Atlantic City will get another shot to host the National Sports Collectors Convention. After getting word a month ago that the I-X Center in Cleveland would be closing for good, the NSCC's board of directors scrambled back to the same venue that was supposed to host this year's show. The 2022 event will take place at the Atlantic City Convention Center, with … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: Rising Card Costs Creating an Unhealthy Gap?
It’s the sports card hobby on steroids. Money is everywhere. Nearly every product the card companies crank out is selling. The biggest complaint from hobby shop owners isn’t that nothing is selling. It’s that everything is selling so fast they can’t get more of it. Good breakers who can secure cases of hot products are making a small fortune. I hear some … [Read more...]
Notes: More on Miller T206 Collection; CU Stock Soars; PSA 10 Bird-Magic, More
Bidding is humming along in the auction for a high-grade T206 set owned by collector E. Powell Miller. The Detroit area attorney’s collection is getting an auction all to itself and rightfully so. It turns out he had a Honus Wagner and the Doyle variation but sold both of them to collector Ryan Hotchkiss not long ago. He won’t be completely T206-less when the auction is … [Read more...]
Part 4 of “Uncle Jimmy Collection” Includes More Ruth, Gehrig Signed Cards
Wheatland Auctions is offering another selection of material from the remarkable collection of "Uncle Jimmy" Micioni in its current online catalog. The late New Jersey collector's stash included hundreds of autographed baseball cards dating back to the 1930s including multiple high quality examples of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Goudey issues. Some sold this … [Read more...]
Lakers Championship Memorabilia, Cards Are Hot Sellers
Fans and collectors were busy chasing Lakers championship memorabilia in the wake of the team’s 2020 NBA title. Fanatics says in the first 12 hours after they clinched the 2020 NBA title Sunday night, the Lakers have become the best-selling NBA champion of all-time, selling more gear overnight than the previous record holder—the 2016 Cavs—sold in 30 days after their … [Read more...]
Panini Releasing Lakers Championship Trading Card Set
The NBA’s longest season will include a trading card set honoring the team that persevered through all 12 months to take home the title. Panini America will produce a 30-card Lakers championship boxed set that’s already being offered on pre-order. Much like similar sets issued in the past, the set comes in a blaster style box. There are no autograph cards … [Read more...]
George Mikan Rookie Card Sells for $320,009 in Memory Lane Auction
It has been 64 years since George Mikan’s last pro basketball game but NBA’s first dominant big man is still making news. One of the five best examples of the late Hall of Famer’s 1948 Bowman rookie card sold for $320,009 early Sunday morning as Memory Lane closed out its 20th Anniversary Auction. The price established a record for the grade. A PSA 10 … [Read more...]
100 Hottest LeBron James Rookie Cards on eBay Now
He arrived in the midst of an explosion of autographed jersey cards and multiple manufacturers, but when you consider the hottest LeBron James rookie cards --it's sometimes more fun to dig beyond that 2003-04 debut season. When it comes to LeBron, it's not always his rookie cards that are the most popular with collectors. Some prefer the dual-signed … [Read more...]
One of Hobby’s Best T206 Sets Heads From Museum to Market
The Detroit Institute of Arts boasts of possessing “the largest and most significant art collections in the United States,” with more than 65,000 works dating “from the earliest civilizations to the present.” For six months in 2018, that included Rochester, Mich., attorney E. Powell Miller’s collection of baseball cards – specifically, his complete gathering of T206 … [Read more...]
Dodger Fan’s Collection Takes Over His House
Collecting Dodgers stuff has been a lifelong passion for one man. Allen actually grew up right across the street from Ebbets Field, then wound up in Southern California. It started with baseball cards and programs and grew into something that has essentially taken over his home: 250,000 pieces in all. Bob DeCastro of Fox LA did a live segment for the station’s … [Read more...]