Topps’ 1967 baseball card set was visually appealing and boasted the largest checklist to date (609 cards). With the hobby release of 2016 Topps Heritage Baseball scheduled for March 2, Topps is hoping to recapture the simplistic beauty of the original. The checklist is available at the bottom of the page. Ode to the Original The 1967 set was a sparkling departure in terms of … [Read more...]
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Vintage Set Break of the Month: 1967 Topps Baseball
Against the backdrop of increasingly turbulent times, kids a quiet, but growing number of adult collectors could still count nickel packs of baseball cards to provide a little diversion during the spring, summer and early fall of 1967. That feeling comes back this month with the launch of the Burl’s Sports Vintage Set Break of the Month. A complete low to mid-grade set is … [Read more...]
Ramblings: Willie, Choo Choo and Horace Among 1966 Topps ‘Stars’
As anyone who has collected or dealt in mid-1960's Topps cards can verify, many of those 1966 and 1967 Topps single print high numbers are just brutal cards to acquire. We are going to do some quick hits on some of those key cards and why they were or are popular today. Let's begin with Willie Davis (#535). One of my favorite lines ever was when Bill James wrote that Davis’ … [Read more...]
1967 Topps Rod Carew PSA 10 1/1 Sells for $59,800
The only PSA 10-graded 1967 Topps Rod Carew rookie card sold on the first day it was offered in Memory Lane's latest I Own it Now sale on Thursday. The record-setting price was $52,000 plus a 15% buyer's premium which pushed the realized price to $59.800. The card was originally part of the Dmitri Young Collection which sold at auction last spring. The buyer who flipped … [Read more...]
1967 Topps Baseball High Numbers Keep Collectors Hunting
Anyone who has collected set usually sails along through most of the first six series. It’s those 1967 Topps baseball high numbers that cause many to pull out their wallets—and their hair—with exasperation. Several were short printed. Today, a handful of certain ’67 Topps high numbers have proven to be next to impossible to find in mint or even near mint … [Read more...]
