Sports memorabilia continues to roll out of America’s basements. Sometimes literally. In Plantsville, CT, someone stashed a prized baseball so well that it wasn’t found until the buyers of the old house began tearing it apart. Pete Cammuso, his son Anthony and Pete’s nephew, Jake were tearing down sheetrock inside the home, which Pete had just purchased from a local … [Read more...] about Basement Ball: Long Lost Signed Sphere Carries Mantle, More
1952
Editor’s Blog: 1951 Wheaties Premium Mantle May Date Later
Every once in awhile you see something you never knew existed. I have to admit I didn’t know there was “another” Mickey Mantle rookie card. Now, you have to expand your idea of what a ‘card’ is just a bit and you have to accept the research that indicates it was issued during the generally accepted time frame but the issue that’s been described as a Wheaties Premium Mickey … [Read more...] about Editor’s Blog: 1951 Wheaties Premium Mantle May Date Later
Sy Berger on Baseball Reliquary Ballot
Retired Topps executive Sy Berger is among those on the Baseball Reliquary’s list of 50 eligible candidates for the 2013 election of the Shrine of the Eternals, the membership organization’s equivalent to the Baseball Hall of Fame. This year marks the 15th annual election of the Shrine, a major national component of the Baseball Reliquary, a Southern California-based … [Read more...] about Sy Berger on Baseball Reliquary Ballot