‘It’s In The Details’ Title R311 National Chicle Premiums Year 1930s Size 6″ x 8″ Images Black and White Type Candy/Gum Number in Set 60 1930s R311 National Chicle Overview The R311 National Chicle Premium set, produced in the mid 1930s, included 6″ x 8″ photo cards of both baseball and football players. Both individual players and complete teams were
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title PM8 Our National Game Pins Year 1938 Size 7/8″ Images Blue Ink Type Pins Number in Set 30 1938 Our National Game Pins Overview Printed in 1938, the PM8 Our National Game pin set is one of the final pin issues of the pre-war era. The set includes only a total of 30 baseball pins
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title T6 Murad College Series Premiums Year 1909-11 Size 5″ x 8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 25 T6 Murad Set Overview The T6 Murad College Series cards were a 25-card set of cabinet cards featuring various colleges and sports. In the short set are several baseball, basketball, football, and hockey cards. Two baseball
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The 1919 W552 Mayfair Positions Drawings strip card set included generic players at various baseball positions. Like other strip cards, they included rough color sketches of players on the front. This might seem like a basic strip card set, but there’s a lot more than meets the eye here. Overview The cards were produced by the Mayfair Novelty Company and
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title W560 Strip Year 1929 Size 1 11/16″ x 2 11/16″ Images Color Tints Type Strip Number in Set 128 (88 different subjects) W560 Strip Card Overview The 1929 W560 strip cards are a unique set. Rather, they are unique sets. A total of two different W560 sets exist. One set features 64 cards printed only
Read moreThe Goblin Merrymints set is an Australian rarity that could feature the rookie card of Mel Ott
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title T206 White Border Year 1909-11 Size 1 7/16″ x 2 5/8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 524 T206 Overview Other sets may be more scarce but in terms of overall popularity, the T206 white border set remains the king of pre-war baseball card sets and is often heralded as the top release of
Read moreSeries C Checklist Below is a checklist for this series. Any sports cards are indicated with the name of the subject’s particular sport in parentheses. In all, there are 470 in the total series. Cards numbered from 351-470 are not numbered as such and do not have Series C on them. Instead, they are numbered 1-120. In addition, there are
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Ogden’s Pugilists & Wrestlers Year 1908-09 Size 1 5/8″ x 2 9/16″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 75 1908-09 Ogden’s Pugilists & Wrestlers Set Overview The 1908-09 Ogden’s Pugilists & Wrestlers set is one of the most popular tobacco boxing and wrestling sets around. Despite its UK origins, it has become one of
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Hünig Cigarettes Mirah Sport Wrestlers of the World Year 1930s Size 2″ x 2 11/16″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set 100 Hünig Cigarettes Mirah Sport Wrestlers of the World Set Overview This interesting German tobacco set features the sport of wrestling. As advertised on the backs, there appear to be 100
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title W542 Sports Drawings Strip Year 1920s Size 1 7/16″ x 2 1/2″ Images Color Type Strip Number in Set 10 W542 Strip Cards Overview The W542 Sports Drawings set is a unique strip card issue in that it doesn’t include specific players. Instead, the set focuses on generic players in different sports. The final three
Read moreSeries F Checklist Below is a checklist for this series. Any sports cards are indicated with the name of the subject’s particular sport in parentheses. A Good Dribble (Soccer) Southampton’s Bad Shot (Soccer) A Corner Kick (Soccer) Sheffield Repulsed (Soccer) Foulke Saves (Soccer) TBD TBD TBD Pitching Broncho Satamta and Britannia Sheffield United, 1902 (Soccer) Ibrox Park Disaster (Soccer) A
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