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Ivey Wingo in the 1910 T210 Old Mill Red Border Set

Friday, May 4th, 2007

A few days ago, I acquired my first 1910 T210 Old Mill card. While I do not have the card in hand yet, I am very excited because the card is of Red Legs catcher Ivey Wingo. Surprisingly, this piece of information has eluded card collectors for some time. None of the [...]

Answering the “Not So Obvious” - What does Pre-War refer to?

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Many people have asked me “What does Pre-War refer to?”. In the world of card collecting, pre-war or pre-war vintage can be considered a period or a type of collecting. The years for pre-war are from the 1850’s up through the end of World War II. You can almost divide card [...]

Researching Baseball Rookie Cards!

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Hey there,
I just wrote a fairly in depth analysis of the “Rookie Card Debate”. If you want to read it, check it out on the CardPricer Blog! Hope you enjoy it and be sure to give me some feedback.

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1889 N526 Number Seven Cigars (No. 7)/Diamond S Boston Beaneaters

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

Recently, I acquired an extremely rare N526 Kid Madden card; to boot, it just so happens to be a PSA 5 (EX) example. Although the circumstances of the acquisition leave a lot to be desired, at least I have one heck of a rare card. There are worse things than having the one [...]

1923 H-UNC Lections: A rare & elusive set

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Later this year, my partial set of 1923 Lections baseball cards will be going up for sale at auction. I started collecting the set in late 2005; but, I have decided to let someone else finish what I started. So why not try and educate the public on this really neat, very difficult [...]

Where oh Where is Lefty Sullivan??

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

I am attempting to collect at least one baseball card for each player who played on the Cincinnati Reds and on the Chicago White Sox in 1919. I might have to settle for all but one.
A recent acquisition of collector grade Zee Nut baseball cards (commonly referred to as Zeenuts), helped me [...]

New eBook Available for Baseball Card Collectors

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

David Rudd Cycleback, an expert in print photography, has been kind enough to make his electronic book, “Judging the Authenticity of Early Baseball Cards”, available for free. People can download it free of charge at http://www.cardpricer.com. CardPricer.com is a site I operate that is designed to help people accurately price Baseball cards. [...]

1920 Schellenback is indeed Black Sox member Frank Shellenback.

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

While this may not be news to some (in fact, this may not be news to anyone), we confirmed today that Frank Shellenback, noted for being a member of the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame, does in fact appear on the 1920 Collins-McCarthy Zee-Nut Issue.

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Article on Black Sox Collecting

Friday, January 19th, 2007

Ted Kietlinski, a journalist from the Midwest, recently wrote an article for SCD on Black Sox collecting. Check it out by clicking here.



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