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    Jan. 23, 2016

    The webpage development has been continuing. I've been adding a few cards to the site, and as you can imagine, it is a slow process to do it right. At some point, I will provide a way for collectors to contact me to add information about different sets and cards. For now, I just wanted to give you an idea of the different types of items you can find in the hobby of vintage basketball collecting. Nothing bothers me more than misinformation. As I have researched different items, I have run across a lot of wrong information in our hobby - in auctions, company write-ups, forums, and in some cases in how cards are being rated. Hopefully by putting our heads together, we can eventually put good information our there for everyone to use. You can bet that errors on my site will be corrected (or debated) in the near future. On a different topic, what I hope to show collectors are some of the rarest cards out there. While demand causes prices to rise, some of the things we collect in our hobby aren't well known enough to gain much interest from the average collector. However, there is a special excitement when the search results in the discovery of something really rare. Very soon I will show you my latest acquisition - hopefully in 2-3 weeks! However, for now let me introduce you to some of the rarest cards on the planet that you have never seen. For your viewing pleasure, here are the Cuban Cigarros Aguilitas cards from 1928!

My Most Recent Blogs

Story-paper Tabloids - Feb. 28, 2017

You may be familiar with the term pulp, used to describe some of the older, cheaply made periodicals from many years ago. However, the term "story-paper tabloid" may not be as common. Story-paper tabloids are similar to pulps in the low quality of the materials used, but differ in their format and size. Produced using cheat wood pulp paper, they ...

Seldom seen Clark Candy Cards! - June 19, 2016

Recently, I was lucky enough to find 10 of the 16 cards from the 1954 Clark Candy basketball set. These cards are quite rare and seldom seen, even by advanced basketball collectors.

Rare Album Postcard Acquired - March 1, 2016

Recently, I came across a surprising find - the 1928 Cuban Aguilitas Album Redemption postcard. When I've seen these in the past, they have always been baseball related. This one is basketball themed and shows the same image as card #397, the HNOS Maristas. The seller of this item said he found it in Cuba three decades ago. It is a nice and une...

The rarest card ever in vintage basketball - C.A. Briggs - Feb. 7, 2016

On January 20, 2016, the 1933 C.A. Briggs card was added to the VintageBasketball.com collection. I am excited to share info about this card with all of you. While there are many rare items in our hobby, speaking specifically about cards, this is probably at the very top of the list in terms of rarity. Take a few minutes to read a little more a...

My Favorite Items

1933 C.A. Briggs Basketball
B33 Basket Ball Flannels 1912
Basket Ball Rules for 1893
Hamilton King L5 Leather 1912
Ken-Wel Advertising 1920
Naismith's Phog Allen Portrait Print 1936
Spalding Men - 1896
Spalding Men - 1899/1900
Spalding Women - 1901