As promised, the Beckett Graded Card Price Guide book has hit store shelves. The 384-page softcover book features a young Mickey Mantle on the cover and will tell you what your graded sports cards are worth (at least in the estimation of the book's pricing analysts). Fortunately for collectors of other sports besides baseball, the book includes pricing data for football, … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: DiMaggio Jersey Sells for $250K+, Kid Gets Forked Over Mantle Card, Beckett Graded Card Guide Coming
A 1948-49 Joe DiMaggio jersey topped all bidding early Thursday morning, as Grey Flannel Auctions wrapped up its final event of 2011. The road gray shirt sold for $256,868 including the company's buyer's premium. The auction company claimed the jersey was worn by the late Hall of Famer in '48 and possibly also the following season. Another item from Yankee history also … [Read more...]
Collector’s Guide to Pujols Bats
Card collectors may gravitate toward his 2001 rookie cards, but those who want something connected a little more closely to one of this century's greatest hitters focus on Albert Pujols game used bats. Finding a real one is more challenging than ever. Jeff Scott is a collector of Cardinals bats who spends hours studying what Pujols is swinging. It's an effort that has … [Read more...]
2011 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards Released
It's bigger than your phone book. Unless your phone book covers mainland China. The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards has become the go-to guide for sports collectors seeking in-depth information and checklists in book form and the 2011 edition is hot off the press. The 20th edition of the catalog features pricing for over one million cards based on recent auction … [Read more...]
New Autograph Price Guide Promises Better Info
A new online autograph price guide has launched, offering value data based on recent sales from eBay and major hobby auction houses. New Jersey-based SigPrices.com uses many of the same concepts as the graded sports card price guides that have been developed for online use over the past four to five years, but it geared toward sports autographs. For a daily, monthly, … [Read more...]
Louisville Slugger: A Complete Reference Guide
PSA/DNA bat expert Vince Malta gained inside access to Louisville Slugger's records and the result is a new book that could be a big assist to collectors. … [Read more...]