Baseball Trade Cards Question

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Harford20

I agree with most here.

Same here. Leave them raw.

[1880nonsports]

always thought the baby series interesting - I put a set together when I was chasing the color Tobin series as a companion. Nothing rare in your post although I have never seen the item with the BB player and the bike rider. These lower end novelty cards generally sell in the 10. - 25. range - do best as sets. There are 2 "books" that provide some pictures and descriptions of almost all the known examples and types as well as set composition.

no guarantees whether written or implied........

[trdcrdkid]

Ron Schieber, who is active over on the non-sports Net54 forum, has compiled a bunch of trade card checklists, including (I believe) one of baseball-themed trade cards. You can contact him at madmoney@neo.rr.com and he'll hook you up, and maybe give you some suggestions on what to do with your cards. Also Ben Crane, who runs The Trade Card Place web site, used to have a pretty exhaustive collection of baseball trade cards, though I think he may have since sold many or all of them, as he's thinned out his collection. He's at bcrane@tradecards.com.

I have some of the cards you posted, though I never really got seriously into collecting baseball trade cards despite having around 5000 trade cards of other kinds. I might be interested in buying some or all of these if/when you decide to sell. And I agree with the others who say that there's no need to have them slabbed -- that's just not something that's done in trade card collecting.

[1880nonsports]

has a lot of knowledge but like Kit Barry and others - when selling their wares these days the offering prices are out of sight and base ball examples far and few between. David do you know what has happened to Russ Musceri as you seem to be a real trade card guy? In any event Ron's guide one I was referring to - the older Keetz guide the other. Ron is always willing to share and a true resource - he's one of the few people still willing to talk to me. I think Ron wanted 20.00 to cover the costs of the copying for his guide. Recommended.

[Eggoman]

THANK YOU for your insight AND the lead!

[trdcrdkid]

I actually wasn't aware of when Ben Crane was selling his own collection, or what prices he was charging. I participated in a number of his Trade Card Place auctions, which he discontinued last year.

I don't know what Russ Mascieri is up to these days. Last I heard he had gone back to day trading stocks or something similar, and was no longer actively involved with trade cards. Dave Cheadle, who co-founded the Trade Card Collectors' Association 20+ years ago with Russ, is a pastor at his church in Colorado and has been gradually selling much of his trade card collection on eBay under the username "davesgreatcardsgalore", at inflated prices (though I bought a couple of them). I exchanged e-mails with him a couple of years ago, and he seems to be doing OK.

Ron Schieber is your best bet for info about baseball trade cards. He and John Kemler are the reigning experts on most trade card topics and have collaborated on many checklists, though I've made a few modest contribution to some of Ron's checklists lately.