Topps is increasing the size of its flagship baseball product. 2015 Topps Baseball Series One will include 350 base cards, another 350 for Series 2 and a grand finale of 400 cards in 2015 Update. The company has released preliminary information on next year's set. Series One boxes are scheduled to be released the week of February 4. There is a full image gallery and full … [Read more...]
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Collector’s Near Complete Topps Master Set Run Comes To Auction
A virtually complete master collection of every baseball card-related set produced by Topps for nearly 50 years is going on the auction block—card by card. Dealers Sean Bassik and Greg Morris are joining forces to sell off over 42,000 cards on eBay during the month of March. The collection includes 210 sets in all, including nearly every variation and error card from … [Read more...]
College Prez a Big Time Card Collector
If you watched Butler University's incredible run to the NCAA Championship game a couple of years ago, you might have seen him. Bobby Fong was a popular guy at the small Indiana school that almost pulled a Hoosiers at the Final Four. Then the president of Butler, Fong loved every minute of the Bulldogs' big run. Since then, he's moved on to Ursinus College in Pennsylvania … [Read more...]
Hobby Pioneer Goodwin Goldfaden Dies at 97
Sports collecting has lost one of its earliest devotees with the death of Goodwin Goldfaden. The long-time operator of a sports book and memorabilia shop in southern California, died Sunday at age 97. Born in Cleveland, Goldfaden and his brother began buying sports publications in the 1920s. He moved west in 1947 and eventually opened Adco Sports Book Exchange … [Read more...]
