Items from a pair of Chicago sports icons headline the final auction of 2023 at Hindman. One offered entry to a history making NBA debut. The other put an exclamation point on a memorable NFL career. Mike Ditka’s Hall of Fame jacket "Iron" Mike Ditka holds not only a unique place in Chicago Bears history by coaching the Monsters of the Midway to their first … [Read more...] about Dikta’s Hall of Fame Jacket (with Sharpie), Jordan Debut Ticket, Vintage Cards Part of Hindman Sale
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Top T201 Mecca Double Folders Set Coming to Auction
The highest graded set of one of the hobby’s truly unique issues is about to go on the market. Heritage Auctions will sell the #1 “Current Finest” set of 1911 T201 Mecca Double Folders in its upcoming Summer Sports Card Auction, set to open July 9. It’s the second All-Time Finest set ever curated. The artistic cards were interactive—designed with a flip-top … [Read more...] about Top T201 Mecca Double Folders Set Coming to Auction
Missing Stars from the T201 Mecca Double Folders Set
The T201 Mecca Double Folders set was interactive, long before the term came into vogue. Each card featured two players with a long vertical image of one on one side and the top of of a second on the other. The cards had a factory 'fold' and when the top half was folded down, the second player's upper body would be displayed against the same lower body of the player on the … [Read more...] about Missing Stars from the T201 Mecca Double Folders Set
5 Popular Tobacco Card Sets (Not Named T205 or T206)
When most collectors think of tobacco cards, the first ones often mentioned are the American Tobacco Company's popular T205 and T206 issues. Those sets featured a total of more than 700 cards and are among the most collected tobacco issues even more than 100 years later. But there are also plenty of other popular tobacco sets from the pre-war era - here are five of them. 1912 … [Read more...] about 5 Popular Tobacco Card Sets (Not Named T205 or T206)
T201 Mecca Double Folders Set is a Pre-War Bargain
If one were assembling the most unique pre-war baseball card sets, there's little question that the 1911 T201 Mecca Double Folders would be included. Included as an incentive inside packages of Mecca Cigarettes, the 2-1/4" by 4-11/16" cards feature two players, one on each side. But the most interesting feature of the cards is by far its unique shape. The … [Read more...] about T201 Mecca Double Folders Set is a Pre-War Bargain
Big Tobacco Card Find Lights Up New York Shop
It’s the type of find collectors and dealers always hope is on the other end of the phone, but rarely is. Over 270 century-old sports and non-sports cards, owned by members of one family since the early 1900s, are about to enter the hobby for the first time after they were purchased by an east coast hobby shop. American Legends in Scarsdale, NY, landed the remarkable … [Read more...] about Big Tobacco Card Find Lights Up New York Shop
Set Break of the Month: 1911 Mecca Double Folders
In 1911, Mecca Cigarettes offered one of the most unusual baseball card sets ever created, each one a little work of art almost toy-like in design. The T201 Mecca Double Folders set includes 100 different players in a dual-image folding design, meaning there are 50 cards in all to collect. The unique design means the players on each rectangular ‘card’ share the bottom half of … [Read more...] about Set Break of the Month: 1911 Mecca Double Folders