The 1986 Topps Traded Baseball set - a faded crown jewel?
1954 Topps Set (Baseball)
Set Notes
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Excerpt
The cards in this 250-card set measure approximately 2 5/8" by 3 3/4". Each of the cards in the 1954 Topps set contains a large 'head' shot of the player in color plus a smaller full-length photo in black and white set against a color background. The cards were issued in one-card penny packs or five-card nickel packs. Fifteen card cello packs have also been seen. The penny packs came 120 to a box. The set contains the Rookie Cards of Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Al Kaline and two separate cards of Ted Williams (number 1 and number 250).
Rookies
There are no rookies in this set.
More set notes
Only three baseball players, but some very significant non-baseball cards mark this set.
The 1988 U.S. Olympic baseball team joins rookies and traded veterans.
Focusing on more than 150 years worth of America's most famous movers and shakers.
This set consists of 792 standard-size cards. Cards were primarily issued in 17-card wax packs, 50-card rack packs and factory sets. Card fronts feature wood grain borders encasing a color photo (reminiscent of Topps classic 1962 baseball set). Subsets include Record Breakers (1-7), Turn Back The Clock (311-315), All-Star selections (595-616), and Team Leaders (scattered throughout the set). The manager cards contain a team checklist on back.
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