Most baseball card fans know about the 1989 Upper Deck #1 Ken Griffey Jr rookie card and his other major release rookie cards (Bowman, Donruss, and Fleer). But folks who…
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Vintage baseball cards are incredibly popular, but people sometimes forget that baseball card manufacturers had to find original photographs to design the cards around. Here are some original photos of…
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Rod Carew is one of those players who doesn’t seem as popular as perhaps they should be in the hobby, given his outstanding career accomplishments. Maybe it’s because he started…
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Elway played his entire 16-year NFL career with the Denver Broncos. He’s one of the most prolific passers in NFL history, finishing his career with over 51k passing yards and…
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If you collect vintage cards across multiple sports, you may have noticed that the 1958 Topps football and 1959 Topps baseball sets have a similar design. This article will look…
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I mentioned the 1951 Bowman Snider in my article about the 1950 Drake’s Cookies Cards, and I showed that the 1951 Bowman and 1950 Drake’s Snider cards shared the same…
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The popularity of different hobby segments tends to change over time. One exciting area that has picked up steam lately is minor league cards. Most minor league cards are worthless…
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I recently wrote about the Topps Mickey Mantle Cards We Didn’t Get. In the article, I talked about how in the early 1950s, Topps and Bowman would sign players to…
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In writing an article about 1975 Topps baseball, I had a lot of options; Robin Yount or George Brett’s rookie cards, the mini-cards, the colorful borders, commemorative cards, or stories…
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If you look at a checklist for the 1960 Leaf baseball set, you’ll notice something pretty interesting; there are six Hal Smith cards in the 144-card set. You will find…
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