I recently won copies of the 1946 and 1953 editions of the American Card Catalog. Jefferson Burdick and I grew up in the same small town and I figured these would be fun additions.
1953 is orange and 1946 is blue
Flipping through the 1946 edition, this popped out!
Look at the pricing of T206 cards… $0.04 a card!
The appendix lists Southern Leaguers at $0.20, the Plank at $10 and the Wagner at $25
What sticks out is the set is listed at 522 cards. When were the Magie and Doyle errors discovered? I remember Dan McKee telling me a story some years back at Chantilly about a Doyle card but I can’t remember.
The 1953 edition lists cards at $0.05 per card, the Plank at $10, and the Wagner at $50. Some individual cards are also called out in the appendix with raised prices. Also note that the Ty Cobb back is listed here but not in 1946!
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