Cap: [#ed2+] Gary Beban - AUTOGRAPHED UCLA Bruins Baseball Cap (Rams)
1967 Heisman Trophy winner.
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Below are short bits & pieces on sportscard & baseball trading card collecting.
Please wander around the website for more info, prices, values & images
on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.
1964/1965 Challenge the Yankees
Baseball Board Game
"Challenge The Yankees" was a popular baseball board game
from Hasbro in 1964 & 1965.
(50) player cards: (25) Yankees and (25) All-Star opponents,
made the game a treasure trove for collectors. 4" x 5-1/2" cards
came in blank-backed perforated sheets on a fairly fragile paper
stock.
The game also had dice, baseball diamond game board,
play cards, pegs to move around bases, strategy cards...
1964/1965 cards are nearly the same with a stat line the only way
to distinguish. A couple cards even have same stats so no way to tell
them apart.
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1964/1965 Challenge the Yankees Baseball Board Game
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1960 Fleer Baseball Cards

The 1960 Fleer baseball set contained 79 regular-sized cards
honoring the careers of Hall-of-Famers like Babe Ruth, Walter
Johnson, Lou Gehrig, Honus Wagner, Ted Williams and more !!!
Fleer was prevented from using current players by Topps'
exclusive rights, so they issued their Baseball Greats set using
retired players, managers, executives and the two league
commissioners. Luckily Fleer had their own exclusive rights deal
with Ted Williams, who quickly became the most in demand card in
the set. Unfortunately the weak card design and retired players
made it a giant dud with kids and the product was not well received.
There are very scarce variations with Joe Tinker,Eddie Collins
& Lefty Grove fronts, all with #80 Pepper Martin backs.
They are usually found cancelled or hand-cut from sheets. Likely
Pepper Martin's card was pulled due to contract issues.
The variations are not considered part of the complete set.
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1960 Fleer Baseball Cards
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1958 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values
In 1958 Topps started a continuing feature with their first "All-Star" subset.
A part of the All-Star subset, the Mickey Mantle 1958 All-Star card is famous
for being in the back pocket of famous sportscaster Bob Costas.
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1958 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.
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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 1)
The first baseball trading cards date back to 1869. For many years,
baseball cards were packaged in packs of tobacco as a way to increase sales
the same way that today prizes are packaged in boxes of cereal.
In the 1920's and 1930's, candy and gum companies started packaging baseball
cards in their products as well.
Baseball card production was virtually halted in the early 1940's due to paper
shortages created by World War II. The "Modern Era" of baseball cards began in
1948 when Bowman Gum Inc. offered one card and one piece of gum in a pack for a penny.
The first important football set was the Mayo set featuring college players
in 1984. Other than the 1935 National Chicle set no other key football set was
issued until 1948 when noth Bowman and Leaf produced sets.