The 1930 Blue Ribbon Malt set is nearly 100 years old and still contains some mysteries. This set of photo premiums featuring players from the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox, for example, does not even have a fully known checklist. But with a recent discovery made by Heritage Auctions, we’re at least significantly closer to potentially finding one. About
One of the more interesting pre-war card mysteries of the 1930s centers around an unknown Japanese baseball catcher that was featured in the 1932 Astra / Sanella set. The set, if you’re unfamiliar with it, is a German production with cards being packaged with both Astra and Sanella margarine products. Paper thin and measuring approximately 2 3/4″ wide x 4
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Want to have some fun? Play a word association game with baseball card collectors and mention Fro Joy. If they happen to be a collector of pre-war cards, you’ll likely get one of three responses: Ice Cream Babe Ruth Fakes Let me explain. Overview The F52 set is a 1920s sports card issue produced by an ice cream manufacturer called
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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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The 1938 Lew Fonseca Kellogg’s Box Panels are a tough issue for pre-war collectors. They aren’t nearly as numerous as the Wheaties issues from the 1930s and part of that probably had to do with the fact that they included generic pictures of an unknown player and baseball tips from former player/manager Lew Fonseca instead of the oversized card format
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title Wheaties Panels Year Various Size Various Images Black and White Type Food Number in Set 200+ Wheaties Panels Overview Beginning in 1934, Wheaties produced a series of sports panels on their cereal boxes. Today, these are still quite collectable. While this page focuses on panels from 1934-39 in the pre-war era, the company has produced
Read moreThis six-card set features members of the 1943 Wilkes-Barre Red Barons minor league team
Read moreThe 1940 Crowley’s Milk set featured minor league players in Binghamton
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This interesting set was headlined by Babe Ruth
Read moreThe 1941 Ballantine Beer Coasters featured two baseball players on three different teams
Read moreIt’s in the Details Title Palmin Boxen und Schwimmen Dempsey vs. Tunney Year 1927 Size 2″ x 2 1/2″ Images Color Type Food Number in Set 6 1927 Palmin Boxen und Schwimmen Dempsey vs. Tunney Overview This series was printed for Palmin, a coconut oil product in Germany. The set features boxers and swimmers, and is notable for three cards
Read moreIt’s in the Details Title Echte Wagner Sport Series’ Year 1927 or 1928 Size 2″ x 3″ Images Color Type Food Number in Set 12 (six in each of two series’) 1927 / 1928 Echte Wagner Sport Series’ Overview Like many other international series’, this unique set was broken into many smaller subsets. The Echte Wagner (a margarine brand) issue
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