Rare Baseball Cards
Even novice collectors interested in rare baseball cards will quickly come across the name Honus Wagner Although Babe Ruth Mickey Mantle Joe DiMaggio Ted Williams and Hank Aaron are famous baseball players with collectible cards none come close to this ball player. Honus Wagner was an outstanding short stop and an early inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame but what makes him particularly noteworthy is that one of his baseball cards sold for over $2 million Wagners cards are scarce because he did not want them distributed with tobacco but this particularly famous and expensive card is in exceptionally fine condition The Library of Congress is an excellent starting place for those interested in rare baseball cards
American Memory Baseball Cards 18871914 Their Prints and Photographs Division has a collection of 100 vintage baseball cards donated by Carl Sandburg in 1954 Sandburg was given the cards by the daughter of a cigarettecard collector You can browse these cards by Player Team League City or Card Setmuch like they way one collects baseball cards Ty Cobbs gallery for instance has 13 cards A few are of Cobb alone while others are of him with early players such as Hugh Jennings George Moriarty Chas OLeary and Sam Crawford Clicking on a photograph will enlarge the image and show the statistics on its back
Baseball Card Bibliography The Library of Congress also has a list of books about baseball cards The top Negro Leagues played ball before 1947 the year Jackie Robinson was allowed into the Major League No baseball cards of these players were issued in the United States at the time although cards were later printed of players who signed with Major League teams Baseball Trading Cards of Negro League Players in Major Leagues The Center for Negro League Baseball Research lists many of these baseball cards
American Negro League Players in Cuban Baseball Cards Famous Negro league ball players also participated in the Cuban Baseball League Rare baseball cards from the Cuban League are also a source for collecting Latin American baseball player cards Peter C Bkarkman AwardWinning Author Cuban Baseball Historian The author of A History of Cuban Baseball 18642006 has an informative website. The Baseball Card Adventure series are childrens books by Dan Gutman involving magic baseball cards used to travel back in time They tell about baseball history such as Babe Ruth calling a hit the Black Sox Scandal and Jackie Robinson Honus Me Jackie Me Babe Me and Shoeless Joe Me are a few titles His books are perfect for kids interested in baseball or baseball card collecting
Even novice collectors interested in rare baseball cards will quickly come across the name Honus Wagner Although Babe Ruth Mickey Mantle Joe DiMaggio Ted Williams and Hank Aaron are famous baseball players with collectible cards none come close to this ball player. Honus Wagner was an outstanding short stop and an early inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame but what makes him particularly noteworthy is that one of his baseball cards sold for over $2 million Wagners cards are scarce because he did not want them distributed with tobacco but this particularly famous and expensive card is in exceptionally fine condition The Library of Congress is an excellent starting place for those interested in rare baseball cards
American Memory Baseball Cards 18871914 Their Prints and Photographs Division has a collection of 100 vintage baseball cards donated by Carl Sandburg in 1954 Sandburg was given the cards by the daughter of a cigarettecard collector You can browse these cards by Player Team League City or Card Setmuch like they way one collects baseball cards Ty Cobbs gallery for instance has 13 cards A few are of Cobb alone while others are of him with early players such as Hugh Jennings George Moriarty Chas OLeary and Sam Crawford Clicking on a photograph will enlarge the image and show the statistics on its back
Baseball Card Bibliography The Library of Congress also has a list of books about baseball cards The top Negro Leagues played ball before 1947 the year Jackie Robinson was allowed into the Major League No baseball cards of these players were issued in the United States at the time although cards were later printed of players who signed with Major League teams Baseball Trading Cards of Negro League Players in Major Leagues The Center for Negro League Baseball Research lists many of these baseball cards
American Negro League Players in Cuban Baseball Cards Famous Negro league ball players also participated in the Cuban Baseball League Rare baseball cards from the Cuban League are also a source for collecting Latin American baseball player cards Peter C Bkarkman AwardWinning Author Cuban Baseball Historian The author of A History of Cuban Baseball 18642006 has an informative website. The Baseball Card Adventure series are childrens books by Dan Gutman involving magic baseball cards used to travel back in time They tell about baseball history such as Babe Ruth calling a hit the Black Sox Scandal and Jackie Robinson Honus Me Jackie Me Babe Me and Shoeless Joe Me are a few titles His books are perfect for kids interested in baseball or baseball card collecting
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