1981-89 Hall-of-Fame METAL PLAQUE #164 John 'Home Run' Baker

Anodized metal card sold exclusively thru Hall-of-Fame gift shop or subscription. Replica of HOF Plaque. LESS THAN 1000 EXIST !!!
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GEM MINT PSA-10
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$ 10
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1981-89 Hall-of-Fame METAL PLAQUE #164 John 'Home Run' Baker  cards value
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Frank Thomas, 1st Base, White Sox
Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame

Frank Thomas Click here to view other players Frank Thomas Baseball Card
Frank Thomas, nicknamed "The Big Hurt," was a dominant force in baseball, known for his power hitting and exceptional batting eye, earning him a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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10 Best/Most Interesting Error Cards

I've always loved VARIATIONS but not just errors. ERRORs are just errors and not corrected. ERROR VARIATIONS are errors that have been corrected. Usually onw of the (2) is scarcer than the other, sometimes even rare.
Here's one person's list of his top "error" cards..
1990 Topps Frank Thomas NO NAME
1989 Fleer Billy Ripken F..K FACE
1989 Score Paul Gibson CROTCH GRAB
2006 Topps Alex Gordon NOT SUPPOSED TO EXIST
1987 Donruss Opening Day Barry Bonds PICTURES JOHNNY RAY
T206 Sherry Magee MISSPELLED MAGIE
1985 Topps Gary Pettis YOUNGER BROTHER LYNN
1989 Upper Deck Dale Murphy REVERSED IMAGE
1990 Pacific Jim Nettles "A--HOLE" BAT
1988 Topps Al Leiter WRONG PLAYER 
Someone else had several of the above plus:
1969 Topps Mickey Mantle (Mantle in White Letters) 
1952 Topps Johnny Sain-Paige Bio
1948 Leaf Gene Hermansk (misspelled) 
1977 Star Wars C-3PO #207 PE.IS
1954 Bowman Emlen Tunnell (misspelled with Tunnel) 
Sam Vincent 1990-91 Hoops #223 (Jordan wearing jersey #12) 
1981 Fleer Graig Nettles (Craig on the back) 
First couple of "Variations" that popped into my head:
1958 Topps Hank Aaron & Roberto Clemente [YELLOW LETTERs]
1966 Topps Don Landrum [3 different pants button issues]
1962 Topps #139 [3 different variations - one is Babe Ruth]
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Baseball
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.

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