![]() There are some things you (or I) will never have. Today, it’s tough to touch any of the cards for less than a thousand bucks. As a consequence, the cards were already mythical and carried astronomical price tags by the time I picked up the hobby in 1983. Rumor has it that the 1968 3-D cards were available only in a few New York shops and for a very limited time that summer. Super scarce premium cards will always have a market. Then, in the 1980s, Sportflics used essentially the same technology to do battle with Topps, Fleer, and Donruss before morphing into Score and Pinnacle. The same company produced both the Topps and Kellogg’s cards - Xograph or Visual Panographics, depending on your source. ![]() A couple years after Topps released their 3-D test issue in 1968, Kellogg’s began a decade-long run of issuing 3-D cards in their cereal boxes. It was a move that virtually ended his own career but may have saved the game.īaseball cards would never be flat and boring again. ![]() It’s as if he’s positioning for the battle that would come in the next few years as he challenged baseball’s reserve clause and set the stage for modern free agency. But look at the gaze in his eyes and the way he pops out from the background noise of his 3-D card. Louis Cardinals who would finish fourth in the National League MVP voting that year. In 1968, Curt Flood was a multiple time All-Star centerfielder for the St. Here’s what old #21 taught us from the front of his card.Ĭurt Flood was meant for better things. For this piece, though, we’re going with the 1968 Topps 3-D Curt Flood, which was a veritable crystal ball.Īt least that’s how it seems looking back. When it comes to picking a favorite oddball card from the 1960s, there is plenty of interesting fodder to consider.įrom the 1963 Fleer set that probably shouldn’t have existed to the 1964 Topps coins that bring “rust” into the condition conversation to the 1968 Topps posters that make you feel like a teenage girl, you could spend years and fortunes collecting the best out-of-the-norm issues the decade has to offer.īut for me, one oddball set from the 1960s rises above all the rest and always has: 1968 Topps 3-D.Īnd with just 12 cards to pick from, each one is probably worthy of its own story. There are typically very few if any copies of this card available due to this one collector purchasing them.(This is Day 24 of our response to Tony L.’s 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge. One collector has been buying copies of this seemingly $1 common (as most midgrade, lower series 61 Topps cards sell for) for $4-5. Several years ago before the typical asking price of this card went above the $20 mark(now very few, if any of the 50 or so copies currently on ebay are priced below $20) the hoarder of this card was a buyer.as the asking price of this card has escalated, he is not buying as many copies of this card and the supply (at $20+ asking price) has grown due to overall reduced demand.Īnother example of this type of hoarding by a single collector of one copy of a card is the 1961 Topps 242 Hal Smith card. Unlike the 64 Flood, the demand for 64 Topps Harkness cards appears to have subsided.currently on ebay there are 20+ copies available in the $1-3 price range.įor whatever reason, the demand (and thus the price) of the Flood card IMO was dictated by one collector(hoarder) of this card. Since all anybody ever wants to talk about is Mickey Mantle, I'll note that he appears 3 times. What's funny is, if he's a short print, then so are HOF'ers Yogi Berra, Ernie Banks, Lou Brock, Eddie Mathews, Walt Alston, Joe Torre, 'All Star Vets' (with Killer and Nellie Fox) and Hoyt Wilhelm, plus 2 separate leaders cards featuring Sandy Koufax and a couple of others with Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Yaz, etc., on them. The Curt Flood card is highlighted in the yellow circles, and he appears in the blue sections. The cards outlined in blue appear only twice (I realize it's tough to make heads or tails out of the red and blue, so simply look to the far left and right edges to quickly make it easier on your eyes). With that said, the blocks of cards outlined in red appear on the sheets 3 times. Since I don't know the provenance of said sheets, we'll just have to accept that these are real and weren't changed at some point during printing. I searched for uncut Topps sheets from 1964 and I found this image and analyzed it. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network. When you click on links to eBay on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Contact the moderator at should you have any questions or concerns. There is a separate section for Buying, Selling and Trading - the B/S/T area!! If you write anything concerning a person or company your full name needs to be in your post or obtainable from it. These forums are devoted to both Pre- and Post- war baseball cards and vintage memorabilia, as well as other sports.
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