The FBI is now involved in the search for a group of men who are believed to have conspired to steal over 160 high value vintage baseball cards from a dealer at the Dallas Card Show last Sunday.
The Bureau and Allen, TX police have been reviewing surveillance video as they search for a group of men who are believed to have conspired to steal a carrying case from Legacy Cardz as the show was closing.
Company owner Ashish Jain has offered a $70,000 reward in connection with the theft that included six 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards in various grades, two Mantle rookie cards, two Jackie Robinson rookie cards and others valued in the low seven figures.
So far, no arrests have been made.
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Vintage card specialist and longtime hobby fixture Joe Tomasulo is joining Goldin. Tomasulo has spent the past nine years at Memory Lane Auctions where he worked with consignors to offer some the rarest and most significant vintage cards and memorabilia ever to go to auction.
A lifelong collector, Tomasulo began his career in cards after a successful 25-year stint at MetLife as a financial controller. Prior to joining Memory Lane, Tomasulo was a writer and consignment director for Goodwin & Co.
“Joe is universally known in The Hobby as one of the ‘go-tos’ on vintage. As an avid vintage collector, I could not be more excited for him to join our team and help us grow this area of the business,” remarked Ken Goldin, Founder and CEO of Goldin. “Vintage has consistently remained a strong point in the industry and we expect that to continue to be the case. We’re planning to empower Joe to utilize his vast vintage memorabilia knowledge to find the items that convey some of our history’s and sport’s most iconic, memorable moments.”
“The thriving vintage collectibles market owes its success not just to the scarcity of these remarkable items, but also because of the historical significance that each item has endured for years,” Tomasulo added.
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The helmet used by Connor McDavid to score his first point of the season and in 20 other games was set to sell Thursday night through MeiGray. Gloves and sticks from McDavid milestone and playoff games were also on the block.
The auction can be found here.
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Topps has produced some comic book style trading cards for MLB Network’s on-air folks that’ll be given out in Dallas starting Saturday. The cards will be distributed at the All-Star Village from Saturday through Tuesday.
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Upper Deck has released the checklist for the promo packs that will be available at the 2024 National Sports Collectors Convention.
Upper Deck 2024 NSCC Checklist
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Another high school quarterback recruit has signed an autograph and endorsement deal with Leaf.
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