They called it a "Rickey Rally". The Oakland A's of the late 1980s and 90s counted on Rickey Henderson to jump-start the offense. They just never knew in what form it would come. A walk, a steal and a hit behind him. A triple to the corner. Beating out an infield hit. Stealing second. Stealing third. Scoring on a fly ball. Sometimes he just hit a home run and … [Read more...]
15 Solid Football Card Investments
No other sporting event held on American soil outdraws the Super Bowl. NFL TV ratings continue to soar because the country pretty much stops each Sunday in the fall while fans scramble to find their favorite team’s broadcast. Thursday Night? Monday Night? If the game is good, we’re all watching. With that sort of popularity, it’s no wonder the topic of the best football … [Read more...]
Robin Yount Rookie Card Turns 40 as ‘Kid’ Turns 60
To the young people who watched someone barely older than themselves become a teenaged big leaguer, the realization that he is 60 years old will be hard to fathom. “The Kid,” just 18 when the photo for his first baseball card was taken, is approaching his senior years. The player hits the big six-oh on Wednesday and the Robin Yount rookie card itself is 40 this year, a … [Read more...]
Walter Payton Rookie Cards Show Consistently Strong Growth
Forty years after he first donned a training camp jersey (#21) at the Chicago Bears’ new Lake Forest, IL training camp, Walter Payton rookie cards remain among the most popular of the modern era. Prices for high-grade examples have been rising at a steady pace since the beginning of the decade. In fact, it’s safe to say they’ve been a pretty good investment. Walter … [Read more...]
Rookie Card Values of the ‘Greatest Living Players’
For years, Joe DiMaggio was introduced as the ‘greatest living ballplayer’. He insisted on it, many whispered. It’s a great title but the down side is that you are absolutely going to lose it someday. Tuesday night, Major League Baseball introduced a quartet of living legends—and then some. The Franchise Four campaign allowed fans to vote for the top players in the … [Read more...]
Memorable Rookie Cards of Hall of Fame Candidates
It's rare a player gets in the Hall of Fame younger than 40. Most players on the Baseball Writers Association of America's ballot for Cooperstown this year were in their 40s or 50s. And players passed over by the BBWAA can routinely be found campaigning into their senior years. It's as if these players were never young. But like every major leaguer in recent generations, … [Read more...]
Toughest PSA 9 1960s Hall of Fame Rookie Cards
If you collect the 1962 Topps set, you know how difficult it can be to find cards that don’t show wear. While those faux wood grain borders may be unique, they’re a pain in the backside for anyone who is building a high-grade set. Proof of that reveals itself in a list of the most rare PSA 9 1960s Baseball Hall of Fame rookie cards. Of the thousands graded without … [Read more...]
Rarest PSA 10 1970s Hall of Fame Rookie Cards
We went from psychedelic to disco; from the end of flannels to flashy double-knits and striped caps. The Ed Sullivan Show died and Saturday Night Live was born. Baseball cards brought us some memorable players and with more than 35 years since the last of the decade’s debut cards arrived, we can look at which 1970s Hall of Fame rookie cards offer high-end collectors the … [Read more...]
5 Cool Harmon Killebrew Baseball Cards
Maybe it’s because his contemporaries were named Aaron, Mays and Mantle, or maybe it’s because he spent the majority of his career tucked away in Minnesota, whatever the reason, Harmon Killebrew baseball cards are, in many cases, vastly undervalued. When he retired at the end of the 1975 season, Killebrew’s 573 career homers were the most ever for an American League … [Read more...]
Vintage Buy of the Week: Hall of Fame Hoard
Our Vintage Buy of the Week from Just Collect could well be called The Immortals Collection. A Texas man has turned over his remarkable run of football and basketball rookie cards that serve as a virtual tour of the Hall of Fame plaques in Canton and Springfield. The collection, totaling nearly 300 cards, includes examples from as far back as the 1930s Sport Kings and … [Read more...]