Before top loaders and display cases and cards encapsulated in plastic with holograms...there was the ASCCA. Among the first sports card collecting groups, the American Sports Card Collectors Association held shows in the New York City area where a small, but avid group of adults and kids gathered a couple of times each year to buy, sell and trade. We recently … [Read more...]
The Year in Sports Collecting: 2016 an Eventful Ride
The longest of long holiday weekends has arrived with the duty of closing out one year and launching the next. Not much happens in the hobby during this time of year, but after all that went down in 2016, a little downtime isn’t a bad thing. No matter what end of this multi-pronged industry/hobby/business you may call home, there was news. Comings and … [Read more...]
Notes: REA Prez to Retire; SGC Moving; NFL Exhibit at SFO
Rob Lifson, long-time owner of Robert Edward Auctions, is easing his way into retirement. The 55-year-old Lifson says 2016 will be his last year of heavy involvement with REA and the business has essentially been sold to the company's consignment director, Brian Dwyer. Lifson won't be lying on a beach in Florida, though. In a weekend blog post, he indicated he … [Read more...]
Storm Forces Sale of 1914 Baltimore News Ruth
One of only ten known 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth cards is coming back on the market as a direct result of Hurricane Sandy's devastation. A New York collector who just purchased it in September for $325,000 in a private transaction has consigned the card to Robert Edward Auctions after a home he owned was destroyed by the massive storm that swept across the east coast last … [Read more...]
Q&A With Mint Condition Author Dave Jamieson
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...]
Rare Vintage Baseball Card Find
It sat undisturbed inside the wall of a house in Pennsylvania for over a century. Now, a previously unknown 1893 Just So Tobacco card of Hall of Famer Buck Ewing is about to hit the auction block. … [Read more...]
1914 Babe Ruth Rookie Card Discovered
Babe Ruth's "rookie card" is in the 1914 Baltimore News minor league set. Now, a new discovery of an Orioles' team card from the same set--one that also features the Babe-- has surfaced. It could be worth a small fortune. … [Read more...]