Preserve History With Baseball Card Boxes For Sale

By Helene Norris


Baseball is a staple of American culture. Almost since its inception player card collection has been a favorite past time, with hobbyists collecting rookie, autographed, particular players, or teams. They are sold at different rates, with mint condition selling at the highest rate. For this reason keeping cards free from folds, tears, and the wear and tear of aging is essential. Storing in baseball card boxes for sale is the best method of keeping in mint condition.

Those who collect many different types, and have cards throughout several eras might think about categorizing. Categorizing into players, teams or time periods is a good idea. This will allow for accessing easily, and keeps similar cards together. This is especially important for older sets that otherwise would yellow and age. Some also keep older sets in special wrappings, or plastic envelopes to further preserve them.

Categorizing antique cards is essential for those dating to later 1800's. This is because businesses, instead of card producers typically made them as an advertising tool for their businesses. For this reason many collectors categorize by business for this time period. The first company to make them were cigarette companies, and they were used as backboards in packs of cigarettes, with one side a player, the other side a business advertisement.

Things began to change in the early part of the 1900's. Other candy companies followed suit, and began issuing their own sets, advertising their businesses as well. This was true of companies in the USA and Canada, as well as others in Asia. Canada first issued cards in gum, with 1948 being the first year to include baseball cards in gum in the USA.

For antique collections, hobbyists often categorize by the company, such as candy, cigarette, or gum companies. Later classifications by time periods often include the production companies that later produced them. This is because special sets, often including rookie cards, were released by different producers.

From 1948 production companies began issuing in sets, and many rare cards were produced. They are highly sought after by collectors today. Some of these included the rookie cards of players that went to on to become superstars, as well as legends, in the baseball industry. Others were personally autographed cards produced in limited editions. Even today rookie and autographed cards are some of the most valuable in the trade market.

Some collectors, however, who exclusively collect a certain type, often pay more for those without autographs. Autographs in some cases can reduce the value. For instance if they are looking for a rookie card, and it has a signature, it may reduce the value greatly. The value of other cards, however, may be increased by autographs. This is especially true for those of players that were not well known.

Baseball card boxes for sale assist collectors in storing antique sets, and keeping them in mint condition. Players otherwise overlooked, and unsellable, increase in value with proper storage. Even older cards, whose players have been forgotten are highly valuable if kept in the proper condition. Kept in proper storage boxes allows for antique cards that look like new, and newer sets that fail to experience damage. Storing properly also allows hobbyists to preserve a sports history long gone, and to preserve unforgettable sports events.




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