Let's start with a bit of the history of baseball cards. Baseball Cards have been in production since the late 19th century. What was once a business of bringing fans closer to the game has become a multi-billion-dollar enterprise. What was once just a product of tiny pieces of cardboard with pictures of baseball players on them first came with tobacco products and has turned into a business where trading cards of almost everything you can think of are available, from every sport to your favorite cartoon.
In 1952, the Topps Chewing Gum company released its first flagship set.