All About Baseball Cards

BUYING BASEBALL CARDSdo recommend you to educate yourself with the value
There are a lot of avenues where you can buyand prices of your collection. One of the best places to
baseball cards from. You can get them in person atlook at price guide is at
local hobby stores, auction sites like eBay and big retailHISTORY OF BASEBALL CARDS
stores in your town. However, do note that big retailWe might never know which was the first baseball
stores usually sells packs or boxes of baseball cardscard produced. But the hobby of collecting these sport
of the most current players. Where you wish to buycards can be dated as far back as the second half of
your cards will be determine by the level of servicethe 19th century, well over one hundred years ago.
you receive and the thrust you have for the sellers.Goodwin & Co., the maker for Old Judge and
SELLING BASEBALL CARDSGypsy Queen cigarette brands is widely believed to
Just like buying baseball cards, you are also providedbe the first company to ever produce baseball cards
with many avenues where you can sell off yourand other sports trading cards. The first card was
collection. Most of the times, the highest value you canmade small by today's standards, measuring 1-1/2
get out of your cards is to sell directly to anotherinches by 2-1/2 inches and printed on thick cardboard.
collector. Note that selling your cards to dealers willThese cards were issued from 1886 to 1890 and more
bring you much less because they need to resell themthan 2000 different baseball cards from this set have
for a profit and also to cover the overheads. Again,since been cataloged, not to mention the many cards
my recommendation for selling your baseball cards ismade for other sports and non-sports.
also on eBay. Reason is that it is easier for mostGoodwin & Co. is successful in marketing baseball
people and because most buyers are collectorscards and other picture cards with their cigarettes lead
themselves, the price you get will be higher. Manyother tobacco companies to issue card sets of their
collectors enjoy setting up shows and flee markets toown. And by 1909 to 1911 the American Tobacco
sell their extras.Company made the T-206 set with the famous Honus
There are other sellers who would prefer to buildWagner card. Many months later, many companies
websites to show their collections and sell them off.from other industries including candy, caramel, and gum
How would you choose your avenue will depend onmakers used baseball cards as premiums to sell their
the amount of time you want to spend in collecting andproducts.
selling your collections. Whichever way you pick, we