Need Help Identifying Oddball Topps Football Issues
Mefer
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I went into a local cardshop today and saw a couple of older Topps odd ball inserts that I thought about purchasing. I could have had all of the cards for about $40.00. Here are the descriptions.
The first were "stamps" or "stickers" and appeared to be from the late 60s. Players were four per card with perforations (very wide borders). Players included Namath, Tarkenton, and Griese to name a few. Brian Piccilo was on one stamp; I am thus guessing they were made in 68. While they had Topps designations, there were no dates.
The others were game cards shaped like playing cards and somewhat smaller in size than standard cards. They had the players picture in the middle with notations such as "9 yard gain" on both the top and bottom. They look similar to the baseball ones I have seen which I believe were from about 1969. No date but still the Topps notation. The biggest one in the lot was an OJ Simpson.
The lot of cards grade no better than EX-MT (perhaps a few NM cards). Can anyone help identify these cards and let me know if the purchase is worth it? Thanks.
The first were "stamps" or "stickers" and appeared to be from the late 60s. Players were four per card with perforations (very wide borders). Players included Namath, Tarkenton, and Griese to name a few. Brian Piccilo was on one stamp; I am thus guessing they were made in 68. While they had Topps designations, there were no dates.
The others were game cards shaped like playing cards and somewhat smaller in size than standard cards. They had the players picture in the middle with notations such as "9 yard gain" on both the top and bottom. They look similar to the baseball ones I have seen which I believe were from about 1969. No date but still the Topps notation. The biggest one in the lot was an OJ Simpson.
The lot of cards grade no better than EX-MT (perhaps a few NM cards). Can anyone help identify these cards and let me know if the purchase is worth it? Thanks.
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The game cards were issued by Topps in 1971.
Not sure about the values, but if you look at a Beckett Annual Football Card Priceguide (should be available at any better bookstore), it'll show the values for each card.
Steve