This 19th century trade card of famous scientist Thomas Edison might be his first card. If nothing else, it comes with plenty of controversy.
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Last month included a large amount of new, unusual pickups for my collection — here are a few of them
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This 50-card T113 Types of Nations tobacco card set covers the globe and includes a pair of cards for America
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Two series’ and 100 cards make up one of the more notable non-sports tobacco releases in the pre-war era
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The Swiss chocolate maker issued hundreds of early 1900s trading cards
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The athletes pictured on these candy cards issued out of France are generally the most valuable ones in the massive series
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This bargain set is more than 100 years old and celebrates holidays and events around the world
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Cards for Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley are some of the more valuable cards in Allen and Ginter’s 1888 N28 tobacco card set
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The first card of Judy Garland is gaining steam as an affordable (and important) non-sports cigarette card
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Here’s an abundantly cool wet sheet transfer linking W516 baseball cards with those of actors and actresses
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This 19th century trade card tells us how many of this type were printed — and it’s a lot.
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A pre-cursor to Mickey Mouse, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit has a card in the W565 strip card set — and it’s valuable
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