There are still plenty of “old school” baseball card collections residing in homes across North America. Usually pieced together over many year by avid hobbyists who quietly go about collecting complete sets, their genesis wasn’t in the value of it all but rather the thrill of the hunt and the satisfaction of completing a goal, whether it took weeks, months, years or … [Read more...] about Slow and Steady Wins Race to Build a Great Vintage Collection
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Poll: What Type of Baseball Card Collector are You?
What Kind of Baseball Card Collector Are You?Pre-War (pre-1945)Classic Vintage (1946-1980)Modern Era (1981-2000)Mostly Current (2001-2017)I Collect it AllBaseball? What's That?made here … [Read more...] about Poll: What Type of Baseball Card Collector are You?
CGTN Network Story Focuses on The Hobby
The start of a new baseball season usually means a few local mainstream media stories on baseball cards. Not often is there an international audience looking on, though. CGTN (China Global Television Network) is a 24-hour English news channel that's part of China Central Television based in Beijing. It has a free-to-air satellite signal that's available in over 100 … [Read more...] about CGTN Network Story Focuses on The Hobby
Returning to the Hobby: Collectors Share Their Stories
Like any hobby, collectors come and go. The reasons for giving up on sports collecting are as varied as the reasons people start in the first place. If you're an avid sports fan, though, the collecting gene is hard to ditch completely. A lot of collectors who stopped buying, selling or trading eventually return. It's a trend hobby shops and … [Read more...] about Returning to the Hobby: Collectors Share Their Stories
High Profile Court Cases, Fondness for Cardboard Mean NYC Attorney is Always in the Game
Sports card collectors are an eclectic fraternity, including young and old, princes and paupers, drawn from every walk of life. Whether they collect relics from a century ago, or walk into their local shop and pick up the latest Topps product, there is one common denominator that serves to bind them: a favorite player. For some, it is a player they witnessed in their … [Read more...] about High Profile Court Cases, Fondness for Cardboard Mean NYC Attorney is Always in the Game
Rich’s Ramblings: Putting Things into Perspective
by Rich Klein Since the last column some of you might have heard about the needless dust-up between the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Planned Parenthood. The saddest part of the whole situation is that both groups share a common purpose which is to reduce the deaths from breast cancer each week. Having lost a couple of relatives including my maternal grandmother to that … [Read more...] about Rich’s Ramblings: Putting Things into Perspective
Mickey Mantle and eBay Still Perfect Marriage
Wade through the hundreds of thousands of sports collectibles being offered on eBay every day and you might be left with the impression that the only thing buyers are searching for these days are cards that are something a little less than 'vintage'. Phrases like "auto", "1/1" and "jersey" are searched thousands of times every minute of every hour. While it may be true that … [Read more...] about Mickey Mantle and eBay Still Perfect Marriage
2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Baseball Preview
by Chris Harris A little over two months ago, Panini America reacquired their Major League Baseball Players Association license. Since then, baseball card collectors have been anticipating what they planned on doing with it. Last week, Panini released some information for their first PA-licensed baseball set in six years. But curiously though, 2011 Donruss Elite Extra … [Read more...] about 2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Baseball Preview
Topps Opening Day Baseball: The Richard Nixon of Baseball Card Sets
by Chris Harris In the wake of the 1972 Presidential election, Pauline Kael, the legendary film critic for The New Yorker, infamously quipped to an audience that she couldn’t understand how it was that Richard Nixon won re-election in a 49-state landslide. After all, pretty much everyone she knew voted for his opponent George McGovern. In a way, many baseball card … [Read more...] about Topps Opening Day Baseball: The Richard Nixon of Baseball Card Sets
Crazy for Cricket Cards: Topps Scores Huge in India
It only makes sense to take your business where the people are and there is no shortage of people in India. In an area less than half the size of the United States, 1.2 billion people live, work and follow sports. Not baseball, football, hockey or basketball. The game of games to the folks there is cricket. In March of last year, Topps announced a partnership with the … [Read more...] about Crazy for Cricket Cards: Topps Scores Huge in India