1962 Topps #165 Jackie Brandt [VAR:Green Tint] (Orioles)
Grade |
NEAR MINT |
Book Value |
$ 5 |
Our Price |
$ 9.95
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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.
Roger Clemens, Pitcher
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*** 24-year MLB career ***
Boston Red Sox (1984-1996),
Toronto Blue Jays (1997-1998),
New York Yankees (1999-2003, 2007),
Houston Astros (2004-2006) during his 24-year MLB career.
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Roger Clemens baseball cards
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Nolan Ryan, Pitcher, Mets/Astros/Rangers/Angels
Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame
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Ryan was a right-handed power pitcher who consistently
threw pitches that were clocked above 100 miles per hour
(161 km/h). He maintained this velocity throughout his
pitching career, being known as one of the top pitchers
in Major League Baseball into his mid-40s.
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Nolan Ryan baseball cards
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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.