Greta Garbo Movie Star Trading Card

The Golden Age of movies spawned a host of amazing leading ladies, including the wonderful Greta Garbo. This classic movie star trading card is from Troy Kirk's collection. I spoke recently with him about trading cards and featured several examples from his collection. I didn't have room in the original post for this outstanding Garbo card, so I'm featuring it today.

For those who missed it, here's an excerpt from my interview with Troy:

"Collecting old movie star cards is a great hobby for a lot of reasons. Most of the cards are still available for relatively cheap prices, especially compared to old baseball cards from the same era. A 1930s Babe Ruth card might cost $1000, while a similar 1930s Clark Gable card can be purchased for $10. Old movie stars are still world-famous and most of their movies can still be watched today. The Internet Movie Database lists all their movies, so collectors can quickly see their stats, just like baseball players.

One of the great things about collecting movie star cards is that it is not a gender-specific hobby. Men and women, boys and girls all enjoy going to the movies and there are male and female movie stars and movie star cards to collect. There are even animal stars on some movie star cards, such as Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, and Bonzo."

Greta Garbo was a Swedish-born actress regarded as one of Hollywood's greatest. She was voted the 5th greatest female star of all-time by the American Film Institute.