Three months after his death a collection of items belonging to former college and NFL great Bubba Smith is up for auction. Awards, a signed photo of Smith with former president Ronald Reagan, signed passports and several lots of signed personal checks are among the items up for bid through Nate D. Sanders. The auction closes Tuesday night. Smith helped Michigan State to … [Read more...] about Bubba Smith Items Being Sold
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Early Dealers Were Advertising Pioneers
You make a living selling baseball cards? Say that in the early 1970s and you might just as well have said you worked on Mars. The early dealers were pioneers in the industry, buying cards in quantity from Topps, sorting them out and selling them via ads in everything from Boy's Life to The Sporting News to Street and Smith's annual publications. They also bought … [Read more...] about Early Dealers Were Advertising Pioneers
Tattooed Colts Fan Wins Upper Deck Contest
It's kind of hard to trade autographs with Matt Ellis. … [Read more...] about Tattooed Colts Fan Wins Upper Deck Contest