The long-awaited Grey Cup is over for another year, and football fans got the chance to see an instant classic. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers scored a 33-25 win over the host Hamilton Tiger-Cats in overtime in one of the greatest CFL games ever played. In the hobby, collectors always speculate that championships will equate to rising card values. Sometimes, that is true. For the … [Read more...] about CFL Fans and Collectors Had Great Stuff to Chase 50 Years Ago
1971
1971 Clemente Bat Coming to Auction; Was Gift in Return for World Series Good Luck Charm
The story behind the provenance is definitely a little different but a World Series-used Roberto Clemente bat is coming to auction this summer. Heritage Auctions will offer the 36-inch, 36.6 ounce Louisville Slugger attributed to use in the 1971 World Series in its Summer Platinum Auction. Included is a letter from a Pittsburgh Pirates executive and even a newspaper … [Read more...] about 1971 Clemente Bat Coming to Auction; Was Gift in Return for World Series Good Luck Charm
Photo of the Day: Box of Greatness
He was 37 years old, a time when most players were either retired or on the downside of their careers. Not Roberto Clemente. He led the Pittsburgh Pirates to the World Series in 1971, and then led them to a title by hitting safely in all seven games, including a home run off Baltimore’s Mike Cuellar in the deciding game. The RMY Auctions Photo of the Day is from that … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: Box of Greatness
1971 Bazooka Baseball Set Marked End of Era
Bazooka Gum's 13-year run of card sets ended in 1971, but not without an air of mystery. The 1971 Bazooka baseball set is actually a two-headed monster. Again created for placement on the back of Bazooka boxes which were filled with penny pieces of bubble gum, the set consists of 36 unnumbered cards, produced on 12 panels of three players each. However, there is also a … [Read more...] about 1971 Bazooka Baseball Set Marked End of Era
Vintage Pack Break of the Week: 1971 OPC Baseball
Last week, our Vintage Pack Break of the Week traveled north of the border for a 1970 O-Pee-Chee Baseball pack. This week, we're going back to the Canadian side for one of the tougher packs of the 1970. In 1971 OPC pushed its set to the limit, producing a 752-card monster identical to the Topps issue. It was the largest OPC set yet and probably seemed overwhelming to … [Read more...] about Vintage Pack Break of the Week: 1971 OPC Baseball
1964 and 1971 Topps Coins: Not So Heavy Metal
While the rest of the world around us grows old, we collectors remain young (at least in heart) and continue to pursue our youthful endeavors of amassing information and just plain things that immortalize our heroes of baseball. These "things" keep yesteryears always in the present, offering us perpetual youth as we continually relive the exploits of the great and mighty and of … [Read more...] about 1964 and 1971 Topps Coins: Not So Heavy Metal