In July, I shared the original artwork used for Whitey Ford’s 1953 Topps baseball card; today, the details for Willie Mays. Again, the original full-color…
Post War Cards
This 1964 Topps Salesman’s Sample Ad Card featuring Mickey Mantle was auctioned off in August 2006. It’s encapsulated as “authentic” by PSA and was used…
Sotheby’s offered a set of 26 (plus the 2 DiMaggio variations) R326 Goudey Flip Movies booklets in its April 1994 auction, with an expected price…
Sotheby’s auctioned this 1964 Philadelphia Football cello box in 1993. It looks amazing in B&W with all the packs laid out. However, given BBCE wrapping/authentication,…
There isn’t much known about the 1972 Puerto Rican Winter League sticker set, but the albums and sets, which are ‘hobby library historically significant,’ still…
I ran across this hilarious want ad in the April 1977 issue of The Trader Speaks from a collector looking for a 1947 Tip-Top Bread…
Here’s another historic hoops item: a 1970/71 Topps basketball uncut sheet. This one features three Pete Maravich rookies, and when it was sold in 2008 by…