The 1909-11 T206 white border set is arguably the most famous baseball card issue of all time. Driven by massive popularity, it's a set that has been widely pursued by collectors for more than a century. Among the 524 known cards, four stand out among the rest. To the hobby, these are known simply as 'The Big Four.' Honus Wagner T206 The biggest of the big is the easily … [Read more...]
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Newly Restored, 1910-Era Piedmont Baseball Ad Returns to Auction
It did its duty for 100 years, stuffed into the wall of an old cigar store in Michigan, providing a measure of insulation in the days before cellulose and fiberglass. Hidden away from view for over a century, a relic of the marriage of baseball and tobacco was uncovered a couple of years ago during the building's demolition. Sold as is at auction … [Read more...]
T211 Red Sun Issue A Distinctive Pre-War Set
The T211 Red Sun set is known for its rather unique look. Produced smack dab at the height of popularity for tobacco issues, the set found a way to stand out from others. Here's a closer look at this rare release. T211 Red Sun Overview The first thing collectors usually notice about the T211 Red Sun cards is their unique look. While the overall design was similar in … [Read more...]
Morphy Auctions Launches Sports Division
Pennsylvania-based Morphy Auctions is launching a new Sports Memorabilia Division. The company kick off its first sports-only event October 26 with a 500-lot sale. Morphy’s Sports Memorabilia Division will be headed by Tommy Sage, Jr., who joined forces with Dan Morphy in 2004 to establish Morphy Auctions. Sage is a long-time collector of sports items and also … [Read more...]
Memory Lane to Offer Virtually Complete T206 Master Set Break in Special Auction
One of the finest T206 (1909-1911) baseball card sets ever offered will be broken up and sold by Memory Lane Inc. in a special catalog auction set to begin April 22. Pieced together by an avid collector over more than ten years, the T206 Set Break Auction includes three of the set’s four extreme rarities: a PSA 2 (Good) Honus Wagner, a PSA 4 (VG-EX) Eddie Plank and a … [Read more...]
E103 Williams Caramel Baseball Set is a Rare Portraits Issue
The 1910 E103 Williams Caramel set is a rare candy/caramel card set from the pre-war card era. Here's a closer look at the release. Williams Caramel Company Based out of Oxford, Pennsylvania, the Williams Caramel Company produced a variety of caramel products, including some non-sports sets like the E18 Flags of All Nations. Their name is printed along the bottoms of … [Read more...]
Jackson, Cobb Cards Combine for $1 Million-Plus at SCP Auctions
A pair of iconic pre-war baseball cards led the bidding in SCP Auctions’ 2016 Mid-Summer Classic online auction, which concluded early Sunday morning. The top card, which sold for an astounding $667,189, is one of just two examples of the legendary 1909 E90-1 Joe Jackson American Caramel card graded NM-MT 8 by PSA, with none higher. Jackson's E90-1 representation is one of just … [Read more...]
1910-1912 Sweet Caporal Pins Won’t Break Your Piggy Bank
If you've never collected the 1910-1912 Sweet Caporal Pins set because they were, well, pins rather than cards, it's time to get over it. You're missing out on the opportunity to collect a century-old set that's among of the coolest, most affordable, most attainable issues in the hobby. Sweet Caporal Pins: The Basics Sweet Caporal, of course, was a brand of cigarettes and … [Read more...]
Fresh T206 Collection Uncovered
A collection of 366 different T206 cards including a low-grade example of the rare Eddie Plank is about to enter the hobby after a find in Massachusetts. The collection, purchased by Just Collect, has about 60 Hall of Famers including three each of Ty Cobb, Cy Young and Christy Mathewson, two Walter Johnson cards and the Plank, considered the third most rare card in the set … [Read more...]
T206 Cards Caused Uproar Upon 1909 Release
Everyone who had a hand in their creation is gone. Those in charge of marketing them passed on decades ago. Even those who were just learning to read and write when they were released are dead and buried. Even though we can’t hear or see them talk about it anymore, though, what they put on the record more than a century ago is pretty clear. T206 baseball … [Read more...]
