Fixing the Chaos: How to Organize a Pre-War Card Collection
What’s the best way to organize a pre-war card collection?
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Harvard-Yale Rivalry Led to Early Pre-War Football Cards
Numerous early football cards were created surrounding the longtime Harvard-Yale rivalry
Read moreRarity Only One Piece of the Puzzle in Determining a Card’s Value
‘Rarest’ doesn’t always equate to ‘most expensive’
Read moreTy Cobb’s Least Expensive Pre-War Cards
A while back, I wrote about some of the more inexpensive cards from Babe Ruth’s playing days. Ty Cobb is another common player I’m often asked about. If you’ve just started collecting Cobb in recent years, you’ve missed out a little. His cards have continued to increase in value and even some of his more common cards, such as his
Read moreStarting a Pre-War Card Collection with $100
As I wrote recently, the 1936 Goudey set is the perfect set introduction for new pre-war collectors. It’s short, affordable, and doesn’t have any expensive cards if you can handle low-grade. But what about for those that don’t collect sets? Well, I recently wrote an article for Sports Collectors Daily, highlighting some cards featuring pre-war Hall of Famers that you
Read moreRare Baseball Stamp Part of 1930s Safety Promotion
With the popularization of automobiles increasing after the Great Depression, driving safety became a major focal point in the 1930s. After driving accidents and deaths had been on a steady decline since the invention of the automobile, those rose sharply in the early 1930s. Many factors were in play but part of it was likely due to the end of
Read more1917 Youth’s Companion Stamp – Babe Ruth or Rube Marquard?
Some of the great mysteries of pre-war card issues is linking unidentified pictures of players with actual players of the era. When able to establish a credible link of a player to an issue depicting an unknown player, that generally increases the collectability and the value. Consider, for example, the relatively recent discovery that the highly desired Joe Jackson is
Read more1944 Venezuela Serie Mundial de Base Ball Amateur Stamps Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’ Title Venezuela Serie Mundial de Base Ball Amateur Stamps Year 1944 Size Unknown Images Single Color Ink Type Stamps Number in Set 9 1944 Venezuela Serie Mundial de Base Ball Amateur Stamps Overview These stamps were printed to celebrate the 7th Annual Venezuelan Amateur Baseball World Series. The formal Spanish name, the “Serie Mundial de Base
Read more1939 Baseball Centennial U.S. 3-Cent Postage Stamp A Cheap Pre-War Collectible
‘It’s In The Details’ Title Baseball Centennial U.S. 3-Cent Postage Stamp Year 1939 Size 1″ x 1 1/2″ Images Blue Ink Type Stamps Number in Set 1 1939 Baseball Centennial Stamp Overview Baseball experienced its centennial anniversary in 1939 and celebrated in a variety of ways with different products. One such product released was a special U.S. postage stamp. The
Read more1910s German Boxing Stamps Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’ Title German Boxing Stamps Year 1910s Size 1 3/8″ x 1 3/4″ Images Color Type Stamps Number in Set 20 1910s German Boxing Stamps Overview This rare stamps set is hardly seen. It features a collection of some of the greatest pre-war boxers of all-time and was issued in sheets of 25 perforated stamps. ‘Stamps’ is
Read more1922 Tobler Chocolates Black Sports Stamps Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’ Title Tobler Chocolates Black Sports Stamps Year 1922 Size 1″ x 1 3/4″ Images Color Type Stamps Number in Set 12 1922 Tobler Chocolates Black Stamps Set Overview This stamp set was issued by Tobler Chocolates (Tobler Chokolado), a Swiss chocolate company. The exact date of issue is unknown. The company distributed other similar sets in
Read more1927 Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney Transfers Set and Checklist
It’s In The Details’ Title Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney Transfers Year 1927 Size 1″ x 1 1/2″ (approximately) / 6″ x 9″ for full sheet Images Color Type Stamps Number in Set 20 1927 Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney Transfers Set Overview This unclassified stamp/transfer set is largely unknown aside from perhaps early boxing collectors. Even though the transfers
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