On this week’s TTMCast, hobby legend Les Wolff joined me to talk autographs and how to protect your collection. Wolff began collecting autographs in 1968 when he visited the New York Jets’ training camp and obtained an autograph from Joe Nemeth and some of the other Jets’ players. Since obtaining his first signature, he has been hooked. Wolff made autograph collecting … [Read more...] about TTM Collecting This Week: Les Wolff, Signatures Successes and a Quick Tip
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The Bizarre, The Historic and The Most Memorable: Les Wolff’s Memorabilia Tales
This is Part 2 of a two-part series with sports memorabilia appraiser and authenticator Les Wolff. In Part 1, Wolff discussed his lecture series on the hobby and how to protect a collection. In Part 2, Wolff talks about his more memorable collecting moments. Les Wolff is known for his skills as an authenticator and appraiser of sports memorabilia. His work over more … [Read more...] about The Bizarre, The Historic and The Most Memorable: Les Wolff’s Memorabilia Tales
Protecting Your Investment: Les Wolff’s Advice For Memorabilia Collectors
In Part 1 of a two-part series, long-time autograph dealer and appraiser Les Wolff has some warnings about collections ruined by improper care and discusses his efforts to educate those interested in taking up the hobby. Les Wolff likes to tell the story about a Fortune 500 executive who was eager to show off the memorabilia hanging in his office. While the items were … [Read more...] about Protecting Your Investment: Les Wolff’s Advice For Memorabilia Collectors
TTM This Week: HOF Signers; Cards Hockey Players Won’t Sign; Sooz and Les on the Show
It was a good week of TTM autograph requests, starting with a Baseball Hall of Famer, whose signature I acquired with a modest donation. Here are a few of the former players I connected with for little or no cost: Orlando Cepeda Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda played first base, outfield and designated hitter for six teams from 1958-1974 including the … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: HOF Signers; Cards Hockey Players Won’t Sign; Sooz and Les on the Show
TTM Collecting This Week: Tom Henderson, Mail Request Success
SC Daily launches a new weekly segment this week as Jeff Baker, host of the TTM Podcast, offers a look at his most recent hobby-centric show and shares thoughts on autograph collecting through the mail. ---- Remember when you were young, and you went to the mailbox and there was a letter waiting for you? The excitement of you had wondering what was inside the envelope. … [Read more...] about TTM Collecting This Week: Tom Henderson, Mail Request Success
Notes: KY Shop Burglary; Topps and Trout; Giants into Box Breaks; More
There was a burglary late last week at a sports card shop in Lexington, KY. It happened at Jimmy’s Roadshow with about $25,000 worth of unopened products stolen by a single individual who was in the store for about a minute, according to owner Jimmy Mahan. View this post on … [Read more...] about Notes: KY Shop Burglary; Topps and Trout; Giants into Box Breaks; More
Upper Deck Bringing Golf Cards Back; Artifacts 1st Off the Tee
The wait for a new golf trading card product will come to an end next year. Upper Deck announced Monday it would be launching three golf releases in 2021, including Artifacts, which will launch the series at an as yet undetermined date in the spring. “Collectors have been begging us to bring golf cards back for years,” said Upper Deck’s Sports Brand Manager Paul … [Read more...] about Upper Deck Bringing Golf Cards Back; Artifacts 1st Off the Tee
Mantle Movie Script, 1953 Look Magazine Watch Now Up for Bid
The script for a TV movie about the life of Mickey Mantle we wrote about earlier this year is now on the auction block. Originally acquired by autograph dealer Les Wolff from Mantle’s sister-in-law, the script includes several hand-written notes from the late Hall of Famer. It’s one of several items sourced to the family that are now at Goldin Auctions. In the early … [Read more...] about Mantle Movie Script, 1953 Look Magazine Watch Now Up for Bid
Unmade Mickey Mantle Movie Script Uncovered; Includes His Notes
Les Wolff’s adventures in sports memorabilia read like a movie script. So, it’s only fitting that his latest find is a script for a movie project that never got off the ground. The subject? One of Wolff’s sports heroes — Mickey Mantle. Eleven years before the movie “*61,” brought Mantle back into the public spotlight, a screenplay about the Hall of Fame slugger’s life was … [Read more...] about Unmade Mickey Mantle Movie Script Uncovered; Includes His Notes
Jim Brown’s ’64 Championship Ring, Williams Uniform, More in Lelands Auction
Jim Brown’s 1964 NFL championship ring and an autographed 1954-55 Ted Williams uniform featuring a black armband honoring the tragic loss of Harry Agganis are among the memorable items up for bid in the new Lelands catalog auction. The auction at www.lelands.com also features a 1960s Willie Mays San Francisco Giants game-worn jacket and Mays game-used bat, a 1944 Cy Young … [Read more...] about Jim Brown’s ’64 Championship Ring, Williams Uniform, More in Lelands Auction