1965 Topps

In 1965, Topps produced a base set with a few insert sets to go with it. The base set included cards with a white "pennant" shape eith the Indians team name in it. One of the insert sets was the gold embossed cards, which are blue with gold foil pictures and borders.

The first time I saw one of the embossed varieties, I had no idea what it was (other than the T.C.G. on the back). In fact, I am pretty sure that the 1965 Embossed was the reason I bought my first price guide. I didn't care about the "value" of the card, I wanted to know what it was! And, back in those days (somewhere in the early 80's), the World Wide Web was no where to be seen. With guide in hand, I found the matching picture and couldn't wait to get the rest of the Indians from that set!

I have since obtained each of the Indians cards of that set and now have all but 1 card (though, I believe I recently ordered it from the Beckett Marketplace) in the set.

The 1965 Topps have that nice "vintage" look to them, even in mint condition... There is something about the photos themselves and the general lighting on them which says, "Yes, I am 40+ years old. What about it!?" :-)

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Checklists:

Embossed Inserts: 3 Max Alvis 31 Leon Wagner 60 Chuck Hinton 72 Jack Kralick
Regular (Base): 17 Johnny Romano 76 Sam McDowell 92 Dick Howser 96 Sonny Siebert 105 Chico Salmon 128 Vic Davalillo 145 Luis Tiant 166 Agee/Culver 185 Max Alvis 235 Chuck Hinton 262 Bud Daley 283 Fred Whitfield 301 Birdie Tebbetts 317 Don McMahon 332 Ted Abernathy 348 George Banks	367 Leon Wagner 380 Rocky Colavito 404 Stan Williams 406 Ralph Terry 424 Gary Bell 448 Lee Strange 468 Larry Brown 481 Indians Team 501 Gagliano/Rittwage 514 Joe Azcue 535 Jack Kralick 562 Billy Moran 578 Camilo Carreon