Christie’s offered this extremely scarce 1941 Play Ball paper sheet of twelve cards in their October 1993 catalog. It was expected to sell for $750-$1,000.…
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From the post-war boom to the junk wax era and beyond.
Mastro offered a complete set of 96 1934 Goudey cards in their November 2000 auction. That’s a cool enough set on its own, but what…
The 1977 Topps Star Wars #207 C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) Error card is probably the second most infamous card in the hobby (next to the 1989…
I published an article the other day about the 1939 Play Ball baseball set, emphasizing the three Ted Williams Rookie Cards. I thought I would…
While I focus this blog on post-war cards, I also write about pre-war cards from time to time and collect them. So, I thought looking…
Before Cramer Sports Productions became Pacific Trading Cards, it competed with TCMA in the 1970s to produce minor league sets; I ran across this ad…
Another incredible set I learned about by flipping through an old copy of The Trader Speaks (Sept. 1977) was the 1977 Tom Daniels Burleigh Grimes…