Folks might not know that Mickey Mantle owned a Holiday Inn hotel in Joplin, Missouri, with his friend Harold Youngman; Lodging Magazine wrote an excellent overview. The hotel…
Posts published in “Memorabilia”
Autographs, game-used gear, tickets, advertising, and cardboard-adjacent gems.
It’s a miracle that any of these 1950s Ted Williams Moxie Window Decals survived; Sotheby’s offered this one in their 1994 Important Baseball Cards and…
Another great piece of vintage athlete-endorsed advertising is the partnership between Bob Feller and Dreamsicle. This 1947-dated piece( it says “Copyright 1947 Joe Lowe Corp”…
Here’s another classic cardboard advertising sign of Stan Musial pitching for Wonder Bread; it’s what “Good Ball Players Need” to “Build Strong Bodies 8 Ways.”…
Here’s a neat piece of hobby history: Reggie Jackson’s signed Topps Baseball Card Contract from August 1971. The piece was available in Ron Oser Enterprises’…
The early ’90s Sotheby’s Important Baseball Cards and Sports Memorabilia auctions were packed with incredible material; one example is this run of 93 World Series…
In 1993, Sotheby’s offered this Quaker Oats Babe Ruth Advertising Sign in their Important Baseball Cards and Sports Memorabilia auction. Sign me up for this club!…