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1957 Sweet Cigarettes Joe Louis Boxing card

Check out www.redhatdog.com for more sports cards and memorabilia. This is the 1957 Sweet Cigarettes issue of Joe Louis(card #21). The card is great shape. All cards are shipped in top loaders and cardboard for protection.

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Sports card collecting is a hobby that attracts a wide audience, with substantial numbers of collectors of all ages. One can start and build a collection for relatively little or one can spend millions of dollars and possess some of the greatest cards every made. There is room in the hobby for everyone.

Most sports cards were originally promotional items given out by tobacco companies to promote their products. In the 1930s, the tobacco was replaced by gum and the cards became more of the focus, as companies such as Goudey and Play Ball produced cards. It wasn't until after the Second World War that cards began to be produced by companies on a regular basis, first with Bowman in 1948, then with Topps in 1951. Topps was the only card company from 1956 through 1980 after it acquired Bowman. In 1981, Fleer and Donruss entered the market, as did Upper Deck in 1989. Since the late 1980s, there has been an explosion of card sets, with each of the four card companies producing dozens of sets in each sport under a variety of labels and set names.