1971 Topps #727 Ray Lamb SHORT PRINT HIGH # (Indians)

Grade	NEAR MINT
Book Value	$ 12
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1971 Topps #727 Ray Lamb SHORT PRINT HIGH # (Indians) cards value

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HOCKEY - TOP CAREER ASSISTS

( As of 04/08/2025 )

*** CAREER ASSISTS ***
TOP 13

Rank Player Years A 1. Wayne Gretzky 1979-99 1963 2. Ron Francis 1981-04 1249 3. Mark Messier 1979-04 1193 4. Ray Bourque 1979-01 1169 5. Jarom�r J�gr 1990-18 1155 6. Paul Coffey 1980-01 1135 7. Joe Thornton 1997-22 1109 8. Adam Oates 1985-04 1079 9. Steve Yzerman 1983-06 1063 10. Sidney Crosby 2005-25 1060 11. Gordie Howe 1946-80 1049 12. Marcel Dionne 1971-89 1040 13. Mario Lemieux 1984-06 1033

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1934,1935,1936 Diamond Matchbooks
During much of the Great Depression, matchbook collecting swept the country ! Sports matchbooks started appearing in the 1930s, most issued by Diamond Match Company of New York. Over the next few years, several series were issued with similar designs; b/w photo of the player on front with short write-up and stats on back. The player's name and team was also printed on the 'saddle'.
Please consider the following info as approximate.
1934's first baseball release featured 200 players, in 4 different background colors (red,blue,green and orange) for a total of 800 different covers. The set features plenty of Hall-of-Fame greats like Dizzy Dean and Mel Ott.
1935's issue was tiny with only 24 total covers (8 red,8 blue,8 green).
A third series was later released with 200 or more different covers (players/colors).
1930's matchbook covers appear to be huge bargains for collectors as their current values are fractions of the value of Goudey and other baseball cards from the same era.

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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 2)

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.