There are literally millions of them offered for sale each month but if you prefer vintage cardboard to modern and shiny, knowing how to buy old baseball cards cheap can help you build a great collection of single players or sets without paying millions to do it. Of course, the general rules are (with some exceptions) 1) the older the card, the more valuable; 2) condition … [Read more...]
Original T206s, Colgans Chips Fall From Pittsburgh Home’s Rafters
Are there still decades-old baseball cards and other treasures hiding in America’s attics? Remarkably, the answer is yes—but at least some of them have just been found. It's not the 'Black Swamp Find' but this story is awfully cool. A Pittsburgh newspaper reporter refurbishing the old house he moved into ran across quite a find, although the monetary value won’t be … [Read more...]
Seized Baseball Memorabilia Collection Heading to Auction
It will have taken almost seven years, but the baseball memorabilia purchased by a New Jersey man with with money obtained from stolen prescription drugs is about to be sold. Drug store owner William Stracher was arrested in 2007 after prosecutors say he took samples from a pharmaceutical rep and sold them in his store. Now, his six figure collection of autographs, … [Read more...]
Another Big Find: Thousands of Tobacco Cards Including 2 Joe Jackson Rookies Snared by SCP Auctions
Suddenly, America’s attics are raining century-old baseball cards. On Tuesday, SCP Auctions announced what it’s calling “The Southern Fairway Find” of over 1,000 1909-1911 baseball tobacco cards including an unprecedented discovery of 42 rare T206 Hindu backs and two newly discovered examples of the legendary T210 Old Mill Joe Jackson card. The announcement comes just a … [Read more...]