1. How to Buy Cheap on eBay
(News/Latest Sports Collecting News)

... Late at Night and Early in the Morning 2 am to 5 am On the flip side to bidding on items that end during business hours are auctions that end really late at night or early in the morning. Because m...

2. History of The Sporting Life and its Baseball Cards
(News/Vintage Sports Card News)

...ng its heyday. "The Sporting Life," like some of its contemporaries in the tobacco and candy business, issued baseball cards as a promotional tool and to compete with their primary riva...

3. Stars Came Out for Boston Card Show
(News/Sports Memorabilia Business News)

... of Famer and once-reluctant autograph signer Bill Russell, who in the last several years has turned to the business to pad his income. Tne big name had to cancel. The local paper tells us who that...

4. Brand Loyalty Lost in Sports Card Industry Shuffle
(Editor's Blog/Sports Collectors Blog)

...omers dipping a toe into the discount store box display. Baseball is now a one-manufacturer licensee business. Hoops too. And hockey. One thing that seems to be lost in all of the attrition ...

5. Support Troops With Unopened Packs
(News/Modern Sports Card News)

...tablish donation drop-off points. A contribution of any amount is welcomed by Operation Gratitude, but businesses that donate 1000 items or more will be listed as a "Friend of Operation Grat...

6. NFLPA Decision Would Stun Many
(News/Sports Memorabilia Industry News)

...this," wrote one. "Am I the only one who asks for independent oversight in the card manufacturing business? It seems ridiculous. Now card companies can get away with highway robbery in boxes...

7. SI King Always Hunting Autographs
(News/Sports Memorabilia News )

...resident has been collecting signed Sports Illustrated magazines since the 1980s. He's also built it into a business. Smith has had up-close encounters with everyone from President Reagan to Bruce ...

8. Career Change Pays Off for Card Seller
(News/Sports Memorabilia Business News)

...sh register to man or potential shoplifters to monitor. Dean Hanley, owner of Dean's Cards, has built his business online. The operation has been a full-time venture for most of this decade after...

9. Blackhawks to Wear, Sign Camo Jerseys
(News/Misc. Sports Collecting News)

...r organization and players to take part in such a special cause,” Blackhawks Senior Vice President of Business Operations Jay Blunk said. “This is something that has never been done in our...

10. Cardinal Greats Say 'Why Not' Sell Memorabilia
(News/Sports Memorabilia Business News)

...nning part of the equation, making the decision to get what they could was a little easier. The St. Louis Business Journal has a look at why Redbird fans are getting a chance to grab their piece of ...

11. Brothers' Sports Card Shop Turns 20
(News/Sports Memorabilia Business News)

A baseball card store is about the only business two California brothers have ever known. Grow. Evolve. Change. Diversify. Principles in the sports memorabilia business are no different than th

12. Wanna Buy the AFL...and All of Its Stuff?
(News/Sports Memorabilia Business News)

...e millions of dollars to banks, TV networks and others left high and dry when the league folded. The Sports Business Journal reports that the league has boxed up its stuff--presumably including game-w...

13. Baseball Memorabilia Connects Generations
(News/Sports Memorabilia News )

Fox Business News checks out some of the items in next weekend's Louisville Slugger auction One of the few surviving examples of Jackie Robinson game-used gear is the featured item in the upcoming

14. Forced Sales of Athletes' Possessions
(News/Sports Memorabilia News )

...ion block--both victims of money trouble. A great college or pro career doesn't guarantee success in the business world and two former star players know that all too well. Dan Issel, the forme...

15. How to Turn $5 into $5 Million
(News/Sports Memorabilia Business News)

Read the story of how one U.S. Marine perusing eBay launched a multi-million dollar business. If you like selling baseball cards or other types of sports memorabilia online, you've probably discove

16. 1948 Bowman Basketball George Mikan Card Set for Auction
(News/Vintage Sports Card News)

... in 1957-58. It is the only basketball set Bowman would produce before going out of the sports trading card business in 1955. While basketball players were occasionally featured on sports cards prior ...

17. Marshall Fogel's Mouth Watering Baseball Collection
(News/Vintage Sports Card News)

... tune now. His collection belongs in a museum, but for now it's still just part of his own decor. CNBC business reporter Darren Rovell gives us the nickel tour of Fogel's multi-million dollar sta...

18. A Short History of American Caramel and its Cards
(News/Vintage Sports Card News)

...ples of creativity and design that honored some of the game's greatest players. Only lasting six years as a business venture, it eventually went out of the card business when its doors closed. But its...

19. Research Tool for eBay Sellers Launched
(News/Sports Memorabilia Business News)

... a tool in eBay’s Selling Manager that can dramatically increase a seller’s profits and improve business processes,” says Greg Cole, President and CEO of HammerTap. “Now making...

20. Sports Memorabilia on the Block at Ozzie Smith's
(News/Sports Memorabilia News )

His restaurant is going out of business so Ozzie Smith has turned the collectors items inside over to an auction. His gold gloves won't be sold. Neither will his World Series rings. Still, there

21. Upper Deck, MLBPA Will Sponsor Giveaway
(News/Sports Memorabilia Business News)

...rward to partnering with Upper Deck on this very special program," said Judy Heeter, MLBPA Director of Business Affairs & Licensing. "This is one of many ways we are working to ensure th...

22. Easy Come, Easy Go: $25 Million in Signed Sports Art
(News/Sports Memorabilia News )

...earted at their loss, has enough money to decide he doesn't want investigators combing through his personal business in an effort to determine who took them. The set of 10 sports stars, which includ...

23. NFL Throwback Jerseys: Broncos Anyone?
(News/Sports Memorabilia News )

...ud to see them back on the field, including Gene Mingo who recalled literally going door-to-door to solicit business support to keep the Broncos alive in the early years. Powered by Mochila ...

24. Former Nebraska Star Forced to Sell
(News/Sports Memorabilia Business News)

A failed business has put some college football championship memorabilia on the auction block. He was once voted the nation's top interior lineman--an important piece on three national championship

25. Dykstra's 1986 World Series Ring Brings $56,762
(News/Sports Memorabilia News )

...oughness, was hailed as a financial genius in the years since he retired for his many apparently successful business ventures. As it turned out, Dykstra's wealth was tied to less than reliable practic...

26. Panini Signs Kobe Bryant to Basketball Card Deal
(News/Sports Memorabilia Industry News)

...all Hall of Fame. Prestige boxes are already being sold on eBay. Watch Bryant's interview with CNBC business reporter Darren Rovell below: ...

27. Crooks Cart Away Safe; Caught on Camera
(News/Sports Memorabilia News )

...st opened this summer. Somehow, two people who managed to get inside after hours knew plenty about the business though. Police believe they used a vacant building next door to stage a break-in. ...

28. News and Notes
(Editor's Blog/Sports Collectors Blog)

... placed on it after fan voting and landed in the Hall of Fame. The New York Post reports that Ecko's business hasn't been doing so well, but he's working on selling his brand to another company...

29. Vintage Baseball Exhibit Cards Paved Way
(News/Vintage Sports Card News)

...nd quality of the packaged cards. This shift in focus eventually led to Exhibit Supply Company going out of business in 1971. Though they are no longer producing their famed cards, the fact that...

30. Topps Spells Out Complaint; Upper Deck Responds
(News/Sports Memorabilia Industry News)

The court battle continues between Topps and Upper Deck over the use of card designs. Topps has continued filing mountains of paperwork and exhibits in a New York court as part of its trademark viol