1951 Bowman #254 Jackie Jensen ROOKIE (Yankees)

Only 38 have ever been graded higher by PSA when I entered this info !
Book Value
$ 100
Our Price
n/a
Out of stock

1951 Bowman #254 Jackie Jensen ROOKIE (Yankees)  cards value
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10 Best/Most Interesting Error Cards

I've always loved VARIATIONS but not just errors. ERRORs are just errors and not corrected. ERROR VARIATIONS are errors that have been corrected. Usually onw of the (2) is scarcer than the other, sometimes even rare.
Here's one person's list of his top "error" cards..
1990 Topps Frank Thomas NO NAME
1989 Fleer Billy Ripken F..K FACE
1989 Score Paul Gibson CROTCH GRAB
2006 Topps Alex Gordon NOT SUPPOSED TO EXIST
1987 Donruss Opening Day Barry Bonds PICTURES JOHNNY RAY
T206 Sherry Magee MISSPELLED MAGIE
1985 Topps Gary Pettis YOUNGER BROTHER LYNN
1989 Upper Deck Dale Murphy REVERSED IMAGE
1990 Pacific Jim Nettles "A--HOLE" BAT
1988 Topps Al Leiter WRONG PLAYER 
Someone else had several of the above plus:
1969 Topps Mickey Mantle (Mantle in White Letters) 
1952 Topps Johnny Sain-Paige Bio
1948 Leaf Gene Hermansk (misspelled) 
1977 Star Wars C-3PO #207 PE.IS
1954 Bowman Emlen Tunnell (misspelled with Tunnel) 
Sam Vincent 1990-91 Hoops #223 (Jordan wearing jersey #12) 
1981 Fleer Graig Nettles (Craig on the back) 
First couple of "Variations" that popped into my head:
1958 Topps Hank Aaron & Roberto Clemente [YELLOW LETTERs]
1966 Topps Don Landrum [3 different pants button issues]
1962 Topps #139 [3 different variations - one is Babe Ruth]
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1960 Pirates Tag-Ons Stickers


1960 Pirates Tag-Ons Box This super neat item was similar to but 8 years BEFORE one of my favorites, the 1968 Topps Baseball Action Stickers. There's a link to that issue at the bottom of this snipet.

This great item was issued by Richard-Lawrence Co. of Pittsburgh and honors the legendary World Series champion 1960 Pirates who had just humbled the mighty Yankees.
The (10) 'Tag-Ons' (stickers) inside the brilliantly colorful 16x10 cardboard envelope feature: Roberto Clemente, Dick Stuart, William Mazeroski, Don Hoak, Richard Groat, Robert Skinner, Bill Virdon, Forrest Burgess, Bob Friend and Elroy Face. Notice the formal first names used for "William" Mazeroski, "Richard" Groat and "Forrest" Burgess. 1960 Pirates Tag-Ons

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1960 Pirates Tag-Ons Stickers
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1968 Topps Action All Stars Stickers

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Baseball card collecting terms (part C)

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.

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