1949, 1950, and 1951 Hage’s Dairy PCL additions

Eric “Beefski” Smith, Hage’s Dairy Pacific Coast League cards collector, emails us a couple unlisted additions for the 2010 (yeah, we’re working on it already) Catalog. And a picture to post here! We thank you, Beefski!
Here are the “new” cards:

1949/Johnny Gorsica
1950/Dennis Luby (fielding) [pictured]
1951/Harry Simpson

He also points out the 1949 Bobby Wilson isn’t “pitching” as [...]

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Cardinals collectors, we need I.D. help!

My editor Justin Moen emails another query from out there in the hobby:
Bobby Bazzell, who has worked with both Bob and I in the past, has a St. Louis Cardinals photo book and he would like to know exactly what it is.
The actual photo book is blue-gray in color, with CARDINALS at the top. There’s [...]

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1933 Goudey Blue Back

Robert Edward Auction’s Rob Lifson sends us emails about cool stuff that comes down his pike. Here’s the latest:
We found this in Charlie Conlon’s collection–it is a 1933 Goudey with blue printing on the back. I’ve only ever seen one like it before, A year or two ago we found one in an original owner [...]

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2006 Allen & Ginter promos

Brett Craig dropped this in the comment section but it’s definitely a topic for its own post:
Don I was wondering if you might be able to help me with some info on a card I purchased a couple of months ago. It is a 2006 Topps Allen & Ginter Rip card of Alex Rodriguez with [...]

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