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1976 Topps Traded Oscar Gamble

Star power is really nothing new with Topps Update & Topps Traded RCs
First Bowman Chrome autos, Topps Heritage autos and Rookie Cards in general for key players seem to be powering sales of wax boxes most generally these days for Major League Baseball.
Those shouldn't be too surprising, but in a world of seemingly countless options with autographs, serial-numbering or memorabilia pieces one could argue that less is more --- that oldschool simplicity is back.
And one could argue that the basic Rookie Cards from a hobby staple such as Topps Update (or Topps Traded if you're oldschool) continue to be an emerging go-to -- and not just for players such as Mike Trout, whose 2011 Topps Update card is a ridiculous seller if in top condition and still pretty impressive if just in a lesser slab.
Perhaps it's just a gut feeling with the arrival of 2017 Topps Update previewing last week and its date now known on the release calendar -- but the old Topps Traded sets of the 1980s and even recent years of Topps Update also seem like fertile collecting ground, too, especially if you're into graded specimens.
Here's a year-by-year rundown of notable Rookie Cards from past Traded and Update sets ...
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This entry was posted in Baseball and tagged Albert Pujols, Barry Bonds, Bo Jackson, Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw, Ichiro Suzuki, Ken Griffey Jr., Kris Bryant, MLB, Mookie Betts, Topps, Topps Update, USA Baseball, Will Clark, 1981 Topps Traded, 1986 Topps Traded, Andres Galarraga, Greg Maddux, Jose Canseco, 1976 Topps Traded Oscar Gamble, 1982 Topps Traded Cal Ripken Jr., 1983 Topps Traded Darryl Strawberry, 1987 Topps Traded, 2011 Topps Update Mike Trout, 2017 Topps Traded, Bobby Bonilla, John Kruk, Topps Traded, Topps Traded Rookie Cards, Wally Joyner on June 5, 2017 by BlowoutBuzz.
FaceApp and iconic baseball cards? Oh, the possibilities ... let's begin
There's a new phone app that allows you to turn that frown upside down, get younger or get older all with a click on a screen,
It's called FaceApp and it's a free download for iPhone users to have some fun -- and naturally this collector instantly thought of baseball cards.
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This entry was posted in Baseball, Fun with collecting and tagged 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, iphone, Kris Bryant, Michael Jordan, phone apps, 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr., Cal Ripken Jr., Rickey Henderson, Rollie FIngers, 1976 Topps Traded Oscar Gamble, 1986 Donruss Jose Canseco, 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken, Don Mattingly 1984 Donruss, FaceApp, FaceApp baseball cards, Fernando Valenzuela on April 25, 2017 by BlowoutBuzz.

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