1974 Topps Deckle Edge UN-DECKLED PROOF [WB] # 6 Jim Hunter (A's)

A couple of wrinkles by his thigh and cheek. Book price is from Beckett Annual for the regular card, these proofs are significantly scarcer.

Grade	VG, presents nicely
Book Value	$ 150
Our Price	$ 95 Add to cart

1974 Topps Deckle Edge UN-DECKLED PROOF [WB] # 6 Jim Hunter (A's) cards value

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10 Best/Most Interesting Error Cards

I've always loved VARIATIONS but not just errors. ERRORs are just errors and not corrected. ERROR VARIATIONS are errors that have been corrected. Usually onw of the (2) is scarcer than the other, sometimes even rare.
Here's one person's list of his top "error" cards..

1990 Topps Frank Thomas NO NAME
1989 Fleer Billy Ripken F..K FACE
1989 Score Paul Gibson CROTCH GRAB
2006 Topps Alex Gordon NOT SUPPOSED TO EXIST
1987 Donruss Opening Day Barry Bonds PICTURES JOHNNY RAY
T206 Sherry Magee MISSPELLED MAGIE
1985 Topps Gary Pettis YOUNGER BROTHER LYNN
1989 Upper Deck Dale Murphy REVERSED IMAGE
1990 Pacific Jim Nettles "A--HOLE" BAT
1988 Topps Al Leiter WRONG PLAYER

Someone else had several of the above plus:

1969 Topps Mickey Mantle (Mantle in White Letters) 
1952 Topps Johnny Sain-Paige Bio
1948 Leaf Gene Hermansk (misspelled) 
1977 Star Wars C-3PO #207 PE.IS
1954 Bowman Emlen Tunnell (misspelled with Tunnel) 
Sam Vincent 1990-91 Hoops #223 (Jordan wearing jersey #12) 
1981 Fleer Graig Nettles (Craig on the back)

First couple of "Variations" that popped into my head:

1958 Topps Hank Aaron & Roberto Clemente [YELLOW LETTERs]
1966 Topps Don Landrum [3 different pants button issues]
1962 Topps #139 [3 different variations - one is Babe Ruth]

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Are sports cards valuable ?

Like all collectibles, over time some sports cards go down in value, others go up and some can even become very valuable. Card values are based on many factors: player popularity, scarcity, condition & collector interest. A card can be scarce but without demand value may not be great.

Q: What are some ways to collect cards ? * Complete sets by year & issue
* Cards of your favorite player
* Cards of your favorite team "TEAM SETS"
* Rookie cards
* Hall-of-Famer cards
* I even had a girlfriend that collected Don Mossi (checkout his ears), players whose last name start with "Z", and the Brett brothers George & Ken (she had a crush on George).
* "TYPE COLLECTING" (everyone should at least do a little of this !)

"Type Collecting"
is collecting at least one of each different "type" of issue. On scarcer issues you can add a less expensive common while on others you can select your favorite player or team.