An unprecedented third series, a legendary team and one of the top rookie cards of all-time make the 1972 Topps football set a standout. After producing 263-card sets in 1969, 1970, and 1971, Topps decided to make its ’72 set a whopper. Just as it had done with baseball, the company expanded the checklist. Instead […]
Rookie Cards of the NBA’s All-Time Best Centers
They changed the game and re-wrote the record book. The great ones altered the course of their franchise. George Mikan was the NBA’s first true superstar and his rookie card is worth a fortune but as African-American players joined the NBA, competition at the center position heated up. Here’s a look at the rookie cards of […]
1957 Topps Basketball Set Was a Trailblazer
Five years after its first major baseball card set hit the market, Topps took a brief foray into pro basketball with its 1957-58 NBA set. City Game 1957 saw two franchise shifts that hinted at a more metropolitan look for the NBA. The Ft. Wayne Pistons moved to Detroit and the Rochester Royals landed in […]
Hottest Giancarlo Stanton Baseball Cards
Giancarlo Stanton has flashed potential as a home run hitter since belting 22 as a 20-year-old in his 2010 rookie campaign. Since then he has been a four time National League All-Star for the Miami Marlins and led the league in home runs in 2014. He had accumulated over 260 career bombs at age 27, […]
1972 Topps Baseball Card Set is a Fun-Loving Monster
Traded cards, trophies, pictures of kids and more Hall of Famers than you can shake a stick at are all reasons the 1972 Topps baseball set seems to never end. The 787 card set was by far Topps largest issue to that point and the biggest set it would issue for another decade. What could certainly […]