Frank Thomas - 1996 Zenith 'Z-Team' #4

Grade	NM/MINT
Book Value	$ 12
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Frank Thomas - 1996 Zenith 'Z-Team' #4 cards value

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1971 Topps Baseball Cards
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Topps continued to increase the size of their sets growing the 1971 set to 752 cards. The set was again issued in series with the semi-hi's (#524 to #643) are scarcer with the scarcest being the the huge number of high #s (#644 to #752). Making this set even more challenging was the fact that tons of the High #'s were SHORT PRINTED !!!
ROOKIES included Hall-of-Famer Bert Blyleven Steve Garvey, Dave Concepcion, Bobby Valentine, George Foster, Dusty Baker...

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1985 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

The 1985 Topps set featured the USA OLYMPIC TEAM and Mark McGwire, who would for several years become the most in demand rookie. McGwire was pictured in his Team USA jersey. It was 1987 when Topps issued McGwire's first card as a major leaguer.
There were rookie cards for other future superstars including Kirby Puckett, Roger Clemens, Eric Davis, Orel Hershiser...

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1957 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

1957 was the beginning of the modern era of baseball cards and their to this day standard size of 2-1/2" x 3-1/2". Many collectors consider the 1957 set the most attractive of the 1950's sets. Of note is a fun error card picturing Hank Aaron batting left-handed. The error was never corrected so there is no extra value.
The set included some very neat multi-player cards and was PACKED with ROOKIES !!!
Frank & Brooks Robinson, Don Drysdale, Jim Bunning, Rocky Colavito, Kubek & Richardson

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Baseball card collecting terms (part B)

Bazooka Bazooka Bubble Gum put baseball cards on the back of their boxes from 1959 thru 1971. Complete boxes and panels can get extremely costly. Most kids back then could not afford complete boxes of bubble gum at one making Bazooka cards quite scarce. I actually don't recall ever obtaining a Bazooka card directly from a box as a kid. Do you ???

Black Sox Scandal Name given to the the most famous scandal in baseball history after the 1919 Chicago White Sox versus the Cincinatti Reds World Series when 8 White Sox players were accused of throwing the series. Details have remained somewhat unclear. The players were acquitted of criminal charges but 8 players still received a lifetime ban from professional baseball including the All-Time great "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.

Blank-Back a card in which nothing is printed on the back. These cards are usually not in packs and are either "PROOF ISSUES" or were removed from the factory in some way.

Blanket a term used for collectibles in the 1910's made of fabric .

Border is the part of the card that surrounds the photo or image.

Bowman was a card manufacturer in the 1940's and 1950's that was bought out by Topps. In 1989 Topps started issuing cards using the Bowman brand.

Break a term used to indicate the opening of a set, pack, box or case.

Break Value is the total book value of each card added up individually. The break value of a set is usually way, way more than the value of the complete set.

Frank Thomas - 1996 Zenith 'Z-Team' #4

1971 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1985 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1957 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1971 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

1985 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

1957 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values