Spectacular, full-color paintings with vivid backgrounds – plus four Babe Ruths – made up Goudey Gum Co. set
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Talking Sports: A hobby is born during the Great Depression
Author Archives: T.S. OConnell
Talking Sports: The first book on sports cards is still the best ever made
I’ve never understood it for a moment, and it’s bugged me for 35 years and counting. It’s like some Fred Flintstone type from the Pleistocene epoch dragging himself out of the muck and the mire, club in hand, promptly discovering fire in the morning and by the early afternoon he’s composing a symphony worthy of the Philadelphia Philharmonic. Read More +
Vintage photos reveal rare cards in Army barracks
Here’s one that will probably sound unbelievable for younger collectors who can’t imagine what it was like in the old days of the hobby before the convergence of collecting/investing seemed to give it an aura of respectability. Read More +
In Memoriam: Hobby Mourns the Passing of a Pioneer
It’s probably a good lesson for those involved in buying and selling baseball cards: the man with the biggest, most comprehensive collection ever accumulated was the largest dealer in America and, conversely, wasn’t really even a dealer at all. Read More +