‘It’s In The Details’ Title Sam Mortenson College Postcards Year 1907 Size 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ Images Color Type Postcards Number in Set Unknown 1907 Sam Mortenson College Postcards Overview These postcards featured various collegiate subjects. A man or woman was pictured in different poses with a colored college flag behind them. The postcards include at least one basketball
‘It’s In The Details’ Title Foursome Cigarettes Billiards by Willie Smith Year 1928 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 28 1928 Foursome Cigarettes Billiards by Willie Smith Set Overview This is one of a few instructional sets dedicated to the sport of billiards. A total of 50 cards are believed to be in
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title M117 Sporting Times Year 1888 Size 4 1/2″ x 7 1/4″ Images Black and White Type Publications Number in Set 27 M117 Sporting Times Overview The M117 Sporting Times set is an incredibly rare issue from the late 1800s. Card have a black and white image over various light-colored background.s There isn’t much text on
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Ogden’s Billiards by Tom Newman Year 1928 Size 1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 50 1928 Ogden’s Billiards by Tom Newman Set Overview This is one of a few Ogden’s Cigarettes sets dedicated to the sport of billiards. A total of 50 cards are in the set and cards
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title R760 Rose Company Postcards Year 1908-09 Size 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ Images Black and White Type Postcards Number in Set 216 (?) PC760 Rose Company Postcards Overview The PC760 Rose Company postcards set is one of the more famous postcard issues. Featuring a black and white image of a player within a circle, the
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title Tango Eggs Year 1916 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ Images Color Type Food Number in Set 22 (?) 1916 Tango Eggs Overview Despite having only about 20 cards, the 1916 Tango Eggs set is notoriously difficult as the cards are mostly very rare. The set features a collection of baseball players, including some big
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title Voskamp’s Coffee and Tea Year 1913 Size 2 1/4″ x 3 5/8″ Images Black and White Type Coffee Number in Set 20 Voskamp’s Coffee and Tea Overview In 1913, Voskamp’s coffee and tea products included one of 20 different baseball players as part of a local promotion in Pittsburgh. The company was Pittsburgh-based and the
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title V355 World Wide Gum Year 1936 Size 2 3/8″ x 2 7/8″ Images Black and White Type Canadian Number in Set 135 1936 V355 World Wide Gum Overview For the third time in four years, the World Wide Gum Company mirrored the American Goudey company in the production of a baseball card set. But unlike
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title V354 World Wide Gum Year 1934 Size 2 3/8″ x 2 7/8″ Images Color Type Canadian Number in Set 96 1934 V354 World Wide Gum Overview The 1934 Goudey baseball card followed up the popular 1933 release and as they did in 1933, World Wide Gum created their own version in Canada. Created by the World Wide Gum
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Ogden Tab Cigarettes Sportsmen Year 1902 Size 1 5/8″ x 2 7/16″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set Unknown 1902 Ogden’s Tabs Sportsmen Overview The Ogden Tab Cigarettes Sportsmen set is one of many multi-sport releases from Ogden’s, a UK tobacco company. Like many of their other early 1900s sets, the cards
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Peoples Baking Year 1929 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ Images Color (Blue Tint) Type Bakery Number in Set 24 1929 Peoples Baking Overview The 1929 Peoples Baking set included a total of 24 cards and only Cal and Stanford college football players. These blue-toned cards are somewhat crude and can be found with or
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Carreras Famous Airmen and Airwomen Year 1936 Size 1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 50 1936 Carreras Famous Airmen and Airwomen Set Overview This set of tobacco cards is not well known to many collectors. But it is probably one of the more notable aviation sets in the pre-war
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