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1952 Star Cal Decal - Jeff ChandlerPrice = $ 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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(part 4) Test Issue - a preliminary offering issued as a test to see if a product would be accepted by collectors. Tobacco Card - typically from the early 1900s, these were cards issued with tobacco products. The most famous of which is the "T-206" Honus Wagner card. Traded/Update Set - a set issued after the original issue primarily featuring rookies or players who were traded since the original issue came out. Trimmed Card - a card reduced in size from when it was issued, usually to hide an imperfection such as damaged edges or corners. Trimmed cards usually have very little value but in some cases such as the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, even trimmed cards can go for thousands of dollars. The most famous 'trimmed' card to date is the T206 Honus Wagner purchased by Wayne Gretzky. The card was actually too large and was trimmed down to it's proper size. Unauthorized Issue - a card release which is not licensed by a league, a player’s association, or by a player. Variation - a card that was printed by the manufacturer in two or more different ways. Wax - a universal collecting term for factory-sealed packs or boxes. The term "wax" most often refers to sealed material that was originally released in the early 1990’s or back -- a time when packs were wrapped and sealed in wax paper wrappers. It can casually reference modern era packs or boxes that no longer use actual wax paper.
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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*** HITS - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Hits
1. Pete Rose 4256
2. Ty Cobb HOF 4189
3. Hank Aaron HOF 3771
4. Stan Musial HOF 3630
5. Tris Speaker HOF 3514
6. Carl Yastrzemski HOF 3419
7. Cap Anson HOF 3418
8. Honus Wagner HOF 3415
9. Paul Molitor HOF 3319
10. Eddie Collins HOF 3315
11. Willie Mays HOF 3283
12. Eddie Murray HOF 3255
13. Nap Lajoie HOF 3242
14. Cal Ripken 3184
15. George Brett HOF 3154
16. Paul Waner HOF 3152
17. Robin Yount HOF 3142
18. Tony Gwynn 3141
19. Dave Winfield HOF 3110
20. Rickey Henderson 3055
21. Rod Carew HOF 3053
22. Lou Brock HOF 3023
23. Rafael Palmeiro 3020
24. Wade Boggs HOF 3010
25. Al Kaline HOF 3007
26. Roberto Clemente HOF 3000
27. Sam Rice HOF 2987
28. Sam Crawford HOF 2961
29. Frank Robinson HOF 2943
30. Willie Keeler HOF 2932
31. Jake Beckley HOF 2930
Rogers Hornsby HOF 2930
33. Al Simmons HOF 2927
34. Zack Wheat HOF 2884
35. Frankie Frisch HOF 2880
36. Mel Ott HOF 2876
37. Babe Ruth HOF 2873
38. Harold Baines 2866
39. Jesse Burkett HOF 2850
40. Brooks Robinson HOF 2848
41. Charlie Gehringer HOF 2839
42. George Sisler HOF 2812
43.+ CRAIG BIGGIO (39) 2795
44. Andre Dawson 2774
45. Vada Pinson 2757
46. Luke Appling HOF 2749
47. Al Oliver 2743
48.+ BARRY BONDS (40) 2742
49. Goose Goslin HOF 2735
50. Tony Perez HOF 2732
51. Roberto Alomar 2724
52. Lou Gehrig HOF 2721
53. Rusty Staub 2716
54. Bill Buckner 2715
55. Dave Parker 2712
56. Billy Williams HOF 2711
57. Doc Cramer 2705
58. Luis Aparicio HOF 2677
59. Fred Clarke HOF 2672
60. Max Carey HOF 2665
61. Nellie Fox HOF 2663
62. George Davis HOF 2660
Harry Heilmann HOF 2660
64. Ted Williams HOF 2654
65. Jimmie Foxx HOF 2646
66. Lave Cross 2645
67. Jim O'Rourke HOF 2643
68. Rabbit Maranville HOF 2605
Tim Raines 2605
70. Steve Garvey 2599
71. Ed Delahanty HOF 2596
72. Reggie Jackson HOF 2584
73. Ernie Banks HOF 2583
74. Richie Ashburn HOF 2574
75. Willie Davis 2561
76. George Van Haltren 2532
77. Heinie Manush HOF 2524
78.+ JULIO FRANCO (46) 2521
79. Joe Morgan HOF 2517
80. Buddy Bell 2514
81. Jimmy Ryan 2502
82. Mickey Vernon 2495
83. Fred McGriff 2490
84. Ted Simmons 2472
85. Joe Medwick HOF 2471
86. Roger Connor HOF 2467
87. Harry Hooper HOF 2466
88. Ozzie Smith HOF 2460
89. Lloyd Waner HOF 2459
90. Bill Dahlen 2457
91. Jim Rice 2452
92. Red Schoendienst HOF 2449
93. Dwight Evans 2446
94. Mark Grace 2445
95.+ STEVE FINLEY (40) 2426
96. Pie Traynor HOF 2416
97. Mickey Mantle HOF 2415
98. Stuffy McInnis 2405
99. Ryne Sandberg HOF 2386
100. Enos Slaughter HOF 2383
*** HITS - Active ***
Rank Player (age) Hits
1. Rafael Palmeiro (40) 3020
2. Craig Biggio (39) 2795
3. Barry Bonds (40) 2742
4. Julio Franco (46) 2521
5. Steve Finley (40) 2426
6. Gary Sheffield (36) 2345
7. B.J. Surhoff 2326
8. Jeff Bagwell (37) 2314
9. Ken Griffey (35) 2304
Sammy Sosa (36) 2304
11. Omar Vizquel (38) 2301
12. John Olerud (36) 2239
13. Bernie Williams (36) 2218
14. Luis Gonzalez (37) 2214
15. Ivan Rodriguez (33) 2190
16. Ruben Sierra (39) 2147
17. Kenny Lofton (38) 2142
18. Frank Thomas (37) 2136
19. Jeff Kent (37) 2070
20. Juan Gonzalez (35) 1936
Derek Jeter (31) 1936
22. Garret Anderson (33) 1929
Mike Piazza (36) 1929
24. Manny Ramirez (33) 1922
25. Moises Alou (38) 1901
Alex Rodriguez (29) 1901
27. Robin Ventura (37) 1885
28. Benito Santiago (40) 1830
29. Vinny Castilla (37) 1821
30. Chipper Jones (33) 1811
1955 Topps Double-Headers (Doubleheaders)Without a doubt this is my favorite set - PERIOD. Regular issue, test issues, inserts ... whatever ... this is # 1 !!!Patterned after the famous Mecca Double Folders issued in the early 1900's, these colorful 2 1/16" x 4 7/8" cards are actually 2-cards-in-1! They are perforated in the center and depending on which way you fold the card you create cards of 2 different players. Unperforated 1955 Topps Doubleheaders can sometimes be found. The 1955 Topps Doubleheaders set has been featured in many hobby magazines often with a full color spread showing how the individual cards fit together to form a spectacular stadium scene !!!
All 132 players (66 cards) in the 1955 Topps DoubleHeaders set were also in Topps regular 1955 issue. No doubt about it - the best !!! |
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. |
1952,1953,1954,1955 Red Man TOBACCORed Man Tobacco issued baseball cards in 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955, making them the only tobacco company to do so since 1920. The cards are very attractive with a large, painted portrait and a short player's bio on the front. On the back is company advertising. 1/2" tabs at the bottom of each card could be exchanged for a prize. The exchange rate was 50 tabs for one free Big League style baseball cap. Thus, cards with the tabs still intact are much, much, harder to find making them more valuable.Without the tabs it is difficult to determine which year certain players were issued. It is usually easiest to determine the year by looking at the expiration date on the back. Subtract 1 from the expiration year to determine the year of the card. Each set is made up of 25 players from each league all personally selected by Editor J.G. Taylor Spink of the "Sporting News". Managers from each league were included in the 1952 and 1953 sets. The 1954 set had four different variations. That brings the total to only 208 cards to complete your Master Red Man Tobacco Baseball Card Set !!! Start collecting now ! |
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