Stan Musial played in his final major-league game on September 29, 1963, ending a 22-year career that saw him retire as the National League’s career hits leader. Consistent to the end, Musial gave the hometown St. Louis fans a 2-for-3 afternoon. Both hits came off Cincinnati Reds starter Jim Maloney, who was going for his 24th win of the season. The first … [Read more...] about Remembering ‘The Man’: Six Great Cards Of Stan Musial
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It’s A Wrap: Collecting Football Wrappers Can Be A Challenge
Be honest. If you were a kid growing up in the 1960s or ’70s, saving those wax wrappers for football cards were an afterthought. Packs of cards were usually stacked on shelves at small candy stores and five-and-dime counters. The wrappers were colorful, but unappreciated. Occasionally, an astute youth would notice an advertisement for a sports product on the side panel and … [Read more...] about It’s A Wrap: Collecting Football Wrappers Can Be A Challenge
Tommy Brown’s Historic Home Run Still Stands
It’s a story my dad has told me many times. He was a Dodgers fan growing up in Brooklyn during the 1940s, and he used to say when a member of the home team homered at Ebbets Field, radio broadcaster Red Barber would call it “another Oldie Goldie.” That was in deference to Old Gold cigarettes, one of the Dodgers’ sponsors. After the player circled the bases, Barber would roll … [Read more...] about Tommy Brown’s Historic Home Run Still Stands
What’s Hot: Bowman MLB Throwing High Heat
If you read the title of today’s (semi) weekly effort, you probably would think I was going to give another rah-rah job for the newest Bowman MLB release. While you would be partially right, we are going through 2015 Bowman regular and jumbo boxes and cases of MLB like crazy; 2015 is quickly turning into the season of the prospect card. In most years, baseball sales are … [Read more...] about What’s Hot: Bowman MLB Throwing High Heat
100 Hottest Kris Bryant Cards on eBay
About the only thing hotter than Kris Bryant cards in March of 2015 was his performance at the plate as he tried to force the Chicago Cubs to keep him on their Major League roster. Alas, the Cubs spoiled Bryant's coming-out party by demoting him to minor league camp just over a week before Opening Day. Bryant headed to Triple-A despite his … [Read more...] about 100 Hottest Kris Bryant Cards on eBay
15 Most Valuable Baseball Cards of the 50s
It is not unusual to hear the 1950s spoken of as the “golden age” for baseball card collecting. Three successful teams in New York, a bubble-gum war between two companies vying for the allowance money of kids, players who would define baseball immortality, and other factors all combine to provide this era with the well-earned title. Of course, to speak of something as … [Read more...] about 15 Most Valuable Baseball Cards of the 50s
Vintage Set of the Week: 1953 Bowman Color
In 1952 Bowman issued a baseball card set featuring colorful artwork of some of the game's greatest stars. It was their fifth consecutive year of production, an accomplishment no other baseball card manufacturer had been unable to achieve. Unfortunately that same year Topps released a set that was much larger than Bowman, in terms of both the actual size of the cards and the … [Read more...] about Vintage Set of the Week: 1953 Bowman Color
2014 Bowman Sterling Football Preview
Once again a Hobby Exclusive product, the 2014 Bowman Sterling releases in December. While it's a bit hard to judge the potential merits without any kind of logos yet attached to the 2014 NFL Draft Class, we do know it will come with 6 packs per box, and every pack of 5 cards promises to deliver the following: 3 Base Cards 1 Autograph Rookie or Veteran Card 1 Jumbo … [Read more...] about 2014 Bowman Sterling Football Preview
Jose Abreu Autographs Will Be Part of 2014 Bowman Baseball
From 1951-55, Topps and Bowman engaged in a heated rivalry for control of the burgeoning sports card market that saw the development of some of the era's most popular sets. As the sports card collecting market blossomed in the 1980s, Topps re-launched the still familiar Bowman brand in 1989. Over the years that followed, Bowman evolved to become what Topps calls 'prospector's … [Read more...] about Jose Abreu Autographs Will Be Part of 2014 Bowman Baseball
2014 Bowman Football Preview
NFL training camps will open next month and ahead of that comes 2014 Bowman Football, set to be released June 25. The timing works as Bowman tries hard to keep their tagline reputation “Home of the Rookie Card.” That means the pre-camp release will mean the inclusion of cards of many of the young hopefuls on NFL rosters so that fans and collectors can be a bit more in the know … [Read more...] about 2014 Bowman Football Preview