As a kid in the late 1960's to the early 1970's I collected baseball cards and some non-sports cards (Batman) but was pretty much out of collecting cards by high school. When I was going to grad school at the University of Washington in the mid-1980s, I stumbled onto a card shop in the university district & caught the bug again, getting heavily ...

I won the Topps 1965 Superman lot in the February Non-Sports Spotlight auction. I was after the NM-M cards without the "Watch Superman on T.V." backs. The two backs used to be equally available back in the 1980's... at least it seemed so to me, but now days, the backs without the TV line seem much more difficult to find and the TV backs seem ...

This area includes Tobacco issues, Early Gum and Candy Cards, Strip cards and more. 660: 260: Graded Jungle Gums for sale 1742679030 by parkplace33: 1931-1949 This area includes cards and issues from the golden age of gum cards through the period just after WWII. 634: 315: Group of 6 Gurd's Army Cards SOLD! 1742675229 by Terry G. 1950-1970

I remember admiring the glossy page picturing Topps Baseball card wrappers in the Sport Americana Baseball Cards Price Guide by Dr. James Beckett that I acquired circa 1982-83 and then about a year later being intrigued by the ads in the Sport Americana Non-Sports Cards Price Guide by Christopher Benjamin in which John Neuner called himself "The Wrapper King".

Bobby Tutalo is the person who introduced me to test cards and sets. He's an encyclopedia of non sport card knowledge. He still deals at the Greater Boston Collectors Club Show (Shriners' Show) in Wilmington, MA every November.

Hi: I'm curious what the absolute hardest non-sports cards to find are from the vintage era (pre-1980). I'm aware of just a few, some only be anecdotal recollections over the years. -> "Sea Raiders" map card #45 seems to be one ultra tough card to find in any grade -> "US Caramel Presidents" (1932) "McKinley" card is another, so much so that some collectors consider their set complete without ...

I wish I had collected non sports sets in the 90's and early 2000's. I was still collecting baseball. It seems that was a time when test sets were plentiful and more affordable. I always looked at and liked the non sport cards even when I entered the hobby in 1978, but I stayed with baseball. Who has the non sport card time machine this week?

There were not even any baseball card shop within 50 miles, let alone non-sports. The only source we had for baseball cards was the local ball field. I guess if you count the metal Wheaties License Plates, then I was exposed to non-sports in 1954, but no cardboard until 1966; didn't even know it existed. Jon _____ Jon Hardgrove

The T453 cards have dark borders and are embossed, with Sovereign advertised on the backs. The T66 cards have a lighter border and have Hunter Dog Cigarros and S. Monday & Sons on the backs. The World Index Vol II, page 385, has a picture of 56 subjects that all look to be T453.

Miscellaneous Cards for sale--tobacco, trade, candy, etc... Terry G. 1901-1930: 30: 0: 1742676749 by Terry G. Willard's Boxing Card, Billiards Card and Dominion Chocolate Swimming Card: Terry G. Sports for the Non-Sporty: 21: 0: 1742675551 by Terry G. Group of 6 Gurd's Army Cards SOLD! Terry G. 1931-1949: 28: 0: 1742675229