1979 O-Pee-Chee/OPC - A's - COMPLETE TEAM SET (10)

Most NM/MINT & decently centered.

Grade	* HIGH GRADE *
Book Value	n/a
Our Price	$ 14.95 Add to cart

1979 O-Pee-Chee/OPC - A's - COMPLETE TEAM SET (10) cards value

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Auction's most costly vintage baseball cards

The history of vintage baseball card auctions is long and colorful.
T-206 Honus Wagner tobacco cards have sold for upto $2.8 million in auction. The "Holy Grail of Sports Cards", it's extreme-high auction value can mostly be attributed to great PR and "auction fever". It's not close to being the rarest baseball card and Honus Wagner is not Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle. Yes, the T-206 set is beautiful & special but because of the # of cards and scarcities, few collector's try to complete, which should keep auction competition down compared to say 1933 Goudey or 1952 Topps baseball card issues.
BUT IT DOES NOT...
There's a story Wagner banned his card because he was anti-tobacco but there are other stories about financial considerations.
You surely have heard of PSA and may even know that this card was the FIRST they ever graded. But did you know that dealer (B.l. .ast.o name encoded) admitted tampering with the card, perhaps having it trimmed down to size, before PSA graded it so highly for the auction.

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Al Kaline Baseball Cards

ABOUT AL KALINE

Kaline's Rookie card is his 1954 Topps ... same year as Hank Aaron & Ernie Banks.

In 1955 at the age of 20, Al Kaline became the youngest batting champ ever !!!

!!! He still is !!!

Also in 1955, Kaline became the youngest player to hit (3) Home Runs in a game.

!!! He still is !!!

Kaline played (22) seasons with the Tigers, earning the nickanme "Mr. Tiger".

Teammate WILLIE HORTON saved Kaline's life in 1970, when Kaline swalled his tongue after a collision.

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Protecting and Storing your Card Collection

There are many different ways to protect, organize and store your sports cards.

Soft Sleeves also called "penny sleeves" are the most basic protection for your cards. Made of thin plastic, they come in packs of 100 and are very inexpensive.

Top Loads are rigid plastic holders and a step up in protection over "soft sleeves". Called top-loads because you place the card thru a thin opening at the top. They come in many sizes for regular cards upto 8-1/2 x 11 for magazines and even larger.

Screw-Down Acrylic Holders
These are sometimes used for better, more expensive cards. Small screws hold two pieces of clear acrylic together. In a variety of sizes and thickness that not only protect the card but can funciton as a paper weight or display item.

There are also Single-Screw Screw-Downs that use only 1 screw to seal the holder. They are easier to use and provide the same type of protectionas regular screwdowns and they are also much less expensive costing as little as .30 in quantity while 1 inch or 2 inch acrylic screw-downs can cost upto several dollars.