Vintage Sports Cards – Baseball – Basketball – Football – Hockey
In last week’s Post War Cards Newsletter, I shared a link to a Forbes article titled, Luka Doncic Trading Card Sells At Auction For A Record $3.12 Million. However, the card purportedly sold privately for $4.6M in 2021, marking a significant loss. So while the November 17th auction is being marketed as the highest price ever … Read more
Despite being made up of other sports and other sports-related items and memorabilia, I’ve always referred to my collection as a baseball card collection. I bring this up because one of my friends was giving me a hard time about picking up so many stamp and sticker-related books for my “baseball card” collection. I reminded … Read more
With college football kicking off (Go Illini!), training for a pair of half-ironman triathlons this fall, my day job, and writing for the blog, my personal collecting goals took a back seat in September. Though I did pick up a few more hobby publications, guides, and classic catalogs for the hobby library. Speaking of that … Read more
This month I’ve continued my hobby library buying crusade picking up dozens of vintage hobby publications, guides, and classic catalogs. Follow me on Twitter to see pictures of all my buys. Between the additions to my bookshelves and the Society for American Baseball Research’s 50th Convention happening in Baltimore last week, I’ve been thinking a … Read more
My hobby focus this month was on learning, enabled by enormous growth in my hobby library. I share each book/magazine/newspaper pick-up over on Twitter, and once I reorganize my home office, I’ll share an update to an article I wrote in March 2021 called The Books Magazines and Catalogs that Make Up My Sports Card … Read more
My hobby focus this month was on Kahn’s Wieners basketball cards. I added all nine of Kahn’s basketball sets (1957-1965) to the Oddball Archive and wrote a detailed article about the four Jerry West cards they produced. I intend to write more about these regional oddball sets in the future, but if you want more … Read more
I launched The Post War Cards Newsletter this month, and two editions came out! So if you like the sorts of things I write about here on the blog and want to discuss sports card news and the industry, join me and subscribe! As a hobby participant, I added a few more old card catalogs … Read more
First, I wanted to mention that I will be launching The Post War Cards Newsletter within the month. It will feature unique, shorter-form content compared to the blog. So if you like the sorts of things I write about here and want to discuss sports card news and the industry, join me and subscribe! I’ve … Read more
Earlier this month, I picked up a pair of older hobby catalogs; one is the 2003 Standard Catalog of Basketball Cards, and the other is the 2006 Standard Catalog of Football Cards. For around $10, I picked up excellent references to aid me in researching sets for the oddball archive and the blog. I shared … Read more
This month, I picked up a complete run of Topps Magazines from 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993. Each came with the original uncut panel/sheet promotional cards and checklist photos; some even had their original mailing protective bags. The entertaining and diverse articles and pictures in this magazine will have an influence on this blog for … Read more