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1968 Topps Plaks From the perspective of a standard-issue company set collector, 1968 was not a great year for The Topps Company. More PSA 10s have surfaced from the lackluster 1968 Topps Baseball set, for example, than from every other Topps Baseball issue of the entire 1960s combined. Frankly, they're just not that tough, and toughness is the defining characteritic of a sustainable collectible. But don't disparage the Topps gang for taking it too easy in 1968. .gif)
That year, true to the zeitgeist of the times, Topps set into motion a wide-ranging series of experiments unlike anything they'd ever attempted before, with production ranging from Deckle Edge Proofs to Color Player Posters, from 3-Dimentional Tests to Topps Discs, to game cards, tip books, and stickers. Just as other American industries responded to the rampant turmoil of 1968 with an unprecedented level of "countercultural" productions, it was clearly a creative time at Topps. Among the most experimental Topps test issues of 1968 were the "All Star Baseball Plaks." Virtually unknown to most collectors today, Topps Plaks are bronze-colored plastic busts of two dozen stars of the late '60s issued in three-player sprues, like model airplane parts, along with one of two checklists and two sticks of bubblegum in a ten-cent wax pack. The checklist cards feature photos of the 24 players presumed to have been included in the set, and they are far easier to locate today than the actual Plaks. In fact, so scarce are the plastic busts that no one has yet been able to confirm the existence of all 24 checklisted players. Until now.
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$2.73 Million Sale - October 6, 2008  Centennial, CO - Allaying many fears concerning the health of sports collectibles in a troubled economy, Mile High Card Company's recently concluded Oct. 1 sale climbed to $2,734,887.00, topping the firm's previous record by nearly half a million dollars and proving to the skeptical masses what most long-time hobbyists have always known. Scarce collectibles are generally impervious to financial market trends, and cards, in particular, can often be better than gold. True to speculation among inquisitive hobby commentators on various online forums, rare pre-war items in high-grade not only held their own but in many cases outperformed even the loftiest of expectations. The world's finest T205 Gold Border Cy Young (graded PSA 8.5 NM/MT+) became the highest selling T205 on record with a final hammer price of $105,242. Other notable half-point surprises included a PSA 8.5 T206 Rube Marquard that finished at $9,816, a PSA 8.5 1915 Cracker Jack Honus Wagner that catapulted to $24,554, and a PSA 8.5 1962 Kahn's Clemente that brought $8,139. Clearly, a half-point does matter. Mile High was also pleased to realize exceptional prices on a handful of select pieces of memorabilia, including a spectacular single-signed Babe Ruth ball that fetched $32,683 and an exquisite 1910-11 Pittsburg Pirates Sweater that brought nearly $20,000. Most impressive, however, was the $30,434 realized for a 1955 Ted Williams Game-Used Bat graded GU-10 by PSA/DNA, the strongest price ever paid for a 1950s regular issue Williams bat. Also of particular note was a Type 1 Louis Van Oeyen Joe Jackson photo that brought $10,443 and a complete 1962 Topps Baseball Cello Box that sold for $38,236. .jpg "T205 Gold Border Cy Young") MHCC President, Brian Drent, summarized the auction by stating, "We are more than pleased with the results of our latest sale. It was a critical auction, not just for our firm, but for the entire hobby. Naturally, we were concerned about the economy, what with the Dow suffering its largest single day loss the day before we ended. But we were eager to be under the spotlight and to prove to the entire hobby that we can be relied upon in times like these and continue to realize exceptionally strong, record-breaking prices." Read On
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