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Old 07-03-2020, 06:40 AM
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Default 1964 Topps Rookie Banquet cards

If you collect cards, you've probably noticed some cards with little trophies on them like the two examples below.

1960 Topps #3 - Copy.jpg 1963 Topps #3 - Copy.jpg

The trophy on the card identified the player as a member of the Topps Rookie All-Star teams. Each year Topps would have a special banquet to honor the players selected. In 1964, in addition to the regular program for the event, Topps produced a boxed set of cards. The cards mirrored the pages in the program. The card numbers corresponded to the page number of the program. Complete sets and even individual cards are still tough to find today.

Here's a nice link to a thread that discusses the set in more depth.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...hlight=banquet


Six cards in the set featured Orioles -

3 - Luis Aparicio & Sam Bowens
8 - 1959 Rookie team with Willie Tasby
9 - 1960 Rookie team with Jim Gentile, Ron Hansen and Chuck Estrada
11 - 1962 Rookie team with Boog Powell
32 - Bob Brown (Orioles PR Dept)
33 - Wally Bunker

I have three of the six, but a couple I still need are pricey.. I would like to pick up the 1960 team card, since it includes three Orioles.

1964 Topps Rookie All-Star Banquet.jpg


Here are pics of the other three I need

1959.jpg 1964-Topps-All-Star-Rookie-Team.jpg

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