1984 Topps TIFFANY - COMPLETE FACTORY SET (792 cards)
Topps LIMITED EDITION PREMIUM SET on high-gloss premium card stock. LIMITED to ONLY 10,000 MADE ! DON MATTINGLY's scarcest ROOKIE !!!
Grade |
NM/MINT to MINT |
Book Value |
$ 200 |
Our Price |
$ 159.95
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Below are short bits & pieces on sportscard & baseball trading card collecting.
Please wander around the website for more info, prices, values & images
on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.
1972 Topps Football
The 1972 Topps Football set contained (351) cards, and came in
(3) series. The 3rd series high numbers (#264 to #351) are
perhaps the scarcest regular football cards Topps ever made.
The set was jam packed with rookies including:
Roger Staubach, John Riggins, Archie Manning, Lyle Alzado,
Charlie Joyner, Ted Hendricks), Jim Plunkett...
Perhaps the most expensive card in the set is Joe Namath's
Pro Action card, one of the very, very scarce 3rd series high #s.
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1972 Topps Football Checklist and Prices
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1934,1935,1936,1937 Diamond Football Matchbooks
Matchbook collecting was sweeping the nation back in the 1930's
with most sports matchbooks issued by Diamond Match Company out
of New York.
The football matchbooks were printed over a period of several
years in assortment of colors and included both professional and
collegiate football players.
1930's matchbooks are huge bargains for collectors as their
values are fractions of that of Goudey and other issues from the 1930's.
Diamond also produced several issues of Hockey and Baseball Matchbooks.
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1935-1936 Diamond Baseball Matchbook Checklist and Prices
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1934-1938 Diamond Football Matchbook Checklist and Prices
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1974 Topps DECKLE EDGE Checklist & Values
This scarce 72-card test issue set was released with very limited
East Coast distribution making them quite scarce.

Officially simply called "Topps Baseball Photos", their serrated or "DECKLED"
edge gave them the name they go by today.
The 2 7/8" x 5" inch cards were sold in 2 card packs with gum or 3 card
packs without for 5 cents.
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Fronts are similar to b&w Exhibit Postcards from the 50's
with photos and facsimile autographs.
The backs make this very scarce test issue more interesting !
They feature handwritten script of player's name, team, position & date
and location of the photograph as well as a mock newspaper article.
This was Topps 2nd "Deckle Edge" issue, their first being the smaller
and more common 1969 Topps Deckle Edge inserts in 1969 Topps packs.
Variations of 1974 Topps Deckle Edge exist,
making this issue more fun and challenging to collect.
Backs can be found in gray or a much scarcer white.
Also, more limited proof versions with non-scalloped edges exist and
can be found with and without card numbers.
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1969 Topps Deckle Edge checklist and prices
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1974 Topps Deckle Edge checklist and prices
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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.