As mentioned in Part 1, Topps cranked out 24 impressive large-scale baseball wall hangings for their 1969 team poster set, each with plenty of room to tackle 11 ballplayers from the different Major League Baseball clubs. While just about half the 264 faces that appear in the set were photos the collecting audience had not seen before, Topps deployed the remaining half on … [Read more...] about 1969 Topps Baseball Team Posters – Part 2: Giant Size! Assembly
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1969 Topps Baseball Team Posters – Part 1: Big, Bold & Borrowed
Fielding 11 players on each of the 24 MLB teams on a hefty 12” x 20” canvas, Topps took wall art to a new level in 1969 with their colorful Baseball Team Posters set. Collectors lucky enough to come across these wax pack gems, which had limited distribution at best, surely enjoyed the teammates staring back at them. Check out the giant-sized slugger with huge guns touting the … [Read more...] about 1969 Topps Baseball Team Posters – Part 1: Big, Bold & Borrowed
Topps’ “Other” 1969 Baseball Sets Were Small, Tall
Fifty years ago, collectors were beginning to pull the first of what would be Topps' biggest set to date at 664 cards. Baseball was expanding and so, too, were the number cards you needed to make a set. Still issued by series, the collecting would continue for the next several months but in addition to its standard bubble gum card set with the famous (or infamous) … [Read more...] about Topps’ “Other” 1969 Baseball Sets Were Small, Tall