‘It’s In The Details’ Title Bond Bread (D305) Year 1947 Size 2 1/4″ x 3 1/2″ Images Black and White Type Bakery Number in Set 48 1947 Bond Bread Set Overview This black and white set is one of the most popular early baseball card sets following the end of World War II. The set is listed in the American
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Oxo Mystery Painting Pictures Year 1928 Size Unknown Images Black and White Type Food Number in Set Unknown 1928 Oxo Mystery Painting Pictures Set Overview This issue featured mostly non-sports cards and was distributed by Thames House out of London in the UK for their Oxo branded beef and chicken stock cubes for broth. Many
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title D.C. Thomson The Wizard Famous Fights Year 1935 Size Varies by Cut Images Color Type Gum and Candy Number in Set 22 1935 D.C. Thomson The Wizard Famous Fights Overview This unique set included a total of 22 cards. The cards were distributed by D.C. Thomson, publisher of a weekly British Publication called The Wizard.
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Mars Confections Famous Film Stars Year 1939 Size 1 5/16″ x 2 11/16″ Images Color Type Gum and Candy Number in Set 50 1939 Mars Confections Famous Film Stars Overview This 50-card candy set is typically considered a non-sports set, featuring famous actors and actresses. However, the sports tie in it is obvious with several
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title T14 Lucky Strike Bridge Favors Year 1930s Size Various Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 80 1930s Lucky Strike Bridge Favors Overview This unique set of cards were actually display favors to be used while playing the popular card game of Bridge. Even though they are not traditional cards, Jefferson Burdick listed them in
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Clay and Bock Film Scenes Year c1924 Size 1 7/8″ x 2 9/16″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set Unknown Clay and Bock Film Scenes Overview Information on this set is not easy to come by. It is a tobacco card set issued out of Cuba and the cards are rarely seen
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title W-UNC Universal Toy and Novelty Strip Cards Year Unknown Size Varies by Cut Images Color Type Strip Number in Set Varies by Set W-UNC Universal Toy and Novelty Strip Cards Overview Universal Toy and Novelty created an assortment of products, including small boxes filled with all sorts of novelty items. In some of those boxes,
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title C.W.S. British Sport Series Year 1904 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ Images Color Type Miscellaneous Number in Set 50 1904 C.W.S. British Sport Series Overview This rare set is one of the numerous multi-sport issues that was produced internationally. The set is probably best classified as a miscellaneous type as advertisers on the back
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When I initially finished creating the set database for baseball, football, basketball, and hockey, I really figured it would end there. In all, it was about a one-year project and that involved many months of working every spare hour on the project. There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000 sets on this site featuring those four sports and, as
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title Ty Cobb Cards with Ty Cobb Tobacco Backs Year circa 1909-10 Size 1 5/8″ x 2 3/4″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 1 The famous Ty Cobb tobacco cards with the Ty Cobb advertising back have made their way into the public eye quite a bit in recent years. But what are these
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Cigarrillos Dolar Year 1920s Size Various Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set Unknown 1920s Cigarrillos Dolar Color Set Overview Not much is known (at least in terms of American collecting) about these rare tobacco cards. But what we can say is that Cigarrillos Dolar issued a few series of cards with sports subjects. This
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While many different companies added their own printing to cards that were already created, one issue that I had not previously seen that with was the 1890s J.L. Prescott/Enameline Paper Dolls. That changed recently with the discovery of one with a back stamp. Background The 1890s J.L. Prescott Enameline trade cards comprised a set of nine paper dolls. J.L. Prescott
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Pre-War Cards 