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The Disappearing Act of Shoeless Joe Jackson’s Inexpensive Cards
Trying to buy Shoeless Joe Jackson’s less expensive cards has proven difficult
Read morePre-War Rookie Cards of Hall of Famers are not Always Expensive
Here are some of the more affordable rookie cards of pre-war Hall of Famers
Read more1885 Lawson Game Tournament had Big Prizes, Big Money … and Possibly, no Winner
A tournament for a new card game featuring major leaguers dropped off the face of the earth for no good reason
Read moreGame Cards are Ideal for High-Grade Collectors
Gaming issues are great places to look for high-grade pre-war cards
Read more(In)famous Shotwell Babe Ruth Card Remains Unauthenticated
A supposedly legit and valuable Babe Ruth card hasn’t yet been graded. Shocker.
Read moreRed Grange: From College Football Star to Football Card VP
In only a few days, Grange went from being a college football player to an executive
Read more100 Years Later: Interesting Cards of Cincinnati Reds Players in the 1919 Series (Part II of V)
Here are some of the intriguing cards of the ‘other’ team from the 1919 World Series
Read morePre-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 football cards didn’t really start to going until the late 1940s. However, this early game card not only represents the sport early on but the argument can be made that it features
Read moreSerious 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 and there. I tried to focus on one set at a time but after a while, I began adding more issues and currently, I’m either passively (picking
Read moreFamily 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. These breakthroughs, it should be noted, often come as a result of incredibly fluky circumstances. Such is the case here with the 1924 Walter Mails Game set. Recently, the granddaughter
Read moreObscure 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 winding down in the 1930s, Ruth still was featured on plenty of cards. But some of the Babe’s cards are pretty obscure. Not only are they difficult to find but
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