Free online baseball card price guide baseball card values. Detailed visual timeline of all the topps baseball card designs from 1951 to 2020. But first, a brief history of some tiny bits of topps artwork. Nfl autographed singles trading cards, signed singles. Topps match attax is a trading card game featuring the the best players in the uefa champions league. What humbly began as a family gum business in brooklyn has evolved into a classic american sports company. Since 2012, topps began creating digital sports cards, starting with the topps bunt baseball card downloadable app. Use mavin to look up what your football cards are worth.
Ted williams comes with no line over his name or a yellow, green, blue, or. Panini will be the only company making physical cards and sticker products starting early next spring. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. The 1952 topps mantle is often mistakenly referred to as mickeys rookie card, but that honor belongs to his 1951 bowman card which is worth about a third of the 1952 topps card. History of bowman baseball cards vintage sets image gallery however, by this point in time there was a major new player on the block in the form of the topps gum company. Eight of the nine 1958 cfl teams are represented, the missing team being the montreal alouettes. The sport of football first emerged in the united states in the late 1800s, established by star halfback, captain, and later coach of yale college, walter camp. The design of the 1958 topps cfl cards is the same as that of 1958 topps nfl cards. Publisher of big league manager, negamco, pro table games and other realistic sport replay games. It was the first set to feature players from the national football league, including six hall of fame players. An american football card is a type of collectible trading card typically printed on paper stock or card stock that features one or more american football players or other related sports figures. Each years selections come with a brief summary of the season and its achievers, a price range of the cards, and a quiz. The complete picture collection, a history 19561986 by jack clary 1986, hardcover.
Contains over 10,500 reproductions of topps football cards. Based in new york city, topps is best known as a leading producer of american football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, soccer, and other sports and nonsports themed trading cards it is currently the only baseball card manufacturer with a contract with major league. Nigels webspace galleries of english and scottish football cards 196566 to 197980 topps chewing gum english topps is a wellknown u. The complete picture collection, a history 19561986 by jack clary 1986, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. His 1957 topps rookie card is one of several key cards from this legendary set. The end of topps football cards collectors universe. While there were minor threats along the way note the 63 fleer ted williams set and the kellogs 3d cards from the 70s topps had the baseball card market cornered during this period. Buy 1958 topps football cards, sell 1958 topps football cards. The national chicle company released its own football set, with only 36 cards, in 1935. The great american baseball card flipping, trading and bubble gum. English football cards topps chewing gum nigels webspace. How a random pack of 1986 topps inspired a book on cards. There are 88 cards in the 1958 topps cfl football card set. Reseller of other military and history table top games.
Fictional cowboy hopalong cassidypopularized in books, radio, tv and moviesis the lone star of topps first in a pantheon of popular culture card sets, giving kids cardboard collectibles of elvis presley, the beatles, mars attacks. Throughout its remarkable history, topps has proudly fostered an enduring connection. They were still pretty lifelike at that point and would make annual appearances thereafter until 1971 brought a photo instead. Also according to gilkeson there are a number of cards with color line variations on the front. This book provides a card sized photoin color of each topps football card made during the 19561986 time period. Although its football card line would not reappear until the college allamericans series of 1955, topps issued football cards every year thereafter. Baseball card price guide prices from actual card sales. Look at the back for the date, or the last year of stats. After two years of experimentation, topps entered the football card market in earnest in 1951 with a 75 card set of college players. Topps, of course, printed up about half the 1974 set with washington natl lea. Topps official stickers and trading cards of the premier league. Leather helmets and shoulder pads on players that stayed on the field for both offense and defense. This marked the start of the topps monopoly, as no other card company would produce baseball cards for another 25 years.
Free online football card price guide football card. If you click the name of the set in the chart above, a complete checklist of baseball cards will open. History of donruss trading cards, company and brand go gts. A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on cardboard, silk, or plastic. The seventime pro bowler is shown on the right side of the card doing what he did best. Our baseball price guide contains everyone from mickey mantle to ryan braun and every manufacturer from topps to upper deck to fleer, donruss and more. If you wish to assist baseball almanac with the baseball card database project and add addition sets from topps, please send us an email today and we will send you. Topps 52 card baseball game created by kenny mayne. Jan 03, 2020 collectors either love or hate the 1986 topps football card design. Includes flagship image gallery, set links, design history and more. A standard and often highly effective way to detect trading card counterfeits and reprints is by directly comparing the card in question with one or more known genuine examples. These quirky cards werent very successful and the brothers realized that if they were going to be a player in the trading card market, they would have to come up with other ideas. From there, it wasnt until the collegethemed 1955 topps all american football that they tried again.
Nigels webspace english football cards topps chewing gum. Browse our section of signed and unsigned singles trading cards at. The 1958 topps football cards include an unnumbered checklist and the team cards, which were left out of the previous years set. Sports memorabilia and original topps and other sport, nonsport trading cards. Today, they have expanded that market into other apps that include topps huddle football app, topps kick soccer app, and the extremely popular star wars card trader app that was released in 2015. At a meet and greet session with collectors thursday night, company officials indicated they were disappointed by the news, but indicated they would continue to produce football products on some. This is my 800th published post on cardboard history. Prices pop apr facts registry shop description card number ex 5 exmt 6 nm 7 nmmt 8 mt 9. Old baseball cards obc variations and oddities from. This john elway card with 1983 stats was issued in 1984 and was john elways first topps card. The book also provides statistics for each player at the back of the book. These cards are most often found in the united states and other countries where the sport is popular most football cards features national football league nfl players, but can also. Topps was actually on the verge of losing its nfl license in 2010 but hung onto it just after panini replaced upper deck as a football card manufacturer. Go back to the latter half of the 1970s, however, and youll find a different name vying for the attention of school children everywhere topps.
Free online football card price guide football card values. The official trading card game of the uefa champions league and uefa europa league. Folks contact us all the time trying to sell their trading card collection. The subsets for the 1975 topps football cards are the league leaders 18, allpro selections 201225, record breakers 3556, highlights 452460, and playoff highlights 526528. Having worked with the premier league since 1993, topps and the league will celebrate 25 years together in 2017. The green borders with white stripes meant to represent a football field can be great for some but odd for others. Find guaranteed authentic singles trading cards at online store. Booster pack topps 52 card baseball game created by kenny mayne. In this video, ill go over your options and what to expect. What is the value of the 1984 topps football card set answers. Mlb 2016 topps baseball cards series 2 trading card. Price guides get uptodate pricing from tuff stuff magazine for all major sports and collectibles areas. Find great deals on ebay for topps baseball card book and topps baseball card book 19511990. According to dick gilkeson, author of baseball card variation book, cards 1 to 50 come with gray backs printed in canada rather than the white backs.
Uefa champions league match attax extra, preorder display box 24 packets 360 cards uefa champions league match attax extra, preorder 7 card packet. Topps was on the verge of losing its nfl license in 2010 but hung onto it just after panini replaced upper deck as a football card manufacturer. Like the card, the hobby is always portrayed in the best light, but thats part of the history. Even though i dont actively collect football i will take peoples castoffs and rejects and i have accumulated over 2000 of them that way. Fictional cowboy hopalong cassidypopularized in books, radio, tv and. Throughout its remarkable history, topps has proudly fostered an enduring connection between fans and their heroes, not only in baseball but also in football, hockey, entertainment, and pop culture. Aug 01, 2014 topps was on the verge of losing its nfl license in 2010 but hung onto it just after panini replaced upper deck as a football card manufacturer. Type in a description and mavin tells you what your card would sell for online. The 2014 topps football card set consists of 440 cards. Panini will also produce digital cards via its gridiron program. Between 1951 and 1955 a proverbial state of war existed between the two companies that would later inspire the book the bubble gum card war.
Topps, which has produced pro football trading cards since 1956, will retain its license for producing digital cards through its topps huddle app. This is an online only auction featuring sports cards of every venue, nascar, comics and childrens books. Panini strikes deal with nfl players beginning in 2016. Home run kings, hit kings, master of the mound autographs all on card. The aim is to provide factual information from the marketplace to help collectors. Football champions italy update set calciomercato 20012002. Collect the stars of europes best club competition by scanning codes found in every physical packet of match attax 201920. The baseball card database currently has 179 topps baseball card sets online.
These innovative solutions include topps football website. Jun 03, 2012 this post concentrates on the 197879 series of topps footballer picture cards, known as orange backs. Ask anyone about collecting pictures of football players and theyre likely to mention one name and one name only panini. Purchase topps coins to buy extra trades, new packets and app exclusive live cards that are based on a players performance in the uefa. Cards trading card database has prices achieved from actual card sales, not estimates. There are also inserts sets such as 100 yard club, 4000 yard club, fantasy focus, greatness unleashed, power players and more. Just like a real uefa champions league game, the goal is to beat your opponent by scoring more goals and winning the game. Shop comcs extensive selection of 20 topps chasing history baseball cards. Buy from many sellers and get your cards all in one shipment. Along with baseball cards, american football cards began gaining popularity after world war ii. Although the jerry rice rookie card in this same set is no doubt the most popular and sought after, psa 10 gem mint examples of the steve young rookie card can. History of donruss trading cards, company and brand the 1960s 70s. This is a nice table book, and item for conversation, and an excellent book for those who were young when these players were part of the nfl. The 1958 topps football card set consists of 2 standard size cards that measure 2.
Kids everywhere start collecting and trading baseball cardsalong with. In subsequent pictures you will see the cards differ in distinct ways. Topps football card designs have varied widely over the years. Cartoon illustrations on the back of topps baseball cards goes back to 1953s dugout quiz and the following years inside baseball feature. The company issued its first trading card product in 1961 and was called idiot cards. Beginning in 1956 and every year since, topps has produced cards for the nfl.