I ran across this super cool cardboard display sheet, advertised as being from the 1950s, in an older auction catalog from December 2000. I've found a few more examples online, but with no additional historical info.
T.S. O'Connell wrote an excellent article for Sports Cards Magazines' April 1995 issue about World Series Cards; these were his Top 10. What do you think about the list?
In 2005, Sotheby's offered a collection of some of the scarcest Pacific Coast League cards in their Important Sports Memorabilia and Cards auction. The lot included 136 cards, plus a few original mailing envelopes, of the four Centennial Flour's Seattle Rainiers sets issued between 1943 and 1947.
Yesterday, I shared an ad from The Baseball Card Kid, with whom most collectors on the leading unopened FB group had fond memories. This ad from Prince of Cards didn't precisely elicit identical memories.
Today, the Baseball Card Exchange is the big player in the unopened space, but in the early '90s, it was Mark Murphy, The Baseball Card "Kid." Here's an ad he placed in the December 1993 issue of Sports Cards Magazine.
I ran across a rare item in Ron Oser Enterprises' April 2001 catalog described as a 1966 Exhibit card uncut sheet from the last year that exhibit cards were issued. But I don't know that the description was accurate!
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I've previously shared the original artwork for the 1953 Topps Willie Mays and Whitey Ford cards that Guernsey's sold in its famous 1989 Topps Auction. But other examples have also tricked out over the years, including this one of Ken Heintzelman.
I ran across this window sign advertising the circa 1937 R342 Goudy Thum-Movies in Sotheby's March 1991 auction catalog, which included The Copeland Collection; it's a cool-looking sign in black and white, but it's actually red, white, and blue.
Reggie Jackson is known as a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but did you know he also had a passion for classic cars? In the early 80s, Argus Publishing released a unique set of three cards featuring Jackson alongside some of the vehicles from his personal collection.
What's super cool about the 1955 Topps Doubleheaders uncut panels is how clearly they show the continuous artwork designed into the backgrounds on the cards!
Who remembers when super premium packs were just $5.99? Anyway, the Dec 1996 issue of Sports Card Trader had an excellent article about Mike Cramer taking on the goliaths of the industry that I wanted to share.
Who doesn't love the mouse? These four sheets from Gum Inc. were auctioned off together in April 2004 and included three from the R89 Mickey Mouse set, and one from the R90 Mickey Mouse with the Movie Stars set.