1952 Topps baseball is generally recognized as one of the Big 3 baseball sets with 1909-11 T206 and 1933 Goudey, making it the most iconic postwar set. It also contains…
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A couple of weeks ago, I posted an article called 10 Random Post War Baseball Card Facts and wanted to follow up with a few more bits of hobby info.…
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If you look closely at the 1957 Topps #95 Mickey Mantle card’s right side, you can see that Topps tried to air-brush someone out of the card. But who is…
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The variety of products people can collect in the hobby is huge. People collect star players, sets, unopened products, advertising panels, and a lot more. Another hobby subgroup is collectors…
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The 1952 Berk Ross Mickey Mantle is often overlooked compared to his Bowman and Topps counterparts. The 1952 Berk Ross set has 72 cards and is full of stars, primarily…
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A lot of collectors focus on rookie cards and superstar cards from key sets like 1952 Topps. One thing collectors tend to overlook is the last card of a player’s…
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A lot of people collect autographed sports cards, and their popularity is rising. Modern card collectors can get signed cards in packs, but vintage cards require getting the card signed…
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Collectors often confuse the iconic 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle card as his rookie. Mantle’s official, and true rookie card, is his 1951 Bowman release, #253. Indeed, both cards are…
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Manufacturers make mistakes; it happens. But in the sports card hobby, when those mistakes get corrected, but both variants end up in collector’s hands, there’s increased demand and high prices…
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The other week I built a 1970s Topps Graded Basketball Collection on a $250 budget. Today, I want to do something similar with baseball cards. This time I am raising…
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