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on December 4, 2010, 1:18 pm,
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and received Comments Off on T210 Tobacco Cards – Minor League Stars are Major League Collectibles.
The T210 minor league tobacco card set was issued during the golden age of tobacco cards and was a contemporary set of the much more celebrated T206 set. The massive T210 issue would be the largest of its day and would remain the biggest issue for decades until Topps bested it in the 1960s.
T210 Joe Jackson - Series 8 New Orleans
The fronts featured a full body or portrait shot in black and white surrounded by a bright red border. The backs were the exclusive property of Old Mill Cigarettes unlike the T205, T206 and other tobacco sites which varied the sponsor. Celebrating the players of the minor leagues, the set covered the South Atlantic League, Virginia League, Texas League, Virginia Valley League, Carolina Association, Blue Grass League, Eastern Carolina League and the Southern League in a set issued in Series 1 through 6.
Today, few collectors tackle the entire set. Continue reading this post »
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on October 31, 2010, 6:38 pm,
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and received Comments Off on Is Now a Good Time to Sell Baseball Cards?.
The economic crisis of the past few years has had many people asking this question. Many people are considering selling off collectibles to pay bills or stave off foreclosure. Selling baseball cards is always a possibility, but collectors worry if the current market price means they will lose money on their investment. Choosing to wait may not be an option for some sportscard collectors, but for others the answer isn’t so much in the market but what they are bringing to the marketplace.
To sell or not to sell?...that is the question!
Ask collectors of vintage baseball cards about the state of the economy and few will boast of bargains that they have picked up. T210 collectors (especially Series 6, 7, and 8) have seen prices steadily increase in the last few years. The same can be said for many caramel cards and other tobacco sets, too. High-grade examples of many cards, even commons, continue to set new records every day. These cards can continue to bring top dollar because many of the people who collect them are not as affected by the recession as the common collector. With this in mind, it is important to consider what you have to sell and go from there. There really doesn’t seem to be a bad time to sell good cards. Continue reading this post »
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on October 21, 2010, 10:23 pm,
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and received Comments Off on 1950s Topps Baseball Cards – Which Set is the Most Popular to Collect.
1953 Topps Satchell Paige - How Popular is This Set?
The classic Topps baseball cards from the 1950s still attract new collectors each year. This truly was a golden age for not only baseball, but baseball cards. Coming out of the barren baseball card wasteland that was World War II, Topps emerged on the scene with a small card game style set in 1951. The company firmly anchored themselves with the first full set in 1952. This would be the biggest baseball card set issued since the glory days of tobacco cards.
The 50s were a battle to deliver a product with Topps competing against rival Bowman over players and marketshare. Topps emerged as the clear winner and continued releasing sets for the rest of that decade that remain prized collectibles today. Which of the 1950s Topps set is the most popular? 1952 with the iconic Mickey Mantle, the 1955 with popular rookie cards of Koufax and Clemente, the sleek 1957 set or one of the others? The ranking in popularity may surprise you! Continue reading this post »
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