When Did Collectors Start Routinely Buying and Selling Sports Cards?
While sports cards were issued starting around the 1860s, most collectors didn’t start buying and selling them until much later
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Jefferson Burdick Discusses the Practice of Card Soaking in the American Card Catalog
The first American Card Catalog briefly discussed the topic of soaking cards
Read moreDid Jefferson Burdick Really Call Exhibits ‘Strip Cards?’ Nope.
The W-Card designation in the American Card Catalog is often misunderstood
Read moreSet #1 — A Look at the First Set of Cards in the American Card Catalog
Meet the first card set listed in the American Card Catalog — the 1880s Currier and Ives Advertising Cards
Read moreThe Final Days of Noted Collector Jefferson Burdick
A look at the famous collector as well as his final days
Read moreThe N-Card Designation Has Caused Some Confusion
Because Jefferson Burdick cataloged 19th century cards differently, the N-Card categorization can be confusing
Read moreT206 Cards for a Dime? Let’s Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane.
Taking a look at really old prices of really old cards One of my favorite things about the American Card Catalog is the wildly outdated pricing. Many collectors that don’t own a copy of this important book have no idea that, in addition to the categorizations of cards, it also served as a de facto price guide of sorts. Now,
Read moreJefferson Burdick Viewed Cards Differently than we do Today
Jefferson Burdick is known for creating the American Card Catalog (ACC), the standard book in the hobby that helps us to categorize early trading cards. But while that is his claim to fame to most, Burdick himself was an avid collector. His massive collection, in fact, is on display at the Met in New York. But while Burdick collected cards, he
Read moreFive Weird Things You Didn’t Know Existed in the American Card Catalog
The American Card Catalog is likely the most important resource in the history of card collecting. Authored by Jefferson Burdick, the book gives us the classifications for most of our vintage cards today, such as T206, E90, and a host of others. If you’re unfamiliar with the book, here’s a quick breakdown. Essentially, the book categorizes cards in different classifications
Read moreBaseball Comics Trade Cards – An Inconvenience Even Jefferson Burdick Didn’t Want
Jefferson Burdick, the primary author for the American Card Catalog, did a tremendous job in cataloging cards. So much, in fact, that his designations are still widely used today on older sets. Burdick is known for his tedious work to catalog practically ever card as best could possibly done. But while he had a lot of tolerance, even some things
Read moreJefferson Burdick named a 2018 SABR Chadwick Award Recipient
Each year, the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), announces recipients of its Henry Chadwick Award. The award was established in 2009 and was put in place to honor baseball’s great researchers. The organization acknowledges those as historians, statisticians, annalists, and archivists. 2018 recipients were recently named and among them is noted card collector Jefferson Burdick. Given Burdick’s contributions to
Read moreFC24 – One Hockey Card Designation with Three Possibilities
Jefferson Burdick’s American Card Catalog primarily focuses on baseball when it comes to the sports issues featured in the book. However, other sports are also included and one of those is hockey. Burdick categorized numerous hockey sets but one that has caused some confusion relates to a food issue – specifically, cards distributed by an ice cream manufacturer. Crescent Ice
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