Vintage Sports Cards – Baseball – Basketball – Football – Hockey
A while ago on Twitter, I shared links to the 1961 Topps and 1961 Fleer football Unopened Archive pages, and someone asked how it was that both Topps and Fleer had a license to print AFL and NFL cards in the same year. We also noted that it was weird that it was midway through … Read more
I wanted to learn a little more about some sets from the 1990s and thought the best way to do it would be to look at company sets in the PSA Set Registry across all four sports and find the ten most collected in the hobby. I ended up using the All-Time Finest numbers since … Read more
I’ve written about being a checklist collector a few times and why I enjoy the hobby niche so much. In this article, I will run down some of my favorite checklists, a bucket list of sorts. These aren’t just low population, super expensive cards (though some are pretty pricey), but simply the cards I’m aiming … Read more
The variety of products people can collect in the hobby is huge. People collect star players, sets, unopened products, advertising panels, and a lot more. Another hobby subgroup is collectors of uncut sheets. Before cards are put into packs, they are rolled out of printers in large sheets and cut. But sometimes, these sheets don’t … Read more
I previously discussed the 1989 Fleer Bill Ripken #616 FF Error card in the article 4 Expensive Baseball Card Printing Errors – Modern Edition. Basically, Fleer began printing the 660-card set in late 1988. The card with the profanity made it through quality control and was released in packs to the public. Once Fleer realized … Read more