If you've ever thumbed through a stack of 1970 Topps, you've probably seen it. Looking not just a little like noted hijacker D.B. Cooper, Phillies pitcher Lowell Palmer sports a cool pair of dark sunglasses. While players of the era were sometimes captured donning tinted shades, this kind of look was, well, pretty unusual. It's just one of those quirky images … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Facts: 1970 Topps Cello Baseball
This is the fifth installment of Vintage Pack Facts, a weekly feature highlighting unopened packs from the past. This series hopes to shed some light on one individual release each week in terms of the variety of packaging methods used, prices at the time, a little about the set itself and more. VintageBreaks.com will often open the packs we’re … [Read more...]
Stargell Sampler: Pops’ Cards Span 3 Decades
Late in his career he was called “Pops,” but during most of his major-league career, Willie Stargell was better known as one of baseball’s big power hitters. He hit 296 of his career 475 home runs during the 1970s and led the National League in homers twice (1971 and 1973). In 1979, the last time the Pirates won the World Series, Stargell was the league’s co-MVP, sharing top … [Read more...]
1970 Topps Baseball: A Little History
Wax packs went from a nickel to a dime, which must have seemed outrageous at the time. Double the price?! At least collectors had more cards to chase when the 1970 Topps Baseball cards hit the market. The set was split into seven series and was the largest one produced to that point at 720 cards. The front of the cards seemed to lack pizzazz but the … [Read more...]
1970 Topps Baseball: Of Miracle Mets, Price Increases and Multiple Inserts
In many ways the 1970 Topps Baseball card set was both a fun one and a historically significant one. In July 1969, the miracle of man first landing on the moon grabbed worldwide headlines. Only a few short months later another miracle occurred as the Mets shocked the world and won the World Series. This latter “miracle” was commemorated in the 1970 baseball set as card #1, … [Read more...]