Here’s another cool item from Mastro’s June 2008 Classic Collector Auction: a 1955 Exhibit Card Catalog. The only other copy I’ve seen (which could be…
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From the post-war boom to the junk wax era and beyond.
The 1979 OPC Hockey set is a landmark release in the hobby, largely due to the iconic Wayne Gretzky rookie card. But the set is…
Here are a pair of Topps Space Cards original artworks that Mastro offered in his June 2008 Classic Collector Auction. Dating these is complicated. According…
I don’t often dive into pre-war sets—they’re not my specialty. But when I spot an elusive premium issue in an old catalog with a ‘hobby-library…
Here’s the original artwork Dick Perez painted for the 1989 Donruss Frank Viola #23 Diamond Kings card. Ron Oser Enterprises offered it in a lot…
Variety is the spice of life, and Topps definitely mixed things up with the introduction of tall boy sized cards with their 1964 Hockey set.…
A few rare cards have managed to trickle into the hobby despite Topps’ intention not to release them. These cards were usually caught and updated…