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 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 !
Modern Sports Cards (T2)The drop in production from World War I was compounded by the Black Sox scandal and cards were not produced in significant quantities for over a decade. In the 1930s, baseball cards finally began to reappear with candy products. Beginning in 1933, Goudey, a chewing gum company, began producing cards. Gum became the product associated with baseball cards. Goudey produced larger sets of cards than usual and a boon to collector's they numbered them ! For the next several years, Goudey released new sets of cards to coincide with the baseball season. Again a World War (II) curtailed baseball card production. Bowman Gum Company resurrected baseball cards in 1948 soon to be followed by another bubblegum company, Topps. The two competed not only for consumers but also for rights to baseball players with each trying to sign players to exclusive contracts. In 1956 Topps bought out Bowman and enjoyed a relative monopoly for decades. While Topps was dominant nationally, various regionally-produced sets, usually on or in packages of foods. Post Cereal and Jello printed baseball cards on the backs of their boxes from 1961 to 1963 in both U.S. and Canada. In 1962 Post also produced a football card set featuring players from the two countries in each respective country. Fleer and Donruss ended Topps baseball card monopoly in 1981. Topps sued both but the courts ruled that Topps' exclusive rights only applied to sports cards sold with gum. Score in 1988 and Upper Deck in 1989 joined the market. In 1989 Topps reintroduced tje Bowman brand. The baseball card hobby quickly became saturated with cards. The baseball player's strike in 1994 started a rapid decline in interest. Baseball card companies, trying to remain profitable, started introducing improvements in card quality and also measures to prevent counterfeiting. They released many different brands of cards as well as rare and unique cards. Now baseball cards have come full circle and in 2006 there are only two companies marketing and selling baseball cards: Topps and Upper Deck. Fleer went bankrupt and Donruss lost their license. Upper Deck did buy Fleer and began issuing Fleer brand again.
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*** DOUBLES - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Doubles
1. Tris Speaker HOF 792
2. Pete Rose 746
3. Stan Musial HOF 725
4. Ty Cobb HOF 724
5. George Brett HOF 665
6. Nap Lajoie HOF 657
7. Carl Yastrzemski HOF 646
8. Honus Wagner HOF 640
9. Hank Aaron HOF 624
10. Paul Molitor HOF 605
Paul Waner HOF 605
12.+ CRAIG BIGGIO (39) 604
13. Cal Ripken 603
14. Rafael Palmeiro 585
15. Robin Yount HOF 583
16. Cap Anson HOF 581
17. Wade Boggs HOF 578
18. Charlie Gehringer HOF 574
19.+ BARRY BONDS (40) 564
20. Eddie Murray HOF 560
21. Tony Gwynn 543
22. Harry Heilmann HOF 542
23. Rogers Hornsby HOF 541
24. Joe Medwick HOF 540
Dave Winfield HOF 540
26. Al Simmons HOF 539
27. Lou Gehrig HOF 534
28. Al Oliver 529
29. Frank Robinson HOF 528
30. Dave Parker 526
31. Ted Williams HOF 525
32. Willie Mays HOF 523
33. Ed Delahanty HOF 522
34. Joe Cronin HOF 515
35. Edgar Martinez 514
36. Mark Grace 511
37. Rickey Henderson 510
38. Babe Ruth HOF 506
39. Tony Perez HOF 505
40. Roberto Alomar 504
41. Andre Dawson 503
42. Goose Goslin HOF 500
John Olerud 500
44. Rusty Staub 499
45. Bill Buckner 498
Al Kaline HOF 498
Sam Rice HOF 498
48.+ LUIS GONZALEZ (37) 495
49. Heinie Manush HOF 491
50. Mickey Vernon 490
51. Jeff Bagwell 488
Harold Baines 488
Mel Ott HOF 488
54. Lou Brock HOF 486
Billy Herman HOF 486
56. Vada Pinson 485
57. Hal McRae 484
58. Dwight Evans 483
Ted Simmons 483
60. Brooks Robinson HOF 482
61. Zack Wheat HOF 476
62.+ JEFF KENT (37) 474
63. Jake Beckley HOF 473
64. Larry Walker 471
65. Frankie Frisch HOF 466
66. Jim Bottomley HOF 465
Jim O'Rourke HOF 465
68. Reggie Jackson HOF 463
69. Dan Brouthers HOF 460
70. Sam Crawford HOF 458
Jimmie Foxx HOF 458
72. Jimmie Dykes 453
73. George Davis HOF 451
Paul O'Neill 451
Jimmy Ryan 451
76. Joe Morgan HOF 449
77.+ FRANK THOMAS (37) 447
78. Rod Carew HOF 445
+ IVAN RODRIGUEZ (33) 445
80. George Burns 444
Andres Galarraga 444
82. Gary Gaetti 443
83. Dick Bartell 442
Don Mattingly 442
85. Roger Connor HOF 441
Barry Larkin 441
Fred McGriff 441
88. Luke Appling HOF 440
Will Clark 440
Roberto Clemente HOF 440
Steve Garvey 440
B.J. Surhoff 440
93. Eddie Collins HOF 438
94. Cesar Cedeno 436
Joe Sewell HOF 436
96. Wally Moses 435
97. Billy Williams HOF 434
98. Joe Judge 433
99. Joe Carter 432
Tim Wallach 432
*** DOUBLES - Active Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Doubles
1. Craig Biggio (39) 604
2. Rafael Palmeiro (40) 585
3. Barry Bonds (40) 564
4. John Olerud (36) 500
5. Luis Gonzalez (37) 495
6. Jeff Bagwell (37) 488
7. Jeff Kent (37) 474
8. Frank Thomas (37) 447
9. Ivan Rodriguez (33) 445
10. B.J. Surhoff (40) 440
11. Ken Griffey (35) 430
12. Ruben Sierra (39) 427
13. Steve Finley (40) 425
14. Bernie Williams (36) 420
15. Gary Sheffield (36) 413
16. Manny Ramirez (33) 411
17. Garret Anderson (33) 403
18. Julio Franco (46) 394
19. Juan Gonzalez (35) 388
20. Carlos Delgado (33) 384
Shawn Green (32) 384
22. Omar Vizquel (38) 376
23. Moises Alou (38) 375
24. Todd Helton (31) 373
25. Bret Boone (36) 366
26. Jim Edmonds (35) 362
27. Ray Lankford (38) 356
28. Chipper Jones (33) 355
Sammy Sosa (36) 355
30. Ray Durham (33) 354
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 !!! |
1969 Topps StampsThis was Topps 3rd stamp issue in the last eight years and it was a good one !!! The stamps were not inserts but a totally separate issue . For a nickel you got a strip of twelve stamps plus a mini album. The 1969 Topps Stamps complete set contains 240 stamps. The 1 x 1-7/16 inch stamps were unnumbered and featured a color photo with the player's name, team and position inside a colored banner at the bottom of the stamp. The stamps were released in both vertical and horizontal strips of 12 stamps. The 1969 Topps Stamps are often confused with Topps' 1974 issue. The 1974 Topps Stamps have ovals rather than banners at the bottom and were released only in 12-stamp horizontal panels.Along with the stamps, Topps also issued a set of 24 albums, one per team, to store them in. The 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" orange albums were the same size as a baseball card and held a complete 10-stamp team set. To add even more collecting fun, the album's back cover had facsimile autographs of the ten players shown in the album. The 1969 Topps Stamps set is packed with stars like Pete Rose along with tons of Hall-of-Famers including MICKEY MANTLE, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente & many, many more !!! |
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