1970's Topps Top Rookies1970: Thurman Munson / Bill Buckner / Bill Russell 1971: Steve Garvey / Davey Concepcion / Bert Blyleven / George Foster 1972: Carlton Fisk / Dave Kingman / Ron Cey 1973: Mike Schmiddt / Goose Gossage / Dwight Evans 1974: Dave Winfield / Dave Parker / Ken Griffey Sr / Bucky Dent 1975: George Brett / Robin Yount / Jim Rice / Fred Lynn 1976: Dennis Eckersley / Willie Randolph 1977: Andre Dawson / Dale Murphy / Bruce Sutter 1978: Eddie Murray / Paul Molitor / Alan Trammell / Lou Whitaker / Jack Morris 1979: Ozzie Smith |
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1975 Topps MINI Baseball Cards |
Cabinet Card Were oversized trading cards featuring paintings issued mostly 1910-1915.
Card Show is a gathering of dealers & collectors looking to buy/sell/trade sports cards and memorabilia.
Card Stock is the material a card is printed on. Usually paper-based, today companies play with the card stock and sometimes it appears to be wood or leather or see-thru acrylic ...
Cello Pack is a card pack whose wrapper is see-thru plastic. Usually the top & bottom cards are seen. Unopened cello packs showing major stars and rookies sell for heavy premiums.
Centering is the balance of the borders: top/bottom & left/right. On perfectly-centered cards, top/bottom borders match as do the left/right borders. Centering is presented as a set of numbers & directions and often included with the grade. Perfectly-centered is "50/50 t/b" AND "50/50 l/r". As centering gets worse, one number increases and the other decreases. For example: 90/10 t/b is considered extremely off-center top to bottom. The numbers add up to 100 (50/50, 60/40, 90/10 ...).
Certificate Of Authenticity (COA) A document used to verify legitimacy of a collectible. NOTE: Keep in mind that COA's are easier to fake then autographs.
Common A card of a non-star player is considered a "Common" as opposed to cards of a star players or specialty/subset cards such as league leaders, teams cards, World Series cards...
Condition (Grade) Centering, corner wear, photo clarity, edges, creases, print flaws ... all combine to determine a card's condition or grade. Along with rarity/scarcity it is the major factor in a card's value.
Crease Defect usually caused by bending the card. Hard to see, or not, a crease lowers the card's grade (VG or lower) and greatly diminishes it's value.