Strip cards are often good sources when bargain hunting for pre-war issues. One of the most common sets are the W512 cards. The W512 strip card set is believed to have been printed over a three-year period from 1925-27. Those dates are basically confirmed due to several variations in the set. The set included ten baseball players as well as
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Still working on a name for this thing. Until then, though, we’ll stick with Pre-War Bargains. Last time out, I looked at the 1905 New York Giants postcard, which remains an exceptional buy for a Christy Mathewson piece. This time, I’m jumping ahead a few decades to the 1930s. 1936 National Chicle Pen Joe DiMaggio The 1936 National Chicle release
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I get a lot of questions about cheap pre-war cards and most of those are centered around people looking for Hall of Fame players at bargain prices. While a lot of Hall of Fame cards in the pre-war era are quite pricey, there are a decent amount of cheaper ones out there. I’m going to start a new series that
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