It’s a gut punch for a small business owner when someone does something to make their job even harder than it already is.
After getting a call at home about an active alarm at his shop in wee hours of Sunday, Mike Fruitman of Mike’s Stadium Sportscards in Aurora, CO, spent his morning looking at security camera video and contacting police.
Someone had smashed the glass on the front door of his shop. The suspect didn’t gain entry to the store–and it’s uncertain whether he was attempting to do so.
The cleanup wasn’t too bad, so what to do other than try and turn a negative into a positive? If you know Mike–who authors our What’s Hot feature, you know the answer.
Sunday was “Kiss My Glass” sale day at the shop with discounted boxes.
Would baseball have become America’s National Pastime without baseball cards?
Maybe not. Game Faces, the new book on early baseball cards, makes the case that the improving quality of card-related material like T205 and T206, Turkey Red and other high quality issues, brought baseball the walls of American homes and piqued the interest of both adults and youngsters.
John McMurray offers his thoughts on the photography and artistry of those early issues in this piece for Smithsonian.com.
There’s a PSA 7 Mantle rookie on the eBay auction block. The current high bid is just short of $17,000 with two days remaining.
Then, there’s this…..
Just graded. This #Yankees legend looks great on his last regular Topps card, the one that captures his complete career stats on the back. Only the second 1969 Topps Mickey Mantle to achieve PSA Gem Mint 10 in our 27-year history: pic.twitter.com/rOqMZFFyol
— Joe Orlando (@JoeOrlandoPSA) September 28, 2018
No word on the owner or whether the card is heading to auction anytime soon.
By popular demand…the reverse of the 1969 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card, showcasing his career statistics: pic.twitter.com/jimuVYzOdB
— Joe Orlando (@JoeOrlandoPSA) September 28, 2018
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