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Article: Turning Cardboard Into Cash;These Are Boom Days For Baseball Cards
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 22, 1990
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Through a potent combination of capitalism, commercialism and
fanaticism, what was once considered a big hobby for little
kids-collecting baseball cards of the day's best and most popular
players-has been transformed into an industry complete with price
wars, intricate marketing strategy and underhanded tactics.
It's come a long way since turn-of-the century cards were printed
by tobacco companies, featuring only select players. The market has
become so saturated, cards of most anyone connected with baseball are
available: These days you even can buy cards of major league umpires.
T & M Sports Inc. produces complete sets of the major leagues'
men in blue, including a card of Bob Engel, ...