Pre-War Gum Card Details Curious Case of Boxer that Died but won a Fight
Pre-war cards take all shapes and sizes, covering, well, just about anything. In cataloging somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,500 sets for this site, I’ve seen some [...]
Gum and Candy Cards
Pre-War Rookie Cards Often Difficult to Determine
Finding the first cards of early athletes can prove challenging Lots of collectors consider themselves to be rookie card enthusiasts. The idea of finding a player’s [...]
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 [...]
To Slab or Not to Slab: The Graded Sports Card Conundrum
I’ll admit to mostly being a fan of raw cards. Typically I’ve gone that route for buying and, as someone that doesn’t generally sell much, it comes less [...]
Pre-War Cards Site Updates Include Boxing, Tennis, Golf, and Wrestling
When I initially finished creating the set database for baseball, football, basketball, and hockey, I really figured it would end there. In all, it was about a one-year [...]
Odd 1938 Goudey Card Numbering Remains a Mystery
Goudey’s card numbers from the 1938 set still don’t make sense The 1938 Goudey set is one of the company’s more interesting issues. Collectors are divided [...]
Pop Reports Suggest One of Two Lou Gehrig Cards in 1933 Goudey Set is Undervalued
A Tale of Two Gehrigs The 1933 Goudey set is famous for a lot of things. There’s the shortprinted Nap Lajoie card that wasn’t supplied until 1934. Then, of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Recent Discoveries Prove There is Much to Learn About Pre-War Cards
Famed hobbyist Jefferson Burdick provided the American Card Catalog, arguably the most valuable resource in the history of card collecting. Despite that comprehensive [...]
Original Photo from Joe DiMaggio 1936 National Chicle Fine Pen Issue Comes to Auction
Recently, I wrote about the Joe DiMaggio 1936 National Chicle Fine Pen rookie photo being one of the best pre-war bargains you’ll find. Now, the image used for that [...]
A Rare Album Offers Details About the Unique 1930 Baguer Chocolate Set
Some of the information we’ve learned over the years about pre-war baseball card sets has been gleaned from supporting documents. In the case of the 1930 Baguer [...]
