1948 book of older baseball cards

The collection had been stored in a strohs beer case that was as old as. The philadelphia chewing gum company developed and issued the set for its swell bubble gum product, distributing it in 1948. Baseball vintage baseballs vintage baseball bats vintage baseball caps vintage baseball cards vintage baseball gloves vintage baseball jerseys vintage baseball memorabilia vintage baseball pennants vintage catchers gear. Get the best deals on other vintage sports publications when you shop the largest online selection at. Over the last 30 years baseball card values have skyrocketed beyond anyones wildest dreams, but baseball cards werent always regarded as the collectibles that they are today.

Sports baseball baseball players book costumes baseball pictures pure fun babe ruth championship game early readers childrens picture books. Part 1 collecting japanese baseball cards the yen for vintage cards. Considered the most basic of all the bowman sets, 1948 bowman set was an important first step in the evolution of the baseball card. Vintage baseball card auctions internet online old topps,bowman baseball cards values,couponing ultrapro baseball card supplies,plastic holders,football sportscards. Vintage 1975 season sports buff series baseball book tommy kay. These cards are also fun because many of us collectors are old enough to have seen these guys play ball. If you love vintage cards as i do, you will enjoy this book. Premier issue of baseball cards magazine, spring 1981. A baseball card is a type of trading card, usually printed on card stock but in some cases on some other type of material. Dean literally wrote the book on prewar baseball cards, and you can find this best seller on. Baseball books in other vintage sports publications for sale ebay. Baseball cards auctions old vintage topps values,supplies online. Here are reproductions of 98 authentic baseball cards representing 104 great players of baseball s golden age.

Get the best deals on baseball books in other vintage sports. All brands armour coins berk ross bowman bowman bw bowman color dodgers team issue exhibits exhibits canadian fleer ted williams homogenized bond bread leaf mothers cookies parkhurst frostade red heart red man no tab red man with tab remar bread topps topps blue backs topps. While the list is largely based on value, it also takes hobby status into account. The cards were associated with menko, a japanese card game. Vintage baseball cards from topps, bowman, fleer, post cereal, old football and basketball cards, 1950s,1960s. The rare 1920s through 1960s keys from topps, bowman, goudey and others in original like new condition are very much sought after and sell quickly at high prices. A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on cardboard, silk. Vintage baseballs antique baseballs baseball memorabilia. By the time the 1990s arrived, people began to see baseball cards as items of value and in some cases. For example, common 1909 t206 cards are worth something while many common cards printed in the 1980s are not. Basketball cards date back to 1910 and football cards date back to 1894. While the idea of baseball card history sounds rather dull, jameison makes it humorous, entertaining, and insightful.

Anyway, one of dicks discoveries occurred some time in the 60s. Several companies began producing baseball cards into the 1930s, like goudey chewing gum, but it was after the end of world war ii when mainstream production of baseball cards began. At just 48 cards, the 1948 bowman baseball set is worth a shot. The first national baseball card set after wwii, was issued in 1948 by the bowman gum co. The market for the rarest baseball cards continues to be strong. Normally, the older a baseball card is the more likely it will have higher value. Japanese baseball cards became more numerous in 1947 and 1950.

When japanese baseball legend sadaharu oh signs autographs, he sometimes adds the word doryoku doryoku means effort so youd have to think that. Generally, the older a baseball card is, the more value it will have. For prewwii baseball cards, please click on the prewar baseball cards link in the upper lefthand column to view. The great american baseball card flipping, trading and bubble gum book boyd, brendan c. It was the first set of the modern era of baseball cards, and ultimately ushered in a decade great sets. While deans cards specializes in vintage baseball cards, we also buy and sell vintage football cards, basketball cards, hockey cards, and nonsports cards and sets. Baseball card values and how to determine their worth. The bowman set of 48 cards released in 1948 were the first cards to be released after world war ii paper shortages had forced a stop in production in 1941. Baseball card news newspapers books scholar jstor february 2019 learn how and when to remove this template message.

The writer dave jamieson provided a wellresearched account of this period in his 2010 book, mint condition. Although at first modest, the bowman baseball cards continued to evolve in size, complexity and color. Another book with several editions, the great american baseball card flipping, trading and bubble gum book dates back to 1973 and could be credited as being the first book to reflect on baseball card collecting, much like may hobby bloggers do today. History of bowman baseball cards vintage sets image gallery.

He was still larry on the back of his earliest baseball cards but yogi would soon make a name for. The great american baseball card flipping, trading and. Baseball cards that are ungraded make it more difficult for buyers and sellers to agree on a fair price based on the supposed condition. I liked this book because it contained very old baseball card pix. Modern cards, especially those printed from the late 1980s through the early 1990s, suffer from mass production and hoarding and do not have much value. People are spending as much on old pieces of cardboard as most people spend on a house. Get the best deals on vintage baseball magazines when you shop the largest online. Official baseball guide sporting news rules averages 1948 vintage 623 pages ads. Modern fakes usually cant reproduce the high quality printing of the authentic baseball cards. Because the 48 card set was printed on two 36 card sheets, onehalf the 1948 bowman cards have twice the population of cards than the other half of the set. Baseball cards auctions old vintage topps values,supplies. The value of a trading card depends on a combination of the cards condition, the subjects popularity and the scarcity of the card. Rookie cards in the set include such legends as yogi berra, stan musial, phil rizzuto, and warren spahn.

Each has a large scan of the front and back of the card. Some cards hold stronger values because they come from a certain set or theyre a short print. Get the best deals on 1948 bowman baseball cards when you shop the largest online selection at. Among the cards was a leaf bob feller, of which dick had never known of before. These forums are devoted to both pre and post war baseball cards and vintage memorabilia, as well as other sports. The baseball pitcher shown in the bottom left holding the baseball has been color tinted on the cap, socks and cheeks. Football vintage football equipment vintage football helmets.

Babe ruth and his cards at the movies bargain hall of fame cards of the 1920s part iii of iv 1948 blue tints set full of confusion early and mid 1940s saw few baseball card sets 1948 49 leaf babe ruth honored late hero goudey had plenty of competition in the prewar era six 1933 goudey cards that should have been printed 193946 salutations exhibits spanned prewar and postwar eras. There are many exceptions to this rule, too many to list, but in general this is true. Premier issue of baseball cards magazine, spring 1981, vol. Over time, card collecting has grown and actually exploded in the late 80s and. Thanks to a long career as a coach and manager, yogi was a fixture on cards for. Buy 1948 bowman baseball cards, sell 1948 bowman baseball. Your number one resource for information on buying, selling, trading and investing in vintage baseball cards. This information applies to all vintage sports and nonsports cards, even if our examples largely relate to baseball cards.

The 1948 cards are part of a larger collection of sports trading cards. The great american baseball card flipping, trading and bubble gum book. Otherwise ill just send you some other random cards. Get the best deals on vintage baseball magazines when you shop the largest online selection at. Grading takes years to perfect, but learn more by checking out this page. For the majority of these cards, the older they are, the higher the value. He was still larry on the back of his earliest baseball cards but yogi would soon make a name for himself. The rare type of cards are the oldest baseball cards and those from limited. There is, however, a big market for older baseball cards and other sports cards generally cards manufactured before 1980. If you have a vintage sports card collection, it is. There are dozens of minor details that go into evaluating the condition of vintage sports cards. Baseball stars 1961 edited by ray robinson pyramid books.

The 1948 swell babe ruth story trading cards looked like other gum cards of the period. Sports cards in these conditions typically sell for 5% to 25% of the same card in pristine condition. If the cards are in good condition, get a soft sleeve for modern cards and a magnetized case for higher end cards. Many of these older high series cards are of great value, as they were often released after the baseball season, when interest for baseball was waning. Nov 09, 2011 the 1948 bowman baseball card set was a very modest offering by all standards. Skip to 1948 and the renamed bowman gum company emerges as the market leader in the production of baseball cards starting with the ever popular 1948 bowman baseball card set. A box of unopened 1948 baseball cards found in an attic sold for.

Get the best deals on other vintage sports publications when you shop the. Selling vintage baseball cards 19481969 deans cards. They featured black and white images from the making of the movie and included numerous scenes. Bowman was the major producer of baseball cards from 1948 to 1952. All of the 1948 bowman cards are considered rookie cards and 27 of the 48 cards feature players from new york teams. Dec 22, 2018 otherwise ill just send you some other random cards. According to research in the book the bubble gum card war, bowman had. Currency all prices are in aud currency all prices are in aud. Links that are available will lead to another section of this page or open in a new window. Hundreds of unopened sports card packs found in aunt. In these early days before modern printing techniques, a type of baseball theme picture card was made. Crisafulli took back a complete run of bowman baseball card sets from 1948 through 1955. There were old football, baseball and basketball cards from the 1940s, 50s and 60s, all unopened.

Some of the highlights are the vintage bats, the baseball, the early bibfront baseball jersey and the early striped baseball cap. Below is a list of the top 10 baseball rookie cards released in the 1950s. The author, dean hanley, is an authority on vintage sports and has written. Early baseball menko were often round, and were printed on thick cardboard stock to facilitate the game.

In the modern baseball card investor, jeff hwang explains why, and shows you how you, too, can get in on the game. One of the greatest collections of unopened baseball, football, and basketball card packs was recently found in an aunts attic between the box of. By magnifying the card, you will usually reveal the dots produced by a modern printer. I delayed purchasing it because while i loved collecting baseball cards as a kid i figured there was no way an entire book about baseball cards could be enjoyable. Sometimes, baseball cards unexpectedly end up dropping in value despite seeming to be a priceless gem at one point. He was helping a friend move, and the friend had some baseball cards. Shop comc s extensive selection of baseball cards from 1948. Jun 09, 2016 crisafulli took back a complete run of bowman baseball card sets from 1948 through 1955. In baseball card circles, you sometimes hear about the big three. Kit young buy sell old vintage baseball cards football. Fifty years ago baseball cards were played with, flipped, thrown, and stuck in bicycle spokes. Approximately the same size as menko and smaller bromides, most of the game cards showcase blackandwhite photos and were issued in a variety of ways, including boxed sets, uncut sheets, or in youth baseball publications. The 1948 bowman baseball card set was a very modest offering by all standards. College college sports memorabilia ivy league memorabilia.

Additionally, assess the condition of your cards since flaws decrease their overall worth. Beginning in the late 1960s, baseball cards were usually massproduced, thus making them quite common. Here are reproductions of 98 authentic baseball cards representing 104 great players of baseballs golden age. There is a separate section for buying, selling and trading the bst area. The groundbreaking 1952 topps set ended bowmans shortlived monopoly and launched the great baseball card bubble gum war between topps and bowman. Boyd and harris do a great job of conveying what makes sports cards so much fun and innocent. Indeed, the investment profile of the modern baseball card and sports cards in general has improved dramatically over the past 20 years. A cultural history of the baseball card the atlantic. The big three arent necessarily the rarest baseball cards in existence, but they are exceedingly rare and they are part of extremely popular sets. The cards normally have a picture of a baseball player, or a group of baseball players, on the front, and some biographical information, statistics, or advertising on the card backs. This was followed with the release of additional baseball card sets between 1949 and 1955. The most valuable baseball cards in the hobby can easily fetch six and seven figure price levels these days. Buy from many sellers and get your cards all in one shipment.

To sell baseball cards, start by organizing your cards chronologically since older cards are typically more valuable. Chapter books pitch baseball cards reading boys summer young boys the reader reading books. There is a separate section for buying, selling and trading the bst area if you write anything concerning a person or company your full name needs to be in your post or obtainable from it. Mar 28, 2018 according to engel, game cards were most prominent from 1948 to 1955. In 1948, cards were produced by leaf and bowman, as well as a small set from topps. In some cases, especially with older cards that preceded the advent of card collecting as a widespread hobby, they have become collectors items of considerable value. Because the 48card set was printed on two 36card sheets, onehalf the 1948 bowman cards have twice the population of cards than the other half of the set. Sep, 2018 15 baseball cards now worth a fortune and 15 that are surprisingly cheap.

If you are looking to buy baseball cards, you have come to right place. Apr 02, 2018 indeed, the investment profile of the modern baseball card and sports cards in general has improved dramatically over the past 20 years. Cards are scored on a scale from 110, with 1 being poor and 10 being almost perfect. One of most historic baseball card finds ever, from. Apr 01, 2020 several companies began producing baseball cards into the 1930s, like goudey chewing gum, but it was after the end of world war ii when mainstream production of baseball cards began. What began as a baseball card hobby back in the mid to late 19th century, has turned into a hobby for all sports. In 1951, bowmans shortlived baseball card monopoly was broken by topps and the great. Deans cards guide to grading vintage baseball cards. In these early days before modern printing techniques, a type of baseballtheme picture card was made. The most valuable baseball cards in the hobby can easily fetch six and seven figure price levels these days think about that for a second.