The 1986 Topps Traded Baseball set - a faded crown jewel?
1961 Topps Set (Hockey)
Set Notes
In 1961, kids would put sports cards in their bicycle spokes, where the cards were easily damaged. Kevin Glew's research into the lack of high quality cards from the '61 Topps Hockey set seems to bear out this fact.
Curator of Collections, Card Cyber Museum
The 1961 Topps Hockey Set: A set of firsts and three elusive Rangers cards.
Excerpt
There are three U.S. teams featured in the 1961 Topps Hockey card set, but despite some desirable Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks cards, three singles featuring New York Rangers players are the keys to this issue.
Rookies
- (2) Ted Green
- (4) Dallas Smith
- (6) Dick Meissner
- (15) Orland Kurtenbach
- (16) Terry Gray
- (17) Don Head
- (18) Pat Stapleton
- (19) Cliff Pennington
- (23) Rudy Pilous
- (26) Reg Fleming
- (37) Denis De Jordy
- (38) Wayne Hillman
- (39) Rino Robazza
- (47) Irv Spencer
- (58) Pat Hannigan
- (60) Jean Ratelle
- (61) Al Lebrun
- (62) Rod Gilbert
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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