1970 Topps - Starter Set/Lot - (370) different
Over 50% of a complete set. Mostly EX/MINT or BETTER with some lower. Approx. $480+ break value if just commons but lot includes specials, minor and regional stars, and a few scarcer higher series.| Book Value | $ 480 |
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History of Team Autographed/Signed Balls
Team signed baseballs were the thing well before single-signed
balls exploded on the market.
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Autographed/Signed Team Baseball inventory
What is a "Team Signed Baseball" ??? Simple answer: A ball with XXX signatures of a certain team for a certain year. What is difficult is the XXX. Baseball tons of roster moves make it nearly impossible to "Get Them All". Generally, team signed baseballs from early 1900's had 10 to 15 signatures, the 1940's that jumped to 18 to 25. Joyce Sports Research Collection (Notre Dame) says "signatures must include only members of a specific team from a specific year, and there must be some approximation of completeness." Not concrete but to me a "team ball" MUST have ALL the team's STARS (unless a rookie or in season trade) and in today's market at least 20, preferably more, and the manager.
Determining Age of Team Signed Balls Note: You may be on that page now. |
1985 Donruss Baseball
TOP ROOKIES:Roger Clemens, Kirby Puckett, Orel Hershiser,
Dwight Gooden & Mark Langston.
In an attempt to enter the Canadian baseball card market,
Donruss created a special version of its cards (1985 Leaf) just for
Canada. Except for a colorful green leaf on front, the Leaf card
fronts were nearly identical to Donruss but on the back, the Leaf
cards were in both French and English.
Other issues you may be interested in: 1985 Donruss (You may be on that page now) 1985 Fleer 1985 Leaf 1985 O-Pee-Chee (OPC) Baseball Checklist and Prices 1985 Topps Baseball |
The first important and mainstream basketball set was issued by Bowman in 1948. Other than a Topps set in 1957-58 and a 1961-62 Fleer set, there were no mainstream basketball sets issued until Topps started producing yearly sets beginning with their 1969-70 set featuring the rookie card of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who then went under the name of Lew Alcindor.
In hockey, there were a few sets issued in the 1910's and while O-Pee-Chee issued some sets in the 1930's, the real modern sets began in 1951 with the itroduction of Parkhurst's first set.
In racing, while cards go back as far as the early Indy car days of 1911, modern racing sets began in 1988 with the issues released by MAXX.
