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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 |
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A Kansas collector is wondering what happened to the 2001 Bowman Chrome Albert Pujols rookie card he won on eBay.
The package was shipped from the seller, but when 24 year-old Glen Kochanowski received it, an end had been cut off of the envelope and the card was missing. Purchase price was over $2400 according to Kochanowski, so we assume it was a graded card.
The Salina County Sheriff's Office is investigating.
The Yankees won their 27th World Series title last night. No one was happier about that than Bob Emory, a former police lieutenant in Annapolis, Maryland.
He's spending part of his free time adding to his collection of Yankee memorabilia, which already takes up one room in his house. He's also a big Mickey Mantle fan who got to know The Mick once upon a time.
Emory was profiled in the local newspaper.
Bob Feller turned 91 years old this week and is still plenty spry. He's now one of the oldest living Hall of Famers.
Feller didn't sit in any rocking chair and wait for the day to be over. He went out and bought himself a BIG birthday present and then chatted with a columnist for The Sporting News. |
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Friday, 30 October 2009 |
Topps will commemorate the 2009 World Series champion with a special limited edition 27-card team Set featuring:
20 Player Cards
1 Manager Card
4 Playoff Cards
2 World Series Cards
The cards will be sold in blister-type packaging.
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Friday, 30 October 2009 |
A couple of notes to wrap up the week....
F & W Media has cancelled the 2010 Hawaii Trade Conference because of "economic conditions and a lack of industry support" according to a post on the Sports Collectors Digest website.
The annual event hosted by the company brought card companies, shop owners and other industry leaders together each year. The event actually moved from Hawaii to Florida a couple of years ago, but retained the name.
Despite its pessimistic outlook for next year, F & W, parent company of SCD, says the event could return in 2011.
You have to love the restrictions listed under the prices for autograph signings at major shows. Some guests will sign anything--and do it for $15 or $20. Others have their own quirks.
I just read over the Mounted Memories lineup for next month's Sun-Times show in Chicago.
Randy Johnson charges $199 for a jersey or other "premium" item but the flyer states "Mr. Johnson will not sign jerseys with less than 5 other signatures on them." Huh?
Rod Carew will only sign multi-signed jerseys.
Dwight Clark will actually draw the play that resulted in "The Catch" for $50 but he won't write "The Catch" or the date it happened.
Meadowlark Lemon prefers to be just plain Meadowlark. No asking him to sign his real name (George). Did you know he's an ordained minister now? He will do one free inscription if you ask nicely.
Bob Knight is making a rare appearance, but the coach won't sign any books by Bob Hammel--a writer for the Indianapolis Star--or Joan Mellon and, according to the flyer "will NOT sign any Sports Illustrateds". Somewhere, somehow, the coach perceives SI as a villain. Hammel and Mellon wrote very kind books about Knight. I guess 'A Season on the Brink' is out of the question?
Oh yeah and one more thing.
Go Packers. |
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 |
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A couple of weeks ago, Sports Collectors Daily hit a nice little milestone.
We posted our 4,000th piece of content.
I get tired just typing that.
Most have been stories, but I've tried to keep the Editor's Blog updated at least semi-regularly too. It's been 3 1/2 years now since the site launched and thanks to those of you who found it one way or another, it's going stronger than ever.
There's no doubt the count will hit 5,000 sometime late next year thanks to your support. I know you haven't read everything, but thanks for reading a lot of what has been published here--or linked to from here. I'll keep scouting for anything and everything associated with sports cards and sports memorabilia that we find on the net and think you might like. I'll also promise original content, the latest from the auction and card companies and maybe a surprise or two. Hopefully, you'll find most of it worthwhile in some way and maybe get a chuckle or two out of some it.
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Friday, 23 October 2009 |
Collectors are always on the lookout for game-used World Series bats. But before they can be acquired--they've got to be made.
Louisville Slugger also cranks out souvenir type bats. The company wasted no time putting its employees to work on the 2009 World Series bats. The Philadelphia Phillies are in and bats are already being made.
Hillerich and Bradsby has made bats used in World Series games since the first one back in 1903.
Watch the story from WCPO-TV in Cincinnati:
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