Fleer Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:41:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Most valuable baseball cards of the 1990s https://dfarq.homeip.net/most-valuable-baseball-cards-of-the-1990s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=most-valuable-baseball-cards-of-the-1990s https://dfarq.homeip.net/most-valuable-baseball-cards-of-the-1990s/#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:00:13 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=14637 Baseball cards were big in the 1980s, which led to overproduction and the baseball card bubble. That overproduction spilled over into the 1990s, and so did some of baseball’s scandals. Between that, and so many people buying and preserving cards during

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/most-valuable-baseball-cards-of-the-1990s/feed/ 2 14637 1981 Fleer baseball cards https://dfarq.homeip.net/1981-fleer-baseball-cards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1981-fleer-baseball-cards Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:00:17 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=13609 It’s just my opinion, but I think 1981 Fleer baseball cards get less respect than they deserve. It ended Topps’ 25-year monopoly on baseball cards and, frankly, I think it’s a nicer set than the Topps or Donruss sets from

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]]> 13609 Most valuable baseball cards of the 1980s https://dfarq.homeip.net/most-valuable-baseball-cards-of-the-1980s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=most-valuable-baseball-cards-of-the-1980s Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:00:00 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=13588 In the 1980s, almost everyone I knew collected baseball cards, at least briefly. When we think of the 1980s today, baseball cards aren’t what comes to mind but they probably deserve to be up there with video games, Rubik’s cubes,

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]]> 13588 How many baseball cards Goudey sold https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-many-baseball-cards-goudey-sold/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-many-baseball-cards-goudey-sold Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:00:07 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7498 A couple of years ago, former Sports Collector’s Digest editor Bob Lemke stumbled across Goudey sales figures for baseball cards in the 1930s and 1940s. He presented the figures while expressing a disinterest in doing the math to try to

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]]> 7498 Why Bowman sold out to Topps, or how Topps bought Bowman https://dfarq.homeip.net/bowman-sold-topps-topps-bought-bowman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bowman-sold-topps-topps-bought-bowman Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:00:08 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7501 Virtually every schoolboy who is interested in baseball cards knows the story of how Topps bought Bowman. After World War II, Bowman was the leading brand of baseball card, or, at least from 1948 until 1951. Then, in 1952, Topps

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]]> 7501 The case of the fake 1935 Babe Ruth https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-case-of-the-fake-1935-babe-ruth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-case-of-the-fake-1935-babe-ruth Sun, 11 Jan 2015 11:00:17 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7516 Quick: Why is it easier to find a 1935 Goudey Babe Ruth on Ebay than the 1935 Goudey card featuring four of his former Yankee teammates, the less-than-immortal Red Rolfe, Johnny Allen, Jimmie DeShong, and Dixie Walker? Because Red Rolfe was

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