Marty Appel’s 1998 argument that Mickey Mantle ignited the baseball card hobby not once, but three different times.
Posts published in “The Hobby Library”
Scans, stories, and history from a lifetime of collecting hobby literature.
A 1997 look at how Stadium Club, Finest, Bowman and Chrome helped Topps fight its way back to the top of the hobby.
A fascinating contemporary look inside Fleer as the company tried to reinvent itself, and expand the trading card market, in 1993.
In 1995, Topps thought its new D-III technology might change card collecting forever. Things didn’t exactly go according to plan.
A 1993 look at overlooked subsets—and why they can still be a great way to stretch your collecting dollar.
In 1971, legendary collector Frank Nagy described his staggering collection in his own words—and was photographed surrounded by it.
A complete look at SGC Collector Magazine’s 2007 feature on the legendary Lionel Carter Collection.