The sports card hobby is full of interesting quirks and tidbits. Perhaps some of these factoids will make for longer, dedicated blog posts in the future, but in the meantime,…
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Willie Mays was a baseball icon. Arguably the greatest center fielder of all time. He was a 24x All-Star, a World Series Champion, a 2x NL MVP, he won the…
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With the announcement of Topps going public again, I wanted to take a look back at the early days of Topps as a card company, particularly the Federal Trade Commission…
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Team cards are simply photographs of all the players on a team, on the front of a sports card. They’re a great collectible for folks who focus their collections on…
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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…
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There is an essential lesson in collecting vintage products, just because it’s graded doesn’t mean it’s real. It’s imperative for collectors spending big dollars to research the items they bid…
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The growing popularity of unopened material in the post-war sports card market has led to drastically increasing prices. With rising prices come questions and malicious sellers, so I wanted to…
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In January, I wrote an article on Five Underrated Baseball Rookie Cards. It’s been one of the most popular on my site since then, so I thought I would investigate…
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Mickey Mantle’s playing years were 1951-1968, and he has a plethora of awesome cards. His 1951 Bowman Rookie and 1952 Topps cards being truly iconic in the hobby. Due to…
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Like many kids in the 80s and early 90s, I collected sports cards with a relentless passion. I was lucky to live in cities with iconic athletes and a bunch…
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