When collectors think about the earliest baseball cards, tobacco cards are often the first ones cited. While some trade cards technically existed before tobacco issues, many of them did not feature real, professional players. That is part of the reason why collectors have gravitated more towards tobacco sets as a sort of 'go to' in terms of pre-war issues. Tobacco cards are, … [Read more...] about The Wayback Collector: More Than a Century Later, Tobacco Cards Remain Popular
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Studying the Evolution of Early Football Cards
Early football cards can be a tricky pursuit. That's made even more difficult if you are looking for cards that are more of a reflection of football as the game we know it today. The earliest American football was a combination of sorts of soccer and rugby. The first game was cited as Princeton vs. Rugby in 1869, but that contest hardly resembled the kind of sport that we … [Read more...] about Studying the Evolution of Early Football Cards