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 first card is often a lot of fun. Collecting rookie cards of modern players isn’t too hard. The biggest ‘problem’ is that rookie cards of baseball players these days usually come out long before
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Cigarrillos Dolar Year 1920s Size Various Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set Unknown 1920s Cigarrillos Dolar Color Set Overview Not much is known (at least in terms of American collecting) about these rare tobacco cards. But what we can say is that Cigarrillos Dolar issued a few series of cards with sports subjects. This
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title Cloetta / Cloetta Ross Year 1930s Size 1 1/16″ x 1 15/16″ Images Black and White Type Gum/Candy Number in Set 172 (?) in each set 1930s Cloetta / Cloetta Ross Set Overview These sets are releases from a Swedish candy company sometime around 1930. Dating seems to be somewhat up in the air. PSA
Read moreThis unique set includes basketball, tennis, boxing, wrestling, soccer, and a lot more
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Chad Valley Sporting Snap Game Cards Year Unknown Size 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ Images Color Type Game Number in Set 60 Chad Valley Sporting Snap Game Cards Overview These unique cards were part of a game produced sometime around the Turn of the Century (1900). I have seen dates vary on them to include
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Donat Indiana-Sport Year 1936 Size 2 3/8″ x 3″ Images Black and White / Blue Tint Type Gum and Candy Cards Number in Set 100 1936 Donat Indiana-Sport Overview The 1936 Donat Indiana-Sport set is a multi-sport release from France. Most fronts of the card feature a black and white image with the ‘Indiana-Sport’ name
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Monopol Sportphotos Year 1932 Size 1 9/16″ x 2 5/16″ Images Sepia Type Tobacco Number in Set 720 1932 Monopol Sportphotos Overview This was a massive set of small sports cards produced by Monopol, a German cigarette company. The cards were packed inside of all of the company’s brand products, as indicated on the backs.
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1934 Star Magazine/Fürth Chocolate Overview Little is known about a rare Star / Fürth Chocolate hockey issue and the fact that it is a Czechoslovakia product makes it even harder to discover here in the U.S. These cards are black and white and were part of a multi-sport set of 100 cards. The fronts include an athlete’s image and a
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Liebig Fleisch Extract Sports Trade Cards Year c. 1900 Size 3″ x 4 1/2″ Images Color Type Trade Number in Set 6 Liebig Fleisch Extract Sports Trade Cards Overview These trade cards were distributed by Liebig, a popular extract company. The fronts depicted a variety of colorful sports scenes. Of most interest to American sports
Read moreThese rare multi-sport sets were distributed by an Italian chocolate company
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title Bocnal Luminous Silhouettes Year 1938 Size 1 3/8″ x 2 9/16″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set 25 1938 Bocnal Luminous Silhouettes Overview This cigarette card set from the UK features a variety of sports played in various parts of the world. There are a total of 25 cards in the set.
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Carreras Nose Game Year 1927 Size 1 7/16″ x 2 11/16″ and 2 1/2″ x 3″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 50 1927 Carreras Nose Game Overview This interesting issue featured both non-sports and sports personalities. Distributed by Carreras, Ltd., the set included a total of 50 cards. The cards were part of
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