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The following is a list of non-sports trading cards collections released among hundreds of card sets. The list includes different types that are or have been available, including animals , comics , television series , motor vehicles and movies , among others:
In 1984, Fleer was the only major trading card manufacturer to release a Roger Clemens card; they included the then-Boston Red Sox prospect in their 1984 Fleer Baseball Update Set. The 1984 update set also included the first licensed card of Hall Of Fame outfielder Kirby Puckett. Fleer also released factory sets of their baseball cards from ...
The 1991–92 Update Set was the final release of the year and was the most valuable of all three sets. Another key rookie card of that set was of Bill Guerin . When Pro Set, Inc. entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection prior to the 1992–93 NHL season , Price traveled weekly from Toronto to Dallas and became the unofficial hockey brand manager.
1989 Richard Prince: United States Composite [s 3] Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: 24 March 1989 John S. Lough Alaska, United States [s 2] See article Tank Man: 5 June 1989 Jeff Widener: Beijing, China The photograph depicts an unidentified protestor confronting column of Chinese military tanks. [s 2] [s 3] [s 4] [s 6] [s 7]
The list of nominees was created and voted upon by the staff of conference organizers F+W Publications. [9] In July 2005, Upper Deck won the liquidation auction of former competitor Fleer-SkyBox International's brand name, assets, and business model, as well as the Fleer collectibles die-cast business assets.
The next company to challenge Topps was Fleer, another gum manufacturer. Fleer signed star Ted Williams to an exclusive contract in 1959 and sold a set of cards oriented around him. Williams retired the next year, so Fleer began adding around him other mostly retired players in a Baseball Greats series, which was sold with gum. Two of these ...
The value of a trading card depends on a combination of the card's condition, the subject's popularity, and the scarcity of the card. In some cases, especially with older cards that preceded the advent of card collecting as a widespread hobby, they have become collectors' items of considerable value. In recent years, many sports cards have not ...
Topps released their first "premium" set in 1991 called Stadium Club. This was the very first major baseball card set to feature glossy UV coating on both sides of the cards as well as gold foil stamping on the front and a borderless (or "full-bleed") Kodak photo on the front. The back of the card also featured an image of the player's first ...