1966 Topps - ORIOLES - Starter TEAM SET/Lot (23/29 cards)

A couple higher/lower. With scarce Hi# #533(EX), Boog Powell, Milt Pappas, Earl Weaver... Missing:#90,126,310,390,562,579. (stock photo)

Grade	EX to EX/MINT
Book Value	n/a
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1966 Topps - ORIOLES - Starter TEAM SET/Lot (23/29 cards) cards value

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1952,1953,1954,1955 Red Man TOBACCO
Checklist & Values

Tobacco cards were instrumental in the start of the baseball card industry but were pretty much unheard of since 1920. That is until RED MAN TOBACCO got in the game issuing baseball cards in 1952, 1953, 1954 & 1955.
For just 20 cents you got a pouch of Red Man tobacco and one awesome 3-1/2 x 4 inch baseball card with it's tab (3-1/2 x 3-5/8 without). Exchange FIFTY tabs and you got one free big league style felt baseball cap of your favorite team. This made cards with tabs much, much harder to find and values 2 to 10 times higher.
25 players from each league were selected by "Sporting News" editor J.G. Taylor Spink. A Player's artwork with different backgrounds was used year after year. If a player changed teams, new team name & logo were painted over the old one. To determine the year, just subtract 1 from the expiration date on back of the card. The 1954 set had four variations.

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Nolan Ryan - 1993 Brookshire Bros./Topps Stickers

A regional issue, these cool reprints of Nolan Ryan cards were given out at several Texas grocery store chains. The sticker fronts were reprints of (27) different Nolan Ryan Topps cards from 1968 thru 1992. The backings were grocery store discount coupons.

The following chains were known to participate:
Brookshire Bros., Budget Chopper, Minyard and Super S.
Each coupon was normally given out for only 1 week, so completing your set required diligence.

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Baseball card collecting terms (part H-R)

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.

1966 Topps - ORIOLES - Starter TEAM SET/Lot (23/29 cards)

1952,1953,1954,1955 Red Man TOBACCO Checklist & Values

Nolan Ryan - 1993 Brookshire Bros./Topps Stickers

1952,1953,1954,1955 Red Man TOBACCO
Checklist & Values