BMW Sportscards

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Madison, WI 53719-2053
Tel: (608) 833-5515
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BMW Sportscards is renovating its website in order to accommodate a larger and more diverse offering of vintage sports cards and memorabilia. We will be incorporating some innovative designs and will be offering many scarce, unusual, and one-of-a-kind type items including two of the earliest known baseball card series and the industry’s finest non-sport card set.

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1912 T207 (Red Cycle) Rafael Almeida

This stunning example possesses four sharp corners, bold brilliant color, a perfect surface, and a Red Cycle reverse. The hobby’s #1 graded T207 featuring popular Cuban player, Rafael Almeida. Almedia was the first Cuban to play in the Major Leagues (he debuted in 1911) and was one of the first ten players to be elected to the Cuban Hall of Fame in 1939.
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1903 Philadelphia Athletics Yearbook

This yearbook, which may very well be the Athletics’ first, represents their 1902 Championship season. Though there is some minor wear along the spine, the pages are a supple antique white, the staple are tight, and there are no significant defects of any kind. Hall of Fame pitcher, Rube Waddell, is featured on the cover and inside are additional pictures and biographies of Topsy Hartsel, "Socks" Seybold, Lave Cross, Rube Waddell (HOF), Eddie Plank (HOF), Charles Bender (HOF), William Henley, A.J. Coakley, Osee Schreck, Mike Powers, Harry Davis, Daniel Murphy, Monte Cross, Oliver Pickering and Daniel Hoffman. Also featured are Athletics President Benjamin Shibe and Manager Connie Mack.
1948 Bowman #6 Larry “Yogi” Berra

This is the top graded example among all major grading companies and one of only two to be graded Gem Mint. A stunning card with no noticeable defects. One of the most popular rookie cards from the post-war era.
1950 Bowman football uncut panel featuring four Hall of Famers

This amazing 8-card panel has a factory cut along all four edges and the interior cards are all Mint except for #18 Val Jasante. The corners on this 8-card sheet grade a solid NM+ to NM/MT. Included are the following players: #35 Joe Perry (HOF, Rookie), #26 Johnny Lujack, #17 Bob Waterfield (HOF), #8 Mac Speedie (Rookie), #36 Frank Albert (Rookie), #27 Sid Luckman (HOF), #18 Val Jansante, #8 Tony Canadeo (HOF, Rookie). The 1950 Bowman football series employed the use of colored line drawings, produced from a series of original player photographs.
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1909 M101–2 Sporting News Supplement Ty Cobb

A popular insert in The Sporting News, this over-sized baseball photo was issued on August 12, 1909. This particular example is devoid of nearly all wear and grades an astounding Near Mint to Mint. As such, it is one of the hobby’s very finest examples, featuring Ty Cobb in his third full season with the Detroit Tigers.
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1923 V100 Willard’s Chocolates Ty Cobb

An unusual, sepia-toned issue from the early 20s and one of Ty Cobb’s most elusive, nationally-distributed baseball cards. This example possesses four sharp corners and could have easily been graded higher. Presently, it represents the highest graded 1923 Willard’s Chocolate card of ANY player. Precipitously scarce in high grade.
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1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb with Uzit reverse

The T206 “white border” series of tobacco cards features over 500 distinct subjects including 389 major league and 134 minor league players. The cards were distributed in boxes of 16 different brands of cigarettes. Among these brands, “Uzit” is considered one of the scarcest due to its date of release and limited mode of distribution. This card has exceptional provenance and is known to have come from the Copeland collection. It has been pedigreed as such and is one of the most desirable front/back T206 combinations. To date, it is also one of the highest-grade Uzit brand cigarette cards known. The technical grade is a solid EM+
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1866 E.S. Sterry & Company William “Bill” Craver

An iconic player from the very first set of “baseball cards”. William “Bill” Craver is pictured with the Unions of Lansingburgh, one of the 19th century powerhouses from the early days of baseball. Craver was the “Buck Weaver” of his era and holds the dubious distinction as the first in professional baseball to be banned for illicit gambling.
1907 World Series Program – Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers

A dominant Chicago Cubs team that won 107 games during the regular season easily dispatched Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers in five games. This program is one of only a handful that is known to exist. The cover illustration is perhaps representative of the Cub’s eagerness to finally reach the “top” of the baseball world and capture the pennant, having lost to the White Sox the previous year’s Series.
1936 World Wide Gum #19 Jerome “Dizzy” Dean

The only known “Mint” example from the elusive 1936 World Wide Gum baseball series. This card captures “Dizzy” Dean at the height of his pitching prowess. Dean had just completed a 28-win season, while holding the opposition to a paltry 2.47 runs per game – good enough for a second place finish in the MVP balloting.
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1937 O-Pee-Chee #118 Joe DiMaggio

The hobby’s only known “Mint” condition example of one of Joltin’ Joe’s earliest baseball cards. The 1937 O-Pee-Chee baseball series is distinctive for its “die-cut” appearance, allowing young collectors to fold down the backgrounds and stand the cards in place. As such, perfect, unfolded examples are quite scarce and command a premium.
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1950 Bread for Health Otto Graham

This unique bread-end label has miraculously withstood not only the test of time but the precarious work that once removed it from the end of a loaf of bread in 1950. It represents Otto Graham’s “rookie year” and may very well be the finest known example. Otto Graham led Cleveland to a 10–2 record in 1950 and the NFL Championship game in which the Browns defeated the Rams, 30–28.
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1911 M101-2 Sporting News Supplement “Shoeless” Joe Jackson

Though there is some minor wear near the corners and edges, this striking newspaper insert has superb contrast and registration and is among the highest-grade examples known. One of the finest and most popular of all early 20th century large-format baseball pictures. Joe Jackson is shown with the Cleveland Indians of the American League. In 1915, Jackson was traded to the Chicago White Sox and become one of the infamous “eight men out” after his alleged part in fixing the 1919 World Series.
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1910–11 C56 Imperial Tobacco #37 Newsy Lalonde

Great mystery and a fair amount of conjecture surround this card – one of only three known specimens. For nearly a century it was thought that the 1910–11 C56 Imperial Tobacco series was complete at 36 cards. Now, it is known that #37 was the last addition. Though some believe #37 Newsy Lalonde was merely a “sample card” shown to prospective vendors it is more likely, by virtue of its imprint on the original lithographic stone, that it was pulled early from production – similar to the T206 Honus Wagner.
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1952 Bowman Small #140 R. Yale Lary

The hobby’s #1 graded example and the rookie card of Hall of Famer, Yale Lary (pictured here playing for the Texas A&M Aggies). Among all regularly issued and nationally distributed football cards, 1952 Bowman small-sized series is the most difficult set to complete from the last 55 years. In addition to being uncommonly condition sensitive, the second series (numbers 73–144) are in very short supply.
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1909 E92 Dockman & Sons Gum Christy Mathewson

Classified by the American Card Catalog as a “candy” card and known to have been manufactured by John Dockman & Sons, this early 20th century cardboard insert could be found in packages of chewing gum. The front of the card employs a colorful lithographic image of one of the game’s greatest pitchers and the reverse side advertises a series of 50 baseball players, though only 40 subjects are current known. Conservatively graded NM+ 86 by SGC. Qualities include sharp corners, white borders, superb color, and fine centering. The reverse side is equally as outstanding as the front. One of the hobby’s very best examples.
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1922 Howie Morenz Original Photograph

This original photograph of Howie Morenz has been dated to 1922 by virtue of the year stamped on the license plate of the car in which Morenz and another passenger are seated. That date is significant since it is the year that the then 20-year old Howie Morenz first signed to play professional hockey with the Montreal Canadiens. Considered by many experts to be the "Babe Ruth" of Hockey, Howie Morenz dominated the sport from 1923–1937 while capturing three Hart Memorial Trophies.
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1938 NFL Championship Program featuring the N.Y. Giants and Green Bay Packers

This very rare, 1930s parchment represents only the second championship game for the Green Bay Packers and the fourth for the New York Giants. Played on December 11, 1938 at the Polo Grounds, this game featured “Mel” Hein (also pictured on the program cover), 1938 NFL Most Valuable Player. This example is in outstanding condition and likely represents the finest known example.
1951–52 Laval Dairy #92 Jacques Plante

The early professional card (QSHL) of Hall of Fame goalie, Jacques Plante, and the only example to be graded “Mint”. Plante is pictured here with the Royal Montreal Hockey Club, two years before he was called up to play for the Canadiens.
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1866 Newberry & Solanders Rock Island Wapellos Charles Platt

One of the players from the earliest known complete team set of baseball cards. Featured is Rock Island pitcher and accomplished batsman, Charles Platt. The Wapellos were Rock Island, Illinois’ first professional baseball team and had the distinction of playing their first four seasons without a single defeat. Their uniforms consisted of blue Turkist pants, white linen shirts, blue caps trimmed with red, and belts emblazoned with the name “WAPELLO BBC”. From a collection of Civil War Era mounted photographs known as Cartes de visites or CDVs.
1926 Rose Bowl complete ticket

According to college football historians, the 1926 Rose Bowl between 9–0 Alabama and 10–0–1 Washington, was one of the greatest games ever played. This was the first major bowl game in which a heavily favored Northern team was defeated by a team from the South. The exciting back and forth contest was also witness to Alabama’s first Rose Bowl game and first National Championship. Washington was led by All-American halfback, George Wilson while Alabama depended upon the outstanding play of Johnny Mack Brown. Brown caught two touchdown passes in the game and had a key tackle in the fourth quarter, bringing Wilson down short of the goal-line and preserving a 20–19 advantage.
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1948 Leaf #3 Babe Ruth

The first baseball card to commemorate the life and career of “the Sultan of Swat”. One of the very few examples to possesses such vibrant color and outstanding centering. Conservatively graded NM/MT+ and very close to an SGC 96.
1933 Blue Bird Babe Ruth (front view)

The highest graded example of its kind and one of only several dozen known specimens. The scarce Babe Ruth card was issued as a promotion for Blue Bird grape drink and features advertising for two different company redemptions on its reverse side.
1933 R309–1 Goudey Premium Babe Ruth

Comes with the original mailing envelope from the Goudey Gum Company. Pristine condition. A popular “premium” baseball card featuring the game’s greatest slugger.
1936–37 World Wide Gum #5 Eddie Shore

Few 1936–37 World Wide hockey cards of any player could hope to compare with this, the hobby’s #1 specimen. Eddie Shore was one of the all-time greats of the game, winning the Hart Trophy four times, the most for any defenseman. The “Babe Ruth” of hockey, Shore is considered by many to be the best player from the pre-war era.
1949 Jimmy Fund Boston Braves Die-cut – Warren Spahn

A rare, die-cut baseball figure distributed on a limited basis during June of 1949. The entire series features 24 different players, among which Warren Spahn is the most valued. Each of the die-cut cards has a fold-out easel on its reverse side that allows it to stand. Each player was distributed in his own envelope with his name and either a red or blue company logo in the upper left corner. Uncatalogued subjects include Eddie Stanky (batting pose), Phil Masi (catching), and Bob Hall (pitching).
1955 Spic & Span Milwaukee Braves Die-cut – Warren Spahn

The flamboyant and delusive fluidity of Warren Spahn’s pitching motion is well-captured on this unusual and rare die-cut baseball card produced by Spic and Span Dry Cleaners of Milwaukee. This example is among the hobby’s very best with the eyelet remaining unpunched and intact.
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1957 Topps Football Checklist

The hobby’s #1 graded example and one of the most difficult post-war football cards to find in pristine condition. This example, bearing an advertisement for “Twin Blony” gum on the reverse side, possesses sharp corners, outstanding color, and fantastic print quality. And yes, it’s still unmarked.
1911–12 C55 #38 Georges Vezina

One of the most valued and most famous of all hockey cards. This example is nearly flawless and has remained untouched for 100 years. Pictured is Hall of Fame goalie, George Vezina, a member of the original Hall of Fame class. Vezina was known for his calm demeanor and dominant play on the ice as well as his virtuous life off of it. The namesake of the trophy awarded to the NHL’s most outstanding goalie each season, Vezina is regarded as one of the greatest ever to play the game.
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1912 E270 Colgan’s Chips “Tin Tops” Honus Wagner

One of only a handful of known specimens and tied for the highest graded example with one other E270. A very tough counterpart to the E254 series, possessing the same legendary image that appears on Honus Wagner’s famed T206 baseball card.
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1912 T207 (Red Cycle) Rafael Almeida

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1903 Philadelphia Athletics Yearbook

1948 Bowman #6 Larry “Yogi” Berra

1950 Bowman football uncut panel featuring four Hall of Famers

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1909 M101–2 Sporting News Supplement Ty Cobb

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1923 V100 Willard’s Chocolates Ty Cobb

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1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb with Uzit reverse

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1866 E.S. Sterry & Company William “Bill” Craver

1907 World Series Program – Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers

1936 World Wide Gum #19 Jerome “Dizzy” Dean

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1937 O-Pee-Chee #118 Joe DiMaggio

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1950 Bread for Health Otto Graham

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1911 M101-2 Sporting News Supplement “Shoeless” Joe Jackson

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1910–11 C56 Imperial Tobacco #37 Newsy Lalonde

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1952 Bowman Small #140 R. Yale Lary

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1909 E92 Dockman & Sons Gum Christy Mathewson

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1922 Howie Morenz Original Photograph

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1938 NFL Championship Program featuring the N.Y. Giants and Green Bay Packers

1951–52 Laval Dairy #92 Jacques Plante

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1866 Newberry & Solanders Rock Island Wapellos Charles Platt

1926 Rose Bowl complete ticket

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1948 Leaf #3 Babe Ruth

1933 Blue Bird Babe Ruth (front view)

1933 R309–1 Goudey Premium Babe Ruth

1936–37 World Wide Gum #5 Eddie Shore

1949 Jimmy Fund Boston Braves Die-cut – Warren Spahn

1955 Spic & Span Milwaukee Braves Die-cut – Warren Spahn

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1957 Topps Football Checklist

1911–12 C55 #38 Georges Vezina

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1912 E270 Colgan’s Chips “Tin Tops” Honus Wagner

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