What year did TOPPS sale it's first factory sealed baseball card set?

Answer 1

1951 Topps Red Backs and Blue Backs game cardsStarting as the Topps gum company in 1938, the Brooklyn, NY based, Topps Gum was eventually replaced by Bazooka Bubble Gum in 1947 and is now one of America's most recognized products. Topps added trading cards in 1950 to try and enhance gum sales. That year, Hopalong Cassidy and Frank Buck "Bring 'em Back Alive" cards were issued. The following year in 1951 the first Baseball cards were published (Red Backs, and Blue Backs game cards.) In 1952 the First set was issued with the famed Mickey Mantle Rookie Card, and a Stick of Gum!

The 1951 Topps Red Backs and Blue Backs each had 52 cards in the set. Key cards in the Blue backs set are: Ashburn, Mize, Schoendienst, and Slaughter. The key Cards in the Red Backs set are: Berra, Snider, Rizzuto, and Spahn.

Answer 2

Fleer produced baseball cards from 1959 to 1963, as well as several football sets and a single Basketball set in this same era. In 1981, the company once again began production and is a leading manufacturer in today's market.

Answer 3

1989 - it is the one with the most valuable Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie Card as card # 1.

Answer 4

1991. The first Upper Deck Football cards came out in what is now the Low series. They were released in the late Spring/early Summer time period in 1991.

Answer 5

1991 same as football!

Answer 6

1980