1954 Topps #202 Bob Purkey ROOKIE (Pirates)

Grade	EX/MINT
Book Value	$ 25
Our Price	$ 19.95 Add to cart

1954 Topps #202 Bob Purkey ROOKIE (Pirates) cards value

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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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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.