| Grade | NM/MINT |
|---|---|
| Book Value | $ 37.50 |
| Our Price | $ 37.50 Addtocart |
Below are short bits & pieces on sportscard & baseball trading card collecting.
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on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.
1969 Ajman & Manama
Official Postage Stamps
In 1969, Ajman & Manama made baseball card collector's happy with their official government issued baseball "Champions of Sports" stamps with (6) of the greatest stars ever: Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Honus Wagner & George Sisler. The Manama and Ajman stamps are nearly the same except for color and country. The pictured notice from the Ajman post office stated stamp sheets & sets were limited with & w/o perforations.
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The first think you notice about Topps 1975 baseball cards is their very colorful and thinck borders, many say TOO colorful, TOO thick. Anyway, this set doesn't show up on too many best designed baseball card lists. But what it lacked in design, it made up in other ways. First was the AWESOME ROOKIE cards for Hall-of-Famers George Brett, Robin Yount, Jim Rice, Fred Lynn and Gary Carter. Then there was the SUPER POPULAR MVP subset. One of my favorite Topps subsets, there were now many great cards picturing players like Mickey Mantle & Willie Mays. It didn't stop there. There were several Record Breaker cards featuring greats like Hank Aaron & Nolan Ryan. Plus the always loved League Leaders cards and even more . AND THE BEST PART --- 1975 Topps Minis !!! Yes, a whole new set, exactly the same, but a slightly smaller size !!! 1975 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values
Click for complete1975 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.
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Team Autographed / Signed Baseballs
Team signed baseballs were the thing well before single-signed balls exploded on the market. Generally, team signed baseballs from early 1900's had 10 to 15 signatures, the 1940's that jumped to 18 to 25. Joyce Sports Research Collection (Notre Dame) says "signatures must include only members of a specific team from a specific year, and there must be some approximation of completeness." Not concrete but to me a "team ball" MUST have ALL the team'sSTARS (unless a rookie or in season trade) and in today's marketat least 20, preferably more, and the manager. Determining Age of Team Signed Balls Team Signed Baseballs Values Team autographed baseballs on official league balls get higher values.They are "official", made better, preserve better and even help indating especially with balls signed at "Reunion" baseball card showswhich brought together great teams of the past. Facsimile Autographed Balls
What is a "Team Signed Baseball" ???
Simple answer: A ball with XXX signatures of a certain teamfor a certain year. What is difficult is the XXX.Baseball tons of roster moves make it nearly impossible to"Get Them All".
"Official" league balls have stamped signatures of current leaguepresidents on the "sweet spot". Starting 1934/1935 balls were produced by Spalding (NL)and Reach (AL). Rawlings took over in 1977/78. Have a possible team roster at hand, ESPN & baseball-reference.comhave great sites), decipher a few signatures then solve the puzzle.
Pricing team signed baseballs is difficult due to subjectivity andfactors involved suce as: Signatures placement, quality, strength,number of autographs, stars, age, team significance, and eye appeal considering fading, whiteness,scuffs, shellacking, staining, overall wear...
1960's/1970's machine-printed "autographed" team baseballs were soldat stadium gift shops for around $1.95. Easy to identify as all signatures were uniform in ink, color, size and look."Facsimile" signatures are also often found on baseball cards.
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Baseball card collecting terms (part S-Z)
Series are groups of cards in an issue released together.Example: Series #1 (cards #1-100) are released in April;Series #2 (#101-200) released in July; and so on. This allowedkids to easier complete sets. A side-effect was the creation of scarce"High Numbers".
Short Print (SP) is a card printed in lesser quantity than other cardsin the set. Recent short prints are often serially-numbered.
Team Set is a group of all the cards of players for a certain team.
Test Issue is a small printing by a card company to see if products are of interest to collectors. Some of Topps neatest itemsare "Test Issues" like 1956 Topps Pins & 1974 Topps Puzzles.
Tobacco Card is typically from the early 1900's and were issued with tobacco products, the most famous of which is the T-206 Honus Wagner card.
Traded/Update Set is a set issued after the original issue primarily featuring rookiesor players who were traded since the original issue came out.
Trimmed Card is a card reduced in size mostly to hidedamaged edges or corners. Trimmed cards have very little value comparedto the un-trimmed version. In some cases such as the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle,even trimmed cards can go for thousands. The most famous 'trimmed' card is the T206 Honus Wagner purchased by Wayne Gretzky. The card was actuallytoo large before it was trimmed down to size.
Unauthorized Issue is a card release which is not licensed by theleague, player's association or player.
Variation is a card printed by the manufacturer that differsin some way from the normal card.
Wax Pack is a generic term for a pack of cards.The "wax" came from a time when packs were sealed in wax paper wrappers.Today it is still used for packs even though they no longer use wax paper.
