View Single Post
  #17  
Old 01-09-2012, 03:27 PM
barrysloate barrysloate is offline
Barry Sloate
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 8,293
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by zljones View Post
So you had a catalog Peck and Snyder from 1871 that was selling the cards, instead of giving them away? Wow, I thought they were handed out for free. How much were they charging for the cards?
I read in a 1910 era baseball book that the store offered the cards for fifty cents apiece. I would think though that if you were a good customer and spent some money with them, they would toss you a few freebies.
Reply With Quote