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<p>[QUOTE="BaseballGames, post: 1017848, member: 7826"]Thanks for the alert, sorry we're late to arrive, looks like you guys have figured most of it out (dang, finally a thread that was right down our alley). It is Lajoie, and the game, colloquially known to card collectors, who generally don't give a rodent's keester about games <i>per se</i>, as "the Lajoie game," is actually <i>The National-American Base Ball Game</i>, first published by Parker Brothers sometime between 1910 and 1913. There were many subtle variations made to the graphics over the years the game was in production (into the mid-1920s), including the same Lajoie image in monochrome blue instead of red, and entirely different card-back designs not featuring Lajoie. There's more detail than you'd probably care to know about in this old discussion at our own forum, here: </p><p><a href="https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/baseballgames/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=232" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/baseballgames/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=232" rel="nofollow">https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/baseballgames/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=232</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>The Lajoie card and all your other cards have some value to collectors, the '63 Topps Mantle almost certainly being the other card with substantial market value, even though both the Mantle and the Lajoie are what collectors consider "low grade" due solely to condition problems. The encapsulizations by SGC and PSA (two of the only three grading companies widely trusted by collectors) raise the desirability of the Mantle and the '71 Barratt golf cards incrementally, although the collectability of baseball cards far exceeds that of golf or basketball cards. </p><p><br /></p><p>Apologies if any of that seemed condescending, we're just trying to be informative at a basic level for the many antiquers on board who don't know (or care!) a thing about sports cards. If anyone wants more info about the OP's cache, just let us know![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BaseballGames, post: 1017848, member: 7826"]Thanks for the alert, sorry we're late to arrive, looks like you guys have figured most of it out (dang, finally a thread that was right down our alley). It is Lajoie, and the game, colloquially known to card collectors, who generally don't give a rodent's keester about games [I]per se[/I], as "the Lajoie game," is actually [I]The National-American Base Ball Game[/I], first published by Parker Brothers sometime between 1910 and 1913. There were many subtle variations made to the graphics over the years the game was in production (into the mid-1920s), including the same Lajoie image in monochrome blue instead of red, and entirely different card-back designs not featuring Lajoie. There's more detail than you'd probably care to know about in this old discussion at our own forum, here: [URL]https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/baseballgames/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=232[/URL] The Lajoie card and all your other cards have some value to collectors, the '63 Topps Mantle almost certainly being the other card with substantial market value, even though both the Mantle and the Lajoie are what collectors consider "low grade" due solely to condition problems. The encapsulizations by SGC and PSA (two of the only three grading companies widely trusted by collectors) raise the desirability of the Mantle and the '71 Barratt golf cards incrementally, although the collectability of baseball cards far exceeds that of golf or basketball cards. Apologies if any of that seemed condescending, we're just trying to be informative at a basic level for the many antiquers on board who don't know (or care!) a thing about sports cards. If anyone wants more info about the OP's cache, just let us know![/QUOTE]
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