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Introduction to Trading Card Company:
A trading card company is one which makes or creates trading cards. The type of trading cards made by different trading cards company differ from one another.
Trading card company date back to the nineteenth century.
Not all trading card companies produce the same type of trading cards.
Historical Evolution of the Trading Card Company:
The concept of trading cards first came into being when tobacco and bubble gum manufacturing companies along with their products packed the trading cards.
A trading card company knew very well that these trading cards served as a vital means of advertisement and would draw the attention of all and sundry.
Soon the trading cards became very popular among everyone.
More than the actual product these trading cards gained unanimous acceptance.
Many took it up as a hobby.
Types of Trading Card Companies:
Non sports trading cards company: Those companies specializing in non sports trading cards.
There are yet other companies specializing in sports trading cards. They are known as the sports trading card company.
In case of the sports trading cards, if one is collecting the series of cricket trading cards he should be collecting all the trading cards depicting the images of the players.
For instance, if a plastic trading card has the image of Sachin Tendulkar, the trading card company producing the sports trading card of cricket will have to pay Sachin Tendulkar a royalty.
The early eighties witnessed an outburst of rivalry and severe competition between the different trading card companies.
Most of the early trading card companies are no longer existent but their works of wonder still lurk in the minds of people. The ardent collector of trading cards still have a wide variety of trading card companies to choose from.
Given below is a list of trading card companies which produced trading card at some point of time or the other and yet there are some trading card companies which are still functional.
21st Century Archives
Artbox
Bench Warmer
Classic Games, Inc.
Comic Images Inc.
Donruss
DuoCards
Eclipse
Educational Insights
Fleer
Fleer/Skybox
Hasbro
Hostess/Frito-Lay
Impel
Inkworks
Leaf
Morrison Entertainment Group
O-Pee-Chee
Pro Set
Rittenhouse
SkyBox
Topps
Upper Deck
Weetabix
Wonder Bread - Universal
Zoot.
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