Pre-War Bargains: 1925/1934 Ya-Lo Football Game Cards
While there are certainly some, football cards from the 1920s and 1930s aren’t exactly plentiful. The game was really in its early stages on a professional level and [...]
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Serious Type Collecting in the Pre-War Era can be Challenging
A Look into the Challenges of Pre-War Type Collecting For the most part, I am a set collector. I like the idea of having complete sets rather than a few scattered cards here [...]
Family Records Document the 1924 Walter Mails Game Cards … and Plans for a Second Set
Trying to learn more about pre-war cards can be a tedious process. But every now and then, breakthroughs occur in the hobby to give us more insight on particular issues. [...]
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 [...]
Five Reasons Pre-War Cards Belong in Your Collection
Most baseball card collectors break into the hobby by collecting issues of current players and teams. That’s only natural. I started collecting cards back in 1986 and [...]
Here are some of the easiest pre-war sets to complete
A while back, I wrote about the 1936 Goudey set, which is one of the easiest ways to break into pre-war cards if you’re a set collector. If you’re new to pre-war [...]
Fenway Breweries Overprint on 1913 Tom Barker Game Cards a True Rarity
In 1913, the Tom Barker Game was released. This game included a deck of cards that were used to simulate real baseball. The cards were popular because, unlike some other [...]
Ty Cobb’s Least Expensive Pre-War Cards
A while back, I wrote about some of the more inexpensive cards from Babe Ruth’s playing days. Ty Cobb is another common player I’m often asked about. If [...]
Starting a Pre-War Card Collection with $100
As I wrote recently, the 1936 Goudey set is the perfect set introduction for new pre-war collectors. It’s short, affordable, and doesn’t have any expensive cards [...]
Breaking into Pre-War Collecting: Game Cards
Whenever I get asked about affordable pre-war cards, I have a few standard ‘go to’ answers. I’ll be highlighting those in a series of articles over the next [...]
Could 1938 Whitman Big League Baseball Game Card Baserunner be Lou Gehrig?
1938 Whitman Big League Baseball Game Background In 1938, the Whitman Card Game was produced by the Whitman Publishing Company. The game was the creation of two gentlemen, [...]
E120-like Cards in 1922 Olsen’s Baseball Game Ad a Mystery
In the pre-war era, baseball playing card games were all the rage. There are several of them dating back to the late 1800s and they featured a simulated style of play. In [...]
