Sophomore Slump: Cutbacks were Common in Second Years of Popular Card Series’
Follow-up sports card series’ were often not printed with the same intensity as the inaugural sets
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Sports Featured in 1935 Ogden Story of Sand Set
A trio of sports cards are buried in this mostly non-sports set
Read moreThe Messy Post-Career T205 Card of Ed Abbaticchio
Behold! The unexpected T205 tribute card of journeyman infielder Ed Abbaticchio
Read moreFirst Italian major league player Ed Abbaticchio ‘leads the way’ in T206
Ed Abbaticchio is found on two cards in the massive baseball set
Read moreWinston Churchill W545 Strip Card Offers a Mystery
A recently-acquired Winston Churchill strip card showed up in the mail and I’ve got questions
Read moreObscure Cards of the Month: 1933 Wheaties Skippy Baseball Cards
The Obscure Cards of the Month are a pair of Wheaties baseball cards from the 1930s
Read moreIn the Mail (June 2022)
Here’s a look at some of my most recent pickups from last month
Read moreMore than Mathewson: Popular 1905 New York Giants Postcard Features Other Interesting Players
While Christy Mathewson is the highlight on the 1905 New York Giants Scorecard postcard, others add to its desirability
Read more1910 Sporting Series Preceded Quirky 1923 Godfrey Sports Set
The rare 1910 Godfrey Phillips Sporting Series set is significantly more valuable than its more popular parallel 1923 set.
Read moreObscure Card of the Month: T38 Aviators Wright Brothers Card
This month’s obscure card is an early tobacco release for famed aviators Orville and Wilbur Wright
Read moreThe Subjects of the N245 Sweet Caporal Actors and Actresses Set
A massive haul of the 19th century N245 Sweet Caporal Actors and Actresses cards has me looking deeper into the set
Read morePlayers in ‘generic’ PC792 Postcards from early 1900s have mostly been identified — including Hall of Famers
Few know that the long-time set of supposedly generic players in the PC792 postcards set actually depict real major leaguers
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Pre-War Cards 