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…
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From the post-war boom to the junk wax era and beyond.
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…
Continuing what seems to be a “hobby hoarding” series dedicated to REA’s July 2000 auction is this lot of 429 1970 Topps Super baseball cards.…
Today, here’s a little hobby history courtesy of the September 1977 issue of The Trader Speaks. It’s an advertisement for the 1977 Indianapolis Indians baseball…
Before Memory Lane Inc. sold the lone PSA 10 1948 Bowman Yogi Berra RC for $192k in 2017, Mastro moved the gem mint example in…
In 1977, Burger Chef reigned as a leading fast-food chain, and among its standout promotions was the Triple Play Funmeal – a combination of food…