Last year, we wrote about author Laurie Gwen Shapiro stumbling across a story from 1930 that’s the stuff of every sports collector’s fantasy. In researching another topic through old newspaper archives, she saw coverage of Bloomingdale’s department store placing a time capsule inside the cornerstone of their new building in Manhattan. By itself, that was an … [Read more...]
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Notes: Stefano Joins Goldin; Dying Babe Sends Baseballs; Green Jacket Dispute
Goldin Auctions has named sports marketing and collectibles industry veteran Jim Stefano its new Director of Marketing and Business Development. The move allows Stefano to return to his New Jersey roots after spending four years as Senior Director of Product Development at Panini America in Texas. Previous to that he spent five years at Access Sports Media in New York … [Read more...]
Your Best Card Show Moments
I recently asked our Facebook followers to fill in the blank. "My best day at a card show was when ____." There have been dozens of responses. Here are a few. To read the entire thread or add your own memory, click here. … [Read more...]
Notes: Goldin’s Big Tease; Early Signed Mantles; Stolen Mail
Goldin Auctions says it will be offering “the most valuable and historically significant sports-related collectible ever to be sold” in its October Legends auction. Now that’s a tease. They’ll reveal it at a news conference soon. Sometimes such proclamations don’t live up to the hype but the company says “rest assured there will be zero doubt in anyone’s mind” it’s a … [Read more...]
The National is a Show Within a Show
Once upon a time, it was a bunch of dealers and collectors in a big hotel ballroom with maybe a seminar or two tossed in. These days, it's a multi-faceted affair, catering to a hobby that's become different things to different people. Observe what happens inside the giant convention center where the National Sports Collectors Convention takes place and it's clear the hobby … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: Dawn of the National
Baseball card shows began to spring up fairly regularly in the 1970s. They still weren't a common sight and more often than not, you had to drive a little ways to find one. Many were held in VFW halls or small hotel conference rooms with local collectors buying and selling but mostly trading. Larger cities, though, began to hold "National" shows--larger events … [Read more...]
New Stash of High-Grade W600 Sporting Life Cabinets Graded
They weren’t hiding in someone’s attic but their emergence proves there are still plenty of great cards that have yet to be graded. PSA recently received a submission of numerous W600 Sporting Life cabinet cards from the famous series produced in the first decade of the 1900s. Included in the valuable group were several Hall of Famers. Scarce in any condition, they newly … [Read more...]
Notes: Tyson Cancels;Green Diamond Collection; Judge Flipper Scoring Big
If you were planning on going to the National Sports Collectors Convention to see Mike Tyson, you're out of luck. TriStar Productions, which runs the autograph pavilion, said Wednesday that Tyson has a health issue that leaves him currently unable to travel. There was no word on exactly what ailment will keep him away from the show in Chicago, which opens in a … [Read more...]
Notes: Prescott Speaks on Card Controversy
Talking with reporters before the annual ESPY awards Wednesday night, Cowboys' quarterback Dak Prescott addressed, for the first time, "signed" Panini Prizm cards that appeared to actually be from an autopen--and those missing cards alluded to in Panini's statement last weekend. His response was not exactly forthcoming but according to Cowboys beat writer Jon … [Read more...]
Notes: Bosox-Yanks Rivalry Exhibit; NPR with Kaplan, FanFest, Olbermann
The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is celebrated in a new exhibition that features a wealth of memorabilia. The Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT is hosting it through November 15. Waterbury has long been a geographic dividing line between the two fan bases. The exhibition is curated by art dealer and sports fan Neil Scherer of GoingGoingGoneSports. com. The show includes nearly … [Read more...]
