1951 Bowman #116 Bruce Edwards (Brooklyn Dodgers)
| Grade |
EX/MINT |
| Book Value |
$ 25 |
| Our Price |
$ 19.95
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1952/1953 Bowman
TV/Radio Stars of NBC
(R701-14 and R701-15)
1952 and 1953 Bowman "TV & Radio Stars of NBC" card sets captured the
culture of the early television/radio era, featuring NBC's most popular
and entertaining names of the day. The cards were a slightly taller 2.5 x 3.75 inches.
1952 card backs were horizontal while the 1953 backs were vertical.
After the success of their 1952 set, Bowman released a much larger 1953 set
with including more TV stars like Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Sid Casear, Dinah
Shore and others. The set also included a card for a child actor Ronnie Walken.
You may know it better as Christopher Walken's ROOKIE card !!!
Another popular card is chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs ROOKIE card.
The Today Show started in 1952 and when it was under-performing, they brought in J. Fred Muggs
as a co-host. Jim Fleming, the newsreader for the show, quit in protest.
Muggs the chimp was quite worldly and knew over 500 words and had a wardrobe of 450 outfits.
Producer, Richard Pinkham, once estimated Muggs brought his network $100 million.
Muggs was also an artist and in 1958 one of his finger paintings became the cover of Mad Magazine #38.
Note: You may be on that page right now.
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1956 Topps Pins
Checklist & Values
WOW ! Few issues compare to the 1956 Topps Pins set. The colorful and
attractive 1-1/8" diameter pins were packaged with bubble gum
and featured a color photo of player on front with a pin clasp on back.
Many of the images for pins are the same as on the 1956 Topps cards.
If you collect 1956 Topps cards than YOU MUST add at least one of these
1956 Topps Pin to your collection.
Packed with stars (no Mickey Mantle), the 1956 Topps Pins set
also had a few scarcities such as Chuck Stobbs, Hector Lopez &
Chuck Diering.
In the end, collectors of the day preferred cards to pins and Topps cut back
the 1956 Topps Pin set from a planned 90 pins to just 60.
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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.
