WIREPHOTO: Hank Aaron - [04/04/74] 'HR #714 - 1st at-bat of Season'

WOW !!! Great timing. Tying Babe Ruth in his first at-bat of the 1974 season. That's Hall-of-Fame catcher Johnny Bench having a great view.
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WIREPHOTO: Hank Aaron - [04/04/74] 'HR #714 - 1st at-bat of Season' cards value
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Topps Bazooka 1956-1958
Team Felt Patches


Often called Bazooka Joe Emblems, Big League Emblems or Topps Felts, (6) different Bazooka 5-inch team emblem patches were available through a mail-in redemption found in 1956-1958 Topps Baseball cards. The 1958 patches have "My Favorite Team" written around the outer Ring. You sent in a Blony or Bazooka bubble gum wrapper and a SASE to receive your 1958 Major League Team Emblem. The Team Emblems came with a letter signed by Bazooka Joe & Archie.

In 2007 Topps issued a retro set of the 1958 felt patches with a Trademark (TM or "R") following the team name.

Other issues you may be interested in:
1958 Bazooka Felt Baseball Patches (You may be on that page now)
1958 Hires Root Beer Baseball 1958 Topps Baseball

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Vintage 1975 Topps card

1975 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values


The first think you notice about Topps 1975 baseball cards is their very colorful and thinck borders, many say TOO colorful, TOO thick. Anyway, this set doesn't show up on too many best designed baseball card lists.

But what it lacked in design, it made up in other ways. First was the AWESOME ROOKIE cards for Hall-of-Famers George Brett, Robin Yount, Jim Rice, Fred Lynn and Gary Carter.

Then there was the SUPER POPULAR MVP subset. One of my favorite Topps subsets, there were now many great cards picturing players like Mickey Mantle & Willie Mays.

It didn't stop there. There were several Record Breaker cards featuring greats like Hank Aaron & Nolan Ryan. Plus the always loved League Leaders cards and even more .

AND THE BEST PART --- 1975 Topps Minis !!! Yes, a whole new set, exactly the same, but a slightly smaller size !!!

Other issues you may be interested in:
1975 Kellogg's Checklist and Prices
1975 O-Pee-Chee (OPC) Baseball Checklist and Prices
1976 SSPC Baseball Checklist and Prices
Often called 1975 SSPC because 1975 copyright on back, but released in 1976

1974 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.
1975 Topps MINI Baseball card checklist, values and prices.
1975 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.
(You may be on that page now)
1976 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.


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Baseball card collecting terms (part C)

Cabinet Card Were oversized trading cards featuring paintings issued mostly 1910-1915.

Card Show is a gathering of dealers & collectors looking to buy/sell/trade sports cards and memorabilia.

Card Stock is the material a card is printed on. Usually paper-based, today companies play with the card stock and sometimes it appears to be wood or leather or see-thru acrylic ...

Cello Pack is a card pack whose wrapper is see-thru plastic. Usually the top & bottom cards are seen. Unopened cello packs showing major stars and rookies sell for heavy premiums.

Centering is the balance of the borders: top/bottom & left/right. On perfectly-centered cards, top/bottom borders match as do the left/right borders. Centering is presented as a set of numbers & directions and often included with the grade. Perfectly-centered is "50/50 t/b" AND "50/50 l/r". As centering gets worse, one number increases and the other decreases. For example: 90/10 t/b is considered extremely off-center top to bottom. The numbers add up to 100 (50/50, 60/40, 90/10 ...).

Certificate Of Authenticity (COA) A document used to verify legitimacy of a collectible. NOTE: Keep in mind that COA's are easier to fake then autographs.

Common A card of a non-star player is considered a "Common" as opposed to cards of a star players or specialty/subset cards such as league leaders, teams cards, World Series cards...

Condition (Grade) 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.

Crease Defect usually caused by bending the card. Hard to see, or not, a crease lowers the card's grade (VG or lower) and greatly diminishes it's value.

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