America's trading card maker loved to tinker. Producing your standard baseball, football, basketball and hockey fare didn't mean you didn't try new things even when you had a virtual monopoly decades ago. From stamps with albums to posters to glossy cards, they were always putting something extra into packs or trying out new things to pack with the stick of pink bubble … [Read more...] about 1969 Topps 4 in 1 Baseball a Rare Test Set
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1974 Topps Deckle Edge Set Packed with Big Names
In the mid-1970s, the small fraternity of adult baseball card collectors surely began corresponding by mail and sharing long-distance phone conversations once the existence of a new set. The only place it seemed to be showing up was in a small area of New England. The 1974 Topps Deckle Edge set, as it came to be known, was one of the many 'test' issues Topps … [Read more...] about 1974 Topps Deckle Edge Set Packed with Big Names
1973 Topps Comics ‘Test’ Set an Unreleased Rarity
Of all of the various Topps “test” issues, the 1973 Topps Comics set is one of the company’s most unique, most rare, most mysterious and most colorful issues. Chances are you don’t have any in your collection. Don’t feel bad. Few do. If you do have one—or more—you’ve got a truly rare piece of collecting history. Topps created numerous sets that had either a … [Read more...] about 1973 Topps Comics ‘Test’ Set an Unreleased Rarity
Uncut 1968 Topps 3-D Sheet, Holsum Ruth at Auction
Goodwin and Company’s latest auction includes an uncut sheet of 1968 Topps 3-D cards, the ultra-rare test issue that never saw national distribution. Among the 12 cards on the sheet are two that never made it into the precious few packs that were distributed for a very brief time 47 years ago: Tommy Davis and John O’Donoghue. Roberto Clemente is also on the sheet. Only a … [Read more...] about Uncut 1968 Topps 3-D Sheet, Holsum Ruth at Auction