1933 Goudey INDIAN GUM #44 BILLY BOWLEGS (series of 96)
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Below are short bits & pieces on sportscard & baseball trading card collecting.
Please wander around the website for more info, prices, values & images
on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.
1910 Fish Series (T58)
There were (2) 50-card series of fishy cards, each featuring
unique fish portraits if North American species like brook trout
and blackfish along with exotic species from around the world.
The fronts of Series #1 duplicate the N8 fish set from Allen &
Ginter. Allen & Ginter had merged with four other companies to
form the American Tobacco Company back in 1890.
The T58 Fish Series is like an aquarium in your hand.
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1910 Fish Series (N58)
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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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1910 birds Series (T42/T43)
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1967 Topps "WHO AM I?" Checklist & Values
The 1967 Topps "Who Am I ?" set was one of Topps most unusual and
interesting sets and a favorite of both sports and non-sport
collectors. IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY !!!
The (44) card set featured history's most important figures
PLUS (4) of baseball's top stars: Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth,
Sandy Koufax & Willie Mays !!! Do you recognize them ?
The player's image on front was covered with a scratch-off disguise
of silly hair, moustaches, hats, noses... plus a clue to help kids
guess. There were more clues on back.
NO disguise coating then NOT MUCH VALUE.
Shakespear, Abe Lincoln, George Washington, Einstein,
Queen Elizabeth, Joan of Arc, Julius Caesar, Columbus, Jackie Kennedy
& more...
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1967 Topps "Who Am I?" Checklist & Prices
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Baseball card collecting terms (part B)
Bazooka Bazooka Bubble Gum put baseball cards on the back of their
boxes from 1959 thru 1971. Complete boxes and panels can get extremely costly.
Most kids back then could not afford complete boxes of bubble gum at one
making Bazooka cards quite scarce. I actually don't recall ever obtaining
a Bazooka card directly from a box as a kid. Do you ???
Black Sox Scandal Name given to the the most famous scandal in
baseball history after the 1919 Chicago White Sox versus the Cincinatti Reds
World Series when 8 White Sox players were accused of throwing the series.
Details have remained somewhat unclear. The players were acquitted of
criminal charges but 8 players still received a lifetime ban from
professional baseball including the All-Time great "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.
Blank-Back a card in which nothing is printed on the back.
These cards are usually not in packs and are either "PROOF ISSUES" or
were removed from the factory in some way.
Blanket a term used for collectibles in the 1910's made of fabric .
Border is the part of the card that surrounds the photo or image.
Bowman was a card manufacturer in the 1940's and 1950's that was
bought out by Topps. In 1989 Topps started issuing cards using the Bowman
brand.
Break a term used to indicate the opening of a set, pack, box or case.
Break Value is the total book value of each card added up individually.
The break value of a set is usually way, way more than the value of the complete set.