Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sports cards are a variety of trading card, small cards usually made of cardboard, which feature an image of an athlete or athletes along with identifying text. The earliest sports cards were promotional materials usually included with tobacco products and candy and often bearing an advertisement on the reverse. The value of a sports card ...
Pro Set claimed to have its own printing presses for its product, which could make and issue cards very quickly. For its first football card set in 1989, Pro Set released its cards in three series. The 1989 rookies were found primarily in the second series. Key rookies in the set included Troy Aikman, Barry Sanders, Derrick Thomas, and Deion ...
The company became well known in the 1960s for its football collections, which soon became popular with children. Rare stickers (figurine) can reach very high prices on the collectors' market. Some popular games were invented which used stickers as playing cards. Pelé trading card from the Mexico 70 series, Panini's first FIFA World Cup collection
An association football card is a type of trading card relating to association football, usually printed on cardboard, silk, or plastic. [1] These cards feature one or more players, clubs, stadiums, or trophies. Football cards are most often found in Europe, Asia and South America.
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.
A rookie card is a trading card that is the first to feature an athlete after that athlete has participated in the highest level of competition within their sport. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Collectors may value these first appearances more than subsequent card issues.
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!
The 1991 and 1992 sets at 900 (1991) 910 (1992) cards were among the largest card sets of that time. The first Score football set in 1989 made even bigger waves for collectors of NFL trading cards. Pinnacle Brands began production of its first premium quality set, called Pinnacle , in 1991 for American football and 1992 for baseball and used a ...