BY MARK A. LARSON
With a new Hall-of-Famer such as Reggie Jackson, card collectors and investors tend to focus only on his Topps rookie card and other early regular Topps issues. However, there are many other Jackson card bargains at this time. Here are a dozen Topps Jackson cards that are relatively inexpensive and likely to increase in value in the near- and long-term …
• 1970 Topps All-Star card (#459): This was Jackson’s first appearance on an All-Star card. For collectors on a budget, it’s a much lower-priced alternative to the power hitter’s regular Topps cards from the early ’70s.
• 1970 Topps “RBI Leaders” (#64): Jackson shares this card with fellow Cooperstowner Harmon Killebrew and Baltimore slugger Boog Powell. League Leaders cards represent some of the best hobby buys at this time.
• 1970 Topps “Home Run Leaders” (#66): Ditto above. Except this time Jackson shares the card with Killebrew and Senators slugger supreme Frank Howard.
• 1972 Topps “In-Action” card (#436): Again, an alternative to his regular card, but also likely to rise.
• 1974 Topps “Home Run Leaders” (#202): This card features two Hall-of-Famers, Jackson and Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell. Together, they hit a combined 1,038 lifetime round-trippers.
• 1974 Topps “RBI Leaders” (#203): Jackson and Stargell again.
• 1974 Topps All-Star card (#338): Another card featuring Jackson and a member of baseball’s all-time elite … fellow Hall-of-Famer Billy Williams.
• 1974 Topps World Series card (#477): Issued as part of the annual World Series subset, this card features Jackson exclusively.
• 1975 Topps MVP card (#211): To commemorate its 25th anniversary card set, Topps issued a card for each year from 1951-74 featuring the two leagues’ Most Valuable Players from that particular season. The card highlighting 1973 includes Jackson and all-time hits leader Pete Rose. Cards from this MVP subset are usually priced fairly low, making them good potential gainers.
• 1975 Topps World Series card (#461): Jackson’s reputation as a Fall Classic clubber was taking shape …
• 1978 Topps World Series card (#413): This card features Jackson in the Yanks’ pin-striped uniform and commemorates his personal home run derby against the Dodgers in the ’77 Series. “Mr. October’s” nickname was now forever etched in the minds of baseball fans everywhere.
• 1982 Topps Traded (#47): When Jackson moved from the Yankees to the Angels, Topps issued a new card of him in his California uniform. Singles from this set are much less plentiful than the regular issue. This makes Jackson’s card an especially appealing buy.
None of the aforementioned cards are likely to skyrocket into the price stratosphere overnight. Yet, these and cards of upcoming “sure” Hall-of-Famers such as Mike Schmidt will be steady risers in the years to come.
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• Originally Published in Aug. 1993 “Baseball Hobby News” •
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