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UK Tobacco Sets a Great Way to Break into Pre-War Card Collecting
Modern Baseball Card Ramblings of a Pre-War Collector: Licensing Exclusivity has its Pros, Cons
Pre-War Bargains: 1925/1934 Ya-Lo Football Game Cards
Are These 1919 Strip Cards Honus Wagner, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and Hughie Jennings Issues?
Serious Type Collecting in the Pre-War Era can be Challenging
Comparing the Two Types of W515 Strip Cards

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UK Tobacco Sets a Great Way to Break into Pre-War Card Collecting
Modern Baseball Card Ramblings of a Pre-War Collector: Licensing Exclusivity has its Pros, Cons
Pre-War Bargains: 1925/1934 Ya-Lo Football Game Cards
Are These 1919 Strip Cards Honus Wagner, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and Hughie Jennings Issues?
Serious Type Collecting in the Pre-War Era can be Challenging
Comparing the Two Types of W515 Strip Cards
Modern Baseball Card Ramblings of a Pre-War Collector: Shohei Ohtani Injury
The Most Interesting Bios in the T205 Set
An Abundantly Bad Ty Cobb Typo Proves Even Stars Not Immune to Mistakes
Pop Reports Suggest One of Two Lou Gehrig Cards in 1933 Goudey Set is Undervalued
Pre-War Bargains: Ted Williams 1939-46 Salutations Exhibit
Modern Baseball Card Ramblings of a Pre-War Collector: 1988 Topps PSA Graded Packs
What Happened to the 12 Minor Leaguers in the T205 Set?
Five Weird Things You Didn’t Know Existed in the American Card Catalog
Rare 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth PSA 9 to be Offered in Goldin’s Summer Auction
Pre-War Collectors Should Embrace Idea of Old Players Appearing on New Cards
Ten Rules of the Babe Ruth Home Run Candy Club
Key Cards of Pre-War Player and WWI Captain Eddie Grant
‘100 Subjects’ Referenced on E90-1 American Caramel Backs Remains a Mystery
Demonstrating the T201 Mecca Double Folders Cards
Can You Solve this 19th Century Baseball Puzzle Found in the Duke N125 Set?
An Unnecessary Recap of Shenanigans at the Monroeville Baseball Card Show
Numerous Variations Found in the 1916-17 Sports of the World Set
Sometimes the Box WAS the Card
Recent Discoveries Prove There is Much to Learn About Pre-War Cards
Overview of the Rare Ty Cobb Cards with Ty Cobb Tobacco Backs
New Discovery of Fred Tenney Card Adds to E104 Nadja Checklist
Original Photo from Joe DiMaggio 1936 National Chicle Fine Pen Issue Comes to Auction

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Pre-War Bargains: George Sisler 1925 Turf/Boguslavsky Card

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Shortprints One of Many Hurdles to Completing E90-1 American Caramel Set
1911-12 C55 Georges Vezina Graded SGC 92 Highlights Huggins & Scott’s Pre-War Offerings
Understanding the Role of Condition When Buying Pre-War Cards
A Rare Album Offers Details About the Unique 1930 Baguer Chocolate Set
Pre-War Bargains: Joe DiMaggio 1936 National Chicle Rookie
Ty Cobb Green Background T206 Cards on a Tear but Will it Last?
Pre-War Bargains: 1905 New York Giants Postcard Scorecard with Christy Mathewson
Another Ty Cobb-Backed Tobacco Card Discovered
Family Records Document the 1924 Walter Mails Game Cards … and Plans for a Second Set
Obscure Pre-War Babe Ruth cards? There are a lot of them.
Mickey Mantle 1952 Topps PSA Sells for $2.88 Million but Falls Short of T206 Wagner
Buried in the T206 Set are Various Polar Bear Print Flaws
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

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Can 1914 Cracker Jack Cards Give Insight Into Survival Rate of Pre-War Cards?
Here are some of the easiest pre-war sets to complete
Ambidextrous Glove Could Explain Bill Burns’ T206 ‘Error’ Card
Fenway Breweries Overprint on 1913 Tom Barker Game Cards a True Rarity
The Honus Wagner T206 card is tough to find but these Wagners are rarer
No shortage of annoying eBay tricks from sellers of baseball cards
Rare Ty Cobb T206 Broad Leaf 460 to be Auctioned by REA
New Discovery in H804-41 Girl Series Trade Card Set
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

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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 …
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.

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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?

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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 23 Known Errors in the T205 Set
Sorting out the N48 and N508 Dixie, Virginia Brights, and Sub Rosa Women’s Baseball Sets
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

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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
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

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1910 E105 Mello-Mint Set and Checklist

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T88 Mutt and Jeff, the Chicago Cubs, and … copyright issues?

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