1964 Topps Beatles Plaks Trading Cards
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1964 Topps Beatles Plaks aren't your typical trading cards. Of the seven Beatles-themed sets released by Topps that year, they're also the rarest and most valuable today, especially in top condition.
The over-sized cards were intended to be displayed. Each has members of the Beatles pictured alongside cheesy, colorful slogans. They're place on a backdrop that resembles a wooden floor plank and surrounded by a white border.
The tops and bottoms of 1964 Topps Beatles Plaks have perferated edges that are meant to by punched out. They reveal hooks for collectors to string them together and form a vertical chain. As a result, many of the cards did not survive in tact. Centering is also an issue when it comes to top-grade cards.
1964 Topps Beatles Plaks has a 55-card checklist.
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Set Checklist
1964 Topps Beatles Plaks Set Checklist
2 Paul, John, George, Ringo
3 Seal of Approval, Beatles Are OK
4 The Beatles for Congress
5 Ringo, Ringo, Ringo
6 Beatles 4 Ever
7 Love That Ringo
8 The Greatest Ever
9 I Love You
10 George Harrison
11 The Chairmen of the Board
12 The Beatles Are the Gear
13 Paul is All
14 John, John, John
15 Keep the Beatles Here
16 Go-Go-Go with Ringo
17 Beatles, Beatles, Beatles
18 Hail the Beatles
19 I Pledge Allegiance to the Beatles
20 John Lennon
21 The World's Fairest
22 Thank You England
23 John Sends Me
24 I Have Beatlemania
25 Beatles
26 George is Gorgeous
27 John is Fab
28 I Love the Beatles
30 The Boys from Liverpool Are Real Cool
31 Hats Off to the Beatles
32 The 8th Wonder of the World, The Beatles
33 I Go Ape for the Beatles
34 Paul is the Living End
35 Smile, the Beatles Are Singing
36 Next to Me, I Love the Beatles
37 Paul McCartney
38 I Flip for George
39 I'm Hooked on the Beatles
40 Stamp Out Everyone Who Wants to Stamp Out the Beatles
41 I Flip My Beatles Wig
42 Paul, Paul, Paul
43 A Gas
44 Ringo is the Cutest
45 George, George, George
46 The Beatles Are Real Boss
47 Ringo Starr
48 Fab, Fab, Fab
49 Never Leave Me
50 Silence, I'm Listening to the Beatles
51 The U.S.A. Wants You to Stay
52 The Beatles Are Happening
53 Ringo For Kingo
54 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
55 Think How Wonderful the Beatles Are
Ovitz
There are 55 plaks, but there is no actual checklist for this set, in case anyone trying to put a set together saw the last line of Ryan’s excellent piece and panicked/had a sharp pain in the center of their chest.
What collectors of Beatles plaks only find out when they’re a long way down the road toward a set is that there are 8 or 10 plaks that are ESPECIALLY difficult to find, which, given that the comparative commons are very rare, is saying something.