1972 Topps #687 Del Unser SCARCE HIGH # (Indians)

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Pennant Winners and World Series Champions balls are highly desirable and increase their value.

*** 1903-1949 WORLD SERIES results ***

1949      Yankees     Dodgers    4-1
1948      Indians     Braves     4-2
1947      Yankees     Dodgers    4-3
1946      Cardinals   Red Sox    4-3
1945      Tigers      Cubs       4-3
1944      Cardinals   Browns     4-2
1943      Yankees     Cardinals  4-1
1942      Cardinals   Yankees    4-1
1941      Yankees     Dodgers    4-1
1940      Reds        Tigers     4-3
1939      Yankees     Reds       4-0
1938      Yankees     Cubs       4-0
1937      Yankees     Giants     4-1
1936      Yankees     Giants     4-2
1935      Tigers      Cubs       4-2
1934      Cardinals   Tigers     4-3
1933      Giants      Senators   4-1
1932      Yankees     Cubs       4-0
1931      Cardinals   Athletics  4-3
1930      Athletics   Cardinals  4-2
1929      Athletics   Cubs       4-1
1928      Yankees     Cardinals  4-0
1927      Yankees     Pirates    4-0
1926      Cardinals   Yankees    4-3
1925      Pirates     Senators   4-3
1924      Senators    Giants     4-3
1923      Yankees     Giants     4-2
1922      Giants      Yankees    4-0
1921      Giants      Yankees    5-3
1920      Indians     Robins     5-2
1919      Reds        White Sox  5-3
1918      Red Sox     Cubs       4-2
1917      White Sox   Giants     4-2
1916      Red Sox     Robins     4-1
1915      Red Sox     Phillies   4-1
1914      Braves      Athletics  4-0
1913      Athletics   Giants     4-1
1912      Red Sox     Giants     4-3
1911      Athletics   Giants     4-2
1910      Athletics   Cubs       4-1
1909      Pirates     Tigers     4-3
1908      Cubs        Tigers     4-1
1907      Cubs        Tigers     4-0
1906      White Sox   Cubs       4-2
1905      Giants      Athletics  4-1
1903      Americans   Pirates    5-3
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1956 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values


1956 Topps Wax Box 1956 Topps Wax Pack My fondness for 1956 Topps started way back in 1964 when I first started collecting as an 11 year old. My friends and I wandered nearby neighborhoods in search of "old cards". Back then, the oldest cards we ever found in dealing with other kids were 1957 Topps.

Eventually I saw my first 1956 Topps card - I was hooked. It was larger, thicker, fluffier making it look much, much older compared to a 1-year old 1957. "Ancient" we thought.

I changed neighborhoods in 1966 leaving my childhood friends behind. Before I left, except for a small cigar box of my favorites, I "donated" all my cards to the neighborhood - and stopped collecting. I had a great 3 year run but sure wish I would have been collecting in 1966 and 1967 with those tough high numbers. I would have loved to have had a cigar box full of them in place of my hoard of 1964 Topps Felix Mantilla and Gary Peters cards.

The regular 1956 Topps baseball card set is one of my favorites. Topps again went with a slightly larger (3-3/4" by 2 5/8") horizontal card design, similar to their 1955 Topps cards. Several of the portraits are even the same used on 1955 Topps cards some even back to 1954 Topps. 1956 was Topps first issue to feature team cards and checklists. A much more boring addition was the addition of the 2 league presidents.

With Bowman gone, Topps could again make cards of Mickey Mantle missing from Topps issues since 1953. After Mickey Mantle, it is a fun and simple set to complete with no high numbers or extremely expensive rookies with Hall-of-Famer Luis Aparicio being the top rookie.

For the serious 1956 collector, there are over 200 variations, making things extremely difficult for master set collectors. Most the variations deal with card stock (gray or white backs).
Cards #1-100 gray backs scarcer with slight premium
Cards #101-180 white backs much scarcer with larger premium
... rumor has it gray outnumbers white about 9-to-1 in the above run.

There are also several cards with color line variations on front. For example: Ted Williams' card has either no line over his name or a thin green, red, blue, or yellow line between the white border for a total of 5 variations. Whitey Ford and Early Wynn also have no line or a thin red or yellow lines. In addition, many team cards had 3 different variations with team name either on the Left, Center or Right.

1956 Topps Hank Aaron 1956 Topps Mickey Mantle
There are a few uncorrected errors, the most famous being card #31 Hank Aaron which actually pictures Willie Mays sliding home ! Card #135 Mickey Mantle is also an interesting card. Exciting card pictures Mantle leaping high into the stands trying to catch a home run ball. The artist did a great job and Mantle makes the catch !!! An awesome play to put on this great card - right ? Only problem is that on the real play, Mantle missed the ball. 1956 Topps Mickey Mantle Catch
And as always for vintage Topps sets, take a quick look at Don Mossi and his famous ears !

Collectors of 1956 Topps likely love Topps side issue '1956 Topps Pins' which used the same portrait photos as the cards. Seems collectors preferred cards to pins and Topps cut the 1956 Topps Pin set from a planned 90 pins to just 60.
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Baseball card collecting terms (part D-F)

Die-Cut A special card that differs from a basic card by "Die-Cutting", cutting away portions of the card to create a special design. Most are serially numbered & limited.

Error Card Baseball card history is filled with error cards, many of them very interesting. Hank Aaron is on 2 of my favorite error cards. Aaron's 1956 Topps card action photo shows Aaron sliding home but it is actually Willie Mays not Aaron. Topps again goofed on Aaron's 1957 "reversed negative" card showing Aaron batting left-handed.

"Error Cards" are usually found early in print runs and often corrected. When this correction happens a VARIATION is created. Some variations are extremely interesting and very expensive while others are totally boring and you wonder why they were even made.

Extended Set Also frequently called Update Set or Traded Set.
They are sets issued after the original release to update the regular set with new and traded players.

Facsimile Autograph is an autograph printed on a card to show what the player's actual signature looks like. They are not "real" autographs.

Factory Set are complete sets usually in special boxes produced by the manufacturer. "Hand-Collated Sets" are sets collectors have put together card by card from packs.

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