Royals - 1978-1986 Topps BLANK-BACK PROOFs - Team Lot (9)

Neat item for team and/or variation collectors ! With Bud Black, Dan Quisenberry ... 1978 Amos Otis & Splittorff not in image.

Grade	NEAR MINT to NM/MINT
Book Value	n/a
Our Price	$ 19.95 Add to cart

Royals - 1978-1986 Topps BLANK-BACK PROOFs - Team Lot (9) cards value

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1980's Topps / Donruss & Fleer Top Rookies

1980: Rickey Henderson
1981: Tim Raines / Harold Baines / Fernando Valenzuela
1982: Cal Ripken Jr. / Lee Smith
1983: Tony Gwynn / Wade Boggs / Ryne Sandberg
1984: Don Mattingly / Darryl Strawberry 
1985: Kirby Puckett / Roger Clemens / Mark McGwire / Dwight Gooden
1986: Fred McGriff / Jose Canseco / Cecil Fielder
1987: Greg Maddux / Barry Bonds / Barry Larkin / Will Clark
1988: Roberto Alomar / Mark Grace / Tom Glavine
1989: Randy Johnson / John Smoltz / Gary Sheffield / Curt Schilling / Craig Biggio

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Baseball card collecting terms (part C)

Cabinet Card Were oversized trading cards featuring paintings issued mostly 1910-1915.

Card Show is a gathering of dealers & collectors looking to buy/sell/trade sports cards and memorabilia.

Card Stock is the material a card is printed on. Usually paper-based, today companies play with the card stock and sometimes it appears to be wood or leather or see-thru acrylic ...

Cello Pack is a card pack whose wrapper is see-thru plastic. Usually the top & bottom cards are seen. Unopened cello packs showing major stars and rookies sell for heavy premiums.

Centering is the balance of the borders: top/bottom & left/right. On perfectly-centered cards, top/bottom borders match as do the left/right borders. Centering is presented as a set of numbers & directions and often included with the grade. Perfectly-centered is "50/50 t/b" AND "50/50 l/r". As centering gets worse, one number increases and the other decreases. For example: 90/10 t/b is considered extremely off-center top to bottom. The numbers add up to 100 (50/50, 60/40, 90/10 ...).

Certificate Of Authenticity (COA) A document used to verify legitimacy of a collectible. NOTE: Keep in mind that COA's are easier to fake then autographs.

Common A card of a non-star player is considered a "Common" as opposed to cards of a star players or specialty/subset cards such as league leaders, teams cards, World Series cards...

Condition (Grade) 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.

Crease Defect usually caused by bending the card. Hard to see, or not, a crease lowers the card's grade (VG or lower) and greatly diminishes it's value.