Generally speaking, pitchers don’t get as much hobby love as position players, which is more evident with modern cards. The reason for this is probably…
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Here’s the original 5” x 7” pen and ink artwork used for Gene Mauch’s 1969 Topps card. It was offered for sale in Ron Oser…
In March 1998, Ron Oser Enterprises offered this circa 1935 R108 Pulver Pictures Wham Gum wrapper for sale, described as the most desirable 1930s non-sport wrapper in…
Manufacturers make mistakes; it happens. But in the sports card hobby, when those mistakes get corrected, and both variants end up in collectors’ hands, there’s…
In 1999, Mastro sold this 1970 Topps Football box for $1,973. A quarter of a century later, in September 2024, BBCE sold a box for…
I came across a fantastic piece of hobby writing in the December 1994 issue of Sports Cards Magazine. In it, O’Connell highlights his picks for the Top Five Horizontal…