Some Risque 1940s Mutoscope Exhibit Cards Combined Women with Sports
The popular Mutoscope exhibit cards include racy shots, sports, and were spread out over several years
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What’s a 1936 Bowman Baseball Card, Anyway?
In 1955, Bowman alluded to a pre-war set of baseball cards that collectors aren’t even familiar with
Read moreFew Baseball Cards Document Ruth’s Sole Boston Braves Season
Few cards or memorabilia items depict Babe Ruth’s final major league season with the Boston Braves
Read moreComic Strips, Women in the Workplace, and Baseball — Tracing the Origins of the 1927 Rinkeydink Stamps
Here’s a look back at the mysterious origins of those 1927 Rinkeydink Baseball Stamps
Read moreStrike! Reviewing Two Rare 19th Century Bowling Trade Cards
Bowling cards aren’t easy to find in the pre-war era, but here’s a couple
Read more(More) Expansion Coming to Pre-War Cards
The next round of expansion on the site will see the addition of more sets in the database
Read moreThe Ins and Outs of Binder Storage
Binders are my ‘go to’ for baseball card storage and there are ways to store nearly everything in them
Read moreA Rare eBay Find of Ogden’s Tobacco Cards Brought Plenty of Surprises
Finding a complete subset of Ogden’s Tabs General Interest cards yielded some surprises and an elite athlete
Read moreFive Easy Steps to Collecting Pre-War Cards
Want to begin a pre-war card collection? Start here.
Read moreRanking Goudey’s Sets from Worst to First
Goudey produced several baseball card sets and here’s my not-so-definitive ranking of them
Read moreVinegar Valentine Postcards Included the World of American Football
Here’s a Valentine’s Day look at a rather odd genre of pre-war sports cards
Read morePre-War Rookie Cards of Hall of Famers are not Always Expensive
Here are some of the more affordable rookie cards of pre-war Hall of Famers
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