It had been ten years since the glory days of the Milwaukee Braves but Eddie Mathews, whose career began in the early 1950s when most teams still traveled by train, was still swinging on the night of July 14, 1967. In the Houston Astros lineup after a trade from the only franchise he’d ever known, Mathews climbed to a summit only six other players in history had reached … [Read more...]
1957 Braves Spic and Span Set Has Milwaukee’s Champs
When the Braves relocated from Boston to Milwaukee in 1953, the state of Wisconsin welcomed the team with open arms and filled the seats at County Stadium, hoping for a National League pennant. That dream finally came true in 1957, as the Braves not only outdistanced the NL field for the flag, but also outlasted the New York Yankees in a seven-game World Series. That ’57 … [Read more...]
Johnston Cookies Braves Cards Had Three-Year Run
For three years from 1953 through 1955, Wisconsin-based Johnston Cookies produced Milwaukee Braves baseball cards with their product. Here's a special look at the string sets distributed by the manufacturer. Background While the Johnston Cookies cards were first printed in 1953, the company's roots began long before that. According to the Milwaukee County Historical Society, … [Read more...]
1952 Topps Eddie Mathews is One of Era’s Most Desirable
Eddie Mathews may bring up the rear in the 1952 Topps set but it's got a lofty place in Topps' debut series for several reasons. First, card #407 represents Mathews’ rookie card. Second, it’s in the ultra-tough last series. Third, as the last card in the set, it was often at the bottom of the pile. Many kids kept these cards in rubber bands which took its toll. High grade … [Read more...]
1952 Topps Baseball Card Set Launched an American Icon
In the fall of 1951, young Sy Berger was handed the task of designing a 1952 Topps baseball card that would make boys forget about all the issues that had come before and, especially, any issue that rival gum maker Bowman might put together for the following spring. Berger took a direct approach to the task, incorporating into his design everything that Bowman cards were not, … [Read more...]
Show Guests All Appeared on Sports Illustrated Cover
This weekend at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel and Conference Center, those who collect signed Sports Illustrated covers will be in their element. Each and every autograph guest booked by MAB Celebrity Services will be a former Sports Illustrated cover boy...or girl. The two-day show gives exposure to the popular hobby of collecting autographs on the sports world's most … [Read more...]
T206 Wagner, Ruth Cards, Autos Highlight Catalog
From a T206 Honus Wagner to multiple Babe Ruth signed baseballs to decades-old mint condition Hall of Famers, dozens of high-quality, high-grade and rare pieces of sports memorabilia have been assembled by Memory Lane Inc. over the last few months for its second Own it Now catalog event. Four times each year, the southern California-based sports memorabilia auction company … [Read more...]
2010 Topps National Chicle Review
By Rich Klein The National Chicle name is very important in sports card history although the set best known under that name consisted of just 36 cards in the one football set produced back in 1935. The company made its initial entry into the baseball card market with its 1934-36 Diamond Stars baseball set, done in art deco style. Topps has purchased the rights to the … [Read more...]
2010 National Chicle Baseball Short Print List Revealed
Yes, Virginia there are 2010 National Chicle Baseball short prints. Topps says cards #276-329 in the recently released baseball product are short printed and can be found at the rate in one of every four packs. The short printed cards are part of three unique subsets: Retired Stars Revisited, Vintage Veterans and Rookie Renditions. The all-painted Topps Chicle … [Read more...]