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Infographic: 1960s Football Cards: Toughest Sets to Find in NM/MT Condition

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Breaking down the numbers to illustrate which sets have the lowest percentage of PSA 8-graded cards.

Cards From E98 Find to be Displayed at Long Beach Expo

Chief Meyers E98 PSA 10

Ten Hall of Famers from the recently discovered Ohio find of E98s will be on display at the Long Beach Expo.

Infographic: 1950s Football Sets That Yield Fewest NM/MT Cards

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From 1950 Bowman to 1958 Topps, a lot of 1950s football card sets offer condition challenges, but which have proven toughest to land in high grade?

Infographic: Most Rare Mint Condition 1960s Baseball Rookie Cards

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A graphic shows which of the most popular 1960s baseball rookie cards are hardest to find in a PSA 9 holder.

Best Known Babe Ruth Autographed Baseball Sells for $388,375

Best known Babe Ruth signed baseball

Cards from the Black Swamp find took a backseat to a pristine Babe Ruth autographed baseball–and one of his bats from the famed 1927 season in an auction held on the second night of the National Sports Collectors Convention.

PSA Bat Facts Aimed at Educating Collectors, Fans About Major League Player Bats

Hank Aaron game used bat

PSA has launched Pro Baseball Bat Facts, aimed at distributing a storehouse of knowledge on game used bats.

Memory Lane Opens Historic Rarities Auction July 30

1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth rookie card

A pair of 1916 Babe Ruth rookie cards, a 1933 Yankees team-signed bat and hundreds of high grade, vintage sports cards will be among more than 1,300 items in Memory Lane Inc’s. next catalog auction, opened in time for showcasing at this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore.

Vintage Baseball Sets With the Most High Grade Cards

1961 Topps Clemente PSA 8

PSA’s Population Report has a lot of numbers after 20 years. We’re breaking down the vintage baseball card sets from the 1950s, 60s and 70s by submission totals and percentage of high grade cards.

E98 Baseball Cards Have Quirks, New Realities

E98 Cy-Irv-Young

Perhaps not everything there is to know about the suddenly famous E98 set, but a good start.

Rare Football Card Hits Auction Block

Mayos Cut Plug 1894 Dunlop

As baseball collectors drool over the Black Swamp E98 find, one of only a small number of surviving copies of the 1894 “Anonymous” John Dunlop football card is up for bid.

PSA: Old Baseball Card Find is “Ultimate Buried Treasure”

E98 Black Swamp Honus Wagner

UPDATED WITH RAW VIDEO: The Black Swamp hit the fan Tuesday as the national media jumped all over the ‘old baseball card find’ story we brought you last week. Even NBC Nightly News thought it worthy. We see their story and hear from PSA about hundreds of E98s heading for auction after sitting in a box for perhaps more than a century.

PSA to Offer On Site Grading Special at NSCC

PSA will lower fees for grading and authentication at the National Sports Collectors Convention as long as you submit in quantity.

W517 Baseball Set Offers Value

W517 Trader Speaks

At just 54 cards, with reasonably priced Hall of Famers and a pair of cards that feature Babe Ruth, the 1931 W517 baseball set is easy to like.

Not Guilty Verdict Creates Mini Rush on Clemens Rookie Cards

Roger Clemens Fleer Update Rookie Card

One monkey is off the back of one of the greatest pitchers of all-time and the once quiet Roger Clemens rookie cards have been making waves.

PSA Launches Online Sports Collectibles Resource

Reggie Jackson 1969 Topps page

The site initially will offer the evolving beginnings of one major component, PSA CardFacts, devoted to all types of trading cards.

Wagner, Plank, Ruth, Mathewson Among Highlights in New Catalog

Eddie Plank T206 card

Scarce and rare vintage baseball cards are just some of the items up for grabs beginning later this week in an event where patience is sometimes a virtue…and sometimes a mistake.

Bowman vs Topps: The Old Rivalry on eBay

1955 Bowman Bob Feller

Iconic debut aside, Topps trumped Bowman then–and now–if eBay stats are any indication.

Wagner Card Drawing Attention as Alternative Investment

A Wall Street blogger talks Wagner.

Bat Authenticator John Taube Profiled

John Taube

Shore News Today visits with local resident and well-known bat authenticator John Taube.

1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth Rookie Brings $200,000

1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth

The sale of a high grade 1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth, the first big league rookie card of the Sultan of Swat, has set a new bar.