The Vintage Baseball Card Blog

Check out the Vintage Baseball Card Blog to read about the cards of the past and see their impact on the people of the time and the baseball itself. With players like Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Duke Snider, and Ernie Banks playing every day and found in packs of baseball cards, you would think this time had to be the Golden Age of Baseball.  Maybe not.  But, was it truly the Golden Age of Baseball Cards?  We think so.

Topps Baseball Card Chronology

1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959

The Baseball Card Hall of Fame

Visit the new Baseball Card Hall of Fame to see those cards from the Golden Age that represent some of the greatest cards of all time. The Hall of Fame has been updated and is based on your search queries.

The Baseball Card Gallery of Art

The new Baseball Card Gallery of Art provides a look at cards from the altruistic point of view. Additions to the section will be made over time.

The Greatest Baseball Card Ever

How can anyone classify a baseball card as the “Greatest Baseball Card Ever”?  I don’t know, but I’d like to try.  Who is the greatest player?  Babe Ruth? Mickey Mantle? Ted Williams? Hank Aaron? Barry Bonds? Many others come to mind.  However, in trying to determine the “Greatest Baseball Card Ever”, we will examine more than the particular player’s ability, the scarcity of the card or its worth today.

National Baseball Card Day

Major League Baseball Properties and the Major League Baseball Players Association, in conjunction with licensees Topps and Upper Deck, have dedicated March 29 as National Baseball Card Day. 

Headlines --- May 1952

• Identity Cards Abolished in Great Britain
• Mad Magazine Debuts
• 19 Straight Dodgers Reach Base Against the Reds in First Inning, Dodgers Win 19-1
• Trash Collector’s Son Starts New Fad — Mother throws out baseball cards. Trash collector finds cards and gives them to his son. Son puts baseball cards in spokes of bicycle to simulate sound of motor. Millions follow example.

What's New in Old Cardboard

Should there be baseball cards for cheerleaders?  

Change is not always good as discussed in the 1958  and 1959 Topps Baseball Card Chronology.

Al Kaline, Hank Aaron, Roy Campanella and Sandy Koufax card description added to Hall of Fame.

Who is in and who is out at the Baseball Card Hall of Fame?

The May blog discusses baseball in other countries and the likelihood of baseball cards being manufactured in China.

In the April Blog the Topps Baseball Card Chronology takes us back to 1957.

The Baseball Card Quiz

The Baseball Card Quiz asks questions about baseball and baseball cards from the Golden Age. Think you know your stuff?

Baseball Card Showcase

What really was Willie Mays' greatest catch? The Baseball Card Showcase is a section where from time time to we will display cards that epitomize the good, the bad and the not so pretty from the Golden Age.  We will look at cards for their aesthetic value and give little known details about the players.

Bobby Thomson, Ryne Duren, Harvey Haddix, Pete Reiser, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Ted Kluszewski, Jim Bunning, Lou Piniella, Joe Torre, Herb Score and Jim Piersall, are recent highlights in the Baseball Card Showcase.

The Value of Baseball Cards

Forbes.com has listed The Top Ten Baseball Cards of all time.  These cards were naturally led by the Honus Wagner card of 1909 valued at $250,000 to $400,000.  The other nine cards were listed in order of decreasing monetary value.  The look of the cards in the top ten was nothing to rave about. That's not to say the these cards are not worth what is stated, but only that popularity, scarcity and condition are not the primary values under consideration on this website. 

Baseball Card Shows

Do you want to know if there is a baseball card show near you? Here is a site that can help.

bigcardshows.com