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PostWarCards 1 year ago
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. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
I ran across this "very striking" 1950s Ted Williams Moxie die-cut advertising sign in an auction catalog from December 2000. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
Here's the original flexichrome artwork for John Huarte's 1965 Topps #117 Football card. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
Here's one of the scarcest non-sport collectibles in the hobby from the Walter Johnson Candy Company, a 1930s Dick Tracy R41 set wrapper. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
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? image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
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. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
If you got a grand or two, here's a fun one to add to a baseball card man cave: Lou Gehrig's Official "Plaball" Baseball Game. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
You know what's cool? A plastic radio with facsimile signatures of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle! image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
When Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig appear in the same ad, you know it's a legendary piece of baseball memorabilia. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
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. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
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. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
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. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
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.
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
Here's one you don't see every day, especially in triplicate: a 1984 Topps Football Cut Card Case! One of each sheet (“A”, “B”, and “C”).
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
Here's the original artwork Dick Perez painted for the 1984 Donruss Mike Schmidt Diamond Kings card. image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
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! image
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PostWarCards 1 year ago
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. image