For the fifth year, baseball card collectors will have a say about what cards stand above all others. Voting for the Baseball Card Hall of Fame began May 9 and will run through 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 3. Results will be announced on June 6. There are 40 cards on this year’s online ballot—with 16 newcomers — and collectors can vote for up to 10 of them. Ray Fonio, known as … [Read more...] about Fifth Year Of ‘Baseball Card Hall of Fame’ Voting In Progress
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1954 Bowman Baseball Had Mantle, Controversy
You can find it right in-between “bold reaction” and “last ditch effort.” The “it” is the 1954 Bowman Baseball card set. Much has been written about the battles between the upstart company Topps and the established baseball card manufacturers at Bowman in the early 1950s. The records clearly show that the Bowman Gum Co. had a significant loss of market share in 1952 and … [Read more...] about 1954 Bowman Baseball Had Mantle, Controversy
High-Grade 1957 Topps, Other Vintage Cards in New Collector Connection Catalog
Sometimes it’s just easier to punt. One collector’s frustration with a grading company shutdown stifled his enthusiasm for completing a high-grade 1957 Topps set and he’s now consigned the star-studded start to The Collector Connection, which is offering the cards individually in its latest Post-War Sports Card Auction. Among the highlights: PSA 7 examples … [Read more...] about High-Grade 1957 Topps, Other Vintage Cards in New Collector Connection Catalog
Vintage Pack Facts: 1954 Bowman Baseball
Welcome to the first edition of Vintage Pack Facts. While there aren't many collectors who wouldn't love to rip open a 30, 40, 50 or 60+-year-old pack, there isn't really a readily available knowledge base for all of them. This series hopes to shed some light on one individual release each week in terms of the variety of packaging methods used, prices at the time, a … [Read more...] about Vintage Pack Facts: 1954 Bowman Baseball
Ruth Signed Golf Scorecard, Vintage Cards Highlight Sterling Auction
He probably didn’t find it quite as exhilarating as hitting one out of a big league ballpark, but golf soothed some of Babe Ruth competitive spirit once his playing days were over. One of the featured items in the new Sterling Sports Auction is evidence of the Babe’s fondness for the game: a scorecard from Queens Valley Golf Club on Long Island, autographed in pencil on … [Read more...] about Ruth Signed Golf Scorecard, Vintage Cards Highlight Sterling Auction
Ted Williams and Desperation May Have Stacked Deck in Topps’ Favor 60 Years Ago
The 1954 and 1955 Topps sets are fascinating studies in how the winners can sometimes rewrite history. Today, we all believe the rookies who didn’t have a Bowman card were strokes of genius by Topps but the argument can be made that those cards were actually desperation moves that 60 years later worked out just fine for the then Brooklyn-based company. In fact, the 1954 Topps … [Read more...] about Ted Williams and Desperation May Have Stacked Deck in Topps’ Favor 60 Years Ago