It's a gut punch for a small business owner when someone does something to make their job even harder than it already is. After getting a call at home about an active alarm at his shop in wee hours of Sunday, Mike Fruitman of Mike's Stadium Sportscards in Aurora, CO, spent his morning looking at security camera video and contacting police. Someone had smashed the glass on … [Read more...]
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Man’s Lifelong Autograph Collection Stolen in Burglary
An Arizona man says his collection of over 10,000 signed baseball cards is missing after someone broke into the garage where he kept them last month. Scott Cooper says he began collecting as a kid back in the 1970s and obtained all of the autographs in person. The collection included numerous Hall of Famers. Early in the morning of August 25, Cooper says someone … [Read more...]
News & Notes: Tigers Talk Fan Mail; Heritage Expands in Chicago; eBay & ESPN
The mail comes from kids. From adults. From fans. From collectors. And it keeps coming. Spring training. Regular season. Off-season. Fan mail is nothing new, of course. Fans have always sent players notes of admiration, praise, encouragement--- or something not so nice. In an age of social media, though, most of … [Read more...]
Notes: Nebraska Coach Burglarized; National Nuggets
New Nebraska football coach Scott Frost didn’t exactly receive a warm welcome back to his old stomping grounds. The former Husker player had several championship rings stolen along with other household items. The theft happened over the weekend at a home Frost is renovating in the Lincoln, NE area. Entry was gained through an unlocked garage door. The rings were … [Read more...]
Report: FBI Has at Least One Suspect in Rash of Store Thefts
The FBI has taken over the investigation of a rash of hobby shop thefts in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area last year and may be closer to cracking the case. Four stores and another business that sold valuable cards by mail were burglarized over a few months, resulting in losses of over $250,000. One business had vintage graded cards of Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Hank … [Read more...]
Midnight Madness: Thief Caught on Tape Stealing Jerseys from Kansas Shop
A lone vehicle sped up to Oliver's Sports Cards and Memorabilia in Wichita, Kansas on Saturday night. Unfortunately, the occupant wasn't looking to participate in a late night box break. Security camera video and still photos show a person dressed all in white walking up to the store's front door and tossing something through the glass. He then pushes his way in and in less … [Read more...]
Colorado Shop Owner Assaulted, Robbed; Boise Store Burglarized
A Colorado shop may be closing after the owner was assaulted and robbed earlier this month. Paul Kendall, the 72-year-old owner of Rocky Mountain Sports and Collectibles in Pueblo told police four people entered the shop on the afternoon of August 10. One of them punched him in the face with brass knuckles and pushed him to the floor, choked him and stole his … [Read more...]
Burglary Hits Minnesota Vintage Card Dealer Hard
The rash of sports card-related burglaries in Minnesota isn’t over. Police in St. Paul say thieves broke into a building just after midnight Thursday and stole more than 500 vintage sports cards, valued well into six figures, from the inventory of a long-time dealer. Police say they responded to an alarm and arrived to find a back window broken and the building … [Read more...]
Thieves Hit Another Twin Cities Area Sports Card Shop; Safes Taken
For the third time in three weeks, a hobby shop in the suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul has been burglarized. Police say thieves broke into Twin Cities Sports Cards in Golden Valley late Monday night, hauling away two safes. A week before that, Ultimate Sports Cards in Hopkins lost about $100,000 worth of inventory to an overnight theft and on March 28, Three Stars Sports … [Read more...]
Maris Museum Burglary Remains Unsolved
Stolen from a display case last summer, the whereabouts of two significant awards from Roger Maris’ career remain a mystery. Maris’ 1960 American League MVP award and 1961 Hickok belt were taken in a smash-and-grab burglary at the Roger Maris Museum in his hometown of Fargo, ND in July. The theft was captured on surveillance video but the crime remains … [Read more...]
