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All-Star cards returned to Topps sets in 1968 under The Sporting News banner for a three-year run between 1968 and 1970. Topps included 20 All-Star cards in its 1969 set, featuring 10 All-Stars from each league and one player from each position, including both a right-handed and left-handed pitcher.
Building the Set / Card #640
September 21, 2025 from The Philly Show (Richie's Sports Cards)
On Sunday morning, September 21st, I made the hour-long drive to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania for the latest installment of the Philadelphia Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, known to its friends as The Philly Show. The show has a legitimate official sponsor (eBay) and the advertisement for the event notes the show is in its 50th year. I hadn't attended a baseball card show since the last Philly Show in December, and I was flying solo to this one as our oldest son is in his first month of college at Villanova. I posted a full summary of the show over at The Phillies Room.
I made stops at six tables at the show, all yielding needed cards for our 1969 Topps set, and I left the show with just 16 more cards to go for my version of a complete set. After about 90 minutes of walking and buying, while running low on funds, and even lower on stamina, I found a nice display of vintage Topps star cards at Richie's Sports Cards, from Manalpan, New Jersey. I quickly and easily picked up six more star cards needed for our set from Richie's, my fourth stop of the show. This is the sixth of those six cards and it cost around $9 after a discount.
The Card / Cardinals Team Set / Pete Rose Puzzle
Nine-time All-Star Bob Gibson (#200) started the All-Star Game twice in his career, in 1968 and again in 1970. In between those two years, his teammate Steve Carlton (#255) got the start, with Gibson relieving Carlton in the fourth inning. Gibson struck out a pair, but allowed a run on an RBI-single by Bill Freehan (#390).
Linked below is a great article from Sports Collectors Daily, and the author did his best in tracking down the origins of the action photos appearing on these All-Star subset cards. The black and white photo behind Gibson is actually him, and Topps repurposed a photo originally appearing on a 1968 Topps World Series subset card.
The backs of these All-Star cards contain a puzzle piece of either Pete Rose (#120) or Carl Yastrzemski (#130). The back of Gibson's card features half of Rose's face, and with all All-Star cards now collected for the set, I can present the full Rose puzzle below. This one turned out even more off-kilter than my Yaz puzzle!
Topps All-Star Card Appearances (2): 1968-69
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Sources:
Baseball Reference
Baseball Reference
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