Tag: "Vintage Cards"
Longtime Collectors Discover Vintage 1869 Baseball Card Gem
Bernice Gallego, 72, and her husband, Al Gallego, 80, have been in the business of selling collectibles since 1974. Their Fresno, CA antique store, Collectique, has been the staging area for their collectibles business for almost as long. Bernice Gallego sat down one day this summer, as she does pretty much every day, and began [...]
T3: Rise of the Redemption
Sorry for the Terminator reference, but its true. In 1911 the American Tobacco Company created one of the world's first known baseball card redemption programs. Those who were fortunate enough to collect enough redemption coupons could exchange them for T3 Cabinet baseball cards. The American Tobacco Company also pioneered the concept of mailing in redemption [...]
1978 Topps Burger King Baseball Cards
A comprehensive profile of the 1978 Topps Burger King New York Yankees baseball card set. Includes price comparisons, set information, and a checklist.
Mailman Sentenced For Theft of Rare Vintage Baseball Card
Have you ever been on the receiving end of an eBay transaction gone bad? Most of the time the first instinct when faced with such a situation is to blame the other party involved in the transaction without considering the other, less apparent alternatives. A disgruntled postal worker in Maine by the name of Richard [...]
