Most collectors of sports memorabilia may be men who remember opening packs of baseball cards in their youth but anyone who loves the game can be a collector and age is no factor at all. For Susan Plymel, the collecting bug bit when her husband gave her a signed Joe DiMaggio baseball, but she was a fan long before that. Living in Florida, with access to teams during … [Read more...]
Signed Baseballs Back with Vietnam Vet
The value of sports memorabilia wasn't on the radar when John Engel received a box of items from a neighbor in the late 1960s. Inside the box of clothes and other items were two baseballs signed by members of the Milwaukee Braves a few years earlier. They had belonged to the woman's son who had grown up and was serving in the U.S. military in Vietnam. While Engel … [Read more...]