Cards vs. Memorabilia

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Posted By: barrysloate

Collectors often assume that memorabilia only refers to game used equipment and jerseys. But there are many other underappreciated areas, such as early photography, scorecards, and rare books. The latter has always been my passion, and we have had several threads on the memorabilia side about how few people collect rare baseball books anymore. Likewise, vintage scorecards are among the most beautiful baseball artifacts ever produced, but I can't even recall having more than a small handful of scorecard discussions on this board ever. How about tintypes and early CdV's? They offer incredible images of early baseball players, yet I see this as another area where the interest isn't that strong.