Gypsy Queen returns in late March with some design changes, a slightly more expensive price for hobby boxes, and new parallels for collectors to chase. A hobby box will contain 24 packs, with eight cards to a pack. As has been the case with other products announced for 2019, dealer cost is up--GQ will cost dealers about $7 more per box than last year. At … [Read more...]
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Photo of the Day: Roger Maris and Sal Durante With Home Run Ball #61
Sal Durante is a famous footnote in baseball history. He was the 19-year-old New York Yankees fan who stuck his right hand up and caught Roger Maris’ 61st home run on Oct. 1, 1961. Durante and his fiancée, Rosemarie, were sitting in the right-field stands along with his cousin John and his girlfriend when Maris cracked a 2-0 pitch from Tracy Stallard into Section 33 of … [Read more...]
Packed with History and Intrigue, 1924 Babe Ruth Home Run Bat Now at Auction
No matter how many stories have been spun about Babe Ruth, there always seems to be another one waiting to be told. Here’s one with an intriguing history. The bat used by Ruth when he hit his first home run of the 1924 season was awarded to a high school senior who won a batting title in the Los Angeles area. The bat was an heirloom that was bought by a relative when the … [Read more...]
Upper Deck Hosting Singles Day Promotion On Nov. 11
Singles Day is coming for hockey fans. Rest easy...it has nothing to do with your marital status but rather the shopping day associated with the annual lineup of single digits on the calendar (11/11). According to Forbes, Singles Day has grown to be the largest shopping day on earth (yes, worldwide it's bigger than Black Friday). On Nov. 11, Upper Deck will unveil its … [Read more...]
2018-19 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey Preview
The NHL season will be in its second half when Upper Deck releases the second half of its flagship brand of hockey cards. While no release date has been announced, sometime in February seems like a good bet. The 2018-19 Upper Deck Series 2 set will feature a 200-card base set, along with 50 Young Guns rookie cards. As usual, expect those land once in every four … [Read more...]
Blue Chip Players Featured in 1952 Indians Num Num Set
It’s a perfect name for a snack — Num Num. And in 1952, a Cleveland-based potato chip gave collectors a tasty regional set. “To eat them is to like them,” a newspaper ad touting Num Nums trumpeted in late 1942. In January 1943, ads proclaimed they were “Good to the last chip.” The Indians were pretty good, too. They won the World Series in 1948, and from 1951 to 1956 … [Read more...]
2017-18 Upper Deck The Cup Preview
Upper Deck is saving the good stuff for last. It’s a high-end product and technically the last one of the 2017-18 calendar year, being released October 24, but collectors generally consider The Cup to be worth the wait. A tin contains one pack with six cards. Upper Deck is promising that there will be two autographed patch cards in the upcoming edition — and that one of … [Read more...]
1955-56 Parkhurst Wrestling Set Loaded With Stars
Professional wrestling’s marriage with collectors is not new. Certainly, Vince McMahon Jr. took pro wrestling out of the grainy black-and-white television era that made his father, Vince McMahon Sr., a rich promoter. The younger McMahon saw marketing possibilities his father never envisioned and circumvented the good-old-boys network of territorial fiefdoms to carve out his own … [Read more...]
1963 Sports Hall Of Fame Busts Had Short Shelf Life
If you couldn't get to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the mid-1960s, a New York company figured out a way to bring the Hall to you. Today, the 1963 Sports Hall of Fame Busts still have a following among baseball memorabilia collectors. Sculptured statuettes of 20 members of the Hall were produced by Sports Hall of Fame, Inc., of New York. The statuettes stood 6 … [Read more...]
Longtime Wisconsin Card Shop Owner Devastated By Major Flooding
On a stormy night in Wisconsin, a sports card shop that had served residents for 36 years was literally washed away. The Baseball Card Shoppe by the Westgate Mall in Madison was severely damaged Aug. 20 when water that built up after torrential rains crashed into the 1,200 square-foot shop around 9 p.m. Cards, autographs, photographs and memorabilia worth more than $300,000 … [Read more...]
