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…
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There’s a lot of fraud in the modern sports card market, particularly in vintage unopened products. One of the significant frauds has been folks who modify rack packs and replace…
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Historically, quality control was never a forte of the Topps company. And people with a background in printing will tell you that throwing material away is equivalent to throwing money…
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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…
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The other day a collector emailed me a story he had written for Sports Collectors Digest many years ago about a few cards that are (almost) impossible to find. He…
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I love uncut sheets of sports cards. They make excellent display pieces, and they’re often scarce, they provide set education, finish “master” collections, and provide hobby integrity. So despite the…
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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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