1958 Topps - TIGERS - Near Complete Team Set (27/29)
A couple are lower. With Jim Bunning, Team card, Harvey Kuenn, Ray Boone... MISSING:#70 Al Kaline,#271 Billy Martin. (stock image)
| Grade |
EX to EX/MINT |
| Book Value |
$ 295 |
| Our Price |
$ 135
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on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.
HOCKEY - TOP CAREER ASSISTS
( As of 04/08/2025 )
*** CAREER ASSISTS ***
TOP 13
Rank Player Years A
1. Wayne Gretzky 1979-99 1963
2. Ron Francis 1981-04 1249
3. Mark Messier 1979-04 1193
4. Ray Bourque 1979-01 1169
5. Jaromír Jágr 1990-18 1155
6. Paul Coffey 1980-01 1135
7. Joe Thornton 1997-22 1109
8. Adam Oates 1985-04 1079
9. Steve Yzerman 1983-06 1063
10. Sidney Crosby 2005-25 1060
11. Gordie Howe 1946-80 1049
12. Marcel Dionne 1971-89 1040
13. Mario Lemieux 1984-06 1033
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1974 Topps DECKLE EDGE Checklist & Values
This scarce 72-card test issue set was released with very limited
East Coast distribution making them quite scarce.

Officially simply called "Topps Baseball Photos", their serrated or "DECKLED"
edge gave them the name they go by today.
The 2 7/8" x 5" inch cards were sold in 2 card packs with gum or 3 card
packs without for 5 cents.
Click to enlarge Complete Proof Sheet on left
Fronts are similar to b&w Exhibit Postcards from the 50's
with photos and facsimile autographs.
The backs make this very scarce test issue more interesting !
They feature handwritten script of player's name, team, position & date
and location of the photograph as well as a mock newspaper article.
This was Topps 2nd "Deckle Edge" issue, their first being the smaller
and more common 1969 Topps Deckle Edge inserts in 1969 Topps packs.
Variations of 1974 Topps Deckle Edge exist,
making this issue more fun and challenging to collect.
Backs can be found in gray or a much scarcer white.
Also, more limited proof versions with non-scalloped edges exist and
can be found with and without card numbers.
Other issues you may be interested in:
1969 Topps Deckle Edge checklist and prices
1974 Topps Deckle Edge checklist and prices
(You may be on that page now)
1974 Kellogg's
1974 McDonald's Padres Discs
1974 O-Pee-Chee (OPC)
1974 Topps Baseball Stamps
1974 Topps Baseball
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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 2)
The first important and mainstream basketball set was issued by Bowman in 1948.
Other than a Topps set in 1957-58 and a 1961-62 Fleer set, there were no
mainstream basketball sets issued until Topps started producing yearly sets
beginning with their 1969-70 set featuring the rookie card of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
who then went under the name of Lew Alcindor.
In hockey, there were a few sets issued in the 1910's and while O-Pee-Chee issued
some sets in the 1930's, the real modern sets began in 1951 with the itroduction
of Parkhurst's first set.
In racing, while cards go back as far as the early Indy car days of 1911,
modern racing sets began in 1988 with the issues released by MAXX.