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Ben
Crane
The Trade Card
Place
PO Box 4885
Wheaton, IL 60189
Phone: (630) 665-5662
Fax: (630) 665-2826
Email: bcrane@tradecards.com
Allow
me to introduce myself. In 1995 I retired from AT&T Bell
Laboratories (now Lucent), where I worked for 38 years in
computer research and development. Since then I've been
devoting much of my time to trade cards and The Trade Card
Place, which I started in May, 1996.
My goal has been to make The
Trade Card Place the premiere website for all who are
interested in trade cards. I hope you will become a regular
visitor.
I began collecting trade
cards in 1965, and currently have over 2,000 examples in
many different categories. Four of my favorite categories
are: (1) cards printed by Currier & Ives; (2) cards
having a before and after theme; (3) cards having folding or
moving parts; and (4) cards advertising Dr. Haas' veterinary
products. Please contact me if you have trade cards for sale
or trade in any of these categories. I'm also interested in
purchasing quality trade cards in other categories.
I'm the author of
The
Before and After Trade Card
and I've also contributed articles to The Advertising
Trade Card Quarterly and several other
publications.
My memberships include The Ephemera Society
of America for which I served on the Board Of Directors.
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