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...]
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...]
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...]