When I was looking back through my notes on the 1994 baseball strike, I started to think about the hobby and where it was at the time. What was the last box I ripped open before the strike occurred? Who were the hot rookies that year? Who were the most popular players? How were the collecting habits of collectors like then vs. now? The landscape for baseball cards was … [Read more...] about When Baseball’s Devastating Strike Began 30 Years Ago, Which Cards Were Collectors Chasing?
Montreal Expos
To Fans And Collectors At Montreal Show, The Expos Will Always Be ‘Nos Amours’
Mathieu looked like he was about nine or 10. He stood with his father and grandfather in front of Yves Gaudet’s booth at the Montreal Sport Card Expo Saturday. He wore a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Toronto Blue Jays jersey. His father was examining a Vladdy Sr. Expos jersey. How cool would it be if he bought it and wore it at the show with his son in a Vladdy Jr. jersey. “Papa! … [Read more...] about To Fans And Collectors At Montreal Show, The Expos Will Always Be ‘Nos Amours’
Brady’s First Football Card Was Based on Baseball Potential
It is finally out there. It is the card I have been waiting for since, well, I sat in the Shop at Home studio and witnessed first hand hearing Don West tell the collecting world that Charizard was the Mark McGwire of Japanese animation. The Tom Brady Montreal Expos 2023 Bowman Draft card became a reality with the Dec. 12 release of the product and you may have heard more … [Read more...] about Brady’s First Football Card Was Based on Baseball Potential
Remembering the Kid: 8 Great Cards of Gary Carter
Gary Carter will always be the Kid. His broad smile and enthusiasm for the game, plus his Hall of Fame career, made him a fan favorite. Carter was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the third round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft, straight out of Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California. He made his major league debut on Sept. 16, 1974, going 0-for-4 against a … [Read more...] about Remembering the Kid: 8 Great Cards of Gary Carter
Memories From the National: Dave and Jeff Go To White Castle
It was a genius plan. It all began a week or two before when I was chatting with Dave Sliepka, a veteran in the hobby who was, at the time, working at Beckett. I was working at Pacific in Seattle at that time, and we were talking about doing something at the 2002 National in Chicago. “We should go to a baseball game when we are there,” Dave said. I was completely on board … [Read more...] about Memories From the National: Dave and Jeff Go To White Castle
Notes: Rare Cy Young Card Auction; “Expos” Uniforms, Too; National Notes
Grey Flannel Auctions is selling one of only two known 1891 John H. Ryder Cy Young Cabinet cards, a newly uncovered example that represents possibly the first image ever produced of the Hall of Fame pitcher in a big league uniform. From the description: “This hobby fresh discovery was unearthed recently from an original album that was found in a factory almost 65 years ago. … [Read more...] about Notes: Rare Cy Young Card Auction; “Expos” Uniforms, Too; National Notes
Sinking Ship: Collecting the 1969 Seattle Pilots
The Seattle Pilots are truly one of the greatest one-year wonders in the history of professional sports as the club lasted just a single season in Sick's Stadium before being relocated to Milwaukee and becoming the Brewers. The team's cardboard legacy is a relatively small one, but it all began with the 1969 Topps set which included players from all four of baseball's expansion … [Read more...] about Sinking Ship: Collecting the 1969 Seattle Pilots
Cartes de Baseball: Collecting the Original Montreal Expos
Major League Baseball stepped outside of America's borders as part of its expansion plans in the late 1960s and the Montreal Expos came into existence along with the San Diego Padres, Kansas City Royals, and the ill-fated Seattle Pilots. Topps was on top of getting fans in most of these markets cards featuring players from the new teams into their flagship 1969 set, but … [Read more...] about Cartes de Baseball: Collecting the Original Montreal Expos
Notes: Ponzi Architecht Sentenced; Lindor Signing at NSCC; Mile High Signed Baseballs; Huge Expos Collection
A Clovis, CA man who forfeited a $31,000 baseball card collection and more than $700,000 cash to federal investigators during a real estate fraud investigation has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Fresno says Seth Adam Depiano, 37, formerly of Clovis, operated a Ponzi scheme that lured real estate investors to give money to … [Read more...] about Notes: Ponzi Architecht Sentenced; Lindor Signing at NSCC; Mile High Signed Baseballs; Huge Expos Collection
Gone Yet Never Forgotten: Meet Expos Super Collector Perry Giannias
It started with an Ellis Valentine autographed baseball acquired on a dare by a grade school friend. Now, Perry Giannias is one of the most dedicated Montreal Expos collectors around; and he's turning his passion into a fundraising machine, too. Giannias, who lives in suburban Montreal, grew up with the first Major League Baseball team to call another country … [Read more...] about Gone Yet Never Forgotten: Meet Expos Super Collector Perry Giannias