Anson Whaley of PreWarCards.com earns SABR’s 2025 Jefferson Burdick Award. A well-deserved honor for one of the hobby’s best researchers and writers.
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Essays, opinions, collecting philosophy, projects, and updates.
This page is inspired by the Vintage Non-Sports Cards Hobby Resources archive, where you’ll find full scans of The American Card Catalog, old Card Collector’s Bulletins, and other hobby…
Welcome to the Original Artwork Archive! This is the hub for all the articles I’ve written about original artwork used to produce cards, sorted by…
Welcome to the Uncut Sheet Archive! This is the hub for all the articles I’ve written about uncut sheets, sorted by sport and set. My…
Welcome to the relaunched Unopened Archive! It used to have pages with photos of packs, wrappers, boxes, and cases from all the big pre- and…
The 1952 Topps Baseball set is the crown jewel of post-war cards. Driven by my passion for uncovering the original photos behind iconic cards, I’m…
I ran across this advertisement for “beautiful 4 color cardboard storage boxes” in the October 1977 issue of The Trader Speaks but haven’t been able…