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No other book
like ours is currently available to the hobby at large. Misinformation about these rare and unique cards exists and our book
is painstakingly researched and detailed. To accompany this book, we will publish at least 100 gorgeous nowhere-else-to-be
seen vintage football card illustrations on this web site. This is the life's
work of two nationally recognized football card authorities, Mike Bonner and Carl Lamendola. Our journey through the card
hobby’s labyrinthine nooks and crannies has been detailed in over three dozen informative articles published during
the past eleven years. What makes our
book particularly interesting is new material on little-known vintage football cards, and the incredible range of outstanding
football card graphics exclusive to the authors. It is only in
our well-written, compact hobby guide that rare specimens of the football card hobby can be glimpsed by average collectors.
Our unique book tells it all: We have football
cards from the years right after Walter Camp standardized the rules in 1883, creating the game we now know as American Football.
The book includes a pristine copy of the highly sought first player card, Henry Ward Beecher. We tell the story
of the 1894 P. H. Mayo Anonymous card, possibly the most valuable of all football items. We celebrate
exquisitely rare 1920s football cards, long forgotten, that feature such stars as Harold “Red” Grange and other
Jazz Age greats. Our book brings
to light two new separate card series from the 1930s, the 1937 Mayfair Candies and the 1932 C. A. Briggs offering, as well
chapters on the coveted Universal matchbook sets. Along with this
choice material, our book provides a comprehensive chronicle of the vintage football card hobby, from its start in the 1880s
to its formal close in 1989. We cover every known set, from the most common and classic to the most rare and select. As
the Twentieth Century proceeded, more oddball and unusual football cards came to the attention of the public. Our chapters
on sets ranging from the Ropeco Club cards to the 1959 Bazooka set are highly informative, for novice and veteran collectors
alike. From
the 1950s through the 1960s and 1970s, Topps Chewing Gum dominated the hobby, producing sets that were a mix of good and bad.
Our book describes these products in detail, pointing out instances where unique circumstances converged to make one card
or set more collectible, leaving others in the dust. Finally,
we’ve completed the package by supplying readers with some rare checklists to help the track premier vintage
items. All
in all, we feel we will have supplied a complete vintage hobby guide, one that any collector of football cards will
want to own not only as a reference, but for reading pleasure.
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We hope you like this website
and the many rare, interesting football cards it contains!
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