1995 White Sox - Team Signed/AUTOGRAPHED baseball [#10b] 18 Signatures

Signed by Robin Ventura, Jim Abbott & others on G. Budig OAL ball. Comes with 2008 Hunt's Auction Listing. [#574]
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1959 Fleer Ted Williams baseball cards


1959 Fleer Ted Williams Box This special 80-card set from the Frank H. Fleer Company honors Ted Williams, "The Splendid Splinter." While other companies vied for Topps' exclusive player rights, Fleer successfully secured Ted Williams, who, nearing the end of his career, remained one of the best and most popular players.

"Teddy Ballgame" had a remarkable career, and the set captures many of his highlights, including his two Triple Crowns. He is still the last hitter to reach the .400 mark! Several popular cards feature Ted with other stars, including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, football star Jim Thorpe, and golfer Sam Snead.

1959 Fleer Ted Williams Box Of particular note is Card #68, "Ted Signs for 1959," which pictures him signing his contract. The photo also included Red Sox GM Bucky Harris, who was under one of those exclusive deals with Topps at the time. This led to the card being pulled, making it extremely scarce. Unfortunately, reprints of the card surfaced in the 1970s. This is widely considered the first baseball card to be reprinted/counterfeited. Interestingly, the counterfeits were allowed to remain on the market, so caution is advised when dealing with this card.

1959 Fleer Ted Williams w/Ruth Cards were sold in both six-card and eight-card wax packs. For some reason, the scarcer 8-card packs contained no gum. 1959 Fleer Ted Williams w/Babe Ruth
 

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Other baseball issues from Fleer:
1960 Fleer Baseball Greats
1961 Fleer Baseball Greats
1963 Fleer Baseball

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Team Autographed/Signed Baseballs Values


Team balls of Pennant winners and World Series Champions are highly desirable and increase values.

*** 2000-2024 WORLD SERIES results ***

2024	Dodgers    Yankees      4-1
2023	Rangers    Diamondbacks 4-1
2022	Astros     Phillies     4-2
2021	Braves     Astros       4-2
2020	Dodgers    Devil Rays   4-2
2019	Washington Astros       4-3
2018	Red Sox	   Dodgers      4-1
2017	Astros	   Dodgers      4-3
2016	Cubs       Indians      4-3
2015	Royals     Mets         4-1
2014	Giants     Royals       4-3
2013	Red Sox    Cardinals    4-2
2012	Giants     Tigers       4-0
2011	Cardinals  Rangers      4-3
2010	Giants     Rangers      4-1
2009	Yankees    Phillies     4-2
2008	Phillies   Devil Rays   4-1
2007	Red Sox    Rockies      4-0
2006	Cardinals  Tigers       4-1
2005	White Sox  Astros       4-0
2004	Red Sox    Cardinals    4-0
2003	Marlins	   Yankees      4-2
2002	Angels     Giants       4-3
2001	Diamondbacks Yankees    4-3
2000	Yankees    Mets         4-1
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History Of O-Pee-Chee

O-Pee-Chee (OPC) based in Ontario Canada, is mostly thought of as the Canadian version of Topps but it actually pre-dates Topps by many years.

In 1933, OPC issued their first sports card set, the V304 Hockey cards and is currently in the tens of thousands. Their first baseball set was issued in 1937. It was similar to the 1934 Goudeys and Batter-Ups and the top player was Joe Dimaggio.

O-Pee-Chee created baseball card sets similar to TOpps from 1965 into the 1990's. At first OPC sets were much smaller than Topps and included just the first few series. Fronts & backs were nearly identical but with a small "Printed in Canada" on the back and the card stock was slightly different.

Baseball being much less popular in Canada, OPC print runs of their early years were between 1% and 10% of Topps making them exceedingly scarce !!!

Starting in 1970, Canadian legislation demanded all items produced in Canada carry both French & English so OPC baseball cards became bilingual with both languages included.
Other OPC differences include:
1971, OPC even changed the back design to a much more interesting back and also offered 14 different card photos not in the Topps set.
1972 OPC included a card of Gil Hodges mentioning his death that was not a part of the Topps set.
1974 OPC did not include any "Washington Nationals" variations.
1977 the card format remained like Topps but almost 1/3 of the OPC set had different poses/images than Topps.
In late 1970's, OPC card fronts appeared similar to Topps but sometimes included traded information saying "Now with XXXX". They were able to do this as the OPC cards were printed much later into the season.

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