Hobby history: Card dealers of the 1950s

[Jason]

Great read as always. These posts have so much information about the beginnings of the hobby. Thanks David.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Jason

Great read as always. These posts have so much information about the beginnings of the hobby. Thanks David.

Agree 100%. Great, great hobby information. I will see if I can add anything later if I have time to dig through some stuff.....Thanks David!!!

[hangman62]

very informative and interesting

Im I reading that correctly ?.

.the 1951 T current All Stars...those three scarce ones ( Roberts,Rizutto,etc.) ..were readily available ??..I thought those 3 were " hard to find/ not issued/whatever ??

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by hangman62

very informative and interesting

Im I reading that correctly ?.

.the 1951 T current All Stars...those three scarce ones ( Roberts,Rizutto,etc.) ..were readily available ??..I thought those 3 were " hard to find/ not issued/whatever ??

Rosen in his 1956 list does list the Current All-Stars for 5 cents each, bit that doesn't necessarily mean he had them all in stock. In 1959, Gelman listed all 11 in his article on 1951 Topps, but said that the large cards were almost impossible to complete, and in his price list he only listed four of the All-Time All-Stars as available.

[KMayUSA6060]

After reading this, and seeing the prices on those, I am now more motivated than ever to invent a time machine. I have 4 stops to make...

1) 1911 to buy as many Tobacco cards as possible
2) 1933 to buy Ruth/Gehrig cards
3) 1956 to buy cards from 1948-1956 (specifically 1952 Topps and Mantles)
4) 1997 to invest in Amazon

Anyone care to join me?


David, thank you very much for sharing this. Such a great read. Always is.

[C-mack]

Great post!

[pow323]

Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060

After reading this, and seeing the prices on those, I am now more motivated than ever to invent a time machine. I have 4 stops to make...

1) 1911 to buy as many Tobacco cards as possible
2) 1933 to buy Ruth/Gehrig cards
3) 1956 to buy cards from 1948-1956 (specifically 1952 Topps and Mantles)
4) 1997 to invest in Amazon

Anyone care to join me?


David, thank you very much for sharing this. Such a great read. Always is.

Call me when you have the Machine ready! I will be there!!

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060

After reading this, and seeing the prices on those, I am now more motivated than ever to invent a time machine. I have 4 stops to make...

1) 1911 to buy as many Tobacco cards as possible
2) 1933 to buy Ruth/Gehrig cards
3) 1956 to buy cards from 1948-1956 (specifically 1952 Topps and Mantles)
4) 1997 to invest in Amazon

Anyone care to join me?


David, thank you very much for sharing this. Such a great read. Always is.

Ok, I'll buy a ticket. Please push 1894 for me.