Posted By:
Jack RudackI must wonder if Joan's star card preservation theroy is truly accurate ?
Baseball cards were mainly saved by children, prior to the investment awareness, starting perhaps in the 70's.
The importance of condition, may likely have been of very little concern.
Their cardboard heros were displayed and shown-off to friends quite often.
The cards were also items to play with, something of a toy substitute.
Were not the kids much more likely to be handling the Cobb, Sisler, and Gehrig cards instead of Lobert, Devlin, and Chapman ?
Perhaps the common, average players were tossed, or simply put away, while imaginary games were played, using mostly star or well known fellows.
Itis probably impossible to tell for sure, how most collectors from 60 to 120 years ago, saved their cards, but to feel "stars" had the same significance as they do now is perhaps incorrect.