We have gotten a lot of feedback on who the “guy in the middle” of our Wagner/Clarke postcard is – some from way out in left field, some seem reasonable. Unfortunately at this point, we’re not confident in any of the guesses thus far. A few people suggested that the person we’re looking for might be […]
Before beginning today’s blog entry, a quick update on the “Name That Player” contest: Keep the guesses coming (but please, try and include photographic proof). We’ve gotten a lot of suggestions, but thus far just one or two that we think might be possibilities. And perhaps one guess of our own, that hasn’t been suggested
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Time for a contest. In our upcoming auction, we’ll be featuring this absolutely spectacular postcard. It depicts three players, horsing around on the baseball field during Spring Training, an image we feel truly illustrates the ideas behind “Love of the Game.” The postcard came from Honus Wagner’s estate. There are handwritten notes underneath the three
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The 1935 National Chicle football set is undoubtedly one of the most popular and certainly one of the most important football sets ever manufactured. The set contains some of the game’s bigest names, and includes the first card of virtually every key subject in the set. The issue’s colorful art deco design was typical of
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One of football card collecting’s most desirable rarities, the 1952 Bowman Large Jim Lansford serves as both the player’s rookie card, a short print, and the last card in the set. The 1952 set was rife with short-printed cards, a result of printing larger cards on standard-sized press sheets. Coupled with the tale of large quantities
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In the spring of 1965, a young Pennsylvania boy was playing outside with his friends in the suburbs of Philadelphia, aimlessly wandering about. They came upon the parking lot of a diner which was, evidently, a frequent place where the boys played. On this particular day, the boy noticed that a desk had been discarded
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The Brooklyn photography studio of Joseph Hall produced a number of different baseball-related photographs, among which were a group of individual player cabinets featuring members of the 1888-89 New York Giants. Very little is known about these cards, though the majority of the known player images were used for the very rare and valuable N338-2
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