Here are some pretty basic parameters for determining Rookie Card eligibility for vintage baseball cards:
- No minor league or amateur baseball card issues (those qualify as pre-rookie cards)
- No team cards (maximum of 4 individuals on a card)
- No stamps, stickers, paper premiums, etc. (those qualify as rookies but are not cards)
- Must be catalogued "CARD" (nothing bigger than cabinet card size)
- No team issued items, i.e. photo packs, etc. (those qualify as rookies but are not cards)
These are the parameters that I used for publishing my 4-Sport Hall of Fame Rookie Cards Guide. I believe that following these rules takes much of the bias out of things while enabling one to make clearly defined choices for rookie card status.
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