1998 Sports Illustrated - AUTUMN EXCELLENCE - Complete 10-card insert set
Great foil-enhanced set of World Series heroes:Mickey Mantle,Babe Ruth,Bobv Gibson,Willie Mays,Berra,Ford... Low on eBay is $30.| Grade | NM/MINT |
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| Book Value | n/a |
| Our Price |
$ 19.95
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1960 Pirates Tag-Ons Stickers
This super neat item was similar to but 8 years BEFORE
one of my favorites, the 1968 Topps Baseball Action Stickers.
There's a link to that issue at the bottom of this snipet.
This great item was issued by Richard-Lawrence Co. of Pittsburgh
and honors the legendary World Series champion 1960 Pirates who
had just humbled the mighty Yankees.
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1993 Topps Inaugural |
The first baseball trading cards date back to 1869. For many years, baseball cards were packaged in packs of tobacco as a way to increase sales the same way that today prizes are packaged in boxes of cereal. In the 1920's and 1930's, candy and gum companies started packaging baseball cards in their products as well.
Baseball card production was virtually halted in the early 1940's due to paper shortages created by World War II. The "Modern Era" of baseball cards began in 1948 when Bowman Gum Inc. offered one card and one piece of gum in a pack for a penny.
The first important football set was the Mayo set featuring college players in 1984. Other than the 1935 National Chicle set no other key football set was issued until 1948 when noth Bowman and Leaf produced sets.
