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Today people share dozens of different trading card sets, whether in online forums, on school playgrounds, or anywhere in between. It’s a popular hobby, but it wasn’t always this way. The history behind collectible trading cards is rich, and many exciting twists and turns happened through the years, leading up to where trading cards are today.

Trade Cards and Cigarette Cards

Before trading cards, there were trade cards—a type of business card that became popular in Europe near the end of the seventeenth century. The cards served as a form of advertising for the business and sometimes even included maps directing the card’s owner to the business itself. Later in the U.S., around 1890, a tobacco company began printing advertisement cards and including them in cigarette packs, similar to trade cards.

Soon, the manufacturers began printing pictures on the cards with different encyclopedic topics to make the cards more enticing. Then, more and more cigarette companies

Trading cards have always been popular, but their popularity has skyrocketed in the last decade or so. More people are getting involved and buying packs and boxes left and right. There’s also been some development of new and unique ways to open cards, such as card breaks. It’s a fun way to get a lot of people excited about opening cards, but there are also negative possibilities, such as damaged cards. If you continue reading, you can learn what to do if you get a damaged card in a card break.

What Is a Card Break?

First, you must understand what a card break is and how it works. You can buy a pack of cards or a box of packs, but depending on the rarity of the cards, these packs and boxes may be incredibly expensive. Some avid collectors purchase cards this way, but the average collector will need to join a card break. Card breaks involve one person or business buying an entire box of cards, like we do at JRI Cards. From that point, other collectors can “buy in” a spot

In the world of sports, many different trading cards are going around. There are a few classic and rare football and baseball cards, but people tend to underestimate the worth of basketball cards. Collectors are still trading these valuable cards like hotcakes, and their value is shooting through the roof. Read on to learn more about 10 of the most expensive basketball trading cards of all time!

1980-1981 Topps Scoring Leader Card

Last year, this card sold for $840,000 at the Goldin Auctions. There are many scoring leader