If you ever decide to research regional food sets, you’ll come across the initials MSA on many of them. For example, the 1978 Papa Gino’s…
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From the post-war boom to the junk wax era and beyond.
I’ve been researching salesman samples for a long-form piece for quite a while, so I was thrilled to find this 1955 Bowman example featuring Willie…
Generally speaking, pitchers don’t get as much hobby love as position players, which is more evident with modern cards. The reason for this is probably…
Here’s the original 5” x 7” pen and ink artwork used for Gene Mauch’s 1969 Topps card. It was offered for sale in Ron Oser…
Manufacturers make mistakes; it happens. But in the sports card hobby, when those mistakes get corrected, and both variants end up in collectors’ hands, there’s…
A lot of iconic hobby cards are readily available; they just cost a lot. But others seem to never come to market. Here is a…