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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Barry:

Surely the biggest customers of Topps get some "free" handouts every now and then from Topps...

but that doesn't DISQUALIFY them as "real" baseball cards!



Like you said...

if some kid off the street had to PAY A NICKEL in order to leave the Peck & Snyder Store at 22 Ann Street with a card of the 1869 Red Stockings...

then that is NOT a "trade card" under the longstanding definition as "free advertising giveaways."