Angels - 1990 Topps BLANK-FRONT - Near Complete TEAM SET/Lot (25/27)
With Wally Joyner, Bert Blyleven, Chili Davis, Dante Bichette... MISSING:#130,603 (sample image)| Grade | Mostly NM to NM/MINT |
|---|---|
| Book Value | n/a |
| Our Price |
$ 19.95
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1979 Kellogg's Baseball |
1958 Hires Root Beer Baseball
The (66) card set came with attached advertising tabs.
Cards with their tabs are extremely difficult to find and quite expensive.
Cards measure around 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 without their tab and are numbered #10
thru #76, with #69 missing.
Other issues you may be interested in:
Although very small at only (66) cards, it did not lack in star power with
Hall-of-Famers including Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Pee Wee Reese, Don Drysdale,
Richie Ashburn, Bill Mazeroski, Duke Snider, Larry Doby and others...
The wood grain 'knot hole' card design was quite popular at the time and
was brought back by their 2003 Bowman Heritage issue.
1958 Bazooka Felt Baseball Patches 1958 Hires Root Beer Baseball (You may be on that page now) 1958 Topps Baseball |
Grade/Condition Centering, corner wear, photo clarity, edges, creases, print flaws ... all combine to determine a card's condition or grade. Along with rarity/scarcity it is the major factor in a card's value.
Graded Card As values increased the condition of cards and the determination of fakes and alterations became increasingly more important. Various companies became "graders" of your cards. For a fee they would grade your card (usually on a 1 to 10 scale) and then placed in a sealed plastic holder with labelling of the vital information.
From past experiences, most people are NOT HAPPY with the grades they receive. To keep values up, graders can be extremely picky. Things you don't see, they do so don't be surprized when the NEAR MINT card you send in ends up with an EX or EX/MINT grade.
There are TOO many grading companies - if you do, do choose carefully. PSA / SGC / GAI / BGS are some of the many companies. It is good to know that getting a card graded by a company that people do not recognize or respect will usually just cost you time and money and not help you in any way.
