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Baseball Card Gifts

December 19th, 2007 · No Comments

A buddy of mine, who knows that I’m a collector, and that my wife is a major Yankees fan (while I am not,) gave me a couple of baseball cards he found in some food product.  They are pretty nice cards and were put out by Upper Deck.  Looking at the cards right now, it […]

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Tags: Stories · Upper Deck

Babe Ruth Orioles Card From 1914

December 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Did you know that there was a baseball card of Babe Ruth on the Baltimore Orioles International League team from 1914?  There is.  And it’s very valuable.   The Baltimore Sun produced cards of the 1914 Baltimore Orioles for whom Babe Ruth played, prior to joining the Boston Red Sox in the Major League.   The Orioloes home […]

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Tags: Card Value · Investing · Old Cards · Stories

Hank Aaron Was a Lefty?

December 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Okay, we all know Hank Aaron was not a lefty.  He swatted his second-best 755 home runs as a right handed batter.  However…..in 1957 Topps produced Aaron’s card with a reverse image, which was never corrected.  The card can now be valued in mint condition around the $300 range.  The card recently sold on eBay for […]

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Tags: Card Value · Stories · Topps