Topps Insert, Test and Supplemental Baseball Issues 1949 - 1980 - Nice Article

dalew

I know that some people ask questions about obscure cards. I was hunting for some information and came across this piece.

Hope you don't mind me posting it here, since it could be used as a source for submitting cards.

Dale

Article

murcerfan

This has been out there for a long time and it is generally useful, so thanks for posting it.
..............but it's not quite gospel, as a few facts seem to be conjecture.
A few may be dated and seem comical to me as well.
IE,:
1971 Greatest Moments (55)

R-414-UNC

Now here's a set that hasn't aged well, at least not in the marketplace. At one point in the Eighties, these 4 5/8" x 2 1/2" horizontally oriented cards were arguably the most sought after Topps supplemental set going. Interest has steadily fallen to the point where they are almost less expensive today than they were ten years ago. There are two reasons I can think of. Firstly, everybody who wanted a set got one, which I doubt or, secondly, they are not as scarce as first believed. These are by no means common and the hype was being flung pretty freely a decade ago, so I opt for theory number two. Still, they are very nice looking, with black borders, the Topps color mug shot in a circle on the left, below which is the player's name and the phrase "One of Baseball's Greatest Moments". To the right is a black and white photo of a famous event the player was involved in, with a deckled border and small caption below. This is a very striking format. The back contains a cropped down piece of the photo from the front and a newspaper style story. To me this set is the perfect challenge: manageable size, optimum level of scarcity vs. price and visually pleasing. You won't complete it in a week, but you can do it in a year.