WHITE SOX - Lot (9) different AUTOGRAPHED insert cards
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1956 Topps Pins Checklist & Values
WOW ! Few issues compare to the 1956 Topps Pins set. The colorful and
attractive 1-1/8" diameter pins were packaged with bubble gum
and featured a color photo of player on front with a pin clasp on back.
Many of the images for pins are the same as on the 1956 Topps cards.
If you collect 1956 Topps cards than YOU MUST add at least one of these
1956 Topps Pin to your collection.
Packed with stars (no Mickey Mantle), the 1956 Topps Pins set
also had a few scarcities such as Chuck Stobbs, Hector Lopez &
Chuck Diering.
In the end, collectors of the day preferred cards to pins and Topps cut back
the 1956 Topps Pin set from a planned 90 pins to just 60.
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1956 Topps Baseball Pins checklist, values & prices
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1972 O-Pee-Chee Baseball
Also referred to as OPC or Topps Canada, most vintage OPC sets were near replicas
of the Topps cards from that year. Exactly same in design they usually only
differed with the addition of French to the backs and some fronts.
Cards differed from their Topps versions mostly due to "Made in Canada",
French/English and different colored backs.
the sets, such as "Boyhood Photos" and "In Action" cards.
Card #465 Gil Hodges is the only card differing significantly from
its corresponding Topps card, which notes his April of 1972 death.
First Time features were "Boyhood Photos" and "In Action" cards.
The O-Pee-Chee cards can be distinguished from Topps cards by
This was also the first year the cards denoted O.P.C. in the
copyright line rather than T.C.G.
There is one card in the set which is notably different from the
corresponding Topps, Gil Hodges #465, which notes his death in April
on the OPC card.
TOP ROOKIE: Carlton Fisk is the only rookie of note.
TOP STARS: Nolan Ryan, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks,
Pete Rose, Ted Williams, Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson... !!!
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1972 OPC/O-Pee-Chee Baseball checklist and prices
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How do I keep cards in top condition ?
A: There is a wide variety of storage supplies available to help you keep your
cardsin the best condition possible. They range from hard thick acrylic screw-down
holders to "penny" soft sleeves for individual cards to cardboard boxes
that can hold from 100 cards upto "monster boxes" that hold more than 5,000 sportscards.
We have a large selection available on our web site with quantities from 1 to 1,000.