In June 2021, I wrote about the 1981 and 1982 Topps Baseball Cello Sheets and how interesting it was that Topps used their wax packs to advertise their cello products.…
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I’ve written about 1957 Topps a bit before on the blog. First, when I talked about the 4 Contest Cards, and a few months later, the 1957 Topps Cello Pack…
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Ichiro Suzuki had an incredible MLB career with 3089 hits, 509 stolen bases, and a .311 batting average over 19 seasons. That included a major league record 262 hit season…
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Topps used to distribute sell sheets (printed flyers) to dealers and local retailers to promote their products. I’m a big fan of them; since I’m an amateur hobby historian, they…
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A few weeks ago, a member of a vintage unopened product group asked for opinions about the 1955 Topps Baseball 1 Cent Pack graded eight by GAI pictured below. A…
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I generally prefer to stick to the objective pre and post-war card eras to define hobby eras because there’s too much subjectivity involved otherwise. For example, some folks call 1988-1994…
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Wikipedia wrote that T206 is a tobacco card set issued from 1909 to 1911 in cigarette and loose tobacco packs through 16 different brands owned by the American Tobacco Company.…
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Cal Ripken Jr. is a baseball legend. There’s not a lot that I need to say about his on-the-field achievements. But, if you want to read more about him, check…
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High-dollar sales of sportscards are headline grabbers. But you’re just not going to see high-dollar sales of raw post-war cards anymore (whether you like card grading or not, at least…
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I was scanning recent posts on an unopened sports card product Facebook page I’m a member of, and a collector shared an impressive image of a 1969 Topps Blue Wrapper…
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