Retirement planning takes many forms but one collector's decision to salt away some unopened boxes and packs of Fleer's first post-War sports and non sports trading cards is going to make things a lot easier. The first segment of a collection of jaw-dropping vintage unopened material is on the market now through Heritage Auctions. In all, the group included every … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Facts: 1960 Fleer Baseball Greats
Welcome to the third installment 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 … [Read more...]
Hank’s Bat, Ted’s Triple Crown, Pee Wee’s Jersey at Slugger Museum
Summer brings an influx of tourists and The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory has added some new attractions to see--and some you can touch. They've got some updates to a permanent exhibit and some historic baseball memorabilia to show off, too. Aaron Bat Among New Additions to Hold a Piece of History Exhibit One of the museum’s most popular permanent … [Read more...]
Partial Box of 1948 Bowman Baseball Discovered; Set for Auction
What appears to be the only surviving partial box of 1948 Bowman baseball packs has been discovered and consigned to Mile High Card Company’s June Auction. The ’48 Bowman packs are the headliner in a one-owner collection that certainly stands among one of the most significant finds of unopened material ever offered. Mile High President and CEO Brian Drent … [Read more...]
1959 Fleer Ted Williams Set Gave Splinter the Spotlight
It had been nearly 40 years since the Frank H. Fleer Corporation last created baseball cards. After its 1923 strip card release, the company made its triumphant return to the baseball card market by snaring an exclusive deal with one of the game's biggest names: a larger than life figure who was big enough to have a set made where every card was about him. Thus was born the … [Read more...]
Photo Used to Make Rare 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Card Up for Bid
Fifty-five years ago, Fleer was looking for a way to maintain a presence in the baseball card market. With no MLB license, however, they had to get creative. Their solution? Find a strong-willed player popular enough to sign an exclusive contract and create a set around his life and times. The key was finding enough interesting moments to fill a set. In Ted Williams, … [Read more...]
Vintage Buy of the Week: Forgotten 50’s Collection Rescued
Apparently abandoned for decades, they had shared space in a Trenton, New Jersey basement with the occasional unwelcome guest. Dust. Dirt. Bugs. Probably a mouse or two. It was a far cry from their more regal beginnings inside a colorful wax wrapper stocked with a big piece of bubble gum, all of it treasured by the young hands of a baseball fan. But these were … [Read more...]
Fleer Tried to Appease Collectors Looking for 1959 Ted Williams Card #68
How popular was Ted Williams in the late 1950s? The former Triple Crown winner was featured in his own card set. The 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set was the Philadelphia company's attempt to make a splash in the baseball card industry. The company lured Williams away from Topps with an 80-card set that told his life story on the front and back. However, youngsters were … [Read more...]