Pre-War Baseball Cards

Pre-War Baseball Cards
The listings below feature baseball cards for sale from long ago tobacco companies, candy companies -- and the first bubble gum baseball cards, as well. Pre-War Cards have the most value on a per card basis. The most popular Pre-WWII set is the T206 White Border cards featuring the famous T206 Honus Wagner card.  Although the prices quoted for these cards are typically high, much depends on the condition of the cards. Dean's Cards will purchase these baseball cards in almost any condition. 
 
Dean literally wrote the book on Pre-War baseball cards, and you can find this best seller on Amazon.com: Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Most of the popular of the pre-war sets have been reissued in the form of reprint (or archives) sets. These sets provide an affordable alternative for budget collectors.

By Dean Hanley
Click on the links below to find the Pre-War baseball cards you want, including cards from the famous T-206 set.

1940s Baseball Cards

1948 Bowman Baseball Cards (224)

1949 Bowman Baseball Cards (963)

1949 Bowman Pacific Coast League (PCL) (2)

1939-46 Exhibit Salutations (54)

1949-50 Menko JRM (7)

1940-41 Cincinnati Reds Team Issue (W711-2) (17)

1947-66 Exhibit (851)

1948 Hall of Fame Exhibit (4)

1948-49 Leaf Baseball (249)

1948 Topps Magic (203)

1948 Blue Tint Baseball Cards (62)

1949 Leaf Premiums Baseball (0)

1949 Ed-U-Cards Batter Up (0)

R-Cards: Bubble Gum Baseball Cards

1929 Kashin Publications (R316) Baseball Cards (16)

1932 U.S. Caramel (R328) Baseball Cards (11)

1933 Tattoo Orbit (R305) Baseball Cards (7)

1933 Goudey Baseball Cards (R319) (1,073)

1933 DeLong Gum (R333) Baseball Cards (17)

1933 Eclipse Import (R337) Baseball Cards (0)

1933 Sport Kings (R338) (71)

1933 World Wide Gum (V353) Baseball Cards (1)

1933 George C. Miller (R300) (1)

1934 Goudey (R320) Baseball Cards (341)

1934 Goudey Premiums (R309-1) Baseball Cards (3)

1934 World Wide Gum (V354) Baseball Cards (11)

1934-36 Diamond Stars (R327) Baseball Cards (302)

1934-36 Batter-Up (R318) Baseball Cards (284)

1935 Goudey 4-in-1 (R321) Baseball Cards (67)

1936 National Chicle Fine Pen Premiums (R313) Baseball Cards (117)

1936-37 Goudey Wide Pen Premiums (R314) Baseball Cards (152)

1936 Goudey (R322) Baseball Cards (38)

1936 National Chicle Premiums (R311) Baseball Cards (4)

1936 World Wide Gum (V355) Baseball Cards (0)

1936 R312 Pastel Photos (77)

1937 O-Pee-Chee (V300) Baseball Cards (0)

1938 Goudey Heads-Up (R323) Baseball Cards (55)

1939 Goudey Premiums (R303A) (0)

1939 Goudey Premiums (R303B) (7)

1939 World Wide Gum Trimmed Premiums (V351B) Baseball Cards (4)

1939 Play Ball (R334) (558)

1939 Play Ball Samples (0)

1940 Play Ball (R335) Baseball Cards (769)

1941 Goudey (R324) Baseball Cards (22)

1941 Double Play (R330) Baseball Cards (46)

1941 Play Ball (R336) Baseball Cards (250)

1943 M.P. & Co. (R302-1) (22)

1949 M.P. & Company (R302-2) Baseball Cards (3)

T-Cards: Tobacco Baseball Cards

1910-11 Turkey Red (T3) (65)

1911 Obak Cabinets (T4) (0)

1911 Pinkerton Cabinets (T5) (0)

1909-10 College Series Cabinets (T6) (0)

1909-10 T51 Murad College Series (3)

1913 T200 Fatima Teams (15)

1911 T201 Mecca Double Folders Baseball Cards (104)

1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Baseball Cards (213)

1900 T203 Mayo's Baseball Comics (0)

1909 Ramly T204 (43)

1911 T205 Gold Borders (608)

1911 T205 Gold Borders with Scarce Backs (0)

1909-11 T206 White Borders (2,345)

1909-11 T206 White Borders with Semi-Scarce Backs (69)

1909-11 T206 White Borders with Rare Backs (2)

1910 T210-1 Old Mill South Atlantic League Series 1 (13)

1910 T210-2 Old Mill Virginia League Series 2 (10)

1910 T210-3 Old Mill Texas League Series 3 (3)

1910 T210-4 Old Mill Virginia Valley League Series 4 (0)

1910 T210-5 Old Mill Carolina Association Series 5 (17)

1910 T210-6 Old Mill Blue Grass League Series 6 (5)

1910 T210-7 Old Mill Eastern Carolina League Series 7 (1)

1910 T210-8 Old Mill Southern League Series 8 (10)

1912 T207 Brown Backgrounds (374)

1912 T207 Brown Backgrounds with Scarce Backs (5)

1911 T208 Cullivan's Fireside Philadelphia A's Baseball Cards (0)

1910 T209-1 Contentnea Color Baseball Cards (7)

1910 T209-2 Contentnea Black & White Baseball Cards (114)

1910 T211 Red Sun Baseball Cards (0)

1909 Obak T212 (0)

1910 Obak T212 (43)

1911 Obak T212 (16)

1910-19 T213 Coupon Baseball Cards (45)

1915 T214 Victory Tobacco Baseball Cards (0)

1910-13 Red Cross Tobacco (T215) Baseball Cards (0)

1911-16 T216 Peoples Tobacco Baseball Cards (0)

1910-11 T217 Mono Cigarettes Baseball Cards (0)

1914 T222 Fatima (21)

1912 T227 Series of Champions (7)

1922 T231 Fans Cigarettes Baseball Cards (0)

1914 Piedmont Art Stamps (T330-2) (0)

1911 Helmar Stamps (T332) (0)

E-Cards: Caramel Baseball Cards

1909 E90-1 American Caramel Baseball Cards (63)

1910 E90-2 American Caramel Baseball Cards (2)

1910 E90-3 American Caramel Baseball Cards (2)

1908 E91-A American Caramel Baseball Cards (0)

1909 E91-B American Caramel Baseball Cards (30)

1910 E91-C American Caramel Baseball Cards (24)

1909 E92 Croft's Candy Baseball Cards (0)

1909 E92 Dockman & Sons Baseball Cards (55)

1909 E92 Nadja Caramel Baseball Cards (5)

1910 E93 Standard Caramel Baseball Cards (8)

1911 E94 Close Candy Baseball Cards (0)

1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel Baseball Cards (19)

1910 E96 Philadelphia Caramel Baseball Cards (10)

1909-10 E97-1 C.A. Briggs (Color) Baseball Cards (14)

1909-10 E97-2 C.A. Briggs (B&W) Baseball Cards (1)

1910 E98 Baseball Cards (0)

1910 Bishop & Co. PCL E99 (0)

1911 Bishop & Co. PCL E100-1 (0)

1911 Bishop & Co. PCL E100-2 (0)

1909 E101 Anonymous "Set of 50" Baseball Cards (1)

1909 E102 Anonymous (6)

1910 E103 Williams Caramel Baseball Cards (14)

1910 E105 Mello-Mint Baseball Cards (2)

1915 E106 American Caramel Baseball Cards (5)

1903-04 Breisch-Williams E107-1 (2)

1922 E120 American Caramel Baseball Cards (76)

1921 E121-80 American Caramel Baseball Cards (16)

1922 E121-120 American Caramel Baseball Cards (12)

1922 E122 American Caramel Baseball Cards (0)

1923 E123 Curtis Ireland Candy Baseball Cards (0)

1910 E125 American Caramel Die Cuts Baseball Cards (10)

1927 E126 American Caramel Baseball Cards (0)

1912 E136 Home Run Kisses Baseball Cards (0)

1911 Zeenut PCL (0)

1912 Zeenut PCL (1)

1913 Zeenut PCL (2)

1917 E135 Collins-McCarthy Baseball Cards (2)

1914 Cracker Jack Baseball Cards (14)

1915 Cracker Jack Baseball Cards (224)

1921-23 E220 National Caramel Baseball Cards (1)

1927 E210 York Caramels Baseball Cards (6)

1910 E222 A.W.H. Caramels Va. League Baseball Cards (0)

1888 E223 G&B Chewing Gum Baseball Cards (0)

1914 E224 Texas Tommy Baseball Cards (1)

1921 E253 Oxford Confectionery Baseball Cards (0)

1910 E271 Darby Chocolates Baseball Cards (0)

1909-11 Colgan's Chips Stars of the Diamond (E254) Baseball Cards (0)

1933 Rittenhouse E285 Candy (0)

1910 Ju Ju Drums (E286) (0)

1912 Plow's Candy (E300) (0)

1910 E-UNC Candy (0)

M-Cards: Newspaper Supplements & Cards

1909 Minneapolis Tribune Baseball Supplements (0)

1909-13 M101-2 Sporting News Supplements (0)

1916 M101-4 Sporting News (0)

1916 M101-5 Sporting News (1)

1939 M101-9 Sporting News Supplements (0)

1916-1957 M114 Baseball Magazine Premiums (3)

1910-11 M116 Sporting Life Baseball Cards (127)

1901-17 M128 Police Gazette Supplements (0)

D-Cards: Bread Company Baseball Cards

1947 Bond Bread Jackie Robinson Baseball Cards (D302) (0)

1915 D303 General Baking Co. Baseball Cards (0)

1911-14 D304 General Baking Co. Baseball Cards (1)

1947 W571 Bond Bread Baseball Cards (1)

1947 D305 Bond Bread Exhibits (0)

1911 Pacific Coast Biscuit (D310) (0)

1911 Pacific Coast Biscuit (D311) (0)

1910 D322 Tip Top Bread Baseball Cards (6)

1947 D323 Tip Top Bread Baseball Cards (121)

1921 D327 Holsum Bread Baseball Cards (0)

1917 D328 Weil Baking Co. Baseball Cards (0)

1916 Weil Baking Co. (D329) (2)

1909 D355 Niagara Baking Baseball Cards (0)

1911 D359 Rochester Baking Baseball Cards (0)

1911 D359 Williams Baking Baseball Cards (0)

1916 D381 Fleischmann Bakery Baseball Cards (1)

1934 D382 Tarzan Bread Baseball Cards (0)

1921 D383 Koester Bread Baseball Cards (0)

W-Cards: Strip Cards

1921 Exhibits Baseball Cards (W461-1) (1)

1922 Exhibits Baseball Cards (W461-2) (0)

1923-24 Exhibits Baseball Cards (W461-3) (0)

1925 Exhibits Baseball Cards (W461-4) (2)

1926 Exhibit Baseball Cards (W461-5) (0)

1926-29 W461 Exhibit Blue / Green Tint Blank Back (1)

1927 W461 Exhibit (Green: Set 6) Baseball Cards (0)

1928 W461 Exhibit (Blue: Set 7) Baseball Cards (0)

1922 W501 Baseball Cards (0)

1928 W502 Strip Cards (0)

1922 W503 Baseball Cards (0)

1925 W504 Universal Toy & Novelty Baseball Cards (0)

1924 W-UNC Baseball Cards (0)

1925-27 W512 Baseball Cards (1)

1928 W513 Baseball Cards (1)

1919-21 W514 Baseball Cards (2)

1923 W515-1 Baseball Cards (11)

1923 W515-2 Baseball Cards (10)

1920 W516-1 Baseball Cards (1)

1931 W517 Baseball Cards (17)

1921 W516-2-1 Baseball Cards (6)

1920 W519 (3 Sets) Baseball Cards (0)

1920 W520 Baseball Cards (0)

1921 W521 Baseball Cards (0)

1920 W522 Baseball Cards (0)

1921 W551 Baseball Cards (1)

1929 W553 Baseball Cards (0)

1930 W554 Baseball Cards (0)

1909 W555 Baseball Cards (0)

1927 W560 Baseball Cards (9)

1923 W572 Baseball Cards (2)

1922 W573 Baseball Cards (1)

1932 W574 Baseball Cards (0)

1922 W575-1 Baseball Cards (1)

1922 W575-1 Henry Johnson Baseball Cards (1)

1922 W575-2 Baseball Cards (0)

1925-31 W590 Strip Cards Baseball Cards (0)

1902-11 Sporting Life Cabinets (W600) (0)

1947 W602 Sports Exchange Miniatures Baseball Cards (0)

1938-39 Cincinnati Reds Team Issue W711-1 (0)

N-Cards: 19th Century Baseball Cards

1887 Four Base Hits Baseball Cards (0)

1887 N28 Allen & Ginter World's Champions Cards (7)

1889 N29 Allen & Ginter World's Champions Cards (22)

1888 N43 Allen & Ginter World's Champions Cards (1)

1893 N142 Duke Cabinets Baseball Cards (0)

1888 Goodwin Champions (N162) (0)

1886 N167 Old Judge Baseball Cards (0)

1887-90 Old Judge (N172) (187)

1888-89 Old Judge Cabinets (N173) (0)

1887 Gypsy Queen (N175) (1)

1887 N184 W.S. Kimball Champions Cards (0)

1887 N284 Buchner Gold Coin Baseball Cards (0)

1895 Mayo's Cut Plug Baseball Cards (N300) (27)

1887 N370 Lone Jack St. Louis Browns Baseball Cards (0)

1888 N403 Yum Yum Tobacco Baseball Cards (0)

1889 N526 Number 7 (Diamond S) Cigar Baseball Cards (0)

1887 Kalamazoo Bats Baseball Cards (N690) (0)

1887 Kalamazoo Bats Cabinets (N690-1) (0)

1887 Kalamazoo Bats Team (N693) (0)

Miscellaneous Pre-War Baseball Cards

1906 Lincoln Publishing Philadelphia Athletics Postcards (0)

1907-09 Dietsche Detroit Tigers Postcards (22)

1909 Sweet Caporal Domino Discs (8)

1908 Dietsche Detroit Tigers Postcards (0)

1908-09 Rose Company Postcards (0)

1909-10 Tigers Topping and Company Baseball Cards (0)

1910 Sweet Caporal Pins (P2) (190)

1913 National Game Baseball Cards (3)

1914 B18 Baseball Blankets (12)

1914 Baltimore News Baseball Cards (0)

1914 Polo Grounds Game Baseball Cards (0)

1917 Boston Store H801-8 Baseball Cards (3)

1922 Eastern Exhibit Supply Baseball Cards (0)

1922 Neilson's Chocolate Type 1 Baseball Cards (2)

1926 M101-7 Sporting News Supplements Baseball Cards (0)

1930 Cracker Jack Pins (4)

1928 Tharp's Ice Cream Baseball Cards (0)

1932 Orbit Gum Pins (PR2) (0)

1930 Baguer Chocolate Baseball Cards (0)

1932 Orbit Gum Unnumbered Pins (PR3) (0)

1934 Quaker Oats Ask Me Trivia (17)

1935 Babe Ruth Quaker Oats Premiums (0)

1935 Rice-Stix Baseball Cards (0)

1935 Schutter-Johnson Baseball Cards (3)

1935 Wheaties (Series 1) Baseball Cards (0)

1936 Wheaties (Series 3) Baseball Cards (1)

1937 Wheaties (Series 8) Baseball Cards (0)

1936 S & S Game (5)

1934-36 Diamond Matchbooks (U1-4) (0)

1937 Kellogg's Pep Sports Stamps (23)

1937 Kellogg's Pep Sports Panel (23)

1945-46 Caramelo Deportivo Cuban League (0)

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