A former equipment manager for the New York Jets and Mets has turned over his collection to an auction now underway. One of the items up for grabs is a jersey attributed to Joe Namath’s 1965 rookie season. Herb Norman worked for the team during the Jets’ win in Super Bowl III but the jersey dates to a few years earlier, when Namath made headlines for spurning the … [Read more...] about Notes: Namath Rookie Jersey, Pujols Memorabilia Auctions; PSA Backlog Update, Show Pix
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Notes: Kid Mark Cuban Sold Cards, Big Bucks for Kobe Letters
How does a billionaire get his start? If his name is Mark Cuban, he sells baseball cards. Cuban grew up in Pennsylvania and even before his teenage years was selling garbage bags, stamps, baseball cards and whatever else he could flip. Growing up in Pennsylvania in the late 1960s and early 70s, Cuban applied some strategy to his sales efforts. He spoke with Patrick … [Read more...] about Notes: Kid Mark Cuban Sold Cards, Big Bucks for Kobe Letters
Ramblings: Collecting Can Be an Important Outlet
On New Year's Eve in Dallas, the Contact Line closed down. The Contact Line was a place for people to call in for counseling, advice and in many cases suicide prevention. While I never did volunteer there, I have done several hundred hours as a telephone volunteer at the Suicide and Crisis Center in Dallas. In many ways, those are the most important 500 or so hours I have ever … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Collecting Can Be an Important Outlet
From Nickel Packs and Corner Stores to Penny Rookies and Card Stores: Your Collecting Memories
Last year, we used our Facebook page to ask for some of your memories of collecting as a kid. Where you bought your first pack, your best trade and just general memories of summers and baseball. The response, needless to say, was overwhelming. Hundreds of you were so glad to have a place to share those times with others that we decided to do it again...and once again, the … [Read more...] about From Nickel Packs and Corner Stores to Penny Rookies and Card Stores: Your Collecting Memories