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The Baseball Card Hall of Fame is undergoing significant change. New methods for eligibility are being implemented and the algorithms are currently being tested. We hope to have an updated section with multiple pages ready within the next few weeks. | ABC News reports that a man needs to unload 1.2 million baseball cards from the 1980s and 1990s. Could he have picked better decades to have started collecting... Read the Randy Conat story here. | Claudia Cowan, a reporter for the San Francisco Bureau, writes that the baseball card industry is in a serious slump and that in 20 years people may not know what a baseball card is. ...Read the Claudia Cowan article. |
The Vintage Baseball Card Blog
Check out the Vintage Baseball Card Blog to read about the cards of the past and see their impact on the people of the time and the baseball itself. With players like Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Duke Snider, and Ernie Banks playing every day and found in packs of baseball cards, you would think this time had to be the Golden Age of Baseball. Maybe not. But, was it truly the Golden Age of Baseball Cards? We think so. Topps Baseball Card Chronology
The Baseball Card Hall of FameVisit the Baseball Card Hall of Fame to see those cards from the Golden Age that represent some of the greatest cards of all time. The Greatest Baseball Card EverHow can anyone classify a baseball card as the “Greatest Baseball Card Ever”? I don’t know, but I’d like to try. Who is the greatest player? Babe Ruth? Mickey Mantle? Ted Williams? Hank Aaron? Barry Bonds? Many others come to mind. However, in trying to determine the “Greatest Baseball Card Ever”, we will examine more than the particular player’s ability, the scarcity of the card or its worth today. National Baseball Card DayMajor League Baseball Properties and the Major League Baseball Players Association, in conjunction with licensees Topps and Upper Deck, have dedicated March 29 as National Baseball Card Day. Headlines --- May 1952
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What's New in Old CardboardThe January Blog continues the Topps Baseball Card Chronology with a look at 1956. The December Blog discusses baseball cards and the war on terror. What will the deal between Topps and Major League Baseball mean to collectors? The Baseball Card QuizThe Baseball Card Quiz asks questions about baseball and baseball cards from the Golden Age. Think you know your stuff? Baseball Card ShowcaseWhat really was Willie Mays' greatest catch? The Baseball Card Showcase is a section where from time time to we will display cards that epitomize the good, the bad and the not so pretty from the Golden Age. We will look at cards for their aesthetic value and give little known details about the players. Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Ted Kluszewski, Jim Bunning, Lou Piniella, Joe Torre, Herb Score and Jim Piersall, are recent highlights in the Baseball Card Showcase. The Value of Baseball CardsForbes.com has listed The Top Ten Baseball Cards of all time. These cards were naturally led by the Honus Wagner card of 1909 valued at $250,000 to $400,000. The other nine cards were listed in order of decreasing monetary value. The look of the cards in the top ten was nothing to rave about. The only card in the group under consideration on this website was the Mickey Mantle card of 1952, and this card did not make the top 100 in our list. That's not to say the these cards are not worth what is stated, but only that popularity, scarcity and condition are not the primary values under consideration on this website.
Baseball Card ShowsDo you want to know if there is a baseball card show near you? Here is a site that can help. |
