Great Post and kudos to Spike (fellow OBCer Matthew Glidden)
Are Wide Pens and other Premiums counted in the baseball packs? I would guess not as I don't believe they were sold in packs.
Looking at the number of cards that seem to have been sold in each year from 1933 to 1936 we see a sharp decrease. Less than half as many cards sold in 1934 as 1933 and a similar drop off in from 34 to 35 etc. Was this due to the # of cards being made, for example 239 in 33, 96 in 34? The lack of stars (no Ruth in 33 a lot of no name players in 34)? The degradation in quality, 1935 are just mini recycles of 1933 cards, 1936 are black and white missing many stars such as Gehrig? Competition from Diamond Stars? At the extreme comparing the 1933 set (beautiful with plenty os stars) to 1941 (ugly, few stars, poor quality control). I can see why kids would spend their money elsewhere,
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