Topps began honoring its annual Rookie All-Star team with a postseason banquet in 1959. Players were featured in a dinner program, but it soon became obvious to someone at Topps — it was a card company, so why not honor the rookie recipients with a card set? Topps did just that in 1964, issuing a 36-card boxed set for the annual dinner, which was held at the Waldorf-Astoria … [Read more...]
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Vintage Set Break of the Week: 1964 Topps
The team names obviously stand out in 1964 Topps. There is just no way around it. This along with the lack of major rookie cards likely accounts for the lack of popularity with this Topps issue. What the set lacks in rookie power, it makes up for with regular star power. The set is headlined by Mickey Mantle who spent most of the year wracked with injuries. Pete Rose’s second … [Read more...]
Vintage Set Break of the Month: 1964 Topps Baseball
It was the year of the Beatles, the Cardinals, Koufax and the end of the ‘Colt .45s’nickname for Houston’s baseball team. Topps’ annual set went back to a more standard look after two years of woodgrain borders and bold colors. Our Vintage Set Break of the Month in cooperation with Burl’s Sports features a 1964 Topps complete set. There were individual cards of 30 Hall … [Read more...]
1964 Topps Baseball Might Rub Off on You
The so-called "British Invasion" began in earnest when The Beatles made their first U.S. television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in February of 1964, just weeks before pitchers and catchers reported to Spring Training. By the time kids popped open their first packs of 1964 Topps baseball cards that spring to background strains of "She Loves You" and "I … [Read more...]
Ruth Exhibit, Top Rated 1964 Topps Set on Display at Expo
More than 50 historic items related to Babe Ruth will be on display at the Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp & Sports Collectible Expo, September 4 - 6. The display, which was also part of this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland, is sponsored by Memory Lane and will include signed letters, photographs, a 1927 souvenir program book, a 1932 Ruth … [Read more...]
