You can imagine the challenges faced by the Topps Company as it plotted some drastic changes in its 1965 football card product. Having settled for the AFL as it watched Swell’s Philadelphia Gum take over the much more desirable NFL trading card contract, Topps must have felt like it needed to make its product stand out. Instead of the 2 1/1” x 3 ½” dimension that had … [Read more...] about Vintage Pack Facts 1965 Topps Football
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Second Find of Valuable Vintage Wax Was Unexpected
The second part of what's become a seven-figure find of decades-old unopened sports and non-sports wax boxes is scheduled to go on the auction block late this month and we're learning a little more about how it all came about. "Beer Box Find II" included 1960s Topps football and baseball boxes, a 1971 Topps baseball box, a one-of-a-kind 1968-69 Topps Test basketball … [Read more...] about Second Find of Valuable Vintage Wax Was Unexpected
1965 Topps Football Set is More Than Just Broadway Joe
Youngsters used to seeing packs in a standard size wax wrapper found something completely different on the shelves of their local drug store in the late summer of 1965. For the second year in a row, the nation’s only baseball card maker had created a set of players from the American Football League players but this time, the packs were huge. The 1965 Topps … [Read more...] about 1965 Topps Football Set is More Than Just Broadway Joe
1965 Topps Joe Namath Rookie Card Sells for $60,000
One of four 1965 Topps Joe Namath rookie cards ever to grade PSA 9 (mint) has been sold in a private transaction for $60,000. The seller was MINT State, a long-time dealer specializing in high-grade sports cards. One of the most recognizable sports cards of all-time, the Namath is one out of approximately 1,000 examples ever submitted for PSA grading to have been awarded a … [Read more...] about 1965 Topps Joe Namath Rookie Card Sells for $60,000
eBay Card of the Day: Namath’s Rookie Shot in the Hospital
The recent Super Bowl may have been a dud of a game but one of the highlights was the appearance of Joe Willie Namath tossing the ceremonial coin in a pre-game ceremony while wearing a fur coat. Nearly fifty years after his professional debut, Namath is still making news and we suspect he will always produce some interesting media fodder for as long as he is in the public … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: Namath’s Rookie Shot in the Hospital
1966 Topps Football Set Pulls Autograph Collectors Too
The 1966 Topps football set seems to have a somewhat polarizing effect on collectors. Similar in design to the 1955 Bowman baseball issue, ’66 Topps football cards have a horizontal format, and feature a wood-grained border styled to look like a television, which I have found most collectors either love or hate. Unlike its baseball counterpart, which pictures many … [Read more...] about 1966 Topps Football Set Pulls Autograph Collectors Too
Who’s That Guy? 1960’s AFL Error Cards
Error cards have been a part of our hobby going back for decades. Wrong teams, missing ink, swapped photos, reverse negatives, incorrect statistics, and crude messages on baseball bats… There are any number of ways for a card to be considered an error, and it seems that few issues over the years have been truly error-free. The American Football League sets of the 1960's also … [Read more...] about Who’s That Guy? 1960’s AFL Error Cards