2000 Upper Deck - DEFINING MOMENTS - Complete Insert Set (10)
With Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan, Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken... Only set found on eBay is asking $49.99.
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Below are short bits & pieces on sportscard & baseball trading card collecting.
Please wander around the website for more info, prices, values & images
on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.
1954 Topps Scoops

1954 Topps Scoops squeezes 1,000 years of history into a sharp (156) card set.
The cards, slightly smaller 2-1/16" x 2-15/16", were released in (2)
(78) card series. Each card had a colorful painting and caption
with date on front. Some were issued with a scratch-off area meant
hiding the headline so some cards are found with and without the
coating.

1954 Scoops covered many major events & people throughout history.
Mostly a non-sports set, many top sports stars like Babe Ruth,
Jesse Owens, Notre Dame's Four Horsemen, Joe Louis, Bob Feller
and Ben Hogan were included.

Backs are similar to a newspaper's front page with newspaper's name,
headline, date & location at top. The set seemed to focus on
disasters like the San Francisco Earthquake, Fire Sweeps Chicago,
Rome Burned, Pompeii Destroyed (#91); and wars: Battleship Maine
Blown Up, Alamo Falls, U.S. Troops Reach France, World War II
Begins, Victory in Europe & Napoleon Loses at Waterloo plus many
other events that shaped the world.
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1954 Topps Scoops
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1974 Topps Stamps Checklist & Values
1974 Topps Stamps set had (240) 1x1-1/2 inch stamps, 10/team.
Issued in 12-stamp panels in diff. combos of rows for
24 DIFFERENT panels in a complete 1974 Topps Stamps PANEL set.

NOTE: Your favorite may be on 2 different panels !!!
Set suffers from HORRIBLE centering and bad perforations.
1969/1974 Topps stamps are very similar except:
1974's oval vs 1969's banner.

1974 Topps Mini-Albums - seen - perhaps not released.
PACKED! Ryan, Aaron, Bench...
With Pete Rose and seldom seen Winfield & Parker rookies.
Click for complete info and listings:
1974 Topps Baseball Stamps
1961 Topps Baseball Stamps
1962 Topps Baseball Stamps
1969 Topps Baseball Stamps
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Auction Regulating Agencies
Today, most auction websites, companies, auction houses and auctioneers
are very reliable.
... but ...
In case you have a problem with your auction website, company, auction house,
or auctioneer, there are agencies out there that can help you.
• National Auctioneers Association ( web: auctioneers.org )
• Better Business Bureau ( web: bbb.org )
• Some states have auctioneer's licensing boards
...check your state's website (examples: ca.gov utah.cov )
My auctions offer not just baseball but also football, basketball, non-sports & comics.
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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.