Ken Griffey Jr - 1996 Seven-Time All-Star JUMBO Commemorative card [#/2500]

Beautiful 3x5 Jumbo Die-Cut card with Silver-Foil treatment. Serially numbered and LIMITED to ONLY 2,500 MADE !!! With large silver foil facsimile autograph !

Grade	NEAR MINT to NM/MINT
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Ken Griffey Jr - 1996 Seven-Time All-Star JUMBO Commemorative card [#/2500] cards value

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1948-1949 Leaf Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

... Babe Ruth ... Joe DiMaggio ... Honus Wagner ... Jackie Robinson ...
... Ted Williams ... Stan Musial ... Satchel Paige ... Warren Spahn ...

Man was the 1948-1949 Leaf baseball set PACKED !!! The set was small in numbers and size with only (98) 2-3/8" by 2-7/8" cards. With only 98 cards, the set was "skip-numbered" with card numbers from 1 thru 168. Likely an attempt to force collectors to keep buying packs looking for their missing cards. (49) cards are considered "Short Prints" and there is one variation card #136: Full Sleeve/Short Sleeve (error)

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1981 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

For the first time in many years, Topps had to share the baseball card market with others. Donruss and Fleer re-entered the market with their own 1981 sets. When collector's heard they were thrilled but when they saw the Donruss and Fleer cards, there were many sighs of disappointment.
1981 will always be remembered for "FERNANDO MANIA" !!!
Fernando did not make the Hall-of-Fame and he even had to share his rookie card with another player, but he had more impact during the 1981 season then anyone.
Other rookies included Hall-of-Famers Tim Raines and Harold Baines. Kirk Gibson's rookie is also here. Not a Hall-of-Famer, but who can forget his home run off the then unhittable Dennis Eckersley ?

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1981 O-Pee-Chee (OPC) Baseball Checklist and Prices

1980 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.
1981 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.
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1982 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.

Baseball card collecting terms (part D-F)

Die-Cut A special card that differs from a basic card by "Die-Cutting", cutting away portions of the card to create a special design. Most are serially numbered & limited.

Error Card Baseball card history is filled with error cards, many of them very interesting. Hank Aaron is on 2 of my favorite error cards. Aaron's 1956 Topps card action photo shows Aaron sliding home but it is actually Willie Mays not Aaron. Topps again goofed on Aaron's 1957 "reversed negative" card showing Aaron batting left-handed.

"Error Cards" are usually found early in print runs and often corrected. When this correction happens a VARIATION is created. Some variations are extremely interesting and very expensive while others are totally boring and you wonder why they were even made.

Extended Set Also frequently called Update Set or Traded Set.
They are sets issued after the original release to update the regular set with new and traded players.

Facsimile Autograph is an autograph printed on a card to show what the player's actual signature looks like. They are not "real" autographs.

Factory Set are complete sets usually in special boxes produced by the manufacturer. "Hand-Collated Sets" are sets collectors have put together card by card from packs.

Ken Griffey Jr - 1996 Seven-Time All-Star JUMBO Commemorative card [#/2500]

1948-1949 Leaf Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1981 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1948-1949 Leaf Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

1981 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values