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Drills for Defense (NIC) 1963
Drills for Offense (NIC) 1963
Ed Elbel Naismith Autographed Print 1936
English Schools B-Ball Handbook 1961-62
English: Game of Net-Ball How to Play It 1925
English:Basket Ball and Net Ball 2nd ed. 1921
Extruded Seam Basketball - 1920s
France: Code De Basket-Ball 1925
France: Le Basket-Ball 1925
Fundamentals of Basketball Naismith 1930
General Tire & Rubber - Champ. Ball 1956
Girl's Basketball Pennant - Huron 1910
Girl's Basketball Pennant - NDAC 1910
Goldsmith College and School 1931/32
Goldsmith Equipment Fall/Winter -1915/16
Hamilton King L5 Leather 1912
Hamilton King S110 Pillowcase 1912
Hamilton King S58 Silk 1913
Hamilton King T7 Type 6 Card 1913
Harold Chandler Christy Print 1911
Hartford YMCA Rules and Schedule 1895
Hillard - How to Witness a Game 1930
Hillard Gates Basketball Handbook 1942
Hillyard - Basketball... 1931

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