The curtain may have dropped on Topps NFL cards—at least for now. Panini’s exclusive license has left the company on the sideline for the production of physical football cards. The story of how they got into the game in the mid-1950s is worth telling. Having purchased its bubble gum rival Bowman and produced its first exclusive baseball card set months later, the … [Read more...] about Berger-Bell Meeting Launched Topps Football Cards
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1951 Bowman Football Set Has Great QBs, Future Coaches
One was stoic; the other was volatile. Together, two pro football Hall of Famers share top billing in the 1951 Bowman football set. Tom Landry would make his mark not as a player, but as the rarely perturbed coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Norm Van Brocklin was a feisty quarterback and, later, the Dutchman was an even more intense coach of the Minnesota Vikings. They are … [Read more...] about 1951 Bowman Football Set Has Great QBs, Future Coaches
1950 Bowman Football Set Meshed Well With NFL
After debuting a football card set in 1948, Bowman skipped the 1949 season but returned as the 1950s kicked off. The 1950 Bowman Football set is a 144-card collection that maintained the company's smallish style design at 2 1/16 inches by 2 ½ inches. It was the first color football set put out by Bowman. The New NFL in 1950 The return of Bowman—and its spot as the lone … [Read more...] about 1950 Bowman Football Set Meshed Well With NFL
1954 Bowman Football Set Offered Unique Design
While the 1954 Bowman football set may not have had the eye appeal of the ’53 set, the design was still catchy enough to entice collectors. Bowman had trimmed its football set from 144 cards in 1952 to 96 in ’53. For 1954, Bowman introduced a 128-card set. The Design The ’54 set displayed more action shots, albeit posed ones, and there were a few posed head shots. In … [Read more...] about 1954 Bowman Football Set Offered Unique Design
1956 Topps Football Was Beginning Of An Era
Topps is celebrating its 60th season of issuing officially licensed pro football cards this year. While its products today have a more slick look with inserts, autographs and relic cards — its 2015 football set has a 500-card base set — Topps ventured gingerly into the NFL ranks with a 120-card set in 1956. Actually, there also was a checklist, and Topps included an … [Read more...] about 1956 Topps Football Was Beginning Of An Era
It’s A Wrap: Collecting Football Wrappers Can Be A Challenge
Be honest. If you were a kid growing up in the 1960s or ’70s, saving those wax wrappers for football cards were an afterthought. Packs of cards were usually stacked on shelves at small candy stores and five-and-dime counters. The wrappers were colorful, but unappreciated. Occasionally, an astute youth would notice an advertisement for a sports product on the side panel and … [Read more...] about It’s A Wrap: Collecting Football Wrappers Can Be A Challenge
Wheatland Opens New Auction With 600+ Lots
Wheatland Auction Services has launched its latest online catalog, with higher-end modern era rookie cards and unopened material joining vintage cards spanning more than six decades. Vintage card collectors will find complete and near complete sets, dozens of lots and single cards, including many graded cards with opening bids of $5. Among the highlights are numerous T206 … [Read more...] about Wheatland Opens New Auction With 600+ Lots
1950s Football Cards: Ten You Should Own
For many fans of the baby boomer generation and younger, the NFL starts in the 1960s. The first Super Bowl. The Packers. The Giants. The birth of the Cowboys. But pro football--and football cards--were coming of age a little earlier. Some of the most legendary names in the sport are found on 1950s football cards issued by Bowman and Topps, including many iconic rookie cards … [Read more...] about 1950s Football Cards: Ten You Should Own
Top 10 1950s Football Rookie Cards
It was before the Super Bowl. Before the AFL. Long before the guaranteed contract. "Football rookie cards" wasn't even a phrase in the 1950s. In fact, football cards were still a relatively new concept, unless you're counting the handful of sets produced in the 1930s and 40s. From 1950-59, the NFL would come of age...and so would its football cards. From the little 1950 … [Read more...] about Top 10 1950s Football Rookie Cards
The Original: 1951 Topps Magic Set
Topps' 2009 Magic Football set is an ode to the earliest real football card set produced by the company--one that's fairly affordable. … [Read more...] about The Original: 1951 Topps Magic Set