Tuesday, March 27, 2012

1970 Topps reverse side

Although card backs are rarely mentioned, the back can be highly fascinating. By offering facts that people might not be aware of, they complete a picture. A treasure trove of interesting, amusing, and practical information on baseball trivia. Children and adults both enjoyed the cartoons on the back. Some of them featured tests on baseball's history or regulations.

Number of Cards

1970 Topps grew to a new high of 720 cards

Size of Cards

Standard size , which measure 2½” by 3½”.

Basic Features

The front of these cards feature a color player photograph with a thin white frame and a gray border. The players team is located at the top and the players name (in script font) is located at the bottom along with his position.

The backs are in horizontal format and include the now standard statistics, biographical data and a cartoon.

Subsets:

World Series Highlight (WS)
Playoff cards (CS)
Statistical Leaders (LL)
All Star cards (AS)
Multi-Player Rookie

Released in 7 series

Series 1 (1-132)
Series 2 (133-263)
Series 3 (264-372)
Series 4 (373-459)
Series 5 (460-546)
Series 6 (547-633)
Series 7 (634-720)

Short Prints

The high series cards (634-720) are scarce and demand a premium.

1970 Topps Fronts

Chicago Cubs 1970 Topps Checklist

Number Player
46 Ken Rudolph RC
63 NL RBI Leaders Ron Santo
69 NL Pitching Leaders Fergie Jenkins
71 NL Strikeout Leaders Fergie Jenkins
80 Don Kessinger
117 Don Young
170 Billy Williams
192 Jim Qualls
223 Nate Oliver
240 Ferguson Jenkins
258 Paul Popovich
265 Randy Hundley
291 Leo Durocher MG
318 Willie Smith
334 Phil Regan
375 Johnny Callison
405 Bill Hands
429 Rookie Stars Bobb/Cosman RC
454 Ron Santo AS
456 Don Kessinger AS
480 Glenn Beckert
505 Ken Henderson
541 Bill Heath
562 Ted Abernathy
593 Chicago Cubs Team
612 Jim Hickman
630 Ernie Banks
649 Jimmie Hall
654 Rookie Stars Boots Day RC
670 Ron Santo
699 Hank Aguirre
714 Al Spangler










Sunday, March 25, 2012

2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures

2005 Upper Deck "Past Time Pennants" Loaded with stars and Hall of Famers. I always liked this set because it was easy to collect and a great design.
As you can see I need a lot more to complete this set

Checklist

2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Bronze #DK Dave Kingman
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Bronze #HO Ken Holtzman
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Bronze #RH Randy Hundley
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Bronze #BW Billy Williams
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Bronze #FJ Fergie Jenkins
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Bronze #RS Ron Santo









2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Silver #DK Dave Kingman
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Silver #HO Ken Holtzman
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Silver #RH Randy Hundley
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Silver #BW Billy Williams
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Silver #FJ Fergie Jenkins
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Silver #RS Ron Santo









2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Gold #DK Dave Kingman
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Gold #HO Ken Holtzman
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Gold #RH Randy Hundley

Signatures Dual
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #BFRH B.Freehan/R.Hundley
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #BHKH B.Hooton/K.Holtzman
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #BMRS B.Madlock/R.Santo
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #BSSL B.Sutter/S.Lyle
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #BWRH B.Williams/R.Hundley
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #BWRS B.Williams/R.Santo
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #DKFH D.Kingman/F.Howard
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #KHFJ K.Holtzman/F.Jenkins
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #KHRS K.Holtzman/R.Santo
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #RGKH R.Guidry/K.Holtzman
2005 UD Past Time Pennants Signatures Dual #RHJB R.Hundley/J.Bench






Friday, March 23, 2012

2005 SP Legendary Cuts Glory Days Material Fergie Jenkins

In 2005 Fergie Jenkins had many different Autograph cards (894 Total) I believe Glory Days ranks up there with the best.

inserts include
Platinum numbered to 1
Glory Days Platinum #FJ Fergie Jenkins 1
Glory Days Autograph Platinum #FJ Fergie Jenkins 1
Glory Days Material Platinum #FJ Fergie Jenkins Jsy 1
Glory Days Autograph Material Platinum #FJ Fergie Jenkins Jsy 1
Glory Days Patch Platinum #FJ Fergie Jenkins 1
Glory Days Autograph Patch Platinum #FJ Fergie Jenkins 1
I have none of the Platinum

What I do have are these

2005 SP Legendary Cuts Glory Days #FJ Fergie Jenkins 399



2005 SP Legendary Cuts Glory Days Material #FJ Fergie Jenkins Jsy



2005 SP Legendary Cuts Glory Days Autograph #FJ Fergie Jenkins 25



2005 SP Legendary Cuts Glory Days Autograph Material #FJ Fergie Jenkins Jsy 25



2005 SP Legendary Cuts Glory Days Autograph Patch #FJ Fergie Jenkins 25



There are Gold numbered to 10 which I have none.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

1964 Topps Giants Chicago Cubs



The cards in this 60-card set measure approximately 3 1/8" by 5 1/4". The 1964 Topps Giants are postcard-sized cards containing color player photographs. They are numbered on the backs, which also contain biographical information presented in a newspaper format.



Checklist

1964 Topps Giants #17 Dick Ellsworth
1964 Topps Giants #52 Billy Williams
1964 Topps Giants #58 Ron Santo




This set is so small I will include the White Sox players also
1964 Topps Giants #1 Gary Peters
1964 Topps Giants #33 Pete Ward
1964 Topps Giants #53 Juan Pizarro