Collector Sam Dodero went to a garage sale last month. A conversation with the home owner led to a find he never expected. While there were no baseball cards among the items at the Midwestern house, he asked about cards and the homeowner went inside and came back out with something that had been in the family for about 40 years. It's a 1914 Cracker … [Read more...] about Notes: Garage Sale Score; Grading Numbers; Tier One 1/1 Pulled; NetPro Returns; Huge New Shop
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Landing Deals Close to Home Can Be Profitable
Sports card collecting and dealing often go hand in hand. From an early age, our cardboard obsession has taught us to place a value on certain pieces, and then trade them for something that we would rather have. For many, collecting has served as a gateway drug to dealing in cards. After a ten year hiatus from the hobby, I got back into it for the love of it all. Before I … [Read more...] about Landing Deals Close to Home Can Be Profitable
Ramblings: Storage Unit Stories
You may have seen the story about the lawsuit in New York involving a storage unit which supposedly held $11 million in sports memorabilia and was purchased by a man, sight unseen, for $400,000. He’s now suing because he says after putting down a $100,000 down payment and gaining access, he realized the unit’s contents weren’t worth much of anything. I’m sure many of you … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Storage Unit Stories