It was one of the most hotly contested items in the famous Barry Halper baseball collection auction. Now, though, the claim that a glove purported to be the last one ever used by Lou Gehrig is being called into question. A report by Dave Gob of MEARS, the Milwaukee-based authenticator, indicates that it wasn't possible for the glove sold in the auction to be the same one … [Read more...]
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Pre-War Baseball Card eBook Released
Collectors of vintage baseball cards now have a new reference tool. Before there was Bubble Gum: Our favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards has been published by Cincinnati-area online seller Dean Hanley. Written by Hanley and his employee at Deans Cards, Allyson Hamlin, the 50-page publication includes information on some of baseball's earliest cards. Hamlin began … [Read more...]
Topps Brand Manager Talks 2011 Heritage
2011 Topps Heritage is generating a lot of buzz for hobby retailers and after market sales of singles have been especially strong on eBay. The company pulls out all the stops in its Heritage line in trying to be true to the original brand, right down to the unintentional errors and variations that used to show up when the card manufacturing process was a little more prone to … [Read more...]
T206 Book Ready to Ship
T206: The Players and Their Stories should be a popular choice for summer reading. The lengthy project, coordinated by some Massachusetts-based baseball fans, culminates with the book's release and publicity efforts beginning this weekend. T206 showcases all of the cigarette baseball cards, but the book's content is more about the players themselves, in essence … [Read more...]
