1948 Bowman Movie Stars #27 SONNY TUFTS

Grade	EX/MINT
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1948 Bowman Movie Stars #27 SONNY TUFTS Non-Sport cards value

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1910 Birds Series (T42/T43)

The 1910 bird series cards, particularly those within the T42 Mecca and related sets, offer a fascinating glimpse into early 20th-century popular culture and natural history. These cards, often distributed with tobacco products, featured beautifully rendered illustrations of various bird species, capturing the public's growing interest in ornithology. The sets were produced with either white or gold borders, and are popular with collectors. These cards are not only valued for their aesthetic appeal and historical significance, but also as a testament to the era's promotional practices. The cards give a great look into what the general public was interested in at that period of time.

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1952/1953 Bowman
TV/Radio Stars of NBC
(R701-14 and R701-15)

1952 and 1953 Bowman "TV & Radio Stars of NBC" card sets captured the culture of the early television/radio era, featuring NBC's most popular and entertaining names of the day. The cards were a slightly taller 2.5 x 3.75 inches. 1952 card backs were horizontal while the 1953 backs were vertical.

After the success of their 1952 set, Bowman released a much larger 1953 set with including more TV stars like Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Sid Casear, Dinah Shore and others. The set also included a card for a child actor Ronnie Walken. You may know it better as Christopher Walken's ROOKIE card !!!

1953 Bowman TV Radio J. Fred Muggs chimpanzee Another popular card is chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs ROOKIE card.
The Today Show started in 1952 and when it was under-performing, they brought in J. Fred Muggs as a co-host. Jim Fleming, the newsreader for the show, quit in protest. Muggs the chimp was quite worldly and knew over 500 words and had a wardrobe of 450 outfits. Producer, Richard Pinkham, once estimated Muggs brought his network $100 million. Muggs was also an artist and in 1958 one of his finger paintings became the cover of Mad Magazine #38.

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Baseball card collecting terms (part G)

Grade/Condition Centering, corner wear, photo clarity, edges, creases, print flaws ... all combine to determine a card's condition or grade. Along with rarity/scarcity it is the major factor in a card's value.

Graded Card As values increased the condition of cards and the determination of fakes and alterations became increasingly more important. Various companies became "graders" of your cards. For a fee they would grade your card (usually on a 1 to 10 scale) and then placed in a sealed plastic holder with labelling of the vital information.

From past experiences, most people are NOT HAPPY with the grades they receive. To keep values up, graders can be extremely picky. Things you don't see, they do so don't be surprized when the NEAR MINT card you send in ends up with an EX or EX/MINT grade.

There are TOO many grading companies - if you do, do choose carefully. PSA / SGC / GAI / BGS are some of the many companies. It is good to know that getting a card graded by a company that people do not recognize or respect will usually just cost you time and money and not help you in any way.

1948 Bowman Movie Stars #27 SONNY TUFTS

1910 Birds Series (T42/T43)

1952/1953 Bowman TV/Radio Stars of NBC (R701-14 and R701-15)

1952/1953 Bowman
TV/Radio Stars of NBC
(R701-14 and R701-15)