Even though it's a set that doesn't include either Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig, the 1934-36 Diamond Stars baseball set is popular with pre-War collectors thanks to its art-deco style fronts that reflect its time as good or better than any set. Despite missing a few key stars who apparently were under exclusive contract to Goudey, the Diamond Stars set can be … [Read more...]
Bill Madden Collection to be Sold Tuesday
The collection of long-time sportswriter Bill Madden is on the auction block. A total of 150 lots including large collections of Hall of Fame and All-Star Game press pins, media credentials, baseball cards and autographed memorabilia are being sold by Sterling Associates of New Jersey. Online bidding is already underway and the sale will conclude with a public … [Read more...]
Hank Greenberg Cards on Anniversary of 184 RBI Season
Eighty years ago this Sunday, Hank Greenberg drove in his first three runs of the season for the Detroit Tigers. His total at the end of the season: 184. Total of Hank Greenberg baseball cards issued in the United States in 1937: Zero. Such was often the life of a card collector in the pre-World War II era. While Greenberg's greatest season … [Read more...]
Sale of Rare Clemente Card Jump-Starts Memory Lane Event
Memory Lane’s fall ‘I Own it Now’ catalog sale began with a bang Wednesday with the $57,500 sale of a 1968 Topps 3-D Test card of Roberto Clemente PSA 10. One of just six of its kind residing in PSA 10 holders, the Clemente is part of a rare 12-card set issued only briefly in an area near the Topps offices that summer. Rarely offered for sale, the high-end Clemente cards … [Read more...]
PSA Offering Diamond Stars ‘Cards That Never Were’ at NSCC
PSA will give away specially created 1930s Diamond Stars-style "cards that never were" of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Feller and Joe DiMaggio during the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland July 30 - August 3. The PSA-certified fantasy cards will be given to new and renewing Gold and Platinum level PSA Collectors Club members while supplies last. PSA will also … [Read more...]
Early Baseball Card Gum Company Wrappers
Occasionally, we try to go back into the hobby's past to give new life to articles that were once printed in some of the hobby's print publications, most of which disappeared long ago. This story originally appeared in The Trader Speaks, a popular outlet that was available by subscription from he late 1960s to early 1980s. by Bud Tompkins Since my involvement in … [Read more...]