When Card Doctoring Goes Wrong: Rare Christy Mathewson Tobacco Card Sees Loss
Most of the alleged alterations on the Blowout forum rose in value — but not all
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Rare Fourth Type of T213 Coupon Cards is Under the Radar
While three is commonly cited as the number of T213 types, a fourth with an overprint actually exists
Read moreFake T213 Coupon and Rare T206 Backs Provide a Valuable Reminder
The rebacking of cards has been a popular scam in the past. That practice, if you’re not aware of it, is taking a card, skinning an unpopular back off of it and adding a more desirable back to it. Rebacking is generally done for two reasons. In some cases, cards that have been glued into scrapbooks and then removed have
Read moreWhen World War I hit, baseball card production dropped
While pre-war cards are associated with World War II, issues from the World War I era always fascinate me. Production of tobacco and caramel cards was at an all-time high around 1910 but, as you might expect, production of baseball cards heavily dipped during World War I. Even if you only count the massive T206 set as one release, there
Read moreT213-1 Coupon: If it Looks like a T206 and Smells like a T206 …
The T206 set is arguably the most popular baseball card set of all time. Printed from 1909-11, it was an obscenely large issue for that time period containing a total of 524 cards. The set, of course, is also most known for producing the hobby’s most famous card – the elusive (not to mention, expensive) Honus Wagner issue. Don’t be
Read more1910-19 Coupon Cigarettes Set (T213)
The Louisiana-based T213 baseball cards have several known types and a large checklist
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