It began as a toy story for Rob Du Brey but ended as a card collector’s dream. Du Brey lives in Bellingham, Washington. He likes to buy collections, and he has done a good deal of selling through eBay. “You never know when you look at a collection whether anything is good in there,” the 37-year-old said. “Ninety percent of it is usually junk.” Not this time. Du Brey … [Read more...]
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Ramblings: Storage Unit Stories
You may have seen the story about the lawsuit in New York involving a storage unit which supposedly held $11 million in sports memorabilia and was purchased by a man, sight unseen, for $400,000. He’s now suing because he says after putting down a $100,000 down payment and gaining access, he realized the unit’s contents weren’t worth much of anything. I’m sure many of you … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: First Pack of Cards, Topps TV Special
Do you remember your first pack of baseball cards? Or have they all sort of blended together over time? SI.com's Steve Rushin put fingers to wax for the first time back in 1974 when Winfield was a rookie and the Padres almost moved to Washington. Fast forward to 2011 and he's one sports dad who couldn't wait to get some cardboard into the hands of his young son. How … [Read more...]
Nebraska Fan’s Collection Husked
University of Nebraska fan Ray Petersen says he was retrieving his collection of Huskers memorabilia from a storage unit he was renting in Omaha this week when he got a big surprise. It was gone. Years of collecting everything red and white from past to present went up in smoke at the hands of a burglar. The storage unit manager says it probably happened August 14 … [Read more...]
