Collectors of 19th Century advertising trade cards have long appreciated the elegant Victorian artwork interesting reverse advertising and often colorful designs but it is only recently that these cards have begun to enter mainstream card collecting. These gorgeous "blue-green" trade cards issued in 1887 and sold to local businesses that imprinted their own letterpress ads on each side are among the most desirable baseball-related trade cards in the hobby. The localized advertising makes for an indeterminate number of variations providing collectors with both an interesting variety of back advertisements and an enormous opportunity for research. This example of the "Victor and Vanquished" card pictures two opposing ballplayers shaking hands bloodied and beaten after a game. the bottom of the card does exhibit some surface abrasions reducing the technical grade but not the visual appeal.