Number 5 Type Collection

Stereoviews, explained well here , drove most of the card market for 50+ years (1860s-1920s), pushing the bounds for what viewers expected f...

Starting in 1972, TCMA found growing success with direct-to-collector sets built from their collection of vintage baseball photo negatives a...

It took me several years to track down today's oddball #5, thanks on one hand to its small-scale production and on the other to its nich...

SABR's baseball card blog posted my second article for their site not long ago. Check it out! 300/400/500 update : Crime Dog McGriff...

2017 set my new high water mark for hours on the National floor. Most years, I duck out for city sights at least one day, even at shows in A...

In the mid-60s, advanced collector and sometimes-dealer Frank Nagy published one of the first collecting magazines,  Sport Hobbyist . It fit...

Some details of this oddball set remain a mystery outside of its Exhibits-like print style. It's 3"x5", blank-backed, and prin...

SB Nation editor and professional suit-wearer Jon Bois runs a regular series of columns titled Sports Cards for Insane People that peeks i...

This is my second post on cards and experiences from the 2011 National in Chicago. Yesterday, I showed a smattering of cards from different ...

Today, we remember American veterans of the world's many conflicts, a day that also has close ties to multiple generations of baseballer...

Many 1970s oddball sets seem like a Google Image Search for " old baseball photos ." The sheer quantity of player images out there...

Today' guest made a home state debut in 1889, winning 12 games for the Indianapolis Hoosiers as a fresh-faced 17 year-old. He started ...

Congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies, as they return to defend their 2008 World Series trophy. With over a century of franchise hist...

I think Frank Robinson loves baseball more than Cheez-Its love orange food coloring. Already one of the all-time best players, he took over...