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00:2800:28, 23 December 2009 diff hist +885 RCCD No edit summary
00:2600:26, 23 December 2009 diff hist +74 N RCCD New page: rec.collecting.cards.discuss (R.C.C.D.): Category: Hobby Definitions
00:2500:25, 23 December 2009 diff hist +53 N Category:Card Companies New page: A List of current and former baseball card companies.
00:2400:24, 23 December 2009 diff hist +42 N Category:Hobby Definitions New page: A list of common terms found in The Hobby.
00:1800:18, 23 December 2009 diff hist +28 Jefferson Burdick No edit summary current
00:1700:17, 23 December 2009 diff hist +1,028 N Jim Beckett New page: '''Dr. James Beckett''' founded Beckett Publications in 1984. In the mid-1970s, while a professor at Bowling Green State University, he published his first baseball card price guides a...
00:1300:13, 23 December 2009 diff hist +21 N Beckett Media Beckett Media moved to Beckett current
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00:1300:13, 23 December 2009 diff hist +1,118 N Beckett New page: Beckett Publications was Founded in 1984, By Dr. James Beckett when he saw the need for a organized standard for the cataloging and pricing of Baseball cards. In 1990 he carried this conce...
00:1100:11, 23 December 2009 diff hist −2 Airbrush No edit summary
00:0800:08, 23 December 2009 diff hist +625 N Distributor New page: '''Distributor:''' A hobby dealer who buys direct from the manufacturer in large quantities, usually shipped to them before its planned release date. Whereas dealers make up the primary re... current
00:0700:07, 23 December 2009 diff hist −599 NPN No edit summary current
00:0600:06, 23 December 2009 diff hist +1,563 N NPN New page: '''No Purchase Necessary (NPN):''' In the United States, it's a federal law that all sweepstakes provide the disclaimer that a purchase is not required to enter, nor will it increase their...

23:4623:46, 22 December 2009 diff hist +4,716 N SSPC New page: '''SSPC:''' With the exception of some regional and oddball sets, baseball card collectors in the 1970s had the choice of collecting cards from one company and one company alone, Topps. To...
23:4423:44, 22 December 2009 diff hist +2,911 N Pinnacle Brands New page: '''Pinnacle Brands:''' In the mid-'80s, Optigraphics (makers of the popular 3-D baseball coins for the 7-11 convenience store chain) attempted to get in on the burgeoning sports card marke...
23:4223:42, 22 December 2009 diff hist +4,264 N Bowman New page: '''Bowman:''' The Bowman Gum Company produced the first true post-war baseball cards set in 1948. And would produce cards until they were bought out by Topps in 1956. In 1989 Topps reviv...
23:3923:39, 22 December 2009 diff hist +1,993 N 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle New page: '''1952 Topps Mickey Mantle:''' If the T-206 Honus Wagner is the Holy Grail of baseball cards, then perhaps the best comparison for the '52 Topps Mickey Mantle is the Hope Diamond. The... current
23:3823:38, 22 December 2009 diff hist +1,081 N 1952 Topps Andy Pafko New page: '''1952 Topps Andy Pafko:''' Why, oh why, is a career .285 hitter considered "significant?" Well, Andy Pafko holds the distinction of being the very first card in what is considered to be ... current
23:3623:36, 22 December 2009 diff hist +842 N 1934 Goudey Napoleon Lajoie New page: '''1933-34 R-319 Goudey Napoleon (Larry) Lajoie:''' Next to the -T-206 Wagner, the '34 Goudey Lajoie is second most prominent card of the pre-WWII era. Decades before inserts and ridic...
23:3523:35, 22 December 2009 diff hist +21 Big Four No edit summary current
23:3323:33, 22 December 2009 diff hist +6,674 N Professional Grading New page: Should I get my cards graded? Depends on your purpose. Mainly, the purpose most people have for getting cards graded is to increase the value and liquidity of their cards and to have a re...
23:3123:31, 22 December 2009 diff hist +27 N Grading Grading moved to Grading Guide current
23:3123:31, 22 December 2009 diff hist 0 m Card condition Grading moved to Grading Guide
23:3123:31, 22 December 2009 diff hist +3,668 N Card condition New page: How to grade cards: Beckett's guides have a very extensive section on how to grade cards. The newer Beckett's are especially good since they provide photos you can use to get a better ide...
01:0001:00, 22 December 2009 diff hist +4 T-206 No edit summary current

17:4917:49, 21 December 2009 diff hist +4 American Card Catalog No edit summary
17:4717:47, 21 December 2009 diff hist +674 N Jefferson Burdick New page: '''Jefferson R. Burdick''' (1900 – 1963) was a trading and baseball card collector and cataloger. He cataloged trading and baseball cards in The American Card Catalog, otherwise know...

20:1220:12, 18 December 2009 diff hist +2,062 Rookie Card No edit summary
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19:5219:52, 18 December 2009 diff hist +20 Tiffany No edit summary current
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19:5019:50, 18 December 2009 diff hist +20 Glossy Set No edit summary current
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19:4919:49, 18 December 2009 diff hist +26 Gold Leaf Rookies No edit summary current
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19:4819:48, 18 December 2009 diff hist +29 Dufex No edit summary
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19:4619:46, 18 December 2009 diff hist +110 Baseball Heroes No edit summary current
19:4419:44, 18 December 2009 diff hist +37 Artist Proof No edit summary
19:4019:40, 18 December 2009 diff hist +511 N Sticker Autograph New page: '''Sticker Autograph:''' An autographed insert card where the player signs individual stickers and the card manufacturers "stick" it onto the card. Hobbyists seem to prefer On-Card...
19:3819:38, 18 December 2009 diff hist +432 N On-Card New page: '''On-Card:''' An autographed insert card that the player actually signed, as opposed to Sticker Autographs where the player signs a sheet of stickers which are affixed to the cards at... current
02:2402:24, 18 December 2009 diff hist +647 N XRC New page: '''XRC (eXtended Rookie Card):''' Term used by Beckett to describe a rookie card from an extended or traded set. Because of the widespread distribution of extended sets, the XRC design...
02:2302:23, 18 December 2009 diff hist +299 N Wax Stain New page: '''Wax Stain:''' Wax stains are just that; blemishes on a card caused by wax. Packs used to be sealed with wax paper, and the wax would melt onto the card. Wax stains can be at least p... current
02:2202:22, 18 December 2009 diff hist +1,014 N Wax Pack New page: '''Wax Pack:''' Your basic pack of cards. From the 1930s up to 1991, most cards were packaged in a wrapper that was basically wax paper, with a hot roller used to seal it. Since [[wax ... current
02:2102:21, 18 December 2009 diff hist +504 N Case New page: '''Case:''' The actual shipping container the goes out from the card maker's production facility to the retailer or dealer. Cases used to be a standard twenty boxes, but with the advent of... current
02:2002:20, 18 December 2009 diff hist +278 N Wax New page: '''Wax:''' A generic term usually used to describe either a single pack or a full box of packs. The term comes from the type of packaging originally used, the wax pack, but has held ov... current
02:1902:19, 18 December 2009 diff hist +148 N Wantlist New page: '''Wantlist:''' A list of cards or sets that either a dealer or collector wants to buy. Hence the name "wantlist." Category: Hobby Definitions
02:1902:19, 18 December 2009 diff hist +319 N Vintage New page: '''Vintage:''' A very subjective term, a lot of people draw the line between "vintage" and "modern" somewhere in the '70s, usually calling 1970, 1973 or 1975 the last year of "vintage". Mo... current

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