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Originally Posted by Belfast1933
I’d love to hear (and see) some of creative vintage items that collectors have picked up to include as adjunct display items around their vintage card collections.
For example, empty wax boxes from a specific era of cards (an empty late 70’s wax box to act as a side display to my HOF cards from that decade could look cool and kind of fun.)
I think I’ve also seen some collectors use vintage Spaulding baseball boxes (ie, a dozen baseballs with vintage Spaulding logo and font, etc.
Personally, I have a great George Brett cover from a late 1970’s Baseball Digest to help show off my 75 Brett rookie
Please share your ideas, your images etc! I’ll be making some changes and additions to my “card cave” soon and could use some new inspiration!
Thx,
Jeff
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My collection is the exact opposite idea… the cards compliment the memorabilia….
I have player-endorsed gloves of the game’s greats (Ruth, Gehrig, Hornsby, Foxx, Ott, Vance, Collins, etc.) The gloves are displayed on easels, flanked by the endorsers’ Goudey Cards (from the same era).
Another example is the Harland Statues set, flanked by that player’s Topps or Bowman card. Same can be done with the 1963 Hall of Fame Bust Set.
There’s an infinite number of possibilities… Vintage Photos, Magazines, Programs, Scorecards, Line-up Cards, Autographs, Statues, Ticket Stubs… all can be complimented with a related card.
But to me, the mass-produced card is secondary to the rarer piece of memorabilia it compliments (even if the card is worth more money, haha).