Enter a drawing at a card show and you might win a free box of cards. The promoters of this past weekend’s All-American Collectors Show in Collinsville, IL have upped the ante. The inaugural three-day event at the Gateway Convention Center near St. Louis featured thousands of dollars in giveaways including low grade Mickey Mantle rookie cards, Goudey Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig … [Read more...]
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Old Judge Cigarettes Cabinet Card Find
2012 might just go down as the 'Year of the Big Find' in sports collectibles. Another discovery of forgotten baseball cards is about to enter the hobby when Saco River Auction offers a newly discovered group of 1888-89 N-173 Old Judge cabinet cards including an ultra scarce King Kelly street clothes variation. An antique picker found the cards with a group of other items … [Read more...]
The 5 Worst Baseball Card Sets of the 1990s
by Chris Harris And now, the list you’ve been waiting for. In the fifth and final part of my 1990s flashback I take a look at the five worst baseball card sets of the decade. Now, it would be easy for me to simply load-up this countdown with junk wax era (which I define as the years 1987-1993), but I don’t think you need me to tell you just how bad 1990 Fleer, 1991 … [Read more...]
Cards From E98 Find to be Displayed at Long Beach Expo
More cards from the ‘Black Swamp Find’ that recently generated national headlines will be publicly exhibited for the first time on the West Coast at the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo September 6-8. Two Honus Wagner cards, a PSA 9 Ty Cobb, a PSA 10 Chief Meyers and others will go on display during the show at the Long Beach Convention Center. The first … [Read more...]
Panini Plans High End Baseball Product Release
If it seems like Panini America just released a product called Prime Cuts Baseball, you’re not imagining things. Just four months after its 2011 product was released, the company announced plans for a 2012 Panini Prime Cuts issue—this one markedly different from the first. Unlike the prospect-laden set released last spring, Prime Cuts 2012 will be a high end product … [Read more...]
2nd Annual Mickey Mantle Tribute Show
More than 43 years after his last game and 17 after his death, Mickey Mantle is still a big draw. You'll find many Mantle collectors from coast-to-coast, but in the shadows of Yankee Stadium, he's still the undisputed king of the hobby. Last year, a couple of promoters in Holmdel, New Jersey decided to create a Mantle-themed card show. It was popular enough to do it … [Read more...]
2012 Bowman Sterling Baseball: More Rookie Autographs for Your $
by Chris Harris 2012 Bowman Sterling Baseball is tentatively scheduled for release in mid-December and will be (delays of this and other products notwithstanding) the last baseball card release of the year. The product itself, which will focus exclusively on the year’s rookie card class and other prospects, should be familiar to those who normally collect this brand. But, … [Read more...]
Five Underrated Baseball Card Products of the 1990s
by Chris Harris I recently came across Beckett Sports Card Monthly's “The 90s” issue. While it is refreshing to read about baseball cards that are actually fun to collect, Beckett did gloss over a few 90s sets that, I believe, collectors should take a second look at. Some are of sets you probably have hidden in a closet somewhere and haven’t looked at in years. At least … [Read more...]
1970 Topps Rack and Tray Packs: An Overview
The following is an excerpt from The Collector's Guide to 1970 Baseball Cards, produced by Sports Collectors Daily and the Unopened Pack Guy The price of a wax pack from a nickel to a dime in 1970. While that doesn't mean much now, back then if you had a small paper route and earned $1.20/week in tips (which wasn’t too bad), you could feel rich and purchase one full wax box … [Read more...]
W517 Baseball Set Offers Value
They may not be as colorful as the gum cards that would be issued in the next couple of years, but the 1931 W517 baseball card issue is one of the few relatively major issues that might still be a bargain for collectors looking to start a new project or build a small stash into a set. The W517 is believed to have been produced by the Exhibit Supply Company, maker of the many … [Read more...]
