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...]
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Big Tobacco Card Find Lights Up New York Shop
It’s the type of find collectors and dealers always hope is on the other end of the phone, but rarely is. Over 270 century-old sports and non-sports cards, owned by members of one family since the early 1900s, are about to enter the hobby for the first time after they were purchased by an east coast hobby shop. American Legends in Scarsdale, NY, landed the remarkable … [Read more...]
Basement Ball: Long Lost Signed Sphere Carries Mantle, More
Sports memorabilia continues to roll out of America’s basements. Sometimes literally. In Plantsville, CT, someone stashed a prized baseball so well that it wasn’t found until the buyers of the old house began tearing it apart. Pete Cammuso, his son Anthony and Pete’s nephew, Jake were tearing down sheetrock inside the home, which Pete had just purchased from a local … [Read more...]
Rare Baseball Card Found in Old Bible
One hundred years ago, it did its duty. Day after day. Devotion after devotion. It wasn’t likely even called by its current name then. The term “baseball card” wasn’t really in fashion quite yet. It was a nice picture of a ballplayer—one the owner might have even recognized. No, the job of this old baseball photo—once it was free of its association with a tobacco … [Read more...]
1939 Goudey Premium Find
SGC graders have been busy during the National, reviewing submissions from collectors and dealers. One such group required a lot of oversize holders. Pennsylvania dealer Dimitri Livshin of The Grandstand in Pennsylvania dropped off a fresh-to-the-hobby find of 1939 Goudey Premium cards. Stack would actually be the more appropriate word. The collection of virtually … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: Fantastic Find, Fakes Show Hobby’s Ups and Downs
We all love great finds and we didn't have to look far to find them this year. They've all been chronicled here so I won't review history but I will say that the year isn't over and the hobby gods smiled one more time. Long time hobbyist Dan McKee's eagle eyes spotted a one-of-a-kind item coming out of an old general store in the Pittsburgh area recently. The contents of … [Read more...]
Stories Behind Legendary 1952 Baseball Card Finds
Some of the highest grade 1952 Topps cards have great stories behind them. Many of those involve major finds. In 1986, Alan Rosen, known as Mr. Mint in hobby circles, was invited to a man's home. No doubt expecting to see the usual nicks and dings older cards often displayed, Rosen was shocked to find the man bringing out a silver tray full of dozens of 1952 Topps cards … [Read more...]
