The Historic Pony Express Detailed on Several Pre-War Cards
Early trading cards depict the origins of the express mail carrier from the 1800s
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A Rare Mascot Card is One of the T210 Old Mill Set’s Most Interesting
While not discussed much, the Kelly Mascot card is one of the keys to the T210 Old Mill set
Read moreThe T206 Big Four: Honus Wagner (Part IV of IV)
The final part of the T206 Big Four series covers the iconic Honus Wagner card
Read morePrice guides not often effective when dealing in pre-war cards
Skip the price guides – pricing pre-war cards is an inexact science Todd Lichti was not a good basketball player. Well, okay, he was pretty good because he made it to the NBA, and anyone in the NBA is amazing. But comparatively to other NBA players, he was not great. He was a first-round pick but lasted only a few
Read moreTy Cobb Green Background T206 Cards on a Tear but Will it Last?
I’ve written quite about T206 cards lately – in reality, even more than I care to. But they’ve routinely been in the news and remain a hot commodity. And when it comes to T206 cards, there’s none hotter right now than the Ty Cobb green background card. One of Four The Cobb green background card is one of four Cobb
Read moreRare 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
Read more1935-36 Muratti: Nope, Still not a Babe Ruth Card
The 1935-36 Muratti set is not only a rare issue here in the U.S., but it’s also often misunderstood. Many have incorrectly cited this set as a 216-card issue. It is also called a 1935 set. Both pieces of information, though, are not true. In reality, the Muratti set spanned two years – 1935 and 1936. In addition, what most
Read moreAre baseball cards a sound investment? Forbes article says yes.
People collect cards for all sorts of reasons. But while the 1990s caused some amount of heartburn for collectors who lost a lot of money when their modern cards were largely deemed to be worthless, Forbes.com has a new article looking at cards as a sound investment. The article doesn’t merely consider the point – some research done by Brent
Read moreBreaking 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
Read moreAre the Demmitt and O’Hara T206 St. Louis Cards Underrated?
In terms of the true rarities of the T206 baseball card set, most collectors break down this issue as the ‘Big 4 and Everything Else.’ There’s certainly no disputing that there are four pretty rare cards here. But two more in the set probably don’t really deserve to merely be lumped in with the remaining 520 cards. About the Big
Read more1934 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
Read more1937 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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