Maybe you’ve participated in one of their breaks or seen the name online but Jaspy’s Hobby Land now has a brick-and-mortar location in Hermosa Beach, CA. The place is also home to those online breaks they’ve been doing for several years. It’s all run by long-time hobbyist Mike Jaspersen and his son, Nick, who were the subject of this feature story in a SoCal online … [Read more...] about Notes: SoCal Store Featured; Card Donation Milestone; T206, Early Topps Auctions Coming; HFC Jersey Auction
Mike Jaspersen
Topps Treasure: Band-Aches Original Art Could Fetch $1 Million
Rescued from the depths of a warehouse on Topps property, a historic piece of art from the 1960's is available this week on eBay for a buy now/best offer price of $1 million. It’s not a long-forgotten 1952 Mickey Mantle. It is, however, expected to be one of the highest selling pop culture items in recent history. Originally created in 1967 by legendary Topps artist Norm … [Read more...] about Topps Treasure: Band-Aches Original Art Could Fetch $1 Million
Ramblings: From Topps Archives to Minis to Herb Perry and the NSCC
by Rich Klein Some random notes while preparing for the National Convention. Last week, when I described some of my favorite media contacts and stories I forgot to mention one of my favorites. When Marty Appel was the PR director for Topps he called me one day with an executive in tow to ask me what I thought about the 2001 Topps Archives product. When the very first words … [Read more...] about Ramblings: From Topps Archives to Minis to Herb Perry and the NSCC