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Posted By: hankron

If you look at late 1800s trade cards, trading cards, commercial CDVs, scraps and such in general, you will see that early history of baseball and the early history of cards in general were independant. If you look at a Victorian kid's album, you will see that cards and scraps depicted flowers, Presidents, actors, puppies, cartoons, religion, etc etc. Baseball as a theme was only a drop in the pool and certainly didn't cause trading cards to be invented.

You will discover that sport, or at least sports card collectors, have had a larger influence on recent trading cards than they did in 1880 or 1930 ... Today's current market also shows that the popularity of the sport and the popularity of that sport's memoriabilia are not always parralel.