There is enough variety of modern and ultra-modern baseball cards to make a collector’s head spin. Among the many choices are base cards, mountains of parallels, image variations, autographs, memorabilia cards, autographed memorabilia cards and even inserts and parallels that are only available in certain configurations or sold in certain places. Vintage cards seem quaint by … [Read more...] about Dealers Appreciate Relative Stability in Vintage Market
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Notes: Weekend Shows Including a No-Show; Vintage Sales; Cards Traded for Wedding
The NCAA Tournament kept some folks at home over the weekend, but collectors got out to card shows early to make it back in time to catch most of the action. Safe to say the turnout at the Northeast Sports Card Expo at the Marriott in Quincy, MA, was pretty good. Promoters say close to 4,000 people attended the show over its two-day run. Not bad considering this … [Read more...] about Notes: Weekend Shows Including a No-Show; Vintage Sales; Cards Traded for Wedding
Sports Card Prices in 2022: A By the Numbers Chat with Card Ladder
For much of 2020, 2021 and part of this year, the sports card market was a snowball rolling through an open field in Buffalo. With a seemingly endless supply of newcomers tossing money at the beast and a perfect storm of pandemic and publicity, prices for everything from low end, high-grade modern base cards to lower cost Hall of Famers rampaged across the landscape like … [Read more...] about Sports Card Prices in 2022: A By the Numbers Chat with Card Ladder
Notes: Sports Card Market Snapshot; Beckett Acquisition; BBCE’s New “Card Bar”
The market for cards now compared to a year ago is…well, that depends on what kind of cards you’re talking about. Overall, vintage is up; modern cards are down. According to the Card Ladder indexes, which track thousands of sales of cards across different sports and eras, “modern cards” (those issued between 1984 and 2008) are down nearly 20.8 percent compared to the same … [Read more...] about Notes: Sports Card Market Snapshot; Beckett Acquisition; BBCE’s New “Card Bar”
Notes: The Guy Who “Stole” Second Base at the 1979 World Series
The NBPA Foundation is donating $250,000 of the total proceeds from the 2019-2020 NBA season restart jersey auction to 18 different organizations around the country that are working to increase voter turnout and combat voter suppression. Additionally, the NBPA Foundation Board of Directors has elected to donate an additional $100,000 to the Civil Rights Voting Hotline … [Read more...] about Notes: The Guy Who “Stole” Second Base at the 1979 World Series
Notes: HA Sale Netted $9.4 Million
The just concluded Summer Trading Card catalog at Heritage Auctions resulted in 1,971 bidders pushing the auction’s tally past the $9.4 million mark. As we reported earlier this week, bidding was topped by an all-PSA 10 1986-87 Fleer set including the Michael Jordan rookie card that sold for $216,000. Three high-grade 1933 Goudey Sport Kings all topped the … [Read more...] about Notes: HA Sale Netted $9.4 Million
Now What?
So here we sit. Sportsless. Anxious. Unknowing. It’s a crappy feeling. And weird. Really weird. Like hopping into a sports time machine set to about 1855. We are the most spoiled sports generation in history. There are so many games now, they all kind of intersect. Spring baseball. Spring football. Spring basketball. Spring … [Read more...] about Now What?
Editor’s Blog: Shows Provide More Evidence of Sports Card Market Strength
There was a time several years ago when card shows were said to be dying. “Everyone’s buying online,” they said. “The interest isn’t that great and no one feels the need to get up and drive somewhere to look at cards. It's a hassle." It’s safe to say things have changed. Yes, buying and selling online is the preferred method for many, but the good old fashioned show … [Read more...] about Editor’s Blog: Shows Provide More Evidence of Sports Card Market Strength
Notes: Taking the Card Shop Plunge; Dow Jones vs. Card Market; Kirk Gibson Fundraiser
A lot of people dream about opening a card shop. Lifelong collector Aaron Bertram of Traverse City, MI decided to stop thinking about it and start doing it. On Friday, the former sales manager at a local auto dealership is opening the doors to The Vault Sports Cards and Collectibles. It’ll be mostly sports cards, but he’ll also try to appeal to gamers and … [Read more...] about Notes: Taking the Card Shop Plunge; Dow Jones vs. Card Market; Kirk Gibson Fundraiser
Notes: ’48 Indians Flag a Mystery; Vintage Market; GBSCC Show; Wrigleyville Shop; ’45 Series Ball
Today, it would be treated with uncommon reverence but Bill Veeck wasn’t a reverent sort of guy. The owner of Cleveland’s baseball team when it won the 1948 World Series knew a good publicity stunt when he saw one—even if it made fun of his own team. When the ’48 champs fell out of contention in ’49, he staged an elaborate mock funeral for the 1948 pennant that hung at the … [Read more...] about Notes: ’48 Indians Flag a Mystery; Vintage Market; GBSCC Show; Wrigleyville Shop; ’45 Series Ball