why are vintage football cards (exc.chickle) not valued

sabrjay wrote:those numbers are about as confusing as your post

pariah1107 wrote:One reason: Time. Just as baseball had its infancy (1866-1902), professional football also had its era of one league champions crowned (1920-1965). Just as the World Series pitted the best of the National versus the American leagues (1903-present), the NFL did not have its premier game between the NFL & AFL, the Super Bowl until 1966.

Too many other parallels to draw, my theory is the history of professional football is about 50 years behind that of baseball. My guess is football memorabilia for early championship games will become akin to dead ball era baseball in the next twenty years. Don't think Super Bowl era football cards will ever demand higher prices than early baseball, because the game of football became most popular in a time when football and baseball cards were mass produced (the last forty years). Just a theory.

bowlingshoeguy wrote:There is little little footage and no great stories before 1970 that there is no reason for the younger generation to tie themselves to that history. Plus the fact that numbers tell stories and other than the Quarterback and running back there really are no numbers (some they have now are really confusing in football.

Lee

jbonie wrote:

sabrjay wrote:those numbers are about as confusing as your post

Good dig, the sibling rivalry continues.

Ty makes some great points here. Also, I'll add that maybe football doesn't attract the same type of fans that baseball does and maybe the collectors aren't quite as esoteric. However, I believe that some Mayos of Princeton football players went for pretty good prices a few months ago in Legendary, so the collectors are out there, just maybe not that prominent.