The first victory putter ever given to Tiger Woods, following his third consecutive U.S. Amateur Championship win in 1996, will be on the auction market next week. The putter was created for Woods by well known club maker Scotty Cameron after Woods’ final amateur victory before he turned pro. It’s specially engraved with “1996 U.S. Amateur Championship” along the bottom and … [Read more...] about Notes: ’96 Tiger Putter to Auction; Logoman LeBron Winners; COVID vs Cardboard; Grading Numbers, More
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Editor’s Blog: When Auctions Were Done with Pen, Paper and the US Mail
It's been around now for more than 20 years so to many under the age of 40, it might seem like sports card and memorabilia auctions began with eBay. The truth is, if you went to a card show of any size back from the 1970s through the early 1990s, there was a decent chance they would hold live auctions at some point during the day or weekend. Some shows still have them. … [Read more...] about Editor’s Blog: When Auctions Were Done with Pen, Paper and the US Mail
Ramblings: Hobby’s Year of Change Recalled
The great storytelling sportscaster Red Barber once wrote a book titled: "1947, When all Hell Broke Loose in Baseball". I've always wondered what year we would say all hell broke loose in baseball card collecting and to me, one the of the candidates would be 1979. Why 35 years ago? In terms of card collecting, 1979 was truly a year in which we started growing up as a … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Hobby’s Year of Change Recalled
Rich Klein’s Ramblings: What I’ll Be Doing at the NSCC
by Rich Klein This is the last of our run-ups to the National Sports Collectors Convention. While we have not been quite as “National memories” focused as I would have thought, it was nice to hear directly from several readers how much they enjoy our little soirees into the past even if we temper that with references from the present. My NSCC streak is now at 31 straight … [Read more...] about Rich Klein’s Ramblings: What I’ll Be Doing at the NSCC