1963 Topps #243 Don Leppert (Senators)
| Grade |
NEAR MINT to NM/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.
Willie Mays, Giants Center-Fielder
Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame
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From his remarkable combination of speed and power at the plate
to his iconic defense in center field, Willie Mays was
one of the best all-around players in Major League Baseball history.
1951 Bowman is proud to be the issuer of both Willie Mays and Mickey
Mantle's ROOKIE CARD !!! Many think that their rookie cards were
1952 Topps, but they would be wrong.
Not only did Willie Mays appear on numerous vintage cards of his
own, he also shared an interesting 1956 Topps card with Hank Aaron.
1956 Topps cards showed a large player photo along with a smaller
action photo. On Aaron's card, the action photo showed a player
sliding into home. Turns out that player wasn't Hank Aaron but
was actually Willie Mays !!! Great for me as I was and am a huge
Willie Mays fan.
Last little tidbit:
Really ... how good was Willie Mays ?
Well this is what his manager Hall-of-Famer Leo Durocher had to say.
"What can I say about Willie Mays after I say he's the greatest
player any of us has ever seen. If he could cook,
I'd marry him!"
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Baseball card collecting terms (part D-F)
Die-Cut A special card that differs from a basic card by
"Die-Cutting", cutting away portions of the card to create a special design.
Most are serially numbered & limited.
Error Card Baseball card history is filled with error cards,
many of them very interesting. Hank Aaron is on 2 of my favorite error cards.
Aaron's 1956 Topps card action photo shows Aaron sliding home but
it is actually Willie Mays not Aaron. Topps again goofed on Aaron's 1957
"reversed negative" card showing Aaron batting left-handed.
"Error Cards" are usually found early in print runs and often corrected.
When this correction happens a VARIATION is created.
Some variations are extremely interesting and very expensive while others
are totally boring and you wonder why they were even made.
Extended Set Also frequently called Update Set or
Traded Set.
They are sets issued after the original release to update the regular set
with new and traded players.
Facsimile Autograph is an autograph printed on a card to show
what the player's actual signature looks like. They are not "real" autographs.
Factory Set are complete sets usually in special boxes
produced by the manufacturer. "Hand-Collated Sets" are sets collectors
have put together card by card from packs.