A fascinating contemporary look inside Fleer as the company tried to reinvent itself, and expand the trading card market, in 1993.
Posts tagged as “Hobby Library”
A February 1976 snapshot of the hobby, featuring a reprinted classic on T212 Obaks and plenty of vintage collecting history.
A complete scan of The Trader Speaks, Vol. 2 No. 3 from January 1970. Early hobby coverage, including a nod to 1969–70 Topps basketball.
A complete scan of the inaugural issue of The Trading News, Vol. 1 No. 1 (March 1976).
Hobby archaeology: The first issue of The Trader Speaks (November 1968).
A complete scan of The Trading News, Vol. 1 No. 2 (April 1976), The “collectors’ magazine!”
A complete scan of The Trader Speaks, Vol. 3 No. 2 from December 1970. Before comps, slabs, and social media—this was the hobby.