1971 O-Pee-Chee/OPC #289 Rusty Staub [#] (Expos)

UNUSUAL !!! He has 2 1971 OPC,#289/#560. #560 same as Topps. #289 NEW. #289 Topps is White Sox Team card. Nicer than $150 ones on eBay.
Grade
NEAR MINT 70/30 l/r
Book Value
n/a
Our Price
$ 65
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1971 O-Pee-Chee/OPC #289 Rusty Staub [#] (Expos)  cards value
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ABOUT Yogi Berra
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra was a legendary baseball catcher, manager, & coach. His 19-year playing career included (18) seasons (1946-1963) with the New York Yankees, (10) of them ending as World Series Champs. He briefly appeared in 4 games with the Mets in 1965.

Yogi is well known for his unique "Yogi-isms".

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  • "You can observe a lot by just watching"
  • "Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical"
  • "It's like déjà vu all over again"
  • "The future ain't what it used to be"
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  • "I can't think and hit at the same time"
  • "So I'm ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face"
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1972 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values


Topps again grew there set from (752) in their 1971 set to (787) in 1972. Again issued in series with semi-hi's (#526 to #656) and the scarest high #s (#657 to #787).

TOP ROOKIE was the Red Sox Hall-of-Fame catcher Carlton Fisk.

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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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