Vintage Baseball Card Collecting http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com Vintage Baseball Card Information and News Mon, 16 May 2011 20:39:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 Vintage Card Term of the Day – MC http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/05/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-mc/ http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/05/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-mc/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 20:39:00 +0000 http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/05/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-mc/ MC is short for “MisCut”. This refers to a card which was not cut properly by the manufacturer. Such a card may even show a portion of another card’s image.

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Source: psacard.com

]]> http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/05/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-holdered/feed/ 0 Vintage Card Term of the Day – Uncut Sheet http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/05/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-uncut-sheet/ http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/05/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-uncut-sheet/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 16:48:09 +0000 http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/?p=190 The term “uncut sheet” refers to, usually, a full sheet of baseball cards as it was printed and created by the manufacturer’s printer, before the sheet being cut into individual cards and inserted into packs.   The following link shows an example of a 1964 Topps uncut sheet.

]]> http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/05/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-uncut-sheet/feed/ 0 Vintage Card Term of the Day – High Series http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-high-series/ http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-high-series/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:39:08 +0000 http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/?p=187 A high series card is one that was released in a later series of baseball cards, for one year, with the numbered cards being the higher ones in the set. Cards were released in several series with the later series usually distributed in less quantity than the previous, lower series. Since these high series cards were generally distributed in less quantity, they are rarer, and therefore usually more valuable.

sources:  psacard.com

]]> http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-high-series/feed/ 0 Vintage Card Term of the Day – Goudey http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-goudey/ http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-goudey/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:51:46 +0000 http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/?p=181 A “Goudey” card is one released by the Goudey Gum Company, most likely in the years 1933, 1934 or 1938.   According to wikipedia.com, Goudey was “the first American company to issue baseball cards with each stick of gum.”

1933 Goudey Ruth

1933 Goudey Babe Ruth

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Sources: keymancollectibles.com and ebay.com

]]> http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-full-bleed/feed/ 0 Vintage Card of the Day, E101 Wagner http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-of-the-day-e101-wagner/ http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-of-the-day-e101-wagner/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:18:27 +0000 http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-of-the-day-e101-wagner/ The E101 vintage cards, as designated in the American Card Catalog, are an “anonymous” set of cards released circa 1909. This particular card features the famed Pittsburgh shortstop, and maybe even more famous baseball card icon, Honus Wagner, in a batting stance.

]]> http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-of-the-day-e101-wagner/feed/ 0 Vintage Card Term of the Day – Excellent http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-excellent/ http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-excellent/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:07:13 +0000 http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/?p=171 A card which is referred to as being in excellent condition (sometimes abbreviated as EX), is considered to be in an at or above average condition with respect to the card’s condition at time of release.

An excellent condition card would receive a grade of 5 from PSA, or a 60 from SGC.

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]]> http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-term-of-the-day-doctoring/feed/ 0 Vintage Card of the Day, T3 Art Devlin http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-of-the-day-t3-art-devlin/ http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-of-the-day-t3-art-devlin/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:55:25 +0000 http://www.vintagebaseballcardcollecting.com/2011/04/vintage-card-of-the-day-t3-art-devlin/ This T3 Turkey Red cabinet card features third baseman Art Devlin of the New York Giants. Devlin was a prolific base swiper, leading the National League in that category for the year 1905.

This particular card is number 10 in the Turkey Red set. If you want to learn more about the T3 Turkey Red set there is one site to visit and here it is.

Sources: robertedwardauctions.com and wikipedia.com

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