Championship rings, trading cards, awards, photos with former Presidents and other personal memorabilia from former major leaguer Rusty Staub are being offered through Goldin Auctions. The collection features 18-lots of memorabilia from the six-time All-Star who played 23 seasons for five different teams including the Colt 45's/Astros, Expos, Mets, Tigers … [Read more...]
Identification Tips for Beginning Collectors of Sports Paintings
As collecting original paintings is becoming more popular and mainstream in the sports memorabilia hobby, this column is a beginner's guide to identifying the different types of paint (oil, acrylic, tempera, watercolor, gouache, pastel, encaustic), and how to identify reproductions of paintings. The common types of paint in fine art paintings: Oil paint Oil painting is … [Read more...]
Collecting Sports Prints by The Masters: How and Where to Do Your Homework
Did you know Rembrandt made a 1654 etching showing a golfer? Did you know that the 1800s painter Winslow Homer helped make a woodcut print of a football game, or that you can purchase Andy Warhol limited edition screen prints of Wayne Gretzky, Muhammad Ali, Eric Heiden and Pete Rose? Fine art isn’t just for museums these days. Increasingly, sports collectors are purchasing … [Read more...]