Topps Baseball Cards

Topps has produced some of the best baseball cards since the year 1951. Topps baseball cards started off by producing its first baseball card in 1951 using a Red and Black set. However it was actually in 1952 that they had ventured to bring the modern concept of sports trading cards to life.

Baseball card Topps has since then been producing different sets of Topps baseball trading card in different years. These cards are now valued according to the year the baseball cards were released by Topps. The first set of Topps baseball cards were in different sets which are referred to as Red Backs and Blue Backs. These cards were a set of 52 cards that were not only used as a collector’s piece, but also used to play as a deck of playing cards.

These Topps baseball cards were manufactured and sold for different rates in the different years of its production. The different sets of baseball cards have pictures of different baseball pictures in them, with some of their statistical data. The 1964 Topps baseball cards were produced as a set of 587 cards which had coin inserts and 60 Topps giant cards. In addition to this, there were also 77 Stand ups cards. The 1972 Topps baseball cards comprised of 787 base set cards while the 1976 Topps baseball cards set had 660 base set cards. This series of cards had 44 traded cards with it too.

The 1993 Topps baseball cards had altogether 792 cards that were issued in cello, wax and rack packs. It was issued as a complete factory set in the J.C.Penney catalog and offered to Baseball card stores in plain brown boxes. These cards had an action photo with a circular portrait in the front, lower corner. The 1986 Topps baseball cards had base cards that numbered 792 which were in wax, cello and rack pack or factory sets. Trading cards here numbered 132. The 1988 Topps baseball card values are quite high, considering the fact that it had pictures of members of the US baseball team on it. The 1991 Topps baseball checklist includes baseball cards of all the top players of the year, and the decade on them.

The specialty of the 1997 Topps baseball card set was that it had Jared’s rookie card in it. The 2007 Topps baseball cards have abnormal popularity because of the presence of Derek Jeter card in it. This card was issued by both Mickey Mantle and George Bush on it where Mickey is waiting for his batting chance while Bush watches the game from the stands.

So it can be seen that Topps baseball cards value varies with its year of production and its special features. It is always better to refer to a Topps baseball cards book or Topps baseball cards lists to get a rough idea of the popularity and prices of the different Topps baseball cards in the market.