The first year the Goudey Gum company issued Baseball cards was in 1933. The 240 card set was the first cards to be sold with a stick of gum.
The first year the Sportflics set was issued was in 1986. The set consisted of 200 "magic motion" cards.
The first baseball card set issued by Leaf was in 1960. The set consisted of 144 black & white baseball cards. In 1977 TCMA/Renata Galasso issued a 45 card reprint of this set as a promotion. Customers who bought complete sets of baseball cards received the reprint set for free.
This card has been recently appraised at $35,000 US. * 2007 auction - 1933 Goudey #106 Napoleon Lajoie PSA NM 7 Sold For - $32,312.50 * 2006 auction - 1933 Goudey #106 Napoleon Lajoie PSA EX-MT 6 sold for $34,800.00 * 2006 auction - 1933 Goudey #106 Napoleon Lajoie sold for $22,040.00 * 2004 auction - 1933 Goudey #106 Napoleon Lajoie SGC EX 60 sold for $17,250.00 == ==
I believe the card you are describing is a 1934 Goudey R309-1 Babe Ruth premium card. Babe Rurh was not included in the regular set in 1934 as Lou Gehrig was the spokesman for the Goudey set that year. Because of their strained relationship it would have been an insult to Lou Gehrig to include Babe Ruth in the set. A 1934 Goudey R309-1 Babe Ruth premium card that has an easel type stand up back most likely used as a counter top advertising display sold for $500 in a Hunt Auction. I have seen another being sold for $1,000.
The first Donruss set was issued in 1981. The 1981 Donruss baseball card set consists of 660 baseball cards. There were numerous errors on the first print run that were later corrected by the company during the second printing. See Related Links foe a complete checklist that includes notations for all errors, variations, rookie cards and more.
The 1970 Kellogg's baseball card set consist of 75 cards that measure approximately 2 1/4" x 3 1/2". This was the first baseball card set issued by Kellogg's. The plastic covered cards were made to look 3-D. The cards were individually inserted in specially marked boxes of Kellogg's cereal. See Related Links for more information and checklist
Set to first release on July 29th. You can download it then on iTunes.
The first important set of written rules was scribed by Alexander Cartwright, of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, and published on September 20, 1845
Information on release dates as posted by Topps * 2008 Series # 1 Baseball Release Date: 02/08/2008 * 2008 Heritage Baseball Release Date: 02/27/2008 * 2008 Opening Day Baseball Release Date: 03/12/2008 * 2008 Finest Baseball Release Date: 04/02/2008 For more information on release dates visit the Topps website (see Releated Links below)
The release date is set for March 2011. March 8th 2011
There were no cards issued in 1930 for Babe Ruth. Noted Babe Ruth baseball cards from the 1930's include the Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey baseball card #53 tat sold at auction for $38,187.50 graded. A Ruth 1933 Goudey baseball card #149 sold for $2,100. and a 1933 Goudey #144 Babe Ruth graded PSA NM-MT 8 $16,240.00 For a more accurate value you would have to list the year, set and number of the card you have.
2003 was influenced by the release of a double DVD set by Led Zeppelin. It was May 26th of 2003 that United Kingdom release was first, then the following day, on May 27th, the release was made in the United States.