The 1986 Topps Traded Baseball set - a faded crown jewel?
1987 Topps Traded (Baseball)
Set Notes
Excerpt
This 132-card standard-size Traded set was distributed exclusively in factory set form in a special green and white box through hobby dealers. The card fronts are identical in style to the Topps regular issue except for whiter stock and t-suffixed numbering on back. The cards are ordered alphabetically by player's last name. The key extended Rookie Cards in this set are Ellis Burks, Dave Cone, Greg Maddux, Fred McGriff and Matt Williams.
Rookies
- (14T) Ellis Burks
- (24T) Dave Cone
- (46T) Mike Henneman
- (53T) Chris James
- (60T) Gene Larkin
- (70T) Greg Maddux
- (72T) Joe Magrane
- (73T) Dave Martinez
- (80T) John Mitchell
- (91T) Matt Nokes
- (96T) Luis Polonia
- (111T) Kevin Seitzer
- (114T) John Smiley
- (116T) Mike Stanley
- (117T) Terry Steinbach
- (129T) Matt Williams
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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