1930's Kensitas Cigarettes - Lot of (25) BRITISH EMPIRE SILK FLAGS
Pre-Brexit !!! Amazing HIGH GRADE !!! Nearly all different. ALL in ORIGINAL wax paper sleeves ! Some sleeves show wear w/numbers. They measure 2x3 inches.
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*** HIGH GRADE *** |
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$ 19.95
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Below are short bits & pieces on sportscard & baseball trading card collecting.
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on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.
1956 Topps DAVY CROCKETT
*** The Ballad of Davy Crockett ***
Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
Greenest state in the land of the free
Raised in the woods so he knew every tree
Kilt him a b'ar when he was only three
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier
Fought single-handed through the Indian war
'Til the creeks was whipped an' peace was in store
An' while he was handlin' this risky chore
Made himself a legend for evermore
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear
He went off to Congress an' served a spell
Fixin' up the Government an' laws as well
Took over Washington so I heard tell
An' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell
Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear
When he come home his politicking was done
Why the western march had just begun
So he packed his gear an' his trusty gun
An' lit out a-grinnin' to follow the sun
Davy, Davy Crockett, leadin' the pioneer
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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 !!!
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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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 1)
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.
