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...] about 1970 Topps Baseball: A Little History
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Rich’s Ramblings: Projecting Hall of Famers Has Never Been Easy
History is a great tool. As we discovered with the recent Hall of Fame voting, players we once thought to be slam dunk Hall of Famers become nothing of the sort. Rafael Palmiero, one of a handful of players with the combination of 500 homers and 3000 hits is not even eligible to be voted in by the writers after Wednesday’s results. That got me thinking of some years past and … [Read more...] about Rich’s Ramblings: Projecting Hall of Famers Has Never Been Easy
Vintage Pack Break of the Week: 1970 OPC Baseball
Collectors who lived in Canada or found themselves there during the spring and summer of 1970 noticed something different about the 1970 OPC Baseball set. I= It was a lot bigger. In '69, Topps' Canadian partner increased the number of cards in the set from 196 to 218 to acknowledge the arrival of the first Canadian big league team, the Montreal Expos and the other … [Read more...] about Vintage Pack Break of the Week: 1970 OPC Baseball
1970 Baseball Cards eBook Offers Trip Back in Time
Depending on your original level of devotion, they are a sweet childhood memory or a passion that never left. Baseball cards were a part of millions of young lives in the early 1970s. Some bought them mainly for that sweet slab of dusted pink bubble gum. Others, though, connected with the game through the colorful images on the cards inside each tightly wrapped package. … [Read more...] about 1970 Baseball Cards eBook Offers Trip Back in Time