Category: Vintage Baseball Cards

Baseball History · Vintage Baseball Cards

Playing with Baseball Cards: the 1936 S & S Game Baseball Card Set

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When most of us speak about baseball cards we are referring to the cardboard collectibles containing photos and stats of MLB’s players. Some have come with tobacco. Some have come with candy. Many were sold with bubble gum.

And some were actually cards to be used in a game.

In 1968 the Topps company issued an insert set of “game cards”…

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Baseball Memorabilia · Vintage Baseball Cards

Jay Publishing Picture Packs—A Memory and A Gallery

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Even though I have been to hundreds of games since my early childhood (in many different ballparks, some of which are now closed), it amazes me how vivid the memories of my first MLB ballgames. Growing up in Detroit my first exposure to live action was at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull, the yard known as Briggs Stadium and later, best, Tiger Stadium.

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Modern Baseball Cards · Vintage Baseball Cards

2017 Topps Archives Baseball Utilizes a Rarely Seen Design

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One of the realities of being a baseball card dealers is that orders for new product must be placed several months before the product is ever released. Apart from some of the financial planning that this necessitates, the main feature of ordering so early is the anticipation that certain product offerings create. High-end brands can really stir the “can’t wait” in some collectors.

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Vintage Baseball Cards

Baseball Card Items Already Written

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Baseballia is a “new-old” entity. Although we are just beginning our existence with this name and identity, we have been directly involved as dealers in the collection and celebration of baseball collectibles in their various forms since 1986. We love the game and its history, which is why we are glad to be all about collectible baseball Americana! If it has to do with materials…

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