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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The 1905 Bergman Ivy League Football postcard set only has six cards. But for an issue so small, it definitely has plenty of intrigue. About the Set Measuring about 3 1/2″ wide by 5 1/2″ tall (some have slight variations), these are full color postcards featuring younger female fans of football teams. They are all carrying pennants and one thing
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title Fan Craze Year 1904 Size 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ Images Black and White Type Game Cards Number in Set 59 1904 Fan Craze Set Overview Many collectors are familiar with Fan Craze’s 1906 WG-2 and WG-3 gaming cards. Fan Craze was a gaming company based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The WG-2 and WG-3 issues were part
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Introduction The BF3 Felt Pennants are well known by many vintage collectors. A set of hundreds of pennants and 12 different types (as characterized later by collectors), these felt pennants are a massive issue from the mid to late 1930s featuring baseball players, teams, and colleges. Many examples of these pennants can be found quite easily. The BF4 issue, however,
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