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1952 Star Cal Decal - Diana LynnPrice = $ 7.95
In the original wrapper. The Decal is in top NM/MINT to EX/MINT condition. Wrapper is in nice EX/MINT to EX condition. |
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Extended Set - Also frequently called Update Set or Traded Set. Facsimile Autograph - a simulated autograph printed on a card designed to show what the player’s actual signature looks like. These are NOT the player’s "real" autograph. Factory Set - a complete set in a special box and wrapped with a protective covering produced by the manufacturer, usually with a unique seal and sold directly to dealers or card shop owners and not available through the usual retail outlets. Grade - the physical condition assigned to a card, either by a price guide, or through the assessment made by sellers. Graded Card - a card which has been assessed for condition by an independent source and given a ranking, with 10 being the best. The card is then placed in a hermetically-sealed plastic holder with the grade designation and player name, card company, card number, and serial number printed on the encasement.
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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*** 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
1959 Fleer Ted WilliamsTed Williams was one of the greatest hitters ever to play the game ! The 'Splendid Splinter' played from 1939-1942 and 1946-1960 all with the Boston Red Sox. He missed 1943 thru 1945 due to military duty when he was a pilot during the wars. For his career he hit .344 with 521 home runs. Ted Williams was one of the biggest stars baseball has ever seen, and his baseball cards remain very popular and valuable.Ted's rookie card was in 1950 Bowman and he was exclusive with Bowman from 1950 thru 1954. In 1954 he also allowed Topps to make his cards which they did from 1954 thru 1958. In 1959 Fleer signed Ted Williams away from Topps and assumed the star Ted Williams would be retiring, put out an entire 80-card set of cards highlighting Ted Williams and illustrating his life both in and out of baseball. Williams decided late in the fall to resign for another year perhaps damaging the sets impact. Today these cards remain extremely popular with most of the cards in teh set still quite affordable.
There is one very rare card in this set, #68 picturing Ted with Bucky Harris.
UNFORTUNATELY Topps had Bucky Harris under exclusive contract and
Fleer had to quickly halt production of this card making it a significant
SHORT PRINT. Only a few made it out to the public. This card is quite rare,
hardly ever seen and a plain old simple checklist making it the perfect
candidate for counterfeiting. Other interesting cards are those that picture Ted with Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Sam Snead and Jim Thorpe. In addition, cards of Ted fishing or with his airplane are also very popular. |
1970 Chemtoy SuperballsChemtoy and MLB teamed up in 1970 to offer a set of major league baseball player "superballs". The 285 "superball" set has 12 from each AL & NL team except Minn., Chicago and Oakland with 11 and is packed with HALL-OF-FAMERS !!! Each "superball" has the player's photo inside the ball. On the back is the player's name, team name, position and a Chemtoy inventory number.This is one of the more interesting collectibles from the late 1960's, early 1970's and highly sought after by Team and player collectors. |
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