1952 Bowman #234 Fred Fitzsimmons COACH SCARCE HI# (New York Giants)

Grade	EX/MINT
Book Value	$ 70
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1952 Bowman #234 Fred Fitzsimmons COACH SCARCE HI# (New York Giants) cards value

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1962 Fleer Football
The 1962 Fleer Football set contained (88) cards. The set's top rookies were:
Future Pro-Wrestler Ernie 'the Big Cat' Ladd
Future TV/Movie Star Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson.
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1968 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

(2) of the top rookies are from this set: Hall-of-Famers Nolan Ryan & Johnny Bench !!!
Some slightly more difficult bot no scarce high numbers or short prints in this set so once you have the Ryan and Bench it's kind of fun to complete.

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1952 Topps Baseball Cards
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1952 is often thought of as Topps 1st baseball card set, but it was not.
Topps issued several smaller baseball card sets prior to their huge 1952 set.
The buzz word at Topps back then was "BIGGER is BETTER" for their 1952 Topps set which Topps described as: "GIANT IN BOTH SIZE and NUMBER of CARDS" (407).
Key card in the 1952 Topps set is #311 MICKEY MANTLE. Often called Mickey Mantle's Rookie card - BUT IT IS NOT. That honor goes to his 1951 Bowman.
1952 Topps "High Numbers" (#311-#407), are very, very scarce with an interesting story:
This HUGE set was released in series, released weeks apart. By the last series, baseball was over and football starting.
??? Perhaps the set was too huge ???
Shops had cards left from earlier in the year so many orders were cancelled, thus the scarcity.
Adding interest is how Topps got rid of the now useless cards, including THOUSANDS of MICKEY MANTLE's. They dumped them into the Ocean !!!

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Are sports cards valuable ?

Like all collectibles, over time some sports cards go down in value, others go up and some can even become very valuable. Card values are based on many factors: player popularity, scarcity, condition & collector interest. A card can be scarce but without demand value may not be great.

Q: What are some ways to collect cards ? * Complete sets by year & issue
* Cards of your favorite player
* Cards of your favorite team "TEAM SETS"
* Rookie cards
* Hall-of-Famer cards
* I even had a girlfriend that collected Don Mossi (checkout his ears), players whose last name start with "Z", and the Brett brothers George & Ken (she had a crush on George).
* "TYPE COLLECTING" (everyone should at least do a little of this !)

"Type Collecting"
is collecting at least one of each different "type" of issue. On scarcer issues you can add a less expensive common while on others you can select your favorite player or team.

1952 Bowman #234 Fred Fitzsimmons COACH SCARCE HI# (New York Giants)

1962 Fleer Football

1968 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1952 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1968 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

1952 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values