The joy of Lajoie
Not necessarily informative, but a cool story. A couple years ago I picked up a complete set of 50 of the Red Lajoie Game cards along with the playing board. It arrived in a non-original but vintage box, and the seller (most likely a non-collector) left a note that he found these cards around 20-25 years ago while "dumpster diving".
I imagine a lot of us (myself included) have actually dreamt of finding some vintage cards in a similiar fashion. Definitely the fact that all fifty cards feature the same player has driven up its availability and diminished its price. It is one heck of a cool Lajoie batting photo, though.
Brian
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