Category: History

Baseball card collecting is one of the most popular hobbies around. The first baseball cards entered circulation in the 1860s and their collection had become a billion dollar market by the late 1980s. Today, baseball cards are available in an extensive variety of shapes, sizes, and designs to appeal to a wide range of collectors....

Card collecting is a fun hobby. The industry nurtures the love for sports, but at some point, it began to attract the wrong kinds of personalities. As it usually happens, whenever money comes into the picture, people are willing to do things they shouldn’t. As investors started to see how valuable some of these cards...

When first starting out with collecting sports cards, it is essential to know the different types of cards that exist. The type of card will often determine how much the card’s worth. Below we have created a glossary of the main types of sports cards you need to know about when buying, trading, and selling....

Sport trading cards are a huge market nowadays. There’s a big community of people who love trading and collecting cards. The industry has been seeing a resurgence because of the pandemic, but a lot of people don’t know the history. The following will illuminate some of the highlights to keep in mind the next time...

Have you ever passed off your business card or received one? Most of us have either given or received one in our life, and we have probably never thought the exchange related to baseball cards. Trade Cards Before Major League Baseball (MLB), there was the National League (NL) which was founded in 1876. The catch...