1941 Goudey Baseball: A Flawed Finale – Beckett News

At the turn of the 20th century, the Sporting Life Publishing Company initiated the production of cabinet cards featuring baseball players as a promotional tool and to compete with their rival, The Sporting News. This concept of advertising was much the same as had been used by the tobacco and candy industries little more than…

Base Set Checklist 220 cards. Parallels: Black – /125 (1:13 packs) Union Jack – /99 (1:16 packs) Blue – /75 (1:21 packs) Purple – /50 (1:31 packs) Gold – /25 (1:62 packs) Red – /5 (1:306 packs) Platinum – 1/1 (1:1,519 packs) 1 Fernando Tatis Jr, San Diego Padres2 Taylor Trammell, Seattle Mariners3 Luis Robert,…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jac Caglianone spent his first day off in his new home city searching for someplace to live. And buying baseball cards. Just what you might expect from a 22-year-old prospect — one of the best in the game — who was still playing college ball about this time last year,…

Detroit Tigers’ Tarik Skubal talks pitching development Ace pitcher Tarik Skubal joined our “Days of Roar” podcast as spring training began to discuss development of his pitches, more. Full episode out now. Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal is now the owner of a 1-of-1 Topps “All Aces” baseball card featuring himself. He was traded the…

In the days before serial numbers, relic cards, certified autographs and countless parallels, simple base insert cards ruled the hobby. The first modern insert cards arrived on the market in the late 1980s, but it wasn’t until the early 1990s that the craze truly swept the hobby. Wave of the Future inserts were a staple…

Set Description from Beckett Database This 75-card set features color and blue-and-white photos of Baseball great Mickey Mantle and some special events that occurred in his life. Cards numbers 1, 6, 7, 70, and 74 are die cut with special gold foil enhancements. Cards numbers 51-69 are replicas of his 1951-1969 trading cards. Read Less…