In “I wish I owned a time machine,” hobby history is this advertisement from the December 1979 issue of The Trader Speaks for “sealed gum…
Post War Cards
It’s a set that I’ve considered collecting, started, and stopped multiple times. What is 1941 Goudey baseball? Christie’s offered these nine (as part of a…
I ran across the following pair of advertisements for card shows in the February 1983 issue of The Trader Speaks, so I asked folks on…
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.…
I found this 1938 dealer advertising sheet for the Canadian counterpart of the U.S. Gum, Incorporated 1938 Horrors of War set in Mastro’s 2004 auction…
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…
This is what we in the hobby would call a “fun rip.” These 24 GAI-graded 1969/70 Topps basketball wax packs were offered for sale together…