1959 Chicago WHITE SOX WORLD SERIES Press Pin
Sells for $350 on PressPins.com.
| Book Value |
$ 175 |
| Our Price |
n/a
Out of stock
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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.
1974 Topps Stamps Checklist & Values
1974 Topps Stamps set had (240) 1x1-1/2 inch stamps, 10/team.
Issued in 12-stamp panels in diff. combos of rows for
24 DIFFERENT panels in a complete 1974 Topps Stamps PANEL set.

NOTE: Your favorite may be on 2 different panels !!!
Set suffers from HORRIBLE centering and bad perforations.
1969/1974 Topps stamps are very similar except:
1974's oval vs 1969's banner.

1974 Topps Mini-Albums - seen - perhaps not released.
PACKED! Ryan, Aaron, Bench...
With Pete Rose and seldom seen Winfield & Parker rookies.
Click for complete info and listings:
1974 Topps Baseball Stamps
1961 Topps Baseball Stamps
1962 Topps Baseball Stamps
1969 Topps Baseball Stamps
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1973 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Cards
& Complete Team Sets
1973 O-Pee-Chee baseball, the Canadian verison of 1973 Topps, both
contained 660 cards and were nearly identical in design. The
1973 O-Pee-Chee(OPC) cards, of course were in both French & English
with 'Made in Canada' on back.
Card #1 one is super-cool, picturing the All-Time Home Run Kings
(at the time) Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
Top rookies were Hall-of-Famers Mike Schmidt and Goose Gossage.
Not Hall-of-Famers but darn good were rookies Bob Boone & Dwight Evans.
Other issues you may be interested in:
1973 Topps Baseball
1972 OPC/O-Pee-Chee Baseball
1973 OPC/O-Pee-Chee Baseball w/Complete Team Sets
...(You may be on that page now)
1974 OPC/O-Pee-Chee Baseball
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OPC/O-Pee-Chee Baseball issues
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Baseball card collecting terms (part G)
Grade/Condition 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.
Graded Card As values increased the condition of cards and the
determination of fakes and alterations became increasingly more important.
Various companies became "graders" of your cards. For a fee they would grade
your card (usually on a 1 to 10 scale) and then placed in a sealed plastic
holder with labelling of the vital information.
From past experiences, most people are NOT HAPPY with the grades they receive.
To keep values up, graders can be extremely picky. Things you don't see,
they do so don't be surprized when the NEAR MINT card you send in ends up
with an EX or EX/MINT grade.
There are TOO many grading companies - if you do, do choose carefully.
PSA / SGC / GAI / BGS are some of the many companies.
It is good to know that getting a card graded by a company that people
do not recognize or respect will usually just cost you time and money
and not help you in any way.