1982 Baltimore Sports Collectibles Show

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Throwback to the January 1982 Baltimore Sports Collectibles Show with Guest Star Brooks Robinson. 

This ad is from the January 1982 issue of Trader Speaks.

Robinson played his entire 23-season MLB career with the Orioles (winning 16 consecutive Gold Glove awards). Ted Patterson wrote, “Never has a player meant more to a franchise and more to a city than Brooks meant to the Orioles and the city of Baltimore.” When you look at card show ads from the early 80s in Maryland, you will see that Robinson was a guest at a ton of them.

T200 Fatima Team Cards

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It might be time to start collecting pre-war again. I was flipping through MastroNet’s Sports Auction of Distinction catalog from December 2005 when I ran across this awesome photo of a complete 1913 T200 Fatima Team Cards set and felt inspired. The item description explained that nearly all the day’s stars are present in the 16-card series, including Jackson, Wagner, Thorpe, Cobb, Mathewson, Johnson, Alexander, Speaker, Lajoie, and Speaker.

But if it is time, I’m going to have to be really serious about going after these cards. The Cleveland Americans card, with Shoeless Joe Jackson, is particularly expensive. Plus, they were all printed on lower-quality photographic paper and are really susceptible to creasing, cracking, and chipping.

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