I’ve been getting into baseball postcard collecting lately; here’s one of my favorites, published by the Angels’ radio and TV sponsor, Falstaff Brewing. I was…
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From the post-war boom to the junk wax era and beyond.
Topps Magazine usually had a section up front called “Fans Notes,” essentially letters to the editor. The first “note” in the Summer 1991 edition was…
I ran across this 1872 Harry Wright CDB (Warren Studio Red Stockings) in Mastro’s December 2001 catalog; it’s the same image that Old Cardboard and…
Here’s a T206 Lenox Cigarettes Fred Payne card that was offered for sale back in 1993. It was a part of Sotheby’s Important Baseball Cards…
This incredible lot of nine 1948/49 Leaf Premiums, advertising cards, a display box, and wrapper were offered together in December 2004. The way Mastro kicked off their description, bashing the…
I’ve seen a few photos of Cal Ripken Jr. signing his 1992 Donruss Elite Signature Series cards over the years, but this one from Trading…
When this 1969/70 Topps basketball uncut sheet was auctioned off in April/May 2008, it was one of only two known examples to the hobby. The sheet is…