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What if the Honus Wagner T206 Wasn’t a Short Print?
Rarity of T207 Compared to T205/T206 Brethren is Astonishing
Early Caramel Cards Appear to be Underappreciated … and Undervalued
Are These the Most Confusing Pre-War Cards of All-Time?
Fake T213 Coupon and Rare T206 Backs Provide a Valuable Reminder
Five Reasons Pre-War Cards Belong in Your Collection

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What if the Honus Wagner T206 Wasn’t a Short Print?
Rarity of T207 Compared to T205/T206 Brethren is Astonishing
Early Caramel Cards Appear to be Underappreciated … and Undervalued
Are These the Most Confusing Pre-War Cards of All-Time?
Fake T213 Coupon and Rare T206 Backs Provide a Valuable Reminder
Five Reasons Pre-War Cards Belong in Your Collection
Ranking the T206 Backs from Worst to Best
Little Known 1932 Astra Cards Vastly Underrated Compared to Sanella Issue
Sex Sells: Women were popular in 1800s baseball issues
When World War I hit, baseball card production dropped
So, what is a pre-war card, anyway?
Nap Lajoie 1933 Goudey was the Ultimate Chase Card … and had Ties to Babe Ruth
Ultra Rare Horizontal-Backed W514 Mother’s Bread Strip Card in Goldin Auction
W590 Strip Cards with Numbers on Sides are a Unique Find
Even with His Career Nearly over, Babe Ruth Ruled the 1930s Baseball Card Issues
Baseball Comics Trade Cards – An Inconvenience Even Jefferson Burdick Didn’t Want
Ten Ways to Help Avoid Fakes in the Vintage Card Market
Could T205 be Better Long-Term Investment than T206?
Can 1914 Cracker Jack Cards Give Insight Into Survival Rate of Pre-War Cards?
Here are six of the easiest pre-war sets to complete

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Ambidextrous Glove Could Explain Bill Burns’ T206 ‘Error’ Card

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What is the Trophy on the Hal Chase T206 Card?
Ty Cobb’s Least Expensive Pre-War Cards
Ugliest Pre-War Set? I Present the W9316 Strip Cards.
Ten of the Rarer, Somewhat Under the Radar, T206 Commons
Is this the first baseball card? Well, about that …
Breaking into Pre-War Collecting: Early Caramel/Candy Cards
New Unchecklisted Discovery in H804-34 Pink and Blue Trade Card Set
Top Five (okay, Six) Pre-War Cards of All Time
Ugliest Card of All Time? The 1933 Eclipse Babe Ruth has a solid case.
Rare Burdick Listing Leads to PSA Now Grading W542 Strip Cards
New Unchecklisted Babe Ruth Discovery in 1921-22 Schapira Big Show Candy Set
Starting a Pre-War Card Collection with $100
Are 1887 Buchner Gold Coin Cards Really Generic? Nope.
A Look at the 21 Known Errors in the T205 Set
Sorting out the N48 and N508 Dixie, Virginia Brights, and Sub Rosa Women’s Baseball Sets

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Breaking into Pre-War Collecting: Tobacco Cards
Are the Demmitt and O’Hara T206 St. Louis Cards Underrated?
Heritage Auctions Discoveries in 1930 Blue Ribbon Malt Set Expand Checklist
Babe Ruth’s Most Affordable Cards from his Playing Days
1934 Goudey Jimmie Foxx is One Poor Card
Jack Barry’s T207 picture is the set’s most interesting pose
Putting together an E91 American Caramel set? Good freaking luck with that.
Red Grange No. 9B card in 1926 Shotwell set a true rarity
1936 Goudey set the perfect introduction for new pre-war collectors
Toy Town Stamps on Pre-War Cards are Fascinating but Little Else
H804-34 Pink and Blue Trade Card Pose Discovered Elsewhere
George Wood Horizontal Pose a Gem in the 1887 N284 Buchner Gold Coin Set
New 1938 Sawyer Biscuit Discovery Expands Checklist
Size, Cut, Color, and Defects are Keys to Identifying Scraps
Identifying the Japanese Baseball Catcher in the 1932 Sanella and Astra Sets

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Ranking all 36 of the 1935 Goudey Card Fronts

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Comparing the R79 Leader Discs with M30 and R123 Seal Craft Issues

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Rare Baseball Stamp Part of 1930s Safety Promotion

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What is Joe DiMaggio doing in the 1939 Orcajo Cincinnati Reds Postcard Set?

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Could 1938 Whitman Big League Baseball Game Card Baserunner be Lou Gehrig?

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1890s Enameline Paper Dolls Wichita Wholesale Grocery Back Stamp Variation Discovered

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Solving a 1938 Sawyer Biscuit Cabinet Mystery and Adding One to the Checklist

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1905 Bergman Football Postcards

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Before there was Bowman, Topps, and Goudey, there was … Fleer?

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E120-like Cards in 1922 Olsen’s Baseball Game Ad a Mystery

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A New Twist in H804-38 ‘An Accurate Barometer’ Trade Cards Set

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1917 Youth’s Companion Stamp – Babe Ruth or Rube Marquard?

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1904 Fan Craze Set Predated Popular 1906 Issues

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R314 and V352 Goudey Wide Pen Photos in need of Proper Classification

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No, football isn’t included in the N88 Terrors of America set

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Rare Pifer & Becker Cabinets Linking to 1893 Just So Tobacco Cards on the Auction Block
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 9, Meet Honus Wagner T206. Wagner, Mantle.
A Closer Look at Decalco Litho’s W519 and W521 Strip Cards
1935-36 Muratti: Nope, Still not a Babe Ruth Card
Are baseball cards a sound investment? Forbes article says yes.
Does T100 Honest Silhouettes Baseball Card Feature Roger Bresnahan?
Jefferson Burdick named a 2018 SABR Chadwick Award Recipient
Unrivaled: Why T206 Remains the Top Baseball Card Set of All Time
Ranking all 30 of the E96 Philadelphia Caramel Cards
Making Sense of the Photo Identification Errors in the 1916 Tango Eggs Set
Ranking all 25 of the 1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel Cards
Are the Errors in the E97/E98 Sets Intended to be Cards for Cy Young or Irv Young?
Canada’s Only Pre-War Tobacco Baseball Set is, um, Different
1939 Play Ball Sample Cards Among Earliest ‘Promo’ Issues
T213-1 Coupon: If it Looks like a T206 and Smells like a T206 …

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What are the Top Ten T51 Murad Cards? Glad you asked.
Legendary Ten Million T212 Obak Card Lives On 100+ Years Later
Sam York’s 172 Consecutive Made Field Goals Documented on Pre-War Card
Breaking into Pre-War Collecting: Strip Cards
Breaking into Pre-War Collecting: Game Cards
Rarity for the Four Ty Cobb T206 Variations
Variations Bolster a W512 Strip Card Master Checklist
T88 Mutt and Jeff, the Chicago Cubs, and … copyright issues?
All 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth Cards are not Created Equal
F52 Fro Joy Set began with Gene Tunney, not Babe Ruth
FC24 – One Hockey Card Designation with Three Possibilities
Breaking Down the American Card Catalog
How the 1938 Lew Fonseca Kellogg’s Box Panels Helped Build a Baseball School
How to Grade Your Cards … Accurately. Somewhat.
Discovering a New T205 John Titus Print Error Variation

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So what IS the first basketball card ever produced?

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Are Some BF3 Issues Really BF4 Pennants In Disguise?

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Do Ya-Lo Football Game Cards Depict Red Grange?

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1926-35 Psychic Baseball Cards part of Advanced Game

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B33 College Felts and Flannels Set and Checklist

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1929 R316 Kashin Publications Set Includes Short Prints

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1907-1909 PC765 Dietsche Postcard Set Highlights Tigers, Cubs

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1930s R311 National Chicle Premiums Set has Baseball and Football

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PM8 Our National Game Issue One Of Last Pre-War Pin Sets

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1909-11 T6 Murad College Series Has Two Types And Major Sports

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1919 W552 Mayfair Novelty Positions A Complex Issue

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1927 W560 Strip Card Set

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T206 for Dummies: An Overview of the Popular Set

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W542 Sports Drawings Strip Card Set Has Early Baseball and Hockey

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1908-10 E91-A, E91-B, E91-C American Caramel Sets

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H804-1 Baby Talk Trade Cards Set Part of Baseball Comics Series

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