The first vintage baseball card collector?

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Posted By: Brian Weisner

I recently purchased 2 issues of Hobbies The Magazine for collectors from 1933. The magazines have lots of ads for Coins, Stamps, Rocks, and other Antiques and collectibles including this ad for tobacco cards:

Have you any Fatima cigarette cards, 1913-14, Hassan cards of ball players, Sweet caporal cards of ball players and war scenics. Good exchange.
Fred Schaffer 5 Pine st Whitesboro, NY f12681

Maybe our first vintage collector, interesting he only wanted Sweet Caporal brand backs, Looking for Honus?

interesting brian