1962 Topps #568 Jim Golden HIGH # (Houston Colts/Astros)

Grade	EX/MINT to NEAR MINT
Book Value	$ 20
Our Price	$ 19.95 Add to cart

1962 Topps #568 Jim Golden HIGH # (Houston Colts/Astros) cards value

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1910 Fish Series (T58)

There were (2) 50-card series of fishy cards, each featuring unique fish portraits if North American species like brook trout and blackfish along with exotic species from around the world. The fronts of Series #1 duplicate the N8 fish set from Allen & Ginter. Allen & Ginter had merged with four other companies to form the American Tobacco Company back in 1890. The T58 Fish Series is like an aquarium in your hand.

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Topps Legendary Vault

From early 1950's on up, Topps has been gathering their rare, unique, 1-of-1 items. In 1989 they chose Guernsey's Auction House to start unloading their special rare collectibles. This was such a huge event that even the auction catalog is a collectible. The auction took place August 19th and 20th in New York City.
They sold everything !!!

Topps work product included mockups, design alternatives, artwork, photos, negatives, transparencies, flexichromes, proof sheets, color separations, uncut sheets...
a host of confusing intermediate steps getting to the final card.
Also: Player's contracts, Canceled checks, Letters, Unredeemedand redemption prizes, Special Binders of card sets...
They sold everything !!!

Final proceeds of over 3,000 items was around $1.6 million, a stunning amount in the day. There were (4) additional pages of non-sport items via mail-only auctions that remained open until year end. Collector Keith Olbermann attended the auction and described it to Sports Illustrated, "It's like an archaeological dig." Topps archive material continued to accumulate after the auction ending up with another treasure of over 250,000 transparencies, uncut sheets, color separations, art, photos, slides, proof sheets & wrappers, canceled checks, contracts and one-of-a-kind items to sell.

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How do I keep cards in top condition ?

A: There is a wide variety of storage supplies available to help you keep your cardsin the best condition possible. They range from hard thick acrylic screw-down holders to "penny" soft sleeves for individual cards to cardboard boxes that can hold from 100 cards upto "monster boxes" that hold more than 5,000 sportscards.

We have a large selection available on our web site with quantities from 1 to 1,000.