This weekend, a 16-member Modern Baseball Era Committee will gather to consider nine players and one former executive for induction to Cooperstown. Obviously, Hall of Fame election tends to mean a boost for a player’s rookie cards. As of now, all but the highest graded examples of most of the players’ cards are inexpensive. With results due to be announced Sunday at … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Facts: 1974 Topps Baseball
There was a lot going on in Topps' New York City offices and in their Duryea, PA plant in 1974. The San Diego Padres were thought to be moving to Washington, D.C., creating headaches for the company that prided itself on keeping its cards as current as possible. They were, for the first time, making plans for a "factory set," allowing collectors to buy the year's … [Read more...]
1974 Topps Baseball Stamps Set is Hall of Famer Heaven
Looking to lick a vintage set that includes a roster full of Hall of Famers but doesn't stick you with a hefty bill? You might consider the 1974 Topps Stamps issue. Lightly regarded for, well, being stamps, the 240-player set otherwise has everything collectors generally like. Packaging and Distribution The '74 set wasn't Topps' first stamp rodeo. They had … [Read more...]
Vintage Set of the Week: 1974 Topps Baseball
In February of 1974, baseball fans climbed out of their winter cocoons to find history waiting on their icy doorsteps, courtesy of Hank Aaron and his impending assault on Babe Ruth's all-time home run record. Whether they realized it or not, collectors were on the verge of a different sort of history because, by the time Al Downing delivered his fateful high fastball to … [Read more...]