Card of the Day: 1909-11 T-206 Piedmont Nap Lajoie
During my seven week hiatus I acquired only two cards, and both of them are almost 100 years old. The first I’ll discuss is this 1909-11 T206 Piedmont Nap Lajoie. Widely considered one of the greatest...
View ArticleFighting the pack busting urge
For three weeks now I have been free from the wrath that was the unopened retail pack. Since busting this horrifically ordinary retail tin of 2008 Sweet Spot, I have managed to steer clear of the card...
View ArticleTopps could have smoked the competition two decades earlier
Since the mid 1980s, Topps has been producing baseball cards in smaller sizes than their typical form. They’ve been marketed as mini or micro cards, sometimes sold in packs of 6 mini glossy cards for...
View ArticleTopps isn’t the only one making tobacco cards — Helmar Brewing Co.
Back in December, I got some wonderful news via Twitter: Ultra Pro makes binder sheets for tobacco size cards! Since hearing this news, which apparently is only news to me, I’d been salivating over the...
View ArticleCardboard Porn: 1909-1911 T206 Ty Cobb (Red Port.)
Cardboard Porn: Because sometimes words just get in the way. This is the 10th in an on-going series of card images titled “Cardboard Porn.”
View ArticleNewspaper columnist boils tobacco cards. Ethical? I don’t mind.
Just saw an interesting video shot by a columnist for The Trentonian in New jersey. In short, the writer found 70 1909-1911 tobacco cards featuring flags of the world (Think Allen & Ginter) and...
View ArticleNew Addition: 1909-1911 T206 Cy Young
Been kind of slow here at Cardboard Icons. I have so many ideas and thoughts, yet so little time to express them or execute them. But that’s not t0o say that I have not been busy on the card scene....
View ArticleAn alternative to THE Honus Wagner t206 card has arrived
Like many of you, the 1909-11 t206 Honus Wagner is considered the Holy Grail of Sportscards. It’s such a rare card that even in the worst condition an authentic copy costs about as much as a house....
View ArticleDeuces Don Drysdale rookie …
If you’re not familiar with the primary focus of my collection, I’ve been acquiring the Rookie Card or a tobacco-era card of every member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Wagner. Ruth. Mantle. Etc. And...
View ArticleBCW 20 Pocket vs Ultra Pro 15 Pocket pages (Tobacco cards)
As part of Project Organize I began the other day a painstaking process in which I had to remove tobacco size cards from existing sleeves and then move them around for a slew of other similar size...
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