1971 Topps #140 Gaylord Perry (Giants)

Grade	NM/MINT to NrMT+
Book Value	$ 6
Our Price	$ 15.95 Add to cart

1971 Topps #140 Gaylord Perry (Giants) cards value

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1986 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

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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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1952 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

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.
Topps buzz word 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 weeks apart. By the last (6th) series, baseball season was over and football starting. Candy shops had plenty of baseball cards from earlier series so most cancelled their orders for the last series creating the scarcity.
Adding interest is how Topps disposed of the now un-needed cards including THOUSANDS of 1952 Topps MICKEY MANTLE's. They dumped them into the Atlantic Ocean like most of New York's trash in those days.

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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.

1971 Topps #140 Gaylord Perry (Giants)

1986 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1965 Topps Football

1952 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

1986 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

1952 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values