While we talk about preserving trading cards, one manufacturer encouraged you to cut them up Today, we all want to keep our sports cards in prime condition. In fact, we go to great lengths to preserve them through third party grading companies and other custom holders. But, back in the day, cards were less valuable. One manufacturer even recommended you
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title N228 Kinney Brothers Year 1889 Size Various Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 375 N228 Kinney Brothers Overview The N228 Kinney Bros. Novelties set is already a unique issue. Produced in 1889, these cards can be found but are not super plentiful. A total of six types make up the complete set,
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Duke/Honest Miniature Novelties (N120) Year 1891 Size Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 26 1891 Duke/Honest Miniature Novelties (N120) Overview The 1891 Duke/Honest Miniature Novelties set is a repeat issue of sorts. Experienced collectors will notice some of these pictures and realize they were used in the N228 Kinney series two years
Read moreWhile the N228 set is mostly a non-baseball issue, there is one card considered as representative of the sport. The round card, measuring approximately 1 1/2″ in diameter features a young girl with a hat and shirt with a matching striped collar. The card is considered a baseball issue because it has a stitched baseball design in the background. No
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