Number 5 Type Collection

The 1964 AL league leaders include a range of players and teams, all skilled with the bat. (Most are known for more besides.) Ah yes, Mantl...

Once cigarette cards petered out in the early 20 th century, gum companies stepped in to pick up the mantle with their own sugary products....

Junkballer Ed Lopat made the most of a career in the Yankees organization, winning 163 games in 12 pinstriped seasons . He hurled at least 2...

Sherm Lollar played catcher in the AL for 18 seasons and 4 different teams, starting with the Cleveland Indians in 1946 and finishing with ...

Lew's the first player to appear in my type card profiles that I met personally. A couple years prior to Mr. Burdette's death from ...

I joined several friends at the summertime Williamstown Theatre Festival (aka W.T.F.) earlier this year. During a stroll through the main b...

Orbin published two sets of baseball pinbacks in 1932, one with numbers (cataloged PR2) and one without (cataloged PR3). Their tiny presenta...

This interesting set from Gum, Inc. (also the producers of Play Ball ) pictures two teammates on each card. Simple demographics and performa...

I miss the classic cap-and-tie umpire fashion shown on today's card, since retired in favor of more utilitarian hats and polo shirts. Wh...

Many consider O-Pee-Chee (aka, OPC ) a Topps hanger-on, or simply the Canadian version of an American classic. Surely the relationship's...