Karl Malone - 1996-97 Fleer Metal PLATINUM PORTRAITS #7 (Jazz)

A very scarce and exceptionally cool etched-metal-like insert. Lowest on eBay is $30.

Grade	NM/MINT
Book Value	n/a
Our Price	$ 23.95 Add to cart

Karl Malone - 1996-97 Fleer Metal PLATINUM PORTRAITS #7 (Jazz) Basketball cards value

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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.
Click for complete 1956 Topps Baseball Pins checklist, values & prices

1963 Bazooka ALL-TIME GREATS
In 1963, competitive pressures compelled Topps to add a bonus to it's 1963 Bazooka boxes. These cards were inserted inside boxes of Bazooka bubblegum at 5 per box. The 41-card set of Hall-of-Famers features black and white photos of the player inside a gold plaque. A short biography appears on the back, a first (and last) for Bazooka. The 41 numbered cards measure 1 9/16" by 2 1/2". Scarcer silver colored plaques also exist.

1966 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

Like most Topps sets of the '60s, their 1960 set had it's share of Hall-of-Famer rookie cards with Fergie Jenkins, Jim Palmer & Don Sutton.
The very scarce high numbers, many being even scarce short prints, make completing this set a challenge for collectors.

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Protecting and Storing your Card Collection

There are many different ways to protect, organize and store your sports cards.

Soft Sleeves also called "penny sleeves" are the most basic protection for your cards. Made of thin plastic, they come in packs of 100 and are very inexpensive.

Top Loads are rigid plastic holders and a step up in protection over "soft sleeves". Called top-loads because you place the card thru a thin opening at the top. They come in many sizes for regular cards upto 8-1/2 x 11 for magazines and even larger.

Screw-Down Acrylic Holders
These are sometimes used for better, more expensive cards. Small screws hold two pieces of clear acrylic together. In a variety of sizes and thickness that not only protect the card but can funciton as a paper weight or display item.

There are also Single-Screw Screw-Downs that use only 1 screw to seal the holder. They are easier to use and provide the same type of protectionas regular screwdowns and they are also much less expensive costing as little as .30 in quantity while 1 inch or 2 inch acrylic screw-downs can cost upto several dollars.

Karl Malone - 1996-97 Fleer Metal PLATINUM PORTRAITS #7 (Jazz)

1956 Topps Pins Checklist & Values

1963 Bazooka ALL-TIME GREATS

1966 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1956 Topps Pins
Checklist & Values

1966 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values