Sometime in the late 1940's or early 1950's, Topps began transitioning their "changemaker" Topps penny gum tabs into a pr...

Fixated as I am on 1949 when it comes to Topps, I am going to dial the Wabac machine back another decade and land 'er where it really al...

Well, it's the usual hubbub here at the ol' Topps Archive Research Complex and in the spirit of the season, I thought it would be am...

More news of 1949 Topps products today buckaroos.  Just when I thought it was time to advance into the 50's, good ol' Jeff Shepherd ...

Topps was looking for different paths to success with their trading cards in 1951.  They had mixed results with the Baseball Candy issues t...

Before Topps issued their 1959 Bazooka baseball and football box back cards (referred to in the hobby as package design, or PD cards) they ...

One of the real fun things about doing this blog is some of the neat stuff that turns up unexpectedly. In researching the early days of Top...