1977-78 Topps Basketball #126 Bobby Smith AUTOGRAPHED (Cavaliers)

Grade	NM/MINT to EX/MINT
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1977-78 Topps Basketball #126 Bobby Smith AUTOGRAPHED (Cavaliers) Basketball cards value

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Team Autographed/Signed Baseballs
1903-1949 WORLD SERIES

Pennant Winners and World Series Champions balls are highly desirable and increase their value.

*** 1903-1949 WORLD SERIES results ***

1949      Yankees     Dodgers    4-1
1948      Indians     Braves     4-2
1947      Yankees     Dodgers    4-3
1946      Cardinals   Red Sox    4-3
1945      Tigers      Cubs       4-3
1944      Cardinals   Browns     4-2
1943      Yankees     Cardinals  4-1
1942      Cardinals   Yankees    4-1
1941      Yankees     Dodgers    4-1
1940      Reds        Tigers     4-3
1939      Yankees     Reds       4-0
1938      Yankees     Cubs       4-0
1937      Yankees     Giants     4-1
1936      Yankees     Giants     4-2
1935      Tigers      Cubs       4-2
1934      Cardinals   Tigers     4-3
1933      Giants      Senators   4-1
1932      Yankees     Cubs       4-0
1931      Cardinals   Athletics  4-3
1930      Athletics   Cardinals  4-2
1929      Athletics   Cubs       4-1
1928      Yankees     Cardinals  4-0
1927      Yankees     Pirates    4-0
1926      Cardinals   Yankees    4-3
1925      Pirates     Senators   4-3
1924      Senators    Giants     4-3
1923      Yankees     Giants     4-2
1922      Giants      Yankees    4-0
1921      Giants      Yankees    5-3
1920      Indians     Robins     5-2
1919      Reds        White Sox  5-3
1918      Red Sox     Cubs       4-2
1917      White Sox   Giants     4-2
1916      Red Sox     Robins     4-1
1915      Red Sox     Phillies   4-1
1914      Braves      Athletics  4-0
1913      Athletics   Giants     4-1
1912      Red Sox     Giants     4-3
1911      Athletics   Giants     4-2
1910      Athletics   Cubs       4-1
1909      Pirates     Tigers     4-3
1908      Cubs        Tigers     4-1
1907      Cubs        Tigers     4-0
1906      White Sox   Cubs       4-2
1905      Giants      Athletics  4-1
1903      Americans   Pirates    5-3

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Authentic Major League SIGNED
Game-Used LINEUP Cards (PSA)

These are the official lineup cards SIGNED BY THE MANAGER & given to the home plate umpire before the game with the team's line-up & batting order !!! Making them even neater, often managers made lineup changes on these cards throughout the game. These official lineup cards were SIGNED BY THE MANAGER and presented to the home plate umpire before the game. They detailed the team's lineup and batting order. Managers often made lineup changes on these cards throughout the game, making them even more unique.
Collectors say "They are official documents of a particular game, so they are absolutely historically relevant. The manager, he was the general in the war. Imagine owning Eisenhower's list of who he wanted to go into battle, and then he signed it !!! Imagine what that would be worth?"
The first dugout lineup cards were seen around 1960. Along with lineup cards, most ended up in the trash after games, making them quite rare today. MLB saw the light and started marketing them directly in the 2000's.
Astronomical prices have been paid for cards from special games.
$165,010 for the Red Sox dugout lineup card from Game 4 of the 2004 World Series.
$138,000 in 2007 for 1st ever All-Star Game batting order cards.
$ 40,000 for batting order cards and the pen used to fill them out from Cal Ripken's 2,130th & 2,131st games.
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Tobacco Cards

Starting approximately in 1886, sportscards, mostly baseball cards, were often included with tobacco products, for promotional purposes and also because the card reinforced the packaging and protected cigarettes from damage. These sports cards are referred to as tobacco cards in the baseball card hobby. Over the next few years many different companies produced baseball cards. Tobacco cards soon started to disappear as the American Tobacco Company tried to develop a monopoly by buying out other companies.

They were reintroduced in the 1900s, as American Tobacco came under pressure from antitrust action and Turkish competition. The most famous and most expensive, baseball card is the rare T206 Honus Wagner. The card exists in very limited quantities compared to others of its type because Wagner forced the card to be removed from printing. It is widely (and incorrectly) believed that Wagner did so because he refused to promote tobacco, but the true explanation lies in a dispute over compensation.

Soon other companies also began producing baseball and football cards. Sports magazines such as The Sporting News were early entries to the market. Candy manufacturers soon joined the fray and reflected a shift toward a younger target audience for cards. Caramel companies were particularly active and baseball cards were one of the first prizes to be included in Cracker Jacks. World War I soon suppressed baseball card production.

1977-78 Topps Basketball #126 Bobby Smith AUTOGRAPHED (Cavaliers)

Team Autographed/Signed Baseballs 1903-1949 WORLD SERIES

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Authentic Major League SIGNED Game-Used LINEUP Cards (PSA)

Team Autographed/Signed Baseballs
1903-1949 WORLD SERIES

Authentic Major League SIGNED
Game-Used LINEUP Cards (PSA)