Recent Collection Purchased From 1958: The Topps All-Star Collection

1958 Topps Baseball

At Dean's Cards, we buy hundreds of vintage baseball card collections every year.  These collections range from cards acquired during childhood (that have most likely been sitting in a closet or attic for years), to collectors selling their baseball card sets and cards that have taken years to acquire through shows, card shops, or a websites like DeansCards.com.

1958 Topps #150 Mickey Mantle

Everyone has their own reasons for selling their vintage cards. One of the reasons could be a collector wanting to sell their duplicate cards.  We've had many cases of customers and clients sending us their dupes in order to maybe focus on another part of their collection, or simply clean out the attic or closet a little bit.  Here's an example of a customer that sent us his extra 1958 Topps Baseball cards for us to purchase.


The "bulk" of the collection

It's no understatement to say that we just bought
box upon box of 1958 Topps cards.

For those who may not be experts, the 1958 Topps Baseball Card Set is easier to build than some other sets released around the same time.  1957 Topps Baseball has an expensive mid-series, that can make the set a bit pricier to complete. 1959 Topps Baseball has a high number series that's slightly more expensive, and also has almost 80 more cards than its 1958 counterpart.  This makes 1958 Topps Baseball an appealing set to build for those new to collecting Topps cards from the 1950s.

This set is also fun to build in the sense that it has so many star cards of those beloved Hall-of-Famer's of the 1950s.  This is due to the Sport Magazine All-Star subset, as well as multi-player cards depicting various players from around the league.  These cards are often themed and have titles such as, "Slugger's Supreme," "Birdie's Young Sluggers," "World Series Batting Foes" and "Rival Fence Busters."

Altogether, we purchased over 3,000 cards from 1958 Topps.  Many of these were duplicates.  We LOVE buying collections like this.  If you aren't familiar with how our "Everyday Discounts" work, click here.  The more cards we have in inventory and the more cards you buy, the more you save!  Nobody else has the selection of 1958 Topps as Deanscards.com.

An All-Star Celebration

1958 Topps #487 Mickey Mantle AS
was triple printed, making it one of the least expensive
Mickey Mantle cards to purchase from the 1950s.

There was an exceptional amount of All-Star cards included in this collection.  Even though they were part of the all-stars subset, not all of these guys were big-time Hall of Famers.  Herb Score wasn't even an All-Star in 1957.  He actually was hurt for most of the season after being hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of Gil McDougald.  A promising pitching career, for all intensive purposes, was cut short as Score would never return to form after the injury.  Virtually every other player depicted in this subset would go on to have productive careers in the big leagues.

All in all, we bought:

41 - #476 Stan Musial AS
27 - #477 Bill Skowron AS
17 - #478 Johnny Temple AS
24 - #479 Nellie Fox AS
24 - #480 Eddie Mathews AS
22 - #481 Frank Malzone AS
32 - #482 Ernie Banks AS
31 - #483 Luis Aparicio AS
19 - #484 Frank Robinson AS
10 - #485 Ted Williams AS
19 - #486 Willie Mays AS
35 - #487 Mickey Mantle AS
31 - #488 Hank Aaron AS
25 - #489 Jackie Jensen AS
27 - #490 Ed Bailey AS
33 - #491 Sherm Lollar AS
17 - #492 Bob Friend AS
21 - #493 Bob Turley AS
19 - #494 Warren Spahn AS
17 - #495 Herb Score AS

If you're interested in selling your collection to us, please read our seller testimonials. On there you will find dozens upon dozens of satisfied clients. For more information on selling a vintage baseball collection in general, please click here. We look forward to hearing from you!

By Dean Hanley

 Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

Recent Collection Purchased From 1956: Davy Crockett and Topps Baseball Cards

1956 Topps Baseball and 1956 Topps Davy Crockett

At Dean's Cards, we buy hundreds of vintage baseball card collections every year. These collections range from cards acquired during childhood (that have most likely been sitting in a closet or attic for years), to collectors selling their baseball card sets and cards that have taken years to acquire through shows, card shops, or a website like DeansCards.com.

Everyone has their own reasons for selling their vintage cards, and one of the most common reasons for selling cards is due to down-sizing.  Over the past few months, we have bought over 5000 cards from a gentlemen who is doing just that.  And as you will come to find, this particular collector had an affinity for all things 1956 Topps!

1956 Topps Davy Crocket Orange Back Sets

1956 Topps Davy Crockett #1 King of the Wild Frontier

He started off by mailing in 13 Davy Crockett Orange Sets (with duplicates), and it is the most Davy Crockett cards we’ve ever seen in one place!

This set really is an interesting release by Topps. While today we mainly see action figures of our favorite movie characters and super heroes, back in the 1950's, trading cards were the equivalent. Thus when the Walt Disney film "Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier" premiered in 1955, naturally the movie appeared in playing card form as well. 

#80 Bowie's Last Stand

The 1956 Topps Davy Crockett trading card set originally consisted of 80 cards that could be purchased in 1-cent and 5-cent wax packs each with a stick of bubble gum. The cards were numbered and when all 80 orange-backed cards were put in sequence, the entire movie was in the palm of one's hand.

If you're interested in buying a 1956 Davy Crockett Orange Back Complete Set (or two!) we know just the place. Dean's Cards has over 2,000 singles in stock as well, with images of all cards. Relive the movie and all of Davy's exploits via this vibrant 80-card issue.

For more information visit our 1956 Topps Davy Crockett Orange Back Cards Category page.

1956 Topps Baseball Card Sets

After we purchased the Davy Crockett cards, we moved onto his vintage baseball card collection.  He mailed in 3 pretty nice 1956 Topps complete sets, which we paid a pretty penny for (But it was worth it!).  

We have a number of different 1956 Topps Sets for sale.

It's always great when we get we can buy multiple mid and high grade sets such as these three. All the cards get the same treatment: they are graded, scanned, sleeved (with QR code for online viewing of the scans), and placed into a set by our in-house software. The result of this is nothing short of the most consistent set for the best value of any on the market.

1956 Topps Baseball Card Singles

What we didn’t know when we bought the three 1956 Topps Baseball sets, was just how many 1956 Topps cards the gentlemen had left to sell!  This past week, we received a shipment of nearly 4,000 1956 Topps Baseball Singles. 

It was unreal, we had never seen a collection of 1956 Topps like this. At the time we had over 6,000 cards in our inventory for this set, and now we were going to be able to add four thousand more!  Not only was the sheer number of cards amazing, but there were also an equal number of stars and hall-of-famers included. We're talking: 29 #30 Jackie Robinson cards, 24 #31 Hank Aaron cards, 18 #5 Ted Williams cards, 18 #130 Willie Mays cards, 12 #33 Roberto Clemente cards, 14 #135 Mickey Mantle cards, and dozens upon dozens of team cards.

Stacks of 1956 Topps Stars and Hall-of-Famers

This is the largest collection of 1956 Topps cards that we’ve purchased in the last 13 years, and it could not have gone more smoothly (for the seller as well as us).  The gentlemen simply mailed in the cards in batches, and we would have an offer for him within 2 business days of receiving them.  After agreeing on a price, we ordered him a bank check, and he mailed in another batch.  We repeated this process several times and purchased his entire collection.

If you're interested in selling your collection to us, please read our seller testimonials. On there you will find dozens upon dozens of satisfied clients. For more information on selling a vintage baseball collection in general, please click here. We look forward to hearing from you!

By Dean Hanley

 Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

T207 Repint Complete Set

By Dean Hanley
Owner of Deanscards.com

The T207 set, commonly known as the brown background set, was originally manufactured by the tobacco industry giant, the American Tobacco Company, in 1912. The T207 baseball cards measure 1½” by 2-5/8”. Shortly after this set was printed, the American Tobacco Company would be dissolved due to the Sherman anti-trust legislation that broke the monopoly on tobacco.

The T207 baseball card set is a true hobby classic. The 200-card T207 set contains 13 players that are in Baseball’s Hall-of-Fame, including Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker, Frank Chance, John McGraw, Smokey Joe Wood and Joe Tinker. Two interesting T207 cards are Eddie Cicotte and Buck Weaver, who were members of the 1919 White Sox and banned from the game for life.


 This set is unique to Dean’s cards. We created it ourselves. It took a total of two years to get the entire process done. This is the only official T207 Reprint Set out there. To do so, we created a new company called Dean’s Reprints and began securing the needed images.

 This is one of the most famous pre-war sets and it was never issued or offered in the form of a reprint set. Reprint Sets give collectors the opportunity to enjoy cards that they might not be able to collect in the original form.

 DeansCards.com sells quite a few reprint singles and complete sets every year. For that reason, I decided we should recreate and issue a T207 reprint set. Due to the quality of the century old cards, almost all of the T207 images needed to be retouched. Great care was given making sure that the reprint cards remained true to the original set.


The original T207 set includes eight possible backs containing the name of tobacco brands in which the original cards were enclosed. We included a variety of these backs in the reprint set including three cards containing the ultra-scarce “Red Cross” backs. We were careful to use those backs on
cards, whose originals have been discovered with a Red Cross back.

One of the most interesting features of the T207 baseball card set are the player biographies on the back of the cards. Each of these bios needed to be retyped. We were careful to stay true to the original fonts and leave the original century old misspelled words. We also made sure to give it an assigned number to help collectors keep track. To ensure it is indeed a REPRINT, we added REPRINT to the back of the cards. I hope that the hobby purists will forgive us for these minor changes.

To view/purchase the original cards please click here.

 Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

In Stock! 1962 Bubbles Inc Mars Attack Cards!

1962 Bubbles Inc. Mars Attack Cards

We have recently acquired a beautiful collection of 1962 Bubbles Inc. Mars Attacks cards. The grades on these cards range anywhere from Excellent to Near Mint.

Wally Wood and Bob Powell were hired to draw the sketches of the images while artist Norman Saunders ( Who also did the Civil War News and Flags of the World) brought the images to life with color.

The cards were distributed via vending machine, costing 5 cents for a pack of five. They initially sparked some controversy with parents because of their gory images and explicit themes. The violent depictions were not the norm for trading cards from that era.

This series is particularly hard to come by because many mothers at the time threw them away due to the graphic images they presented.

The first card, "The Invasion Begins" as well as the last card, which is a checklist, are the two most valuable cards in the set. These cards command a premium in higher grade.


We currently have these cards in stock and they are both graded by PSA. “ The invasion Begins” is a PSA 6 and the checklist grades a PSA 5.5. Those are highly achieved grades since many of the cards issued back then had centering problems

By Dean Hanley

 Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

1950 Bowman Football Complete Set

By Dean Hanley
Owner and Founder of Dean's Cards

The 1950’s was the start of the Bowman and Topps Wars. During the 1950’s the number of teams and players would increase, therefore there would be more cards available then in previous sets.

The 1950 Bowman Football Complete Set contains 144 cards. This set is truly a classic and a treasure to have. Collectors like this set because it is quite the challenge to piece on together. There were not that many cards for this series produced. This set also contains no errors or short prints. When this series of cards was first introduced it was sold in nickel wax packs. Only on a real rare occasion can you find a wax pack for this series in today’s time.

The photos on these cards have one of four possible positions/poses. The card features either a close up, kicking pose, catching pose or the player running. When you flip the card over you can tell that Bowman still had not changed what the backs of the cards looked like. The back is on a very plain piece of cardboard paper with the players name in red. Below that, in black ink is a short bio with the position the player had at the time.
The key rookie cards in this set are
#5 Y.A Tittle,
#6 Lou Groza,
#9 Tony Canadeo,
#35 Joe Perry,
#45 Otto Graham,
and #52 Elroy Hirsch.



Dean's Cards offers a 100% Money Back Satisfaction Guarantee on all purchases. Just contact us within ten days of the purchase date and we will refund your money or, when possible, replace the cards. 

Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog. 

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

1953 Topps Baseball Complete Set

By Dean Hanley
Owner and Founder of Dean's Cards

The 1953 Topps Baseball Complete Set is one of the most beautiful and artistic sets that Topps has ever created. The set consists of 280 cards that were released in four different series. This set is missing cards #253, 261, 268, 271, 275 and 276. This was due to the fact that Topps hoped to nab players who had a contract with Bowman, but the contract was not expired yet. When these cards were first introduced they were sold in Wax packs for  five cents each.

The beautiful portrait like images are based on actual photographs of the more popular players from the series such as Mantle, Robinson, Paige, Berra, Rizutto and Campanella.

The boarders of these cards are solid white. On the front side bottom there is a box that features the players name, position, team and the logo of the team. The backs of the cards feature the player’s stats from 1952 and a Dugout quiz. In this year they even decided to distinguish between the American League and the National League. If the player was in the American League the box is red, for the National League it is black.

The top selling and most valuable cards in this set are the Mantle, Mays and Robinson cards.

This set is very hard to come by due to the many short prints, slim high numbers and variations. With our high inventory of vintage cards we have 5 different sets available that range from Fair up to Excellent Mint. We also have a Near Complete Set and a Low Number Set Available.

If you are interested in any of our Complete Sets or Custom Sets be sure to contact us.

Dean's Cards offers a 100% Money Back Satisfaction Guarantee on all purchases. Just contact us within ten days of the purchase date and we will refund your money or, when possible, replace the cards. 

Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog. 

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

Dean's Cards Top 10 Holiday Items

By Dean Hanley
Owner and Founder of Dean's Cards

Having trouble finding a gift for the Holiday Season? Here are some great gift ideas!

10. Every day Discounts.- We offer a volume discount on products that give you up to 20% off your order total.

 9. 1909 Topping and Company Detroit Tigers Post Cards Near Complete Set- This set is a rare find. It is only missing one card. It is one of the highest PSA graded sets of its kind.

8. Sports Illustrated Covers for the "Man Cave"

7. One of Baseballs greatest hitters, "Stan the Man" Musial.

6. Non Sports Cards. We have a high selection of non-sports cards. Want to see what we have? Click here!

5. Dean's Cards Gift Certificate. Makes a great stocking stuffer! .

4. 1950's and 60's Cardinals Team Sets. Not your favorite team? No worries! Head on over to our Team Page too view all the teams from your childhood!

3. 1969 Topps Baseball Master Set. Very hard to find. We have three different conditions in stock!

2. 1950's Complete Baseball Sets. We have a great selection of years and conditions.

1. 1960's Topps Baseball Near Complete Sets. They are great for anyone who likes to piece together a set.





 Dean's Cards offers a 100% Money Back Satisfaction Guarantee on all purchases. Just contact us within ten days of the purchase date and we will refund your money or, when possible, replace the cards.
Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.
Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

1969 Topps Baseball Complete Master Set- 7.5

By: Dean Hanley,
Founder and Owner; Deans Cards

We have recently hand built a 1969 Topps Baseball Complete Master Set. This set consists of 702 cards, whereas the complete set has 664 Cards. There are 38 variation cards in the master set. This set also contains the last card for Mickey Mantle during his playing days.

 This particular set features multiple rookie and star cards. When this set was first introduced it was issued in 7 series. These cards were sold in wax packs, rack packs and cello packs.

The Fronts of these cards are surrounded by a white boarder. The front has the players name and position written in a circle that is placed on the upper right hand side. The pink backs are laid out horizontally and feature a biography, stats and a cartoon pictured.

The most famous and toughest variations to find in this set are the White Variations. For it to be a white variation the first and last name must both be in white lettering. In the non-master set you will find the last name on the card to be in yellow. It is said that these variations were made due to an ink problem during the printing process.

The variation cards that are the hardest to find are the most famous. These cards are #440 Willie McCovey, #440 Gaylord Perry and #500 Mickey Mantle. The Mickey Mantle card is the most expensive variation card in the series.

Since the Variation cards are so hard to find, it is very hard to build a Master Set. With our inventory of over 1 million cards we were able to put together a Near Mint Plus (7.5) Set. This is a one of a kind set that you are not going to find anywhere else.

 If you have any questions about this set, or if you are interested in any custom built vintage set please contact us.
 Here is a breakdown of this rare set.

 The High Dollar Cards in this set include:
• 1969 Topps #500 B Mickey Mantle: 4.5 - VG/EX+
• 1969 Topps #260 Reggie Jackson: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #500 A Mickey Mantle: 6 - EX/MT
• 1969 Topps #485 B Gaylord Perry: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #533 Nolan Ryan: 6 - EX/MT
• 1969 Topps #501 B Tony Gonzalez: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #95 Johnny Bench: 7 - NM • 1969 Topps #454 B Phillies Rookies - Larry Colton / Don Money: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #471 B Ted Savage: 7 - NM
 • 1969 Topps #505 B Bob Bolin: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #491 B Twins Rookies - Jerry Crider / George Mitterwald: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #250 Frank Robinson: 8 - NM/MT

Below is the set breakdown by grade:
Number of Cards in Set 702
Average Grade - Unweighted 7.57 - NM+
Average Grade - Weighted by Value 7.46 - NM+
Grade Breakdown
NM/MT 437
EX/MT 40
NM 209
EX 3
VG 1
VG/EX+ 1
 MINT 5
NM/MT+ 4
NM+ 1

Total Value of Cards in Set $26,471.41

Dean's Cards offers a 100% Money Back Satisfaction Guarantee on all purchases. Just contact us within ten days of the purchase date and we will refund your money or, when possible, replace the cards.

Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

Back by Popular Demand: Volume Customer Discounts

By Dean Hanley
Founder and Owner, Deans Cards

Back By Popular Demand are our Volume Discounts for customer orders. You have spoken and we have listened. Stop on by our website to see how low our prices have gone. Here is a summary of how our discounts work.

The Primary Mission Statement of Dean’s Cards, or our purpose for being, is to “make vintage card collecting fast, easy and fun”. Two of the many things we do to enable this is to “offer conservatively graded vintage cards at competitive prices”. Another goal that we have is “to strive to stock at least one of every vintage card online, in each of the popular grades in stock”. 

The Dean’s Cards Surplus Inventory Discount, often referred to simply as “Inventory Discounts”, help us to achieve each of these objectives.

Inventory Discounts  

The idea of the Dean’s Cards Inventory Discounts is simple. Dean’s Cards has over a million cards online. We buy and sell thousands of vintage cards each week. The as the quantity of an “item” (a card, in a particular grade) in the Dean’s Cards Inventory increases, it triggers a higher Inventory Discount and lowers the net price of the item by 10%.


When Dean’s Cards decreases or sells out of a certain item, the Net Price of that item increases. The higher price is then reflected in our Dean’s Cards Bid Software, which allows us to bid more aggressively and replace the items with low quantities. We strive to be your “one stop shop” for vintage cards.

The Inventory Discount applies only to the cards from before 1981. It also applies to all magazines.

  
Volume Discounts on Customer Orders

As the dollar amount or volume of your order increases, so does the percentage of your volume discount. Volume Discounts begin at $50 and top out at 20% when the invoice amount (net total after Inventory Discounts are applied) reach $1000. Volume Discounts are based off the Total Net Price of the items in an Order, before tax or shipping charges.

 Getting Dean’s Best Price

With these two discounts, you can rest assured that you are getting our best prices. You also get the benefit of knowing that we do not give any other discounts, to anyone, on any product - under any circumstance. Dean’s Cards was founded in 2001 and we have never made an exception to this policy.

The reason for this policy is simple: Our customers know that they are getting our best price, so they know that they do not have to contact us to negotiate on every order. This is all part of making buying from Dean’s Cards fast,easy and fun. From our perspective, with the amount of business that we do on a daily basis, we would be overwhelmed by the number of inquiries.

If you have any questions please contact us.

Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

1952 Topps Baseball Complete Sets

By: Dean Hanley
Founder and owner, Dean's Cards

 In 1952, The Topps Chewing Gum Company issued the largest baseball set of its time. The 1952 Topps set marked a turning point for the Topps Chewing Gum Company and sent the company soaring past their competition. This 1952 Topps set consisted of a whopping 407 cards, beating out the Bowman Baseball set which consisted of 252 cards in total. The 1952 Topps set contains Rookie Cards for some of baseball's greatest players including: Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Ed Mathews.

These sets are built to order, and will be constructed to the collector’s precise specifications. We can build most of these sets from inventory, but we may be required to go out and purchase a few cards. The Conditions that we have currently available to custom build are; Excellent/Mint, Excellent and Very Good.


That said, the time to build, the condition, and the price may vary. For more information, please contact us. Our Set Manager Elana, will be happy to help you.

For a better look at this beautiful set, please click here. DeansCards.com has 1.5 million cards online, and nobody builds or sells more Bowman, Topps, and complete sets than DeansCards.com.

Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

1975 Topps Mini Complete Set

By: Dean Hanley
Founder and owner, Dean's Cards

This baseball card set is a miniature replica of the regular 1975 set that includes 660 small size cards, which measure 2 ¼" by 3 1/8". The subsets for the 1975 Topps Mini baseball cards are the milestone cards (1-7), MVPs (189-212), league leaders (306-313), playoff highlights (459-460), and World Series highlights (461-466).

The key rookie cards from this set include #223 Robin Yount, #228 George Brett, #616 Jim Rice, and #623 Keith Hernandez.

We have recently built a high grade 1975 Topps Mini Complete Set. It is the highest grade that is currently available. The set grades a Near Mint Plus. (7.5).To take a look at the set please click here. If you are interested in a custom set please go to our Contact Us page. From there, please select that you are interested in a custom set.

This set was only introduced as one complete series. It includes 48 Hall of Famers with no variations. The 1975 Topps Mini Set is one of the most unique sets that Topps ever put out. The design of the cards is what makes this set, as well as the regular set pop out. When aligned in a set box, it looks like a prism of colors. It features two color borders that surround the player. The team name at the top has a 3d effect with its bold lettering. The featured baseball tells you the player's position at the time. The player's facsimile signature is written across the front.

The backs feature the stats of the player as well a comic that has a trivia question. The color scale consist of a red and green solid over a grey.

This is the most pristine 1975 Topps Mini set that we've seen in years. Most of the cards appear to be pack fresh, and none of the cards in this set grade less than Excellent/Mint. Most of the cards in this set grade in the Near Mint to Near Mint/Mint range, and the star cards are a good representation of how the cards in this set appear. To view the star cards please click here.

Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

1971 Topps Baseball Complete Set- Near Mint Plus

By Dean Hanley
Founder and Owner, DeansCards.com

We at Dean’s cards have recently custom built a 1971 Topps Baseball Complete Set, which averages out to be in Near Mint Plus condition. Each and every card for this set was handpicked by our staff. Every single card has been scanned and can be viewed here.

As far as vintage sets go, no other place has more to offer. We at Dean's cards carry a multitude of vintage complete sets, in both baseball and football. Ranging from years 1952-1972. If you do not see a vintage year and condition that you would like, we can build one for you. Our grades are conservative and we offer individual scans of both front and back of our vintage cards.

We have recently decided to build Custom sets for our customers. If you have any questions about them, and would like one, please contact us by selecting "Interested in Custom Set". Our Set Manager will be happy to get back with you.

The 1971 Topps baseball card set features 752 standard size cards, which measure 2½" by 3½". The subsets for the 1971 Topps baseball cards are league leaders (61-72), playoff highlights (195-202), and World Series highlights (327-332). The high number series (644-752) is slightly more expensive to collect.

 The 1971 Topps Complete Set was released in 7 different series that were about 4-5 weeks apart. The fronts of the cards feature the players name and the position they played. The back of the card features the statistics as well as a black and white photograph.

The high number series can be pretty tough to come by. When the 7th series was being released, it just so happened to be the beginning of Football Season. Children were starting to buy the football cards, rather than the baseball cards.

306 B

This series contains many stars, hall of famers, rookies and minor star cards. It also included variation cards. The check lists in this series have variations to them. Some will have no copyright date, while others may have the number centered or listed off to the right hand side on the back of the card. Some other cards that feature players may also have a black blotch on the front. This happened to occur
when they were first printed. The cards that were printed at a later date do not have this.

This set is sought out by collectors in a higher graded condition. The black borders and backgrounds tend to pop out at them. They prefer a higher grade because the black is more solid, where on other grades it is chipped or rubbed away. However, it is common for a card of a higher grade to have a slight rub.


The Pete Rose and Thurman Munson cards happen to be two of the hardest star cards to get in a higher grade. We have a PSA 8 Rose, and a raw graded 8 for Munson for this set. Posted below are some stats on this beautiful set. If you are interest in this set, be sure to head on over to our 1970’s set page and take a look.

 Purchased separately the cards in this set have a break-up value of $23,884.38, which is a savings of $15,884.39 or 67%.

The High Dollar Cards in this set include:
• 1971 Topps #5 Thurman Munson: 8 - NM/MT
• 1971 Topps #100 Pete Rose: 8 - NM/MT
• 1971 Topps #513 Nolan Ryan: 8 - NM/MT
• 1971 Topps #26 Bert Blyleven: 8 - NM/MT
• 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays: 8 - NM/MT
• 1971 Topps #630 Roberto 'Bob' Clemente: 7 - NM
• 1971 Topps #384 Rollie Fingers: 8 - NM/MT
• 1971 Topps #650 Richie Allen: 8 - NM/MT
• 1971 Topps #54 Checklist - Series 1 : 8.5 - NM/MT+
• 1971 Topps #20 Reggie Jackson: 7 - NM
• 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron: 8 - NM/MT
• 1971 Topps #280 Ferguson Jenkins: 8 - NM/MT

Below is the set breakdown by grade: 

Number of Cards in Set -752
Average Grade - Unweighted 7.43 - NM+
Average Grade  - Weighted by Value 7.67 - NM+

Grade Breakdown 

NM- 297
EX/MT - 64
NM/MT - 386
NM/MT+ - 1
NM+ - 3
EX/MT+ - 1

Total Value of Cards in Set $23,884.38

Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.