As Americans said their good-riddances to the 1940s, a decade that shredded our hearts and families with war and decimated the National Pastime, sports fans were ready to finally enjoy their games with a full roster of superstars once again. When the first spring of the new decade dawned, the 1950 Bowman baseball set was ready and waiting to greet collectors who had waited all … [Read more...]
1955 Bowman Baseball Set Marked Company’s Farewell
Imagine for a moment that it's late 1954 and your boss calls you into his office with exciting, yet terrifying, news: he's putting YOU in charge of saving a crumbling bubble gum card empire that not too long ago virtually created the entire hobby. How would you go about designing the 1955 Bowman baseball set to pique collector interest and stave off extinction for another … [Read more...]
Graded Vintage Basketball Cards are Focus of New Website
Hoop heads, take note. A new website devoted to your hobby is now live. Vintage Graded Basketball Cards, the new resource is dedicated entirely to collecting classic vintage basketball cards and features links to the most popular cards and sets being offered for sale online. The site provides collectors with background information on some of the most … [Read more...]
1941 Play Ball Set Actually Spanned Two Years
Seventy-one years ago this week, America was waking up to a new reality. Thousands of men were dead in the South Pacific and the war the country had managed to avoid for several years had come to us. It would be a difficult four years. The 1941 Play Ball set brought color to baseball cards and the heroes of the game never seemed as real as they did when kids across the … [Read more...]