1962 Topps # 60 N.L. Strikeout Leaders (Sandy Koufax/Don Drysdale)

Also Jim O'Toole, Stan Williams. (Dodgers/Reds)

Grade	EX/MINT to NEAR MINT
Book Value	$ 20
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1962 Topps # 60 N.L. Strikeout Leaders (Sandy Koufax/Don Drysdale) cards value

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1976 Popsicle Football Teams
Cards checklist

There is one card for each NFL team in the 1976 Popsicle football card set PLUS a variation of the New York Giants. The Giants changed logos in 1976, but Popsicle didn't know so one card shows team's 1975 helmet and the corrected shows the 1976 helmet.
The cards are like thin plastic credit cards and held up well as apparently they came one per box of Popsicles.
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1972 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

Topps again grew there set from (752) in their 1971 set to (787) in 1972. Again issued in series with semi-hi's (#526 to #656) and the scarest high #s (#657 to #787).
TOP ROOKIE was the Red Sox Hall-of-Fame catcher Carlton Fisk.

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1951 Bowman Baseball
Cards Checklist & Values

1951 was Bowman's largest set to date, both in the card size and number of cards. Thanks to the several major rookies, led by Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, the 1951 Bowman set is by far Bowman's most valuable.
Bowman again used hand-painted color reproductions of actual photographs. The 1951 Bowman card fronts were very similar to the 1950 set, with several players 1951 Bowman cards look like larger versions of their 1950 card.
Cards #243-#324 are scarce high numbers. The rookie cards of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays are in this series making them very difficult to obtain.
TOP ROOKIES: Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Whitey Ford, Monte Irvin, Nellie Fox, Joe Garagiola, Jackie Jensen, Jim Piersall ...
TOP STARS: Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Bob Feller, Warren Spahn, Duke Snider, Richie Ashburn & MORE !!!

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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.

1962 Topps # 60 N.L. Strikeout Leaders (Sandy Koufax/Don Drysdale)

1976 Popsicle Football Teams Cards checklist

1972 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1951 Bowman Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1976 Popsicle Football Teams
Cards checklist

1972 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

1951 Bowman Baseball
Cards Checklist & Values