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Baseball and Card Collecting
Posted By: ErikV.
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Baseball and Card Collecting
Posted By: Julie Vognar
I think the collecting of cards has evolved with the public's perception of the game, the fan's appreciation, and the use that advertising has made of this appreciation. |
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Baseball and Card Collecting
Posted By: barrysloate
Another factor to consider is that the production of baseball cards came and went- a huge circulation in years such as 1887-89, 1909-12, 1933-34, etc. Although there is a correlation between the popularity of the game and the proliferation of cards, these cards were issued only when there was an economic incentive to do so. When competition for the public's dollars was fiercest, competition to produce the best cards mirrored it. But when that competition lessened, the cards vanished. None were issued altruistically; there was always an ecomic component attached to it. |
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Baseball and Card Collecting
Posted By: Gary B.
This is a very tough question, but I'll put in my two cents based on my general knoledge and what seems to make sense. |
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Baseball and Card Collecting
Posted By: hankron
If you look at late 1800s trade cards, trading cards, commercial CDVs, scraps and such in general, you will see that early history of baseball and the early history of cards in general were independant. If you look at a Victorian kid's album, you will see that cards and scraps depicted flowers, Presidents, actors, puppies, cartoons, religion, etc etc. Baseball as a theme was only a drop in the pool and certainly didn't cause trading cards to be invented. |
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Baseball and Card Collecting
Posted By: Pcelli60
Three words come to mind for both the future of the game and collecting; GREED GREED GREED. Deal with it.... |
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Baseball and Card Collecting
Posted By: jay behrens
The progression of baseball cards has nothing to do with the progression of baseball itself. The first great wave of cards was in the late 1880s and disappeared along with Victorian age scrapbooking. The next great wave came with inserts in ATC cigarettes and then caramel cards so taht the kids could also get cards. This came to an end with break up of ATC under the new anti-trust laws. The next wave came at the end of great depression and ended with WW2. The madern age start after age WW2 and explosion of the card collecting can be traced to the court ruling allowing Donruss and Fleer into the market and the eventual growth into literally one set of cards per player being released each year. |
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