The awesome thing about flipping through old catalogs is running across random cards and sets that pique your curiosity and make you learn more about…
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Here’s Christy Mathewson’s official National League Player’s Contract for the 1903 season, dated September 15, 1902. Robert Edward Auctions (then a division of MastroNet Inc.)…
Christie’s offered this incredible Junge’s Bread For Energy advertising poster in their October 1993 Sports Memorabilia catalog auction. These are some of the toughest cards…
You have to admire the creativity that went into vintage non-sport display boxes. They’re attractive, colorful works of art; the comparison is more fitting since…
Who doesn’t love a scarce vintage regional basketball issue?! Here’s an “ultra-complete” set of 13 1970-71 Phoenix Suns A1 cards. Mastro offered this grouping in…
Pig League Chewing Gum! Christie’s offered this George Chastain parody painting in their October 1993 Sports Memorabilia catalog. In the description, Christie’s wrote: An original…
Today, I’m wrapping up my five-part series of articles focused on 1978 Topps baseball and its associated sets and promotions. Here are the previous four…