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Rare Pifer & Becker Cabinets Linking to 1893 Just So Tobacco Cards on the Auction Block

SCP Auctions’ spring auction is underway with a number of intriguing items. Chief among them is a set of rare cabinet cards featuring players from the Cleveland Spiders. As I wrote recently at Sports Collectors Daily, the cabinets are from the collection of Jake Virtue. Virtue was a former player in the late 1800s and played for the Cleveland Spiders

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Breaking into Pre-War Collecting: Tobacco Cards

Been a little while since I wrote one of my ‘Breaking into Pre-War Collecting’ articles. If you missed the first two, I first covered game cards and then strip cards. Today, I wanted to tackle arguably the most popular of all pre-war cards: tobacco cards. What Are Tobacco Cards? Tobacco cards, quite simply, are what they sound like. These are

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1934 Orienta Cigarettes Pictures of our Time (Orienta-Zeitbilder) Set and Checklist

‘It’s In The Details’ Title Orienta Cigarettes Pictures of our Time (Orienta-Zeitbilder) Year 1934 Size 1 1/4″ x 2 1/8″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set 240 1934 Orienta Cigarettes Pictures of our Time (Orienta-Zeitbilder) Overview This set was produced in Germany and included black and white images of all sorts of subjects. At least one hockey

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1937 Godfrey Phillips Spot the Winner Set and Checklist

‘It’s In The Details’ Title Godfrey Phillips Spot the Winner Year 1937 Size 1 1/2 x 2 5/8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 50 1937 Godfrey Phillips Spot the Winner Overview This set featured athletes in an interesting tobacco card set. Packaged with tobacco company Godfrey Phillips’ products, this set of 50 cards displayed athletes from a variety

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