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Notes: HBO Collecting Story Preview; $2 Million Brady; Heritage Bullish After Auction; Dodgers Collection, USFL Miscuts

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We've screened the HBO Real Sports segment on the collecting boom that's scheduled to air tomorrow night.  It runs about 14 1/2 minutes and is probably worth your time. Correspondent Jon Frankel talks with Adam Ripps, a recent high school graduate who built a $3 million collection over the last six years by buying and re-selling cards, starting with Giannis … [Read more...] about Notes: HBO Collecting Story Preview; $2 Million Brady; Heritage Bullish After Auction; Dodgers Collection, USFL Miscuts

Cobb-Edwards Wagner Card Gets CT Scan for CNBC Show

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Remember the much-maligned card two Cincinnati area men tried to sell as a real T206 Honus Wagner several years ago? John Cobb and Ray Edwards claimed they bought the soiled image in the 1980s for $1,800.  Believing it was not only real but rare because it contained a Piedmont ad on the back rather than the more common Sweet Caporal, they went public in 2006.  They were met … [Read more...] about Cobb-Edwards Wagner Card Gets CT Scan for CNBC Show