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Bill Simmons of ESPN The Magazine analyses The Golden Age of Baseball from his perspective. As I mention often, the "Golden Age" is in the eye of the beholder. ...read his article.

The future of baseball cards is virtual. Upper Deck and Flying Lab Software launched UpperDeckU, a new online virtual world where kids can create personal players, talk and play games.

View baseball cards through the eyes of an artist. Visit Hagen Illustration to see the Topps 1966 cards from a different perspective.

The Vintage Baseball Card Blog

Check out the Vintage Baseball Card Blog to read about the cards of the past and 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.

The June Blog takes us on a time warp.
The May Blog reviews a book on the 1956 Dodgers.
The April Blog discusses the Topps 1953 Baseball Card Set.
Compare to the Topps 1952 Baseball Card Set.

The March Blog discusses how to improve the value of baseball cards.

The February Blog discusses education. Say what?

The January Blog discusses Beckett Price Guides again.

The Baseball Card Hall of Fame

Visit the Baseball Card Hall of Fame to see those cards from the Golden Age that represent some of the greatest cards of all time. See a list of those cards that have a chance to be represented in the Baseball Card Hall of Fame in the future.

The Greatest Baseball Card Ever

How can anyone classify a baseball card as the greatest 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. Certain criteria will constrain the choices to a reasonable number of cards. The cards eligible for this honor will be limited to those that were most popular with boys growing up, when cards were purchased throughout the summer as each series became available, before factory sets could be obtained, and when collecting cards was something that kids did for fun, not for investment purposes. Other considerations are listed in the “Greatest Baseball Card Ever” section of this website.

National Baseball Card Day

Major 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

Identity Cards Abolished in Great Britain
Mad Magazine Debuts
19 Straight Dodgers Reach Base Against the Reds in First Inning, Dodgers Win 19-1
Trash Collector’s Son Starts New Fad — Mother throws out baseball cards. Trash collector finds cards and gives them to his son. Son puts baseball cards in spokes of bicycle to simulate sound of motor. Millions follow example.

What's New

Sad Sam Jones is highlighted in the Baseball Card Showcase.

The Honus Wagner T206 is inducted into the Baseball Card Hall of Fame. Visit the Baseball Card Hall of Fame.

The Golden Age of Baseball Cards reviews The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers and Their Final Pennant Race Together in the Baseball Card Blog.

Take the Baseball Card Quiz.

A promotional item from the 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set is the focus of a question from one of our readers.

The Baseball Card Quiz

The Baseball Card Quiz asks questions about baseball and baseball cards from the Golden Age. Think you know your stuff?

Baseball Card Showcase

What really was Willie Mays' greatest catch? The Baseball Card Showcase is a new 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.

The Value of Baseball Cards

Recently, Forbes.com 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.