1972 O-Pee-Chee BaseballAlso referred to as OPC or Topps Canada, most vintage OPC sets were near replicas of the Topps cards from that year. Exactly same in design they usually only differed with the addition of French to the backs and some fronts.![]()
TOP ROOKIE: Carlton Fisk is the only rookie of note.
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1980's Topps / Donruss & Fleer Top Rookies1980: Rickey Henderson 1981: Tim Raines / Harold Baines / Fernando Valenzuela 1982: Cal Ripken Jr. / Lee Smith 1983: Tony Gwynn / Wade Boggs / Ryne Sandberg 1984: Don Mattingly / Darryl Strawberry 1985: Kirby Puckett / Roger Clemens / Mark McGwire / Dwight Gooden 1986: Fred McGriff / Jose Canseco / Cecil Fielder 1987: Greg Maddux / Barry Bonds / Barry Larkin / Will Clark 1988: Roberto Alomar / Mark Grace / Tom Glavine 1989: Randy Johnson / John Smoltz / Gary Sheffield / Curt Schilling / Craig Biggio |
High Numbers - vintage cards were issued in the ‘50s-‘70s in a series. During the baseball season, the largest number of cards were made. As the schedule progressed into September, when there would be less interest in baseball cards , Topps for one, specifically decreased production and hence much less product was available. As a result, a scarcity-factor was created and a premium holds for these first type of "short-printed" cards.
Inserts - special randomly-inserted cards which are not part of the regular set. Many modern inserts are sequentially-numbered and rarer than the card sets into which they are inserted.
O-Pee-Chee / OPC - a subsidiary of Topps, this card issue was produced specifically for distribution in Canada.
Promotional Card - generally referred to as cards issued to show what the product will look like on release and intended to help spur future sales. Often called a "promo" card.
Reprint - cards issued to reproduce the originals. With the current trend of vintage reprints, the new versions have a distinguishing characteristic evidenced by numbering.
Restored - a card or piece of memorabilia which someone has tried to return to a "like-new" condition. A restored card is considered to be of very little value.
Rookie Card - any league-licensed, widely distributed card to feature a player in his first year of trading cards.