The Most Valuable Baseball Cards in History

a baseball card

Baseball cards began humbly, and some of the first ones were cigarette package inserts, which were used to promote the brand and prevent the box of cigarettes from being crushed. Today, baseball cards are purchased alone and not as freebies to other items. Some of them can be very expensive, too. If … Read more

The History of Baseball Cards

1933 Goudey Baseball Card of Jimmy Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics

It is not necessary to be a diehard baseball fan to know about the baseball cards. The baseball cards generally fall under the category of trading cards that are enthusiastically collected by people following this sport. A baseball card or a trading card is made out of a thick cardboard paper containing … Read more

History of Baseball Card Trading

History of Baseball Card Trading

Baseball cards have been around since before the 1900s. This was when both photography and baseball were gaining popularity. Baseball clubs started to pose for individual and group photos. Some of the photographs were printed and pasted on the cardboard backing. They were made to serve as mementoes and not for commercial … Read more