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Umps Show Softer Side in Auction
Major League Umpires have gotten into the auction business, but the umps' efforts are strictly for charity. A Major League Baseball shirt signed by President Barack Obama during last year's All-Star...
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1980 Topps Set Marked End of an Era
Who knew, back when a few photos of baseball stars were placed onto cardboard, that the baseball card phenomenon would become the enormously competitive market in grew into? Topps baseball cards were...
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The Card Files: Remember the $12 Ryan RC Controversy?
Baseball cards were as hot as hot could get in 1990. It might have been the era of hype and card company printing presses run amok, but it sure produced some interesting stories. One of the best came...
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Amazing Collection of Autographed Topps Baseball Sets Up for Bid
Collect Auctions will offer the first and likely the only lot of its kind that will ever find its way into the auction circuit when its auction opens for bidding today. Offered is a run of autographed...
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Left Field Cards Born Out of French Woman’s Baseball Addiction
It hasn't taken long for Amelie Mancini to wrap her arms around baseball. After moving from her native France to New York in 2006, she became fascinated by the game, soaked up the nuances and history...
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Editor’s Blog: 15 Years and 738,395 Memorabilia Cards
Oh, for the simplicity of 1995. The home computer wasn't yet mainstream. eBay was just a gleam in a west coast entrepreneur's eye. Cards were cards. Some cards were shinier than others. Most were...
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Long Live the Vintage Box
Even if your local card shop is more about the newest product than the old classics, they've probably got at least one. Even if your local show has more Ryan Howard rookies than Nolan Ryan rookies,...
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1970 Topps Baseball Wax Box Variations
The following is an excerpt from the upcoming e-book "The Ultimate Collector's Guide to 1970 Baseball Cards", set for release later this month via Sports Collectors Daily. The downloadable book...
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Topps Adds Autographs to Series II Baseball
Topps announced Monday that it has seeded special autographed versions of the online Golden Moments Die Cut Cards into packs of the upcoming 2012 Topps Baseball Series 2. The cards can be found in...
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A Requiem for Hostess Baseball Card Sets 1975-1979
Many of those who chuckled at the mad rush to buy Twinkies and Ding Dongs Friday don't remember the days when baseball card collectors rushed to outlet stores and grocery stores to buy them. From...
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Topps Turns Archive into Art With Line of Baseball Card Prints
Topps is turning its old baseball cards into home décor. The company unveiled its newest product line Tuesday. Topps Archive Prints are 25" x 34" vintage art prints featuring digitally remastered...
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Ramblings: Ryan Rookie Recollection Spurs More Memories of Youth and Youthful...
I remember reading a book written by a rock critic about his favorite songs and in that article he commented something to this effect: “I’ve been listening to Smokey Robinson since I was a child and I...
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eBay Card of The Day: 1972 Topps Traded Jim Fregosi
One of the concepts we miss about multiple series of cards being issued during the course of a season like we had from the 1950’s through the early 70’s is seeing so many individual player cards get...
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1993 Topps Finest Baseball Broke New Ground
More than two decades have now passed since the first of the two 1993 ‘super premium” sets were released. While many brands have come and gone unceremoniously since, 1993 Finest Baseball is now...
View ArticlePost-War Rookie Card Investments On a Budget
A list of vintage, post-War rookie cards of baseball icons you can believe in, all for under $1,000.
View ArticleVintage Set of the Week: 1980 Topps Set Marked End of an Era
With only one major rookie card but with an album full of Hall of Famers and 35 years in the rear view mirror, the 1980 Topps set looks better with age.
View Article10 of the Best Baseball Cards to Own
by Mike Stack Baseball cards have been printed for over 100 years. Millions have been produced but only a handful have gained iconic status. Which cards would make up a top ten list is subjective and...
View ArticleVintage Set of the Week: 1976 Topps Baseball
While the rest of America celebrated the Bicentennial, collectors tried to make sense of a pink Hank Aaron card, Oscar's earmuffs, and a bubble the size of a watermelon.
View ArticleComplete All-Star Program, Ticket Run at Auction
Eighty years of Baseball All-Star Game programs and ticket stubs are going up for grabs as part of Huggins and Scott's latest catalog auction.
View ArticleDo U.S. Mint Baseball Coins Belong in Your Collection?
Learn more about U.S. Mint baseball coins and how legal tender half dollars and silver dollars issued by the mint have commemorated our national pastime.
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