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Posted By: hankron

Just a few days ago a college student from Melbourne emailed me. She's doing her Ph.d. thesis on Chinese in Austrailia. She had a CDV with advertising on back (for a tea house), and wasn't sure what to call it. She heard it might be a 'trade card' but wasn't sure what is the the definition of a trade card. She found me (probably via google) because I had a picture of the 1868 Peck & Snider White Sox with advertising on the back, and figured I might know. At the end of our email conversation, she asked me what one of those Peck & Snyder trade cards would cost. I laughed to myself, because I knew she'd think American baseball collectors are nuts if I told her.