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Q3: Are sports cards valuable ? Like all collectibles, some sports cards increase in value and a few can become very valuable. Determining a card's value is based on a number of factors including the popularity of the player, the card's scarcity, it's condition, and demand among collectors. A card can be scarce but if there's no demand for it, it's value may not be to great. Q: What are some of the ways to collect cards ? There are several different ways to collect cards. For example, you can try to collect all the cards in a given set. Or you can focus on cards of your favorite team or even just your favorite player. Some people only collect Rookie cards while others only collect cards of Hall-of-Famers. Because of the high cost of vintage sports cards today a growingly popular way to collect sportscards is "Type Collecting". "Type Collecting" is collecting just one of each "type" (or different issue) made. To keep costs down, on some of the scarcer more expensive issues you can simply add a less expensive "common" to your collection. While on more common or recent issues you can select your favorite player or a card from your favorite team. No matter how you collect - the key is to have fun ! Baseball, Football, Basketball and Hockey Memorabilia Cards (T8) It's cool to have a card of your favorite player. It's even cooler to have your favorite player's jersey or bat. Well just think how cool it is to have a card of your favorite player embedded with a piece of his bat or jersey that he used in a real major league game !!! That's the concept that Upper Deck dazzled the hobby with in 1996. Ever since the hobby has been in love with Game-Used memorabilia cards and they have become a staple of sportscard collecting. Originally they were very scarce inserts with less than 1 every few boxes. Now these insert cards are so popular that many products include one in every pack. Be sure you visit our Game-Used card section with nearly 1,000 available at discount prices.

***  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

1952 Wheaties Champions In 1952 Wheaties issued this set of cards on the back of their boxes. The 2" x 2-3/4" cards needed to be hand cut from the back of the boxes making high quality samples almost impossible to find. The set featured 30 different champions from a variety of sports in both "Portrait" and "In-Action" poses for a total of 60 different cards. 10 of the 30 athletes are baseball players with football, basketball, golf, bowling, diving and other sports also included. Top players in the set are Ted Williams, Stan Musial, George Mikan, Ben Hogan and Otto Graham.

1977 Topps CLOTH STICKERS One of the few Topps specialty issues of the late 1970's, the set contained 55 cloth stickers of the top players of 1977 along with 18 puzzle cards which joined together to form photos of the 1976 American League or 1976 National League All-Star teams. Very attractive visually, these cloth stickers/cards were a separate Topps test issue and sold in their own packs. Each pack contained 2 stickers and 1 checklist puzzle piece. According to S.C.D., player photos on the front are identical to their 1977 regular cards but the backs are different. The regulation card size 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" stickers have a paper backing which lists the player's career highlights and could easily be removed to allow the cloth to be adhered to a jacket, notebook, etc. TOP STARS: Pete Rose, Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Reggie Jackson, Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Carl Yastrzemski, Johnny Bench, Robin Yount, Lou Brock & more! The 1977 Topps Cloth Stickers set also has a scarcer Mark Fidrych ROOKIE card !!!

HARTLAND STATUES Hartland 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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