What if the Nap Lajoie 1933 Goudey Card Wasn’t Shortprinted?
A regular release of the famous card would have had several impacts on the set A while back, I looked at the intriguing thought of what life would be like if Honus [...]
Babe Ruth
Goldin Auctions’ PSA 9 Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey Card Sells for Record $319,150
Highest price on record for a 1933 Babe Ruth Card (#181) A while back, I mentioned that Goldin Auctions would be offering a pretty rare Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey card. Now, the [...]
Incredible Near Set of Rare 1916 M101-4 Indianapolis Brewing Cards Discovered
Find of a Lifetime Increases Population of a Rare Pre-War Set In 1916, you could buy a complete set of M101-4 Indianapolis Brewing cards for a quarter. Today, things have [...]
Rare 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth PSA 9 to be Offered in Goldin’s Summer Auction
There are plenty of Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey cards among us but few are in such high grade as one that will be offered in Goldin’s upcoming Summer Auction. The Card A [...]
Ten Rules of the Babe Ruth Home Run Candy Club
A long time ago, Babe Ruth wasn’t only hitting baseballs. The Hall of Fame legend was also a celebrity off the field, appearing in movies and sponsoring all sorts of [...]
Sometimes the Box WAS the Card
The majority of pre-war baseball cards were typically included inside of some kind of packaging along with another product. Some of those products were boxes of cigarettes [...]
Obscure Pre-War Babe Ruth cards? There are a lot of them.
Babe Ruth has plenty of popular baseball cards, primarily from the late 1910s through the 1930s. The height of his popularity hit in the 1920s but even with his career [...]
Are These the Most Confusing Pre-War Cards of All-Time?
There were a lot of crazy looking cards in the pre-war card days. I mean, a lot. I just wrote about one recently, the Bill Burns T206 card, which appears to show him with the [...]
Little Known 1932 Astra Cards Vastly Underrated Compared to Sanella Issue
The 1932 Sanella set is known by collectors largely for the Babe Ruth card in it. But the release has a lot more – 111 other cards, to be exact, including a card of a [...]
Nap Lajoie 1933 Goudey was the Ultimate Chase Card … and had Ties to Babe Ruth
Short print cards have been around in the baseball card hobby for about as long as it’s existed. These cards are generally ones that are limited on purpose for any [...]
Even with His Career Nearly over, Babe Ruth Ruled the 1930s Baseball Card Issues
Babe Ruth dominated the baseball landscape in the 1920s. He routinely led the league in home runs, RBI, and walks, as well a slew of other categories. But by the early 1930s, [...]
Ten Ways to Help Avoid Fakes in the Vintage Card Market
In addition to which sets to collect or how to start a collection of pre-war cards, one of the most common questions I’m asked is how to avoid fakes. The best answer, [...]
