The W542 Strip Cards set is a 10-card issue that many collectors don’t give a lot of thought. It is believed to have been printed in the 1920s and is cataloged by Jefferson Burdick in the American Card Catalog as the Sports Drawings set. But while it is listed there, a reader brought to my attention sometime last year that
People collect cards for all sorts of reasons. But while the 1990s caused some amount of heartburn for collectors who lost a lot of money when their modern cards were largely deemed to be worthless, Forbes.com has a new article looking at cards as a sound investment. The article doesn’t merely consider the point – some research done by Brent
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REA offers free appraisals of your prewar cards and collectibles. To learn more about the value of your items and the options you have if you’re interested in selling, contact them today! Been a little while since I wrote one of my ‘Breaking into Pre-War Collecting’ articles. If you missed the first two, I first covered game cards and then strip cards.
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A look at pre-war scrap cards
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As a pre-war collector, like most, 95% or so my focus in on early baseball issues. But I also love the earlier football, basketball, and hockey cards, too. Beyond that, I even have a pretty passive interest in some other sports like golf, tennis, boxing, etc. That’s one of the reason the T51 Murad set just works for me. If
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The next installment of my series of helping collectors get started with pre-war cards. The first one tackled game cards and another affordable option are strip cards. Overview Strip cards were generally given with purchases or sold by retailers. Hence the name, they often (but not always) came in a long strip where merchants could cut or rip off a
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Here’s a look at game cards from the pre-war era 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 few weeks called, “Breaking into Pre-War Collecting.” The first type of cards? Game cards. I gave away a few of these this
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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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Stop the Madness – P/F cards shouldn’t be graded as VG or EX
Read moreThis set of ink blotters includes a vintage ice hockey card
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title B33 College Felts and Flannels Year 1900s Size 3″ x 5″ Images Color Type Blanket/Felt Number in Set 300 B33 College Felts and Flannels Overview The B33 College Felts and Flannels issue was another multi-sport release with various college teams featured. Numerous schools along with nine different sports (ten different pictures) from this issue are believed
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title T6 Murad College Series Premiums Year 1909-11 Size 5″ x 8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 25 T6 Murad Set Overview The T6 Murad College Series cards were a 25-card set of cabinet cards featuring various colleges and sports. In the short set are several baseball, basketball, football, and hockey cards. Two baseball
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