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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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*** 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
1962 Topps Baseball BucksAnother Hit Topps Test Issue from the 1960's !!!The 1962 Topps Bucks were one of Topps most creative Test Issues. Each "Buck" resembled U.S. currency and measured 1 3/4" x 4 1/8" but instead of George Washington staring at you, it could be Mickey Mantle !!! A drawing of the player's home park along with a brief write-up also appeared on the front. The backs included team and league logos. The 1962 Topps Bucks test issue was sold in it's own 1 cent wax packs and was not an insert in 1962 Topps wax packs. Most examples exist with a fold line but it should not be overly noticeable. Player selection was great as the set is packed with numerous Hall-of-Famers including MICKEY MANTLE, Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente, Carl Yastrzemski, Stan Musial, Al Kaline, Brooks Robinson, Don Drysdale, Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron and 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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