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Notes: Where’s the ’93 Bills Comeback Ball?; Topps Throwbacks; NOW Stats

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Wednesday marked the anniversary of the NFL’s greatest playoff comeback when the 1993 Buffalo Bills rallied to beat the Houston Oilers 41-38 after being down 35-3.  The winning score came on a 32-yard field goal by Steve Christie as time ran out. The ball sailed into the stands and presumably into the arms of a fan.  It’s a valuable piece of NFL history—and … [Read more...] about Notes: Where’s the ’93 Bills Comeback Ball?; Topps Throwbacks; NOW Stats

Rescued from Dumpster, Historic NFL Ticket Heads to Auction

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To someone with no sense of history it was just junk—a ticket to a football game long since passed. To collectors, it might be the holy grain of pro football tickets. Serious collectors of pre-war football memorabilia will get a chance to own it in February as Heritage Auctions offers the only known full ticket from the 1933 NFL Championship game, the very first playoff … [Read more...] about Rescued from Dumpster, Historic NFL Ticket Heads to Auction

Pujols Historic Home Run Ball Tossed Back on Field

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Cubs fans do it because...well...it's just something Cubs fans do. While ballhawks outside Wrigley Field chase down any home run ball that leaves the park, fans who catch one in the bleachers throw it back if it was hit by an opposing player. The general idea is that a home run ball hit by the other team isn't worth keeping. It may have been funny once, but now it's just … [Read more...] about Pujols Historic Home Run Ball Tossed Back on Field

Collector Lands Nice Prize

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Sometimes the eyes of Texas smile on you. Collector Andy Purvis bought a box from the Historic Autograph Company's "In Memory Of" series and landed one of the prime pulls in the entire series. Each box contains authentic cut autographs of deceased baseball players and former presidents. There are no cards in the product--just autographs--and each is authenticated by … [Read more...] about Collector Lands Nice Prize

Historic Gretzky Puck Forgotten…But No More

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Today, it might leave the arena under armed guard.  That wasn't the case back in 1989.  The puck Wayne Gretzky shot into the net to break the NHL's all-time scoring record wound up being saved--in the timekeeper's briefcase. 22 years later, it's on the auction block. Classic Auctions, the Montreal-based hockey memorabilia specialist, is offering the Gretzky puck in its … [Read more...] about Historic Gretzky Puck Forgotten…But No More

Autograph Only Product Yields Ruth

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Would people buy a product, packaged like baseball cards but carrying only autographs?  Apparently the answer is yes. Historic Autographs, a company formed by some hobby veterans last year, takes PSA-DNA encapsulated autographs--cuts and postcards--puts them in packages of three, wraps them up in card-like boxes and puts them in hobby shops.   The PSA DNA holders carry the … [Read more...] about Autograph Only Product Yields Ruth

PSA Grades Autographs for New Packaged Product

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PSA/DNA Authentication Services has certified more than 9,000 signatures for a new baseball memorabilia product now hitting shelves. Historic Autographs 2010 Hall of Fame and All-Star Edition will feature a total of 846 different past and present major league baseball players, represented with cut signatures encapsulated in PSA/DNA holders and packaged three-to-a-box by … [Read more...] about PSA Grades Autographs for New Packaged Product