Notes: Topps Release Dates; Gregorius Autograph Deal; West Coast Football Find

Several upcoming Topps trading card products are being pushed back by a week or longer. It’s not unusual to see changes in release or “street” dates but the new list, covering October and November, was unusually large.

Here’s a look at the new release dates:

Product Desc     2017 Topps Diamond Icons Baseball
Street Date:       Wednesday, October 18^th

Product Desc     2017 Bowman High Tek Baseball
Street Date:       Wednesday, October 25^th

Product Desc     2017 Topps Five Star Baseball
Street Date:       Wednesday, November 1^st

Product Desc     2017 Topps Luminaries Baseball
Street Date:       Wednesday, November 1^st

Product Desc     2017 Topps Archives Signature Series Post-Season
Street Date:       Wednesday, November 8^th

Product Desc     2017 Topps High Tek Baseball
Street Date:       Wednesday, November 15^th

Product Desc     2017 Topps Legends of WWE
Street Date:       Wednesday, November 22nd

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Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorious has signed an autograph and collectibles contract with Steiner Sports.

The move comes a day after Steiner landed an exclusive deal with NBA superstar Steph Curry and the day after Gregorious broke Derek Jeter’s Yankee record for a shortstop with his 25th home run of the season.

Autographed game model bats, inscribed baseballs, game-used collectibles, and special edition pieces are among the Gregorious memorabilia being sold through Steiner’s website.

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You might spend months going to local auctions and never finding any sports memorabilia worth bidding on but it’s the one time when something great happens that makes it all worthwhile.

Long-time vintage sports memorabilia collector Carlton Hendricks ran into quite an historic find at a California auction recently.  West coast college football memorabilia that included an 1894 Stanford football team photo featuring a young manager who went on to do big things in life.

He details the find and shows us the photos in this thread.

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