In January 2021, I wrote about the Sports Cards I Would Buy if I had a Million Dollars. While fantasizing about what you would buy if you won the lottery…
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Frank Lane was infamous for making many trades, including players like Norm Cash, Rocky Colavito, Roger Maris, Red Schoendienst, and Early Wynn. Among the over 400 trades he made in…
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I was reading hobby Twitter the other day, and someone commented that they thought 1957 Topps was a response to the 1953 Bowman Color set. The thing is, Topps already…
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I’ve written extensively about checklists on the blog: The Curiously Similar 1970 Topps Baseball and Basketball Checklists Ranking The 19 1970s Topps Basketball Checklists The Story of the Scarce 1975…
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Upper Deck brought the first premium product to the hobby with their 1989 baseball set. They backed that release up in 1990 with another innovation, the first major chase card.…
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I’ve been consistently adding to my hobby library for the past 18 months, so from time to time, I will search eBay with keywords like ‘Topps,’ ‘book,’ ‘catalog,’ and ‘guide.’…
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A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about the 1939 Play Ball baseball set with an extra emphasis on the three Ted Williams Rookie Cards. I thought I would…
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Alan Rosen was one of the hobby’s first and most famous sports card dealers; some say infamous. And in 1991, with the help of Doug Garr, he published a fantastic…
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When you study cards as much as I do, you start noticing themes and similarities across the hobby, and I saw something really interesting the other day. Many of you…
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PSA described the 1953 Bowman Color set as one of “the most beautiful modern-era sets of baseball cards produced.” It’s got some classically gorgeous cards, like the Pee Wee Reese…
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