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1978-79 Topps Basketball #..1 Bill Walton (Portland Trail Blazers)Price = $ 7.95NM/MINT
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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.
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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*** TRIPLES - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Triples
1. Sam Crawford HOF 309
2. Ty Cobb HOF 295
3. Honus Wagner HOF 252
4. Jake Beckley HOF 243
5. Roger Connor HOF 233
6. Tris Speaker HOF 222
7. Fred Clarke HOF 220
8. Dan Brouthers HOF 205
9. Joe Kelley HOF 194
10. Paul Waner HOF 191
11. Bid McPhee HOF 188
12. Eddie Collins HOF 187
13. Ed Delahanty HOF 185
14. Sam Rice HOF 184
15. Jesse Burkett HOF 182
Ed Konetchy 182
Edd Roush HOF 182
18. Buck Ewing HOF 178
19. Rabbit Maranville HOF 177
Stan Musial HOF 177
21. Harry Stovey 174
22. Goose Goslin HOF 173
23. Tommy Leach 172
Zack Wheat HOF 172
25. Rogers Hornsby HOF 169
26. Joe Jackson 168
27. Roberto Clemente HOF 166
Sherry Magee 166
29. Jake Daubert 165
30. Elmer Flick HOF 164
George Sisler HOF 164
Pie Traynor HOF 164
33. Bill Dahlen 163
George Davis HOF 163
Lou Gehrig HOF 163
Nap Lajoie HOF 163
37. Mike Tiernan 162
38. George Van Haltren 161
39. Harry Hooper HOF 160
Heinie Manush HOF 160
Sam Thompson HOF 160
42. Max Carey HOF 159
Joe Judge 159
44. Ed McKean 158
45. Kiki Cuyler HOF 157
Jimmy Ryan 157
47. Tommy Corcoran 155
48. Earle Combs HOF 154
49. Jim Bottomley HOF 151
Harry Heilmann HOF 151
Jim O'Rourke HOF 151
52. Kip Selbach 149
Al Simmons HOF 149
54. Wally Pipp 148
Enos Slaughter HOF 148
56. Bobby Veach 147
Willie Wilson 147
58. Charlie Gehringer HOF 146
59. Harry Davis 145
Willie Keeler HOF 145
61. Bobby Wallace HOF 143
62. Cap Anson HOF 142
63. Lou Brock HOF 141
64. Willie Mays HOF 140
65. John Reilly 139
Jimmy Williams 139
67. Tom Brown 138
Willie Davis 138
Frankie Frisch HOF 138
70. George Brett HOF 137
71. Babe Ruth HOF 136
Jimmy Sheckard 136
Elmer Smith 136
74. Lave Cross 135
Pete Rose 135
76. Shano Collins 133
77. George Wood 132
78. Brett Butler 131
Joe DiMaggio HOF 131
Buck Freeman 131
81. Buddy Myer 130
82. Oyster Burns 129
Larry Gardner 129
84. Earl Averill HOF 128
Arky Vaughan HOF 128
86. Vada Pinson 127
87. Hardy Richardson 126
Robin Yount HOF 126
89. Jimmie Foxx HOF 125
90. John Anderson 124
Hal Chase 124
Frank Schulte 124
93. Larry Doyle 123
Duke Farrell 123
95. Dummy Hoy 121
96. Mickey Vernon 120
97. Hugh Duffy HOF 119
Fred Pfeffer 119
99. Joe Cronin HOF 118
Chick Stahl 118
Lloyd Waner HOF 118
*** TRIPLES - Active Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Triples
1. Steve Finley (40) 112
2. Kenny Lofton (38) 98
3. Johnny Damon (31) 80
4. Barry Bonds (40) 77
5. Jose Offerman (36) 72
6. Ray Durham (33) 70
7. Cristian Guzman (27) 67
8. Luis Gonzalez (37) 63
9. Neifi Perez (32) 60
10. Reggie Sanders (37) 59
Ruben Sierra (39) 59
Tony Womack (35) 59
13. Omar Vizquel (38) 58
14. Bernie Williams (36) 55
15. Carlos Beltran (28) 54
Royce Clayton (35) 54
Julio Franco (46) 54
Ray Lankford (38) 54
19. Craig Biggio (39) 52
Jimmy Rollins (26) 52
21. Nomar Garciaparra (31) 50
22. Carl Crawford (23) 49
Raul Mondesi (34) 49
Michael Tucker (34) 49
Fernando Vina (36) 49
26. Juan Pierre (27) 48
27. Brian Giles (34) 47
Derek Jeter (31) 47
Mark McLemore (40) 47
Jose Vizcaino (37) 47
1963 Topps StickersAnother of the interesting Topps Issues of the 1960's !Topps inserted these Stick-Ons (stickers) in several of series of their 1963 Topps baseball cards. Interestingly, the Stick-On inserts were not mentioned or advertised on wax pack wrappers in 1963. The complete 1963 Topps Stick-Ons set is packed with HALL-OF-FAMERS and contains 46 stickers measuring 1-1/4" x 2-3/4". The Stick-Ons come in 2 distinct variations. They can be found either with blank-backs or the scarcer variation with instructions printed on the back. The Stick-Ons have with an approx. 3/16" "white" band running left to right across the mug shot. This band appears to be lighter than the printing above and below it. Theory is that it is an aging effect caused by the backing strip. TOP STARS: Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Stan Musial, Al Kaline, Carl Yastrzemski, Ernie Banks and tons MORE !!! |
1951 O-Pee-Chee BaseballAlso know as OPC or Topps Canada, the 1971 set is an interesting set to collect and is really very different than its Topps Counterpart for a number of reasons:OPC changed approx. 20 cards including the introduction of some of the earliest "traded" cards and added more Expo player cards at the expense of #202 "Reds Celebrate" and #289 "White Sox Team". The first four series had different card backs that included French translations - this resetting of the type created several uncorrected errors including ERA’s that look like Batting Averages and Vice-Versa. This set is legendary for its short print run (5% - 10% of Topps’ Production). Anyone who has tried to collect older OPC will attest to the fact that they are hard to find, even in Canada. TOP ROOKIE: Steve Garvey TOP STARS: Nolan Ryan, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Pete Rose, Ted Williams & MORE !!! |
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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