Chad Weldon admits his brain is “Goudey-fried.” Who can blame him? The Pittsburgh card shop owner just completed a deal to buy approximately 500 Goudey cards from 1933 and 1934. The deal for the cards from a private collector was more than six years in the making. Weldon, 31, bought the collection, which contained about 350 cards from the 1933 Goudey set and 125 from … [Read more...] about Goudey-Fried: Pittsburgh Card Shop Owner Lands Cache Of Nearly 500 Cards From 1933-34 Sets
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Notes: Attic Find is All in the Family; Rare T206s Backs at Auction; Topps Minis, Donovan Mitchell’s Good Auto Deed
For virtually his entire life, Matt Bartman’s uncle lived in the same Allentown, PA, row home where he and Matt’s father grew up over 70 years ago. When his uncle passed away a few months ago, Matt began cleaning out the home. The attic contained antiques, toys from the 1950s, World War 2 gear—and a couple of boxes of trading cards. “My dad remembered there being … [Read more...] about Notes: Attic Find is All in the Family; Rare T206s Backs at Auction; Topps Minis, Donovan Mitchell’s Good Auto Deed
Huge Tobacco Card Finds Include Rare T206 Backs, 16 Cobbs, Old Judge Cards
While the National Sports Collectors Convention was happening in New Jersey, Jeff Weisenberg of National Card Investors was thousands of miles away from the action, wrapping up one of the greatest baseball card finds of his life. Active in the hobby since the 1970s, Weisenberg was putting the finishing touches on the acquisition of a remarkable collection of nearly 1,000 … [Read more...] about Huge Tobacco Card Finds Include Rare T206 Backs, 16 Cobbs, Old Judge Cards
Newly Uncovered Tobacco Card Hoard Includes 18 T206 Cobbs
A large collection of ungraded tobacco cards that have been in a Georgia family for generations will hit the auction block later this year. The stunning stash of ungraded century-old find includes over 2,000 T206s including dozens of Hall of Famers, 245 T210 Old Mill Tobacco cards including a Joe Jackson and over 180 T205s. The Jackson card that is part of the 1910 … [Read more...] about Newly Uncovered Tobacco Card Hoard Includes 18 T206 Cobbs
1914 Fatima Card Find in Maryland Includes Hall of Famers
The hobby’s modest population of a deadball era trading card set just grew by 38. New Jersey-based Just Collect just purchased the previously unknown group of 1914 Fatima tobacco cards (T222) from a Maryland family that had owned them since the year of issue. The group includes several Hall of Famers including Walter Johnson, Frank Chance, Grover Cleveland … [Read more...] about 1914 Fatima Card Find in Maryland Includes Hall of Famers
Yahtzee! 1914 Texas Tommy Find Includes Cobb, Jackson
Tucked away in an old Yahtzee game box for years, a fabulous new find of early 20th century baseball cards will come to auction this summer. SCP Auctions will offer the collection, which includes over 432 cards, highlighted by the first 1914 E224 Texas Tommy Ty Cobb ever to be graded and just the second graded Texas Tommy card of Shoeless Joe Jackson. The Jackson … [Read more...] about Yahtzee! 1914 Texas Tommy Find Includes Cobb, Jackson
The Wayback Collector: Large Find of 19th Century Tobacco Cards Enters Hobby
Finding even a small 19th century tobacco collection is a notable discovery. But when that collection includes hundreds of cards, it's a haul rarely seen. That was the case, however, with a collection recently acquired by Dave Hobson of BaseballCardBuyer.com, who was approached by the owner of approximately 800 19th century cards including both sports and non-sports … [Read more...] about The Wayback Collector: Large Find of 19th Century Tobacco Cards Enters Hobby
House Cleaning Job Yields Cardboard Gold
Who hasn’t dreamed of wandering through an old abandoned house or estate sale and uncovering a stack of old baseball cards? It’s happened plenty of times, after all, but luck definitely has to be on your side. While not everyone finds a couple million dollars worth of Ty Cobb cards, it would be nice to find something besides 1990 Fleer, wouldn’t it? For one Baltimore … [Read more...] about House Cleaning Job Yields Cardboard Gold
Hundreds of Forgotten Tobacco-Era Cards Found Inside Pennsylvania House
If you’ve ever dreamed about going into an old house and stumbling across a long-forgotten stash of really old baseball cards just sitting there for the taking, a Pennsylvania man can tell you exactly how it feels. And he didn’t have to go far to find them. “Jerry” lives in the north central part of the state. The home next door to his had been falling into … [Read more...] about Hundreds of Forgotten Tobacco-Era Cards Found Inside Pennsylvania House
Vintage Baseball Card Collection on Antiques Roadshow Draws a ‘Wow’
Antiques Roadshow came to Green Bay, Wisconsin and while they didn’t find a Don Hutson jersey or one of Vince Lombardi’s old fedoras, they did welcome a nice group of valuable baseball cards. In a show that aired Monday night, a local woman brought three cards from a larger 1950s childhood collection her husband apparently forgotten about until recently. She told … [Read more...] about Vintage Baseball Card Collection on Antiques Roadshow Draws a ‘Wow’