Major Leagues

     These were among the few listings of baseball card values. Now, let’s go into a more important aspect of baseball cards worth; finding the values of the cards. The process of finding the value can turn out to be an inaccurate process, however, putting some effort in doing so can be extremely rewarding.

     Sources, as mentioned earlier, are many; such as websites and magazines for researching the value of your baseball cards collection. To start with, get your cards organized in a systematic order; like sorting star baseball players in one box and common players in another. Often, rookie players value more, due to people’s fancy over their potential. If you are unaware about some baseball payers; regarding their performance or position in this sport, the best place to visit would be the Baseball Hall of Fame.

     The Internet is the best platform which can provide the appropriate resources for checking baseball card values. You can visit sites such as ‘ebay’ and see for yourself the valuation of the cards you own. Visiting dealers at memorabilia shows or at online auction sites can provide direct access to the source of price-setters. Read the rest of this entry »

     Baseball became an increasingly popular sport in the USA after the Civil War. In those days when there were no modern printing techniques, a type of baseball card was made out of photos of baseball players or teams pasted on a small piece of square cardboard.

     Peck & Snyder, a sporting good company, first printed baseball cards in the late 1860’s. These baseball cards carried advertisements of their products and were given away like flyers for free. The popular hobby of the 1870’s and 1880’s was to collect trade cards that had various themes including baseball and pasting those into a scrapbook.

     The mass production of baseball cards started in the 1880’s. Goodwin & Co. a tobacco company in New York produced these cards as cigarette pack stiffeners and to boost sales, as this became popular, others joined the competition. Allen & Ginter, Buchner & Co., Mayo and Co. and Kimball produced quality baseball cards and inserted them into the cigarette packs.

     After a brief lull, baseball cards again became a rage from the early 1900’s. In fact, the period from 1909-1915 is regarded as the golden period in baseball card collecting. T206 Honus Wagner is one of the most famous cards that belonged to this era. The T206 Honus Wagner card is currently valued at around $500,000 and there are only 50 of them available in good condition. Some of the popular players who adorn the earlier cards include Ty Cobb, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, Honus Wagner and Napolean Lajoie. Read the rest of this entry »