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Posted By: Rich Klein

I was staying home today due to the mediocre weather in the DFW area and went to the Beckett site to see the lead story was that Panini would be the sole card manufacturer for basketball cards when the Topps and Upper Deck contracts expired.



This is, frankly, as important as a news item which has hit since Fleer's bankruptcy and Donruss leaving baseball in 2005.



So, to make this less OT and somewhat interesting for the pre-war crowd; please respond with what you think (or thought) was the most interesting of these "news-type" developements for the CDV/Card era of the 1860's-1947. Or a type of creation; i.e. Bubble Gum in packs, etc.



Regards

Rich

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Posted By: steve yawitz

Not really a singular news story, but I would guess the shift from an adult-oriented hobby of tobacco advertising to the childhood pursuit of gum and candy cards.

We seem to have come full circle, as card collecting has virtually no hold on the imagination of today's kids. Maybe I'm overly pessimistic, but that development does not bode well for the long-term vitality of the hobby. I haven't read the Beckett article, but it sounds like it attests to the demise of the hobby with which we grew up and which primed us for our grown-up pursuit of old cardboard.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

I once had a pile of Panini football stickers. They were worth next to nothing, but were good looking. I remember I stuck a Reggie White to my computer.

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Posted By: Bilko G

I collected all the Panini Hockey stickers and albums back in the early 1980's.