Sophomore Slump: Cutbacks were Common in Second Years of Popular Card Series’
Follow-up sports card series’ were often not printed with the same intensity as the inaugural sets
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Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley among the keys in the N28 Allen & Ginter Set
Cards for Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley are some of the more valuable cards in Allen and Ginter’s 1888 N28 tobacco card set
Read moreTopps Announces Allen & Ginter is Going Rogue … I Mean, Chrome
The popular reboot of the Allen & Ginter brand is getting a shiny new makeover
Read moreSkinned Cards Can Be Great Low-Grade Finds
While not technically high-grade, skinned cards often look like it
Read moreBuck Ewing leads a tired cast of baseball players in the N29 Allen & Ginter set
Unlike the star-studded N28 Allen & Ginter set, the baseball players in the follow-up N29 set leave a lot to be desired
Read moreT206 is Only One Small Part of American Pre-War Tobacco Baseball Sets
While popular, T206 isn’t the only tobacco card set out there
Read moreTale of the Tape: How does Allen Ginter’s N28 Set Stack Up with the N29 Release?
Let’s compare these two iconic Allen & Ginter sets
Read moreThe ‘Other’ Jack Dempsey
Jack ‘Nonpareil’ Dempsey preceded the more popular 20th century fighter – and he was pretty good
Read moreAllen & Ginter, Kimball, and Goodwin Champions Got Their Start in 1800s
19th Century pre-war cards have been given new life again with recent issues In the 19th Century, tobacco card sets began focusing on a variety of sports. Numerous non-sports sets existed but Allen & Ginter, Kimball, and Goodwin branded cigarettes issued sets of ‘champions,’ highlighting the best of the best in various sports. Today, collectors are familiar with these types
Read moreBreaking into Pre-War Collecting: Tobacco Cards
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. Today, I wanted to tackle arguably the most popular of all pre-war cards: tobacco cards. What Are Tobacco Cards? Tobacco cards, quite simply, are what they sound like. These are
Read more1889 N43 Allen & Ginter Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’ Title N43 Allen & Ginter Year 1888 Size 2 7/8″ x 3 1/4″ Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 50 N43 Allen & Ginter Overview The 1888 N43 set is essentially a jumbo issue of Allen & Ginter’s N29 set. The N43 cards featured an image of each player’s N29 card on a large
Read more1888 Allen & Ginter Set (N28)
‘It’s In The Details’ Title N28 Allen & Ginter Year 1888 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 50 1888 N28 Allen & Ginter Overview The 1888 N28 Allen & Ginter cards featured a collection of 50 champions and stars in a variety of sports, including baseball, rowing, wrestling, pugilism/boxing, rifle shooting, and
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