseball Photos" but their serrated or "DECKLED" edge gave them the name they go by today. The 2 7/8" x 5" inch cards were sold in either a 2 card pack with gum or a 3 card pack with no gum for 5 cents.The cards were meant to have the look of the black and white movie star photos from the 1950's and feature a black & white photo with a blue facsimilie autograph on the front. The backs make this very scarce test issue even more interesting ! They feature handwritten script of the player's name, team, position & date and location of the photograph as well as a mock newspaper article on the player's career. This was Topps 2nd "Deckle Edge" issue, their first being their smaller and much more common 1969 Topps Deckle Edge which were inserts in certain series of packs of 1969 Topps cards. Variations of 1974 Topps Deckle Edge do exist, making this issue even more fun and challenging to collect. The backs can be found in either gray or a much scarcer white version. Also, a more limited proof version with non-scalloped edges exists and occasionally can be found.
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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,
Don Hutson, Amos Stagg, Tom Harmon, Ernie Nevers & MORE !!! |
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