I don't own a single 1933 Goudey Sport Kings card but I did just pick up a wrapper from this multi-sport issue just because I'm starting to like old packaging a little more these days. Interestingly, the wrapper was cheaper than most of the cards from this set which makes absolutely no sense to me since they aren't all that common, but I'm not … [Read more...]
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Selling Packs with T206 Cards in 1909 Was Sometimes Hazardous
Eventually they would be sold with more kid-oriented products like caramels and bubble gum but 110 years ago, if you wanted a picture of a professional baseball player (and who wouldn't before color magazines, TV or even radio?), you had to have access to tobacco, or at least someone who used it. When the American Tobacco Company's massive promotion began in 1909, word … [Read more...]
Luck’s Retirement Another Reminder of Prospecting Uncertainty
He wasn't a bust. Let's stop that foolish nonsense right now. Andrew Luck was an incredible talent. He didn't make Colts fans forget Peyton Manning but he was a worthy successor. When he was healthy he was among the NFL's best. His retirement at age 29 due to the constant injury-rehab cycle he couldn't seem to shake, leaves a void. For … [Read more...]
The Story Behind Keith Comstock’s Nutty 1989 Minor League Card
You can generally categorize the funniest looking baseball cards into categories. You have your "guys with strange props" like Glenn Hubbard's snake, (which recently got its own bobblehead), Mickey Hatcher's giant glove, Bip Roberts' sombrero, Doug Drabek's furry hat and Jay Johnstone's umbrella hat (Fleer always seemed willing to push the envelope). Rex Hudler … [Read more...]
Altered Cards Update: Pre-War HOFers Impacted
Some more notes on recent developments and a few observations surrounding the revelation of altered cards.... *A group of pre-War cards with evidence of "cleaning" and perhaps other alterations has emerged through the research of collectors who've been looking into the issue for the last several months. Among them: a 1921 Exhibit Babe Ruth (the first Exhibit card … [Read more...]
Lou Gehrig Jersey Sells for Record $2.58 Million
A 1937 Lou Gehrig road flannel has become the highest priced game worn jersey worn by someone other than Babe Ruth. Heritage Auctions sold the gray button-down jersey for $2.58 million in the first part of its Summer Platinum Night Auction Saturday night. First sold privately last year, the jersey originally belonged to a family that had received it as a gift … [Read more...]
Jordan Card from $3.99 Pack Nets Over $200,000
It is the kind of pull every collector dreams about — an ultra-rare card of the greatest athlete of his era. Pull that card from a retail pack at a big box store, and well, that’s even sweeter. That’s what a young collector did 17 years ago. Or more specifically, that’s what his father did. Brett — who requested to keep his last name anonymous — and his father … [Read more...]
Unused Tickets from Super Bowl I Surface After 52 Years; Now at Auction
They could just as easily have been discarded. Tickets to a football game that had already been played? Why keep them? Thankfully, Homer Hall apparently recognized the significance of the first “AFL-NFL World Championship Game” and kept the twin ducats even though he couldn’t make it to Los Angeles. Working for Oregon congressman Al Ullman and living in … [Read more...]
Upcoming Exhibit Tells Polo Grounds Story Through Memorabilia
The Polo Grounds will come alive again through an upcoming exhibition located in the shadows of where the extinct sports venue once stood in New York City. “Home Plate: A Celebration of the Polo Grounds” will open at the Morris-Jumel Mansion on August 22 and run through January 5, featuring memorabilia from moments associated with the historic stadium. The … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Facts: 1960 Topps Baseball
After three standard size, vertical designs, Topps shook things up again in 1960. Their baseball card set went horizontal for the first time since 1956, with a split screen type look that featured a head shot for most of the main photos and a posed action image on the side. There were plenty of ways to buy cards as the decade began, too. There have been finds of … [Read more...]
