Eighty years ago this Sunday, Hank Greenberg drove in his first three runs of the season for the Detroit Tigers. His total at the end of the season: 184. Total of Hank Greenberg baseball cards issued in the United States in 1937: Zero. Such was often the life of a card collector in the pre-World War II era. While Greenberg's greatest season … [Read more...]
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Vintage Set Break of the Week: 1940 Play Ball
Gum Inc. launched into the baseball card arena in 1939 with black-and-white photos of contemporary baseball players. Likely due to the popularity of the issue, the 1940 Play Ball set features 240 cards, larger than the previous year. While the set doesn’t seem to garner the same type of admiration from collectors as the colorized set that arrived in '41, it is still jam-packed … [Read more...]
