1992/1993 Amoco/Coca-Cola & Action Packed - Starter Set/Lot of (26) diff.

Mixture of Amoco/Coca-Cola and Action Packed: With WILLIE MAYS, Warren Spahn, Yogi Berra, Al Kaline, Willie Stargell...

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1992/1993 Amoco/Coca-Cola & Action Packed - Starter Set/Lot of (26) diff. cards value

Below are short bits & pieces on sportscard & baseball trading card collecting.
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on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.

1981 Donruss Baseball

Collector's were excited when they heard Donruss was entering the baseball card market. Excitement turned to disappointment once they saw the cards. They were awful ! Print on very cheap, weak card stock with were un-inspiring images.
TOP ROOKIES: Hall-of-Famers Tim Raines and Harold Baines.
Who will ever forget "Fernando Mania" ???
Apparently Donruss ...
WIth no Fernando rookie card in the Donruss set, the Topps and Fleer sets (with Fernando) became nuch more desirable. Fernando Valenzuela is NOT in the Hall-of-Fame, but he was 100% the most popular player of 1981.
Another rookie of note was Danny Ainge who later became a NBA basketball player with the Boston Celtics.
Click for complete 1981 Donruss Baseball Checklist, Values & Info
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1966 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

Like most Topps sets of the '60s, their 1960 set had it's share of Hall-of-Famer rookie cards with Fergie Jenkins, Jim Palmer & Don Sutton.
The very scarce high numbers, many being even scarce short prints, make completing this set a challenge for collectors.

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1967 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.

Baseball card collecting terms (part G)

Grade/Condition Centering, corner wear, photo clarity, edges, creases, print flaws ... all combine to determine a card's condition or grade. Along with rarity/scarcity it is the major factor in a card's value.

Graded Card As values increased the condition of cards and the determination of fakes and alterations became increasingly more important. Various companies became "graders" of your cards. For a fee they would grade your card (usually on a 1 to 10 scale) and then placed in a sealed plastic holder with labelling of the vital information.

From past experiences, most people are NOT HAPPY with the grades they receive. To keep values up, graders can be extremely picky. Things you don't see, they do so don't be surprized when the NEAR MINT card you send in ends up with an EX or EX/MINT grade.

There are TOO many grading companies - if you do, do choose carefully. PSA / SGC / GAI / BGS are some of the many companies. It is good to know that getting a card graded by a company that people do not recognize or respect will usually just cost you time and money and not help you in any way.

1992/1993 Amoco/Coca-Cola & Action Packed - Starter Set/Lot of (26) diff.

1981 Donruss Baseball

1966 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1966 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values