1955 Bowman # 4 Eddie Waitkus (Orioles)

A member in our Card Hall of Fame for the start of his answer to Biggest Thrill in Baseball: 'In 1949, I was shot by a deranged girl.'.

Grade	EX/MINT
Book Value	$ 15
Our Price	$ 12.50 Add to cart

1955 Bowman # 4 Eddie Waitkus (Orioles) cards value

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on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.

1965 Topps Football
The 1965 Topps Football set contained (176) cards. The set was packed with rookies including: Fred Biletnikoff, Willie Brown, Ben Davidson...
And of course *** JOE NAMATH ***
who has the honor of the most expensive un graded regular issued football card ever !!!
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1964/1965 Challenge the Yankees

Baseball Board Game

"Challenge The Yankees" was a popular baseball board game from Hasbro in 1964 & 1965.
(50) player cards: (25) Yankees and (25) All-Star opponents, made the game a treasure trove for collectors. 4" x 5-1/2" cards came in blank-backed perforated sheets on a fairly fragile paper stock.

The game also had dice, baseball diamond game board, play cards, pegs to move around bases, strategy cards...
1964/1965 cards are nearly the same with a stat line the only way to distinguish. A couple cards even have same stats so no way to tell them apart.

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1964/1965 Challenge the Yankees Baseball Board Game
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1969 CITGO Coins
In 1969, to commemorate Baseball's 100th Anniversary, CITGO released their "Famous Baseball Player Coin Collection" of 20 brass coated metal coins. On the front, the coins featured the player's name and a raised image of his head. The back displayed a banner honoring baseball's s 100th Anniversary. The coins are approx. 1" in diameter and are very susceptible to tarnishing due to oxidation.
Customers received a single coin in it's sealed pack free with a fill-up and could pay 25 cents for additional coins. The 20 coin set could be inserted into a cardboard backing for display. On the back of the display was a short bio with stats of each player. Click to view an image of the cardboard backing and some more sample coins:
Pictured is an unopened pack containing one coin.

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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.