1953 Topps #239 Jim Delsing SCARCE HIGH # (Tigers)

Delsing is best known for pinch-running for Midget pinch-hitter Eddie Gaedel in 1951 with the St. Louis Browns.

Book Value	$ 100
Our Price	n/a Out of stock

1953 Topps #239 Jim Delsing SCARCE HIGH # (Tigers) cards value

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on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.

Ways to sell your baseball cards

2 reasons auctions are popular way to sell vintage sports cards.
#1 Desirable items tend to get top dollar (or better !)
#2 Everything goes
... This can be good - Everything gone, happy with final total
... or can be very bad - Everything gone, but at super low prices

OTHER WAYS TO SELL YOUR CARDS
•eBay Buy-it-Now •card store •swap meet •Craigslist •garage/yard sale
or •DONATE to a charity for tax write-off
Not selling but perhaps easiest with possible $$$ return.
ASSUMPTIONS:
#1) You are one of the RARE tax payers left in America
#2) You have mostly late 80's & 90's "junk"
Consider donating the "junk" and keep better stuff to sell later. Tax deduction was based on LESSER of "what-it-cost" & "What-it's-Worth". For "What-it's-Worth", I use Beckett which can be higher than what you paid. Check with your tax guy.

Cut/Paste TurboTax discussion link below:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3372284-are-trading-card-donations-deductible-if-so-how-much Possible Charities for Donations
•Goodwill •Salvation Army •Cerebal Palsy •Children's Hospitals •Cubs scout troops
...or an online charity
•Cards 2 Kids •Commons4Kids.org •CollectiblesWithCauses.org
Verify all "charities " before donating.

If buying, for great prices check my weekly Vintage Sportscard Auction

Stan Musial Baseball cards
Outfield/First Base
Cardinals Hall-of-Famer

ABOUT STAN MUSIAL

Brooks Robinson holds the major league record for games played at 3rd base (2,870).

He also holds records for Double-Plays turned (618), Putouts (2,697) and Assists (6,205).

Robinson played in 18 All-Star Games, only Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Stan Musial have played more.

He was AL MVP, All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP. Frank Robinson is only other player ever to win all 3.

His nicknames "Mr. Hoover" and "the Human Vacuum Cleaner" were well-esrned.

Brooks is generally considered to be the greatest defensive third baseman ever.

Stan Musial was not only the greatest player in Cardinals history but one of the best ever. Stan "The Man" played all of his 22-year career in St. Louis and was selected to 24 All-Star games and is the Cardinals career leader in almost every batting category.
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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 1)

The first baseball trading cards date back to 1869. For many years, baseball cards were packaged in packs of tobacco as a way to increase sales the same way that today prizes are packaged in boxes of cereal. In the 1920's and 1930's, candy and gum companies started packaging baseball cards in their products as well.

Baseball card production was virtually halted in the early 1940's due to paper shortages created by World War II. The "Modern Era" of baseball cards began in 1948 when Bowman Gum Inc. offered one card and one piece of gum in a pack for a penny.

The first important football set was the Mayo set featuring college players in 1984. Other than the 1935 National Chicle set no other key football set was issued until 1948 when noth Bowman and Leaf produced sets.