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SI Vault’s ‘Evolution of Baseball Cards’

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Sports Illustrated recently produced a 21-minute podcast on the evolution of baseball cards.  Beginning in the 19th century when the love of cigarettes grew and created a need and desire for packaging stiffeners to the gum-less packaging aVintage Baseball Cards Just Collectnd on-demand world of the 21st century, the segment runs the gamut.

There are interview clips with Freyda Spira, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art which houses the Jefferson Burdick Collection, a long-time collector and Clay Luraschi of Topps.

You can listen below:

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