A recently graded 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson sold for over $87,000 late Sunday night. PWCC sold the SGC 5 card as part of its regular auctions on eBay. It was part of a larger consignment of vintage cards that was graded by SGC during this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. Fewer than 60 graded examples of the 1914 Cracker Jack Joe … [Read more...]
Notes: Cowboys Treasures, Topps’ Digital Efforts, Babe’s Bat Knob
The Dallas Cowboys have hired an archivist to organize and catalog the physical history of the franchise. Joshua Thorn, a 31-year-old Cowboys fan from Philadelphia left a similar job at Campbell Soup and now works for the team. Thorn told the Dallas Morning News he’s found a treasure trove of memorabilia including game-worn jerseys, player contracts, film of the team’s … [Read more...]
Third Series of WFL Football Cards Produced
The group of fans and collectors that has been chronicling the World Football League’s brief, but eventful existence through new sets of trading cards, has just released WFL Football Cards Series III. The cards capture some of the players who were part of the league during its two-year run from 1974 through 1975. The 70-card set includes Leroy Kelly, John Matuszak, Don … [Read more...]
World Football League Cards a Labor of Love
This July marks the 40th anniversary of the debut of the short-lived World Football League and four collectors and historians of the brash organization that took on the NFL are continuing their quest to make sure it isn’t forgotten. They’ve just released the second of three series of WFL football cards. Greg Allred, Bill Jones, Willie O’Burke and Richie Franklin collaborated … [Read more...]