Making mistakes are a part of life. There is not one of us who has not bought a card and later realized it was not in the condition we first thought or maybe we made a wrong investment choice when it came to prospects. Just remember in the late 1980’s when we went out and purchased bulk lots of players such as the Milwaukee Brewers trio of Chris Bosio. Glenn Braggs and Joey … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: The Quirky Madness of the 1959 Topps Lew Burdette
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eBay Card of the Day: Better Late Than Never: Niekro’s 1964 Topps Rookie
Seeing this is Topps’ 75th anniversary year, we started looking for people and events which occurred 75 years ago. Everyone remembers different aspects about players from the past but my first two thoughts of players born in 1939 were Hall of Famers Phil Niekro and Carl Yastrzemski. Niekro is interesting as a player as he really did not develop into a full-time major league … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: Better Late Than Never: Niekro’s 1964 Topps Rookie
eBay Card of the Day: Bo Knows Supplemental Sets
It's hard to believe a quarter century has passed since we had the "Year of Bo". 1989 truly turned out to be the year all of America discovered the multi-sport brilliance of Bo Jackson, in no small part due to the "Bo Knows" advertising campaign. It really began during the 1989 Baseball All-Star game in which Bo began by hitting a long homer off Rick Reuschel on his way to … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: Bo Knows Supplemental Sets
eBay Card of the Day: A Favorite Error Card
I've always been fascinated by errors and variations (back before they did it on purpose) and the 1964 Topps set, although never a big favorite of mine, was raft with interesting quirks. From the two cards which mentioned player’s passing: (Ken Hubbs and Jim Umbricht) to the Archie Skeen rookie card which announced his retirement, the 1964 Topps set was always sort of a 'living … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: A Favorite Error Card
eBay Card of the Day: 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. BGS 10
Seeing the recent articles about Ken Griffey's Jr. 1989 Upper Deck rookie card as well as seeing the 2014 Topps tribute to the 1989 set reminded me that a quarter century has passed since the 1989 Upper Deck Griffey #1 rookie card was the most in-demand card the hobby had probably ever seen. Despite what is now known to be sufficient quantities, there always seemed to be … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. BGS 10
eBay Card of the Day: The Pistol’s ‘Biggest’ Season
We received some great reaction to our recent Card of the Day piece on Julius Erving and his 63 point game on Valentine's Night in 1975. I'm biased but as a young man, there was simply nothing like watching Dr. J in the ABA. That does not mean we can not and will not appreciate the greatness of others, but I will stick to my belief about Erving's revolutionary … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: The Pistol’s ‘Biggest’ Season
eBay Card of the Day: 2007-08 Exquisite Durant Auto Patch Rookie
There comes a time, especially in the NBA, when the changing of the guard to the new best player in the league occurs. We are currently in the midst of such a time as the great Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder makes his case for MVP. He is considered to be virtually unstoppable on the court and at the age of 25 he still has room to improve various parts of his … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: 2007-08 Exquisite Durant Auto Patch Rookie
eBay Card of the Day: Remembering the Refrigerator
In pop music there is a term called one-hit wonders. That means these artists had one and only one hit and then disappeared back into the obscurity they usually came from. Sometimes these songs fade out of our consciousness rapidly to be remembered only by extreme pop music fans like myself (how about Robin McNamara with Lay a Little Loving on Me) or sometimes the songs are … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: Remembering the Refrigerator
eBay Card of the Day: Jackson Bat Card Caused Some Controversy
We all have different definitions of tragedy in sports but among the saddest of anything that happened to a particular player is the story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox and their best hitter Shoeless Joe Jackson. The 1919 Chicago White Sox are known in history as the team which "threw" the World Series and the players involved in that event are now more commonly known as the … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: Jackson Bat Card Caused Some Controversy
eBay Card of the Day: Done With Hoops, T-Mac Tries the Mound
When the great basketball star Tracy McGrady recently concluded his NBA career by sitting deep on the Spurs bench and hoping to earn his first NBA ring, little did we suspect that less than one year later T-Mac would be attempting to begin a baseball career in an independent league by pitching for Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League. If you have heard of … [Read more...] about eBay Card of the Day: Done With Hoops, T-Mac Tries the Mound