Vintage Sports Cards – Baseball – Basketball – Football – Hockey
Readers of the blog know I write about unopened material quite a bit, and I even have an archive that documents unopened products to educate collectors and preserve hobby history. Recently, thanks to a Facebook group dedicated to vintage wax and packs and developing the archives for 1973, 1974, and 1975 Topps Baseball, I learned … Read more
Let me start by saying that I love the 1973 Topps baseball set. I even used to have a nearly complete high-grade PSA set. While some consider many of the action shots ugly, I really like them; the set has some of the best backgrounds in the hobby. Plus, 1973 Topps has the last cards … Read more
I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m a checklist collector. However, when asked about team checklists, I say I don’t collect them, but that’s only because I need to focus my collection a little bit. But that’s not to say I’m not a fan of team checklists, and one such set that I think is … Read more
A lot of people collect PSA graded sets. And there has been growth in the collecting of 1970s Topps basketball cards. Most people don’t realize how much lower the print runs of basketball were in the 70s than basketball, so collectors are getting a little caught off guard about some of the really low population … Read more
I’ve never been a huge hockey collector, but it makes me want to jump into the space when I see incredible unopened pack runs like these. The Era of Million Dollar Cards This week, Goldin Auctions reported that it sold a 2000 Playoff Contender Tom Brady for $1.7M (in LiteCoin Crypto). And on April 26th, … Read more