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New Topps X Mickey Mantle Collection Packs Include Remakes, What Ifs

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Topps has released an online exclusive product based on the career of the player most associated with post-War baseball cards.  The Topps X Mickey Mantle Collection is a 50 card series featuring remixes of some of the cards issued from Mantle’s career.  Packs went up for sale on what would have been Mantle's 90th birthday.  The Hall of Famer died of liver … [Read more...] about New Topps X Mickey Mantle Collection Packs Include Remakes, What Ifs

Notes: New Management for Philly Show; Heritage Chicago; Hackman Autos Selling

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Hunt Auctions has turned over management of the long-running Philadelphia Sports Card & Memorabilia Show to Joe Drelich and East Coast Sports Marketing.  The move is effective with the upcoming March event.   The Philly Show began back in the 1970s, when it was created and operated by the Eastern Pennsylvania Sports Collectors Club. East Coast Sports … [Read more...] about Notes: New Management for Philly Show; Heritage Chicago; Hackman Autos Selling

Vintage Set of the Week: 1965 Topps Embossed

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Throughout the 1960s and early 70s, Topps experimented with a variety of pack inserts.  From posters to story booklets to coins and decals you had to soak in water, they always kept the youngsters guessing.  When cards began emerging from wax packs 60 years ago, the 1965 Topps Embossed set was unlike anything collectors of all ages had seen before. Today, it’s a big challenge … [Read more...] about Vintage Set of the Week: 1965 Topps Embossed

T-3, Sporting Life Card Sets, Ruth Signed Baseballs Highlight Mile High Winter Auction

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Mile High Card Company is kicking off 2013 with its Winter Premium Auction, a decidedly smaller and more exclusive event than the company's traditional auctions, featuring hundreds of lots including some of the best early 20th century sets and singles known to the hobby. Mile High’s catalog sales have averaged anywhere from $2 to $3 million in sales based on 1200 to 1500 … [Read more...] about T-3, Sporting Life Card Sets, Ruth Signed Baseballs Highlight Mile High Winter Auction