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Auction Insider: Busy Season for Bidding

May 26, 2010 By Rich Mueller

by Ryan Friedman School is letting out, a holiday weekend lies ahead and baseball season is in full swing. For those who follow sports memorabilia auctions, this might be the busiest time of the year so far with several auctions slated to close--or open--in the next couple of weeks. There's a lot of competition and that could be good news for bidders, but there are also … [Read more...] about Auction Insider: Busy Season for Bidding

Ex-Topps Photographer’s Work Heading to HOF

May 12, 2010 By Rich Mueller

If you own baseball card sets from the 1960s and 70s, you probably own a lot of Doug McWilliams' work. The California man was a prolific photographer for Topps. Now, his work is heading to Cooperstown. Making good on a long ago promise, McWilliams is donating thousands of images he shot--including some very rare pictures--to the Baseball Hall of fame. Some were … [Read more...] about Ex-Topps Photographer’s Work Heading to HOF

Wagner Card, Turkey Red Set Top REA Auction

May 3, 2010 By Rich Mueller

It's over for another year. Robert Edward Auctions' annual spring sale came to a close in the wee hours of Sunday morning, with collectors chasing--among other historic baseball pieces--a T206 Honus Wagner card and one of the best 1911 T3 Turkey Red sets in existence. The Wagner card, graded poor-fair, sold for $282,000 including the company's buyer's premium while the … [Read more...] about Wagner Card, Turkey Red Set Top REA Auction

Blog: Card Industry Insiders Talk

April 28, 2010 By Rich Mueller

Courtesy of Kevin Isaacson, promoter of the recent Industry Summit in Las Vegas are the top 15 quotes from the various speakers and conferences: “At a time when it would be easy to be negative, card stores have stepped up with optimism and a willingness to share ideas that need to be listened to, but more importantly, need to be implemented. Now the ball is … [Read more...] about Blog: Card Industry Insiders Talk

Q&A With Mint Condition Author Dave Jamieson

April 6, 2010 By Rich Mueller

A lot of books have been written about baseball cards. How did you get a publisher interested and what was that process like? DJ: The book came about in an unusual way. It was actually the idea of my terrific editor at Grove/Atlantic, Jamison Stoltz, to write a popular history of baseball cards. Jamison (who, yes, shares a very similar name with me) had read a piece I’d … [Read more...] about Q&A With Mint Condition Author Dave Jamieson