1960 Leaf # 52 Dallas Green ROOKIE (Phillies)

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1960 Leaf # 52 Dallas Green ROOKIE (Phillies)  cards value
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Vintage Topps 1956 Baseball Cards
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1956 Topps Wax Box 1956 Topps Wax Pack 1956 Topps were slightly larger (3-3/4" by 2 5/8") horizontal cards similar to 1955 Topps cards, some even sharing portraits with 1954 and 1955 Topps cards. Team cards & checklists appeared for the first time in 1956.

With Bowman gone, after missing the last 3 years, Mickey Mantle was back !!! A fun & simple set, 1956 Topps had no high numbers or expensive rookies but for serious 1956 collectors, there are over 200 variations. Most variations deal with card stock (gray or white back). For #101-180 gray appears to outnumber white about 9-to-1. Many team cards had 2 or 3 variations with team names Left, Center or Right.

1956 Topps Hank Aaron 1956 Topps Mickey Mantle
There are 2 great cards: #31 Hank Aaron which actually pictures Willie Mays sliding home and #135 Mickey Mantle. Mantle shown leaping high into the stands robbing a home run ! Artist did a great job showing Mantle making the catch ! BUT ... Mantle looked great leaping but the ball flew over his glove. 1956 Topps Mickey Mantle Catch

The 1956 Topps Pins used same portrait photos as the cards.

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1956 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.
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Team Autographed/Signed Baseballs Values


Team balls of Pennant winners and World Series Champions are highly desirable and increase values.

*** 2000-2024 WORLD SERIES results ***

2024	Dodgers    Yankees      4-1
2023	Rangers    Diamondbacks 4-1
2022	Astros     Phillies     4-2
2021	Braves     Astros       4-2
2020	Dodgers    Devil Rays   4-2
2019	Washington Astros       4-3
2018	Red Sox	   Dodgers      4-1
2017	Astros	   Dodgers      4-3
2016	Cubs       Indians      4-3
2015	Royals     Mets         4-1
2014	Giants     Royals       4-3
2013	Red Sox    Cardinals    4-2
2012	Giants     Tigers       4-0
2011	Cardinals  Rangers      4-3
2010	Giants     Rangers      4-1
2009	Yankees    Phillies     4-2
2008	Phillies   Devil Rays   4-1
2007	Red Sox    Rockies      4-0
2006	Cardinals  Tigers       4-1
2005	White Sox  Astros       4-0
2004	Red Sox    Cardinals    4-0
2003	Marlins	   Yankees      4-2
2002	Angels     Giants       4-3
2001	Diamondbacks Yankees    4-3
2000	Yankees    Mets         4-1
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History Of O-Pee-Chee

O-Pee-Chee (OPC) based in Ontario Canada, is mostly thought of as the Canadian version of Topps but it actually pre-dates Topps by many years.

In 1933, OPC issued their first sports card set, the V304 Hockey cards and is currently in the tens of thousands. Their first baseball set was issued in 1937. It was similar to the 1934 Goudeys and Batter-Ups and the top player was Joe Dimaggio.

O-Pee-Chee created baseball card sets similar to TOpps from 1965 into the 1990's. At first OPC sets were much smaller than Topps and included just the first few series. Fronts & backs were nearly identical but with a small "Printed in Canada" on the back and the card stock was slightly different.

Baseball being much less popular in Canada, OPC print runs of their early years were between 1% and 10% of Topps making them exceedingly scarce !!!

Starting in 1970, Canadian legislation demanded all items produced in Canada carry both French & English so OPC baseball cards became bilingual with both languages included.
Other OPC differences include:
1971, OPC even changed the back design to a much more interesting back and also offered 14 different card photos not in the Topps set.
1972 OPC included a card of Gil Hodges mentioning his death that was not a part of the Topps set.
1974 OPC did not include any "Washington Nationals" variations.
1977 the card format remained like Topps but almost 1/3 of the OPC set had different poses/images than Topps.
In late 1970's, OPC card fronts appeared similar to Topps but sometimes included traded information saying "Now with XXXX". They were able to do this as the OPC cards were printed much later into the season.

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