Questions on baseball cards cost back when?

OsFan · #1 11-12-2017, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by trdcrdkid

Also, these articles have memories of collecting cards in the 1880s:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=202129
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=239836

How many times I’ve heard or read that kids back in the early days of collecting didn’t care about the condition of their cards yet in the first article this guys recounting how he didn’t like flipping his cigarette picture cards because it would ding the corners and ruin the cards.

Gary Dunaier · #2 11-18-2017, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by OsFan

How many times I’ve heard or read that kids back in the early days of collecting didn’t care about the condition of their cards yet in the first article this guys recounting how he didn’t like flipping his cigarette picture cards because it would ding the corners and ruin the cards.

It's entirely probably that, although most kids didn't care about condition back then, there were those who liked to take care of their cards.

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