More than six dozen NHL team jerseys including a signed Wayne Gretzky model were stolen from a sports card and memorabilia shop in Ontario early Wednesday morning. South Simcoe Police say the burglary at The Ice Box Cards and Collectibles in the city of Innisfil near Barrie was a smash and grab type entry with the front glass door to the building broken, allowing … [Read more...]
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Ramblings: The Week the World Changed
by Rich Klein I am extremely grateful for everyone who reaches out and sends email after reading these stories. Last week, I received a very nice email from Bill Barron who used to work for NFL Properties and asked me to write about Lud Denny. Bill, eventually we'll touch on Lud and his large impact on the world of football cards. But for now, we'll start by talking some … [Read more...]
Collector Plans Museum For Huge Collection
Dr. Nicholas DePace is proud of the thousands of pieces of sports and entertainment memorabilia he's collected over the years. He owns a lot of valuable pieces, including the T206 Wagner he bought from those nuns who wound up with it last year. He has relics from most of the big names across sports and many from the world of entertainment too. Now, though, the … [Read more...]
Madison Square Garden Seats Being Sold
It's renovation time for another New York sports venue and the old Madison Square Garden seats are being sold off to make way for new ones. The $850 million makeover is aimed at keeping the home of the Knicks and Rangers viable for the future. The teal and fuchsia-colored chairs date to the early 1990s. They're being offered at $869 a pair or $549.99 for a single … [Read more...]
Inside the New MEARS Research and Auction Center
Inside a decades-old building in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a vast collection of baseball history and an even larger database of information and images that will help prove whether your sports memorabilia is the real deal. MEARS (Memorabilia Evaluation and Research Services) is now doing business from inside a new home. With the move to its newly refurbished digs last … [Read more...]
