Sweet as Candy Most collectors are aware of the tobacco cards that were issued in the early part of the 20th Century, with the White Border T206 Set being one of the most popular issues of all time. But what options were available for non-smokers or those that didn't buy tobacco products for the premiums? Well, there were some less common issues released by a few different confectionery companies. One such set, release by the American
I Would Like an Appraisal We received an email inquiry, not dissimilar to many others that we receive on a daily basis, about a collection that consisted of more than 150 tobacco cards that the owner would like to have appraised. One of our dedicated customer service specialists promptly contacted the owner and discussed the collection and was able to gather details and get the owner to forward us images of the cards in the collection to help aid
What Makes a Collection What actually constitutes a collection? Does a collection start with the very first card? Or is it a collection once you've added a second card. Whether it is merely one card or hundreds of thousands of cards, a collection is a collection. There really isn't a definitive answer aside from . . . to each their own. Similarly, we're asked what sort of collections we are looking to purchase. How big do they have to be? Is there
What's This? Are these blankets? Are these blankets? There's no blankets. There's no blankets in baseball. Oh, wait, that was , "There's no crying in baseball..." Sorry Jimmy Dugan. Well, these are blankets and we recently acquired a group of more than 100 of them as part of a much larger collection -- a collection from the family of a NJ lawyer that included T206 tobacco cards, programs and yearbooks, autographs, and Topps cards from the 1950s through the 1990s. The
Offered for your consideration this week is a T206 Walter Johnson Portrait Washington SGC Authentic baseball tobacco card with an El Principe De Gales Back! Johnson played his entire 21-year career with the Washington Senators, where he won 417 games, and struck out over 3,500 batters. He won MVP honors twice, and led his team to a World Series championship in 1924. He currently ranks 2nd all time in wins, 9th all time in strikeouts,