A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about the 1939 Play Ball baseball set with an extra emphasis on the three Ted Williams Rookie Cards. I thought I would…
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When I started my research for this article, I intended to write about various Mickey Mantle postcards. But when I ran across the 1958 Holiday Inn Mickey Mantle Postcard, I…
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Vintage baseball cards are incredibly popular, but people sometimes forget that baseball card manufacturers had to find original photographs to design the cards around. Here are some original photos of…
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I recently wrote about the Topps Mickey Mantle Cards We Didn’t Get. In the article, I talked about how in the early 1950s, Topps and Bowman would sign players to…
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In 1954 and 1955, when kids were ripping packs of Topps baseball cards, many were undoubtedly disappointed when they learned that they wouldn’t be pulling a Mickey Mantle card. And…
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I probably don’t need to tell you about Mickey Mantle’s career or place in the hobby. If you’re curious, check out his Wikipedia page or any major auction house’s card…
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The concept of this blog post is simple, share some incredible photographs that Topps, Bowman, and Fleer used to inspire some classic cards. PSA does provide original photograph authentication as…
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Game 1 of the 2021 Major League Baseball World Series between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros takes place this evening, so I thought it would be cool to talk…
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1952 Topps baseball is generally recognized as one of the Big 3 baseball sets with 1909-11 T206 and 1933 Goudey, making it the most iconic postwar set. It also contains…
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A couple of weeks ago, I posted an article called 10 Random Post War Baseball Card Facts and wanted to follow up with a few more bits of hobby info.…
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