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Notes: Curry’s Ring Night Jersey; Baseball Hall’s Exhibit; MLB Authentication; Bowman Draft Checklist, More

December 16, 2022 By Rich Mueller

The jersey worn by Steph Curry on the night the Golden State Warriors received their 2022 NBA championship rings is on the market. NBA Auctions is offering Curry’s white Association Edition jersey from the Warriors' 123-109 Opening Night victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on October 18 at Chase Center in San Francisco. The Warriors received their championship rings … [Read more...] about Notes: Curry’s Ring Night Jersey; Baseball Hall’s Exhibit; MLB Authentication; Bowman Draft Checklist, More

Editor’s Blog: List of Doctored Cards Grows; Today Show on MLB Authentication, More

June 6, 2019 By Rich Mueller

The extensive list of valuable vintage cards that appear to have been altered continues to grow and some iconic cards are not immune. On Thursday, a member of the Blowout Cards forum who has been researching potentially doctored cards revealed a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card that was originally graded as Altered, purchased for $7,877 in July of 2017, soaked in … [Read more...] about Editor’s Blog: List of Doctored Cards Grows; Today Show on MLB Authentication, More

Notes: NSCC Tickets, 1969 Cello Rip with Rico for Charity; Talking MLB Authentication

March 4, 2019 By Rich Mueller

Tickets to the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago went on sale Monday morning. This is the 40th year for the large confab of collectors, dealers, auction companies, authenticators, breakers and anyone else associated with the hobby. General admission and VIP packages are being sold now. Autograph tickets will be available at a later date. The … [Read more...] about Notes: NSCC Tickets, 1969 Cello Rip with Rico for Charity; Talking MLB Authentication

Notes: NPR Segment on MLB Authentication; Topps Talk on Squawk Box; Topps & Fallon?

October 22, 2018 By Rich Mueller

With the World Series opening up Tuesday night, MLB authenticators will get busy tagging anything and everything that's game-used. Even the champagne bottles from the winning team's locker room. The magnitude of the games means there will be heightened interest--and value--in what's used. What happens to most of it is up to the teams. Authenticators generally have a … [Read more...] about Notes: NPR Segment on MLB Authentication; Topps Talk on Squawk Box; Topps & Fallon?

MLB Authentication in High Gear During Playoffs

October 3, 2014 By Rich Mueller

Major League Baseball's Authentication Program is active at every regular season game throughout the year but once the playoffs arrive, the effort ramps up. As we wrote earlier this summer, fans and collectors seem willing to pay what teams are asking to be assured they have a piece of game-used memorabilia that's been tagged with the correct date and moment. From ordinary … [Read more...] about MLB Authentication in High Gear During Playoffs

Notebook: Rogers Sued for $14.2 Million; MLB Authentication; Storage Unit Tips

September 9, 2014 By Rich Mueller

An Arkansas bank is suing John Rogers over $14.2 million in unpaid loans. Rogers, who owns Rogers Photo Archive, a business that has sold vintage photographs from various newspaper archives it purchased, is delinquent on the loans according to this story in Arkansas Business. Rogers is also no longer involved in the company’s day-to-day operations, according to the … [Read more...] about Notebook: Rogers Sued for $14.2 Million; MLB Authentication; Storage Unit Tips

MLB Authentication is Big Business

December 20, 2010 By Rich Mueller

Major League Baseball's authentication program isn't that old. The leagues and teams showed little interest in trying to market game-used items until just a few years ago. Now, they're all in. All 2430 regular season games had at least one volunteer authenticator on hand to tag items. To collectors, they may be banal, but MLB has proven that someone somewhere will buy a … [Read more...] about MLB Authentication is Big Business