1952 Topps #284 Hank Arft SHORT PRINT (St. Louis Browns)
Book Value |
$ 60 |
Our Price |
n/a
Out of stock
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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.
Michael Jordan's Best Basketball Cards
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1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan RC #57
1996 SPx Michael Jordan Autograph
1996-97 E-X2000 A Cut Above Michael Jordan #5
1996-97 Flair Showcase Legacy Collection Row 2 Michael Jordan #23 #/150
1996-97 Metal Net-Rageous Michael Jordan #5
1997-98 E-X2001 Jambalaya Michael Jordan #6
1997-98 Fleer Thrill Seekers Michael Jordan #7
1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Michael Jordan #23 #/100
1997-98 Ultra Star Power Supreme Michael Jordan #SPS1
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1996 thru 2000 SPx baseball Checklist & Values
From 1996 thru 2000 SPx baseball was Upper Deck's top end premium issue.
What made them excel was the advanced printing technology.
From year to year SPx cards varied but always offered something special
from die-cuts, holograms, metal looking insets, various levels of
scarcity of parallel issues, limited edition autographed base cards,
limited edition serially numbered labelled Rookie cards, relatively
scarce insert sets ... which gave them a premium look and feel.
Most were on a super thick premium card stock, several times the
weight and thickness of regular baseball cards.
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1996,1997,1998,1999 & 2000 SPx baseball
Note: You may be on that page right now.
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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.