The world of trading cards
Submitted by Trading Cards Blog
Written by Michael Vass
The world of trading cards has certainly come along quite a ways since 1887. For many years the only trading cards were the baseball cards that would come with a stick of gum. Fans of one particular team or another would amass huge collections of cards, and mothers across the nation would throw them away every spring cleaning. But a few managed to keep their cards, and grew to value other cards that would complete a collection or detail the career path of a favorite player. From this simple beginning grew the sports trading cards industry in earnest.
And then in the 1990’s a new idea came out that really shook up the industry. Collectible tradable cards…
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