Pepper Martin is one of my favorite players from the 1930s. Not being able to see any of the games, one must develop a favorite on other...

Fred Marberry was one of the toughest for me to find of the set of 12. Back in the olden days, people who collected cards and photos...

In the mid and late '80s, when I was a youngster, Don Mattingly was the guy. And the 1984 Topps card was the card. Back in the day we...

In 1992 Topps finally made an effort to keep up with the quality other card companies were putting out for several years. Here you can...

I got this card a few years ago when I realized Beltre was probably going to be elected into the Hall of Fame some day. It is not...

I remember getting this card at a garage sale. Actually, what I remember is getting my mom to get this card for me and my brother....

William "Wild Bill" Hallahan was not a good pitcher for the 1934 Cardinals. But he was an All-star in '33. He also had a well-deserved...

Here is the other horizontal composition from the '34 Gold Medal Foods set. Detroit Tigers stalwart shortstop and leadoff hitter, William...

Here is my second entry for the Geld Medal Foods Premiums (not necessarily the second one I obtained). Of the 12 cards, two are...

Fleer joined the game in 1981. They had been around for a long time, making gum, cards and stickers and what-not. In 1960 they made a set...

The late 50s early 60s White Sox teams were my dad's favorite teams. He would have been a youngster then. Nellie Fox and Luis Aparicio...

In 1991 Topps celebrated their 40th anniversary. They did so by once again running out the same standard of cardboard they'd been running...

Very soon after the 1934 World Series, Gold Medal Foods issued a mail-in promotion with their Wheaties cereal product for photo-card...

The 1971 Topps cards are one of the few dark bordered Topps issues. I can't think of another vintage year off the top of my head that has...

John Grubb, or Johnny Grubb, is the greatest baseball player of all-time... or at least, for a short time, he was the greatest in the...

These are bigger than the average card. They are postcard-ish in size. It was one of the many extra Topps productions from the 60s. The...

Steve Carlton is one of the best pitchers ever. Among his many accomplishments, he won 4 Cy Young awards. Here he is on the Cardinals in...

The Bowman Chrome worked well in 1995. So Topps did a chrome version of their main set in 1996 and after too. Here is a 1999 Topps Chrome...

In the mid-80s Pete Rose was a living legend. He became the all-time hits leader in 1985. I had his own special sub-set of card in the...

The 1968 Topps cards had a weird burlap-style pattern on the border. I like them. They are lend a nice organic warmth and brightness to...