1951 Bowman #165 Ted Williams [#PSA] (Red Sox)

Book Value	$ 800
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1951 Bowman #165 Ted Williams [#PSA] (Red Sox) cards value

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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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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 1)

The first baseball trading cards date back to 1869. For many years, baseball cards were packaged in packs of tobacco as a way to increase sales the same way that today prizes are packaged in boxes of cereal. In the 1920's and 1930's, candy and gum companies started packaging baseball cards in their products as well.

Baseball card production was virtually halted in the early 1940's due to paper shortages created by World War II. The "Modern Era" of baseball cards began in 1948 when Bowman Gum Inc. offered one card and one piece of gum in a pack for a penny.

The first important football set was the Mayo set featuring college players in 1984. Other than the 1935 National Chicle set no other key football set was issued until 1948 when noth Bowman and Leaf produced sets.