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The folks at PSA have assembled hundreds of terms relating to sports memorabilia collection. Memorize this list and you'll know "Altered Stock" from "Card Stock", "Card Saver I" from "Card Saver IV", and "Refractor" from "recolored".
Curator of Collections, Card Cyber Museum
Sunday, February 12, 2006
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Like all collectibles, the sports memorabilia market has its own terms and slang. The following is a brief definition and explanation of the most frequently used sports collecting terms.
3-D card
A card that appears to be three-dimensional as it is moved. Usually used to describe Kellog's and Sportflics issues made by this process.
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