Baseball cards didn't really gain mass popularity until the 1950s, but that doesn't mean cards weren't produced for any number of other greats. Just a few years ago, one of the world's oldest cards, thought to be a team shot of the 1865 Brooklyn Atlantics sold at auction for $92,000. There are many collectors who specialize in cards that date back a century or more and many of … [Read more...]
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A Look At Victorian Sports Trade Cards, Scraps and Die Cuts
This column is a quick look at the fanciful, colorful and esoteric collecting genre of Victorian era sports trade cards, die cuts and scraps. Trade Cards Trade cards were freebie cards used as advertisement. Unlike with premiums, supplements and inserts, they weren't directly tied to the sale of a product-- meaning you didn't have to buy something to get them or … [Read more...]
Rare 19th Century Find Turns Scrapps Card World Upside Down
They appear as fresh and new as they did 125 years ago; die-cut portraits of some of the most famous names who dotted professional rosters in a relatively new game called baseball. It would be newsworthy if a fresh discovery of these rare 19th century baseball cards had surfaced in any condition. However on November 30, Memory Lane will begin taking bids on several lots of … [Read more...]
