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Post War Cards

1976 Topps Football Cello Cases

I thought some of you might enjoy reading about this motherload of 1976 Topps Football Cello cases that REA auctioned off in July 2000 (the…

1978 Beckett Price Survey Update

I shared Dr. Jim Beckett’s first price survey results a few weeks ago. Well, the following year, he kicked off an update with the following bit…

1982 Union Oil Dodger Player Portraits

Marc Sarchet highlighted the incredible 1982 Union Oil Dodger Player Portraits in the March 1983 issue of The Trader Speaks with some information that seems…

1952 Topps Baseball Advertisement

Here’s a Hobby Libary pick-up I made at the 2024 National, a 1952 All-Star Game program. Why? Oh, there’s an ad for a baseball card…

1941 Joe DiMaggio’s Restaurant Postcards

One of the most colorful and unique hobby-adjacent collectibles you can add to your collection is a circa 1941 Joe DiMaggio’s Restaurant Linen postcard. I picked…

Mickey Mantle’s Holiday Inn Matchbooks

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…