Tobacco and candy companies dominated the baseball scene in the early 1900s. But as the century went on, other types of businesses began to recognize the popularity of baseball cards. One of those was the gasoline industry, which began a push with baseball issues in the 1930s and 1940s. Here are some of the more well-known issues that came out of the partnership between the … [Read more...] about 1930s and 1940s Brought Merging of Baseball and Gasoline
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Tattoo Orbit Offers Collectors A Reasonable Challenge
Vintage baseball card collectors who like a challenge can point to the 1933 Tattoo Orbit set as a product worth building. It’ll keep you busy looking but the 60-card set is not impossible to piece together. Expensive? In some cases, yes, but there are lower grade cards available that can fill the tougher slots. It certainly is not as pricey as the 1933 Goudey baseball set, … [Read more...] about Tattoo Orbit Offers Collectors A Reasonable Challenge
5 Underrated Baseball Rookie Cards of the 1930s
After the tobacco card boom of the 1910s, baseball card collectors ran into some lean times during the 1920s, as most years during that Roaring decade featured very few major issues. Starting in 1933, though, Goudey came to the rescue of Depression-era kids with several colorful sets that featured some of the most iconic first-year cards the hobby has ever seen. Of course, … [Read more...] about 5 Underrated Baseball Rookie Cards of the 1930s
Vintage Set Break of the Month: 1934 Goudey
The first Vintage Set Break of the Month for 2015 will take collectors back eight decades for a chance to land one of two Lou Gehrig cards and numerous other stars in the 1934 Goudey set. A low to mid-grade set is being broken by Burls Sports. The 1934 Goudey set also includes Jimmy Foxx, Hank Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer, Leo Durocher, Frankie Frisch, Lefty Grove, Carl … [Read more...] about Vintage Set Break of the Month: 1934 Goudey
Tucked Away for Years, Glynn West Collection Comes to Auction
The history of the nation's oldest active baseball park is in many ways the history of American baseball. Yet, much of the history of Birmingham's Rickwood Field has been hidden from the eyes of historians and biographers, because it was locked away in the basement of Glynn West, longtime manager of the Birmingham Barons and Birmingham A's. Now, the collection has been … [Read more...] about Tucked Away for Years, Glynn West Collection Comes to Auction