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yeaha!!!! thats sick!!! look at that wear and tear!!!!
The vintage card collecting thread.
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yeaha!!!! thats sick!!! look at that wear and tear!!!!
Most of the vintage license sets you could say were mass produced. I like most consider vintage pre 1982.
The rest are either regional issues for the most part or what you consider oddball these days such as the sugar daddy series for eg.
For example this card is the first EVER to feature Larry Bird on cardboard but its not his RC or even XRC of course. This was a regional issue in Terra Haute banks in 79 and is slightly oversized too.
The rest are either regional issues for the most part or what you consider oddball these days such as the sugar daddy series for eg.
For example this card is the first EVER to feature Larry Bird on cardboard but its not his RC or even XRC of course. This was a regional issue in Terra Haute banks in 79 and is slightly oversized too.
Most of the vintage license sets you could say were mass produced. I like most consider vintage pre 1982.
The rest are either regional issues for the most part or what you consider oddball these days such as the sugar daddy series for eg.
For example this card is the first EVER to feature Larry Bird on cardboard but its not his RC or even XRC of course. This was a regional issue in Terra Haute banks in 79 and is slightly oversized too.
wow nice card. Was this part of a college set or an NBA set?
I'm going after all playing-days cards of 4 baseball guys that shared their RC with each other in 1963: Bob Bailey, Tony Oliva, Ed Kranepool and Max Alvis. Lots of great 60s and 70s cards there, but I love the oddball ones I have of them most of all as well. I would say I am actually more excited when I hunt down one of them than I am when I find an auto or jersey of my modern day PCs. My favourite is a black and white one of Bob Bailey that was inserted by a hot dog company into their products, and it's got some slight stains and interesting smell to prove it.
Absolutely. It's still not easy, because even some listed in Beckett's database are obscure and rare, but not to the crazy extent that so many are today. I can satisfy the completionist in me while being able to enjoy some classics from collecting history that I wasn't alive for the first time around.
Beyond that, I think it expands your knowledge of the history of whatever sport you're doing your vintage collecting in. Before this little project of mine I had only ever heard of hall of famers and prominent guys from my teams. Not only have I gotten a better appreciation and awareness for what they did, but I know about scrubs and unerrated guys. I think I love that the most about vintage stuff. I can't wait until I go to the states next year and am able to go to some shows, because I'd love to put some sets together.
Beyond that, I think it expands your knowledge of the history of whatever sport you're doing your vintage collecting in. Before this little project of mine I had only ever heard of hall of famers and prominent guys from my teams. Not only have I gotten a better appreciation and awareness for what they did, but I know about scrubs and unerrated guys. I think I love that the most about vintage stuff. I can't wait until I go to the states next year and am able to go to some shows, because I'd love to put some sets together.
I thought there might be a few more questions about vintage basketball cards than this so I'll post once again the most requested cards in my pc by people simply because they are the very first cards in a set that feature basketball.
1910 Murad tobacco cards. Only four in the set and here they are. There are oversized versions too that I'll scan up and post later on as well.
All four are psa graded now btw.
1910 Murad tobacco cards. Only four in the set and here they are. There are oversized versions too that I'll scan up and post later on as well.
Chad...this is a really great thread...and it is pleasing to read some history on the hobby we love so much.
Where do you pick up these cards?? Like the ones in the post above?? And...if you dont mind...can you give us a ballpark figure of what you would expect to pay for something like that?? Oh and where did you pick these up from...cant imagine these would be listed on ebay??
Where do you pick up these cards?? Like the ones in the post above?? And...if you dont mind...can you give us a ballpark figure of what you would expect to pay for something like that?? Oh and where did you pick these up from...cant imagine these would be listed on ebay??
Actually Benny boi these ARE common and quite cheap. They pop up on eBay a fair bit and you can get them from $20US+ depending on condition. As with most vintage condition dictates the price. They were mass produced and tobacco cards were the most collected item by kids at the time but a lot suffer from bad corners as kids kept them in the tins they came in and just like cards in those plastic cases we have now they moved around too much.
These are a great starter card and yet important ones too. The pennant ones pop up a lot less often but because they don't picture basketball being played the other ones are more collectable.
hope this helps mate.
These are a great starter card and yet important ones too. The pennant ones pop up a lot less often but because they don't picture basketball being played the other ones are more collectable.
hope this helps mate.
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haha i was going to ask the same questions
awsome do you have a lot of cigarette cards
These four and the two oversized versions are pretty much the only ones. The others I have are baseball as posted earlier in the thread. The next true basketball cards that came in a complete set didn't appear until 1933 for the mass market.
Basketball back when these cards were made was still predominantly the training for football off season as it was invented for. Not the stitched ball for eg.
Here is a 1915 japanese tobacco card with basketball pictured but have no idea on how it was distributed more than that.
Basketball back when these cards were made was still predominantly the training for football off season as it was invented for. Not the stitched ball for eg.
Here is a 1915 japanese tobacco card with basketball pictured but have no idea on how it was distributed more than that.
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