Tattoo orbits

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Posted By: Chris Counts

It is my belief that the gum cards from the 1930s are undervalued compared to cards from the tobacco era. Back in the days when I first started going to card shows, you could pick up t206s (included many HOFers) for $1 each, while Goudeys and Diamond Stars were $2-3 each. So 30-35 years ago, there seemed to be consensus that 1930s gum cards were tougher to find. In recent years, the prices for tobacco cards have simply gone nuts, leaving 1930s gum cards in the dust. Which has always puzzled me. As far as I'm concerned, there was never an era of baseball more interesting than the early gum era. Just think about it ... Ruth Gehrig, Foxx, Cochrane, Grove, Dizzy Dean, the Gashouse Gang, Dimaggio, williams, Feller and a higher percentage of HOFers (thanks to Frankie Frisch) than any other era.

Regarding Tattoo Orbits ... they are scarce, they are attractive, they are unlike anything else out there ... and they don't cost any more than a comparable t206. I just checked eBay and found only 26 Tattoo Orbits there. Some days there's less. Curiously, the cards were split between two different spellings (Tatoo & Tattoo). Now there's a sign this set gets no respect ... dealers can't even spell it!