A three-day card show is in the works for the Dallas area next month. The show takes place August 16-18 at The Delta Hotel Watters Creek Convention Center in Allen, TX. Promoter Kyle Robertson is promising over 300 tables occupied by dealers of current and vintage cards, memorabilia, autographs and other items. Autograph guests include former Cowboys greats Duane … [Read more...] about Notes: 3-Day Dallas Show; Beckett Almanac Out; Air Crash Victim’s Collection Sold; Alright, Alright, Alright Jerseys
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Beckett Releases 2018 Football, Hockey Price Guide Books
Beckett Media is releasing a pair of price guide/checklist books. Published last month, the 35th edition of the company’s Football Card Price Guide has debuted as the number one release in the Antique and Collectible Sports Card category. The book includes checklists for every major set issued from 1894 to the present along with values for individual cards and complete … [Read more...] about Beckett Releases 2018 Football, Hockey Price Guide Books
2018 Beckett Almanac Released
If you prefer your baseball collectible knowledge in book form, the 2018 Beckett Baseball Almanac is now available. The annual publication checks in at over 1,300 pages including checklists, photos and prices for baseball cards and other collectibles from 1867-present. This is the 23rd edition of the softcover publication. Albert Pujols, who reached 3,000 hits … [Read more...] about 2018 Beckett Almanac Released
A Summer Baseball and Collectors Reading List
If you consider grabbing a book (or the device that holds the electronic version) and kicking back in a comfortable spot part of what makes for a great summer, we’ve got a summer reading list for sports fans and collectors. It’s the time of year when some terrific baseball books are usually issued and there are also some new or re-issued editions, too. New … [Read more...] about A Summer Baseball and Collectors Reading List
Ramblings: Creating Comprehensive Card Catalog Isn’t Easy
My memory—and the Beckett database had already confirmed what I wrote in yesterday’s column. Former Super Bowl III standout Randy Beverly never had a football card, I decided to do a quick online search just to make absolute In writing about Randy Beverly yesterday, I decided to do a quick Internet search for any cards of him although the Beckett Database as well as my … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Creating Comprehensive Card Catalog Isn’t Easy
Ramblings: Don’t Kill Cataloguing
Recently on Net 54 there was a thread discussing the new release of the vintage-only Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards. This huge tome used to include just about any known baseball card set from every year but is now strictly 1981. As a former editor of the Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards & Collectibles, it’s a subject near and dear to my heart. To me, cataloguing … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Don’t Kill Cataloguing