Marc Sarchet highlighted the incredible 1982 Union Oil Dodger Player Portraits in the March 1983 issue of The Trader Speaks with some information that seems…
Post War Cards
Here’s a Hobby Libary pick-up I made at the 2024 National, a 1952 All-Star Game program. Why? Oh, there’s an ad for a baseball card…
One of the most colorful and unique hobby-adjacent collectibles you can add to your collection is a circa 1941 Joe DiMaggio’s Restaurant Linen postcard. I picked…
Folks might not know that Mickey Mantle owned a Holiday Inn hotel in Joplin, Missouri, with his friend Harold Youngman; Lodging Magazine wrote an excellent overview. The hotel…
There are certain pictures you’ll run across quite often in the hobby, like the 1952 Topps Baseball Woolworth’s display or the 1974 Topps production line…
Here’s an incredible piece I ran across in a 2008 auction catalog that I’m desperate to find more information on (and add to the hobby…
From 1921 to the 1970s, Exhibit Supply Co. (ESCO) of Chicago, Illinois, released over 14,000 different cards. While there are numerous articles I could write…