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Baseball Card History

June 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Have you ever wondered about the history of baseball cards?  I have.  After doing a little research, I found out that there is quite a bit of history behind the cards that evolved into today’s Topps and Upper Deck card issues.  Here’s what I found.
The first cards to come into existence were called “cabinet cards” […]

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Tags: Baseball Cards General · Card Value · Investing · New Collector · Old Cards · Terminology · Topps · Upper Deck

Easy Way To Maintain Baseball Card Values

December 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments

So I went to the local hobby shop the other day and picked up one of them there “one touch” magnetic card holders.  Have you ever used one of these for your baseball cards?  I gotta say, it’s pretty sweet.  Basically, if you haven’t been using these already, it’s a thick clear plastic card holder […]

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Tags: Baseball Card Storage · Card Value · New Collector · Terminology

Card Collecting Terminology

November 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

For a new collector, the terminology used by baseball card collectors might be a little confusing. Some collectors who have been involved with the hobby for a while might even have a different understanding of the meaning of a certain term, as opposed to what their fellow collectors may understand a term to mean. That […]

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