1954 Johnston Cookies #16 Chet Nichols [#l] (Braves)
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VG/EX |
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$ 20 |
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$ 9.95
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Below are short bits & pieces on sportscard & baseball trading card collecting.
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on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.
George Brett, 3rd Base, Royals
Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame
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George is considered the greatest Kansas City Royals player of
all-time. He became the FIRST player in Major League Baseball
history to have 3,000 hits, 300 home runs, 600 doubles,
100 triples, 1,500 RBIs and 200 stolen bases.
He made the all-star team 13 times and is in the Major League
Baseball Hall-of-Fame.
1980 American League MVP and a key player in the team's 1985
World Series victory, Brett was known for his clutch hitting
and longevity.
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George Brett baseball cards
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1977 O-Pee-Chee (OPC) Baseball Checklist & Values
In 1977, O-Pee-Chee decide to reduce the size of their set from 660 in 1976 OPC
all the way down to only 264 for 1977 OPC.
This was at the same time that baseball added Canada's 2nd team, the Toronto Blue Jays.
As the set became much, much smaller, the Canadian teams (Expos and Blue Jays)
were way overrepresented. Most the other teams had only (6) to (11) cards,
the Blue Jays and Expos had (27) and (29).
All the team cards, that had been in Topps set, were eliminated while
the Jays and Expos managers and coaching staffs had their own cards.
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1977 OPC/O-Pee-Chee Baseball checklist and prices
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OPC/O-Pee-Chee Baseball issues
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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.