1955 Topps #153 'Bud' Podbielan HIGH NUMBER (Reds)
| Grade |
NEAR MINT to NM/MINT |
| Book Value |
$ 25 |
| Our Price |
$ 29.95
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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.
Willie Mays, Giants Center-Fielder
Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame
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From his remarkable combination of speed and power at the plate
to his iconic defense in center field, Willie Mays was
one of the best all-around players in Major League Baseball history.
1951 Bowman is proud to be the issuer of both Willie Mays and Mickey
Mantle's ROOKIE CARD !!! Many think that their rookie cards were
1952 Topps, but they would be wrong.
Not only did Willie Mays appear on numerous vintage cards of his
own, he also shared an interesting 1956 Topps card with Hank Aaron.
1956 Topps cards showed a large player photo along with a smaller
action photo. On Aaron's card, the action photo showed a player
sliding into home. Turns out that player wasn't Hank Aaron but
was actually Willie Mays !!! Great for me as I was and am a huge
Willie Mays fan.
Last little tidbit:
Really ... how good was Willie Mays ?
Well this is what his manager Hall-of-Famer Leo Durocher had to say.
"What can I say about Willie Mays after I say he's the greatest
player any of us has ever seen. If he could cook,
I'd marry him!"
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Roger Clemens baseball cards
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Sandy Koufax baseball cards
Mickey Mantle baseball cards
Willie Mays baseball cards
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Are sports cards valuable ?
Like all collectibles, over time some sports cards go down in value,
others go up and some can even become very valuable.
Card values are based on many factors:
player popularity, scarcity, condition & collector interest.
A card can be scarce but without demand value may not be great.
Q: What are some ways to collect cards ?
* Complete sets by year & issue
* Cards of your favorite player
* Cards of your favorite team "TEAM SETS"
* Rookie cards
* Hall-of-Famer cards
* I even had a girlfriend that collected Don Mossi (checkout his ears),
players whose last name start with "Z", and the Brett brothers George &
Ken (she had a crush on George).
* "TYPE COLLECTING" (everyone should at least do a little of this !)
"Type Collecting"
is collecting at least one of each different "type" of issue.
On scarcer issues you can add a less expensive common
while on others you can select your favorite player or team.