Sports Collectors

    April 4, 2022

    PSA Parent Company to Open Vault, Gets $100 Million Investment as 100+ Graders Tackle Card Backlog

    PSA’s parent company is planning to offer a vault service for trading cards.  Collectors, the newly rebranded, shortened moniker for…
    January 30, 2022

    1993-94 Topps Finest Basketball Broke New Ground in Hoops Market

    1993-94 Topps Finest basketball was an upping of the ante in the sports card technological arms race right from the…
    January 22, 2022

    Notes: PSA Grading Tallies; Son Sues Mom; $10,000 Jackie Photo

    PSA says it graded and shipped over eight million cards in 2021. While some have been submitted since the company…
    January 21, 2022

    Giannis Suing Leaf Over “Greek Freak” Trademark

    Attorneys for Giannis Antetokounmpo have filed a lawsuit against Leaf Trading Cards over the use of the NBA superstar’s “Greek…
    January 21, 2022

    Massive, Original, Pristine 1927 Babe Ruth Movie Banner Uncovered

    “Grampa Eddie” knew it was special. After all, it wasn’t every day that a movie came out that starred Babe…
    January 20, 2022

    Massive, Original, Pristine 1927 Babe Ruth Movie Banner Uncovered

    “Grampa Eddie” knew it was special. After all, it wasn’t every day that a movie came out that starred Babe…
    January 20, 2022

    Shoeless Joe Jackson Rookie Card Continues Its Meteoric Rise In Value

    While the names of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb dominate the pre-war baseball card landscape, that pair of all-time greats…
    January 19, 2022

    1980-81 Topps Basketball: Taming a Perforated Monster

    Basketball card collecting has many iconic rookie cards for collectors to chase. From George Mikan to Bill Russell. Lew Alcindor…

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      May 11, 2021

      Shop Talk: Stocking Junk Wax Boxes to Bring Back the Fun

      Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.  After spending years and years passing on every late 1980s and early…
      June 11, 2021

      Why Bill Belichick requires a wonder as Patriots deal with b…

      Why Expense Belichick calls for a marvel as Patriots handle new reality Tom Brady in addition to Bill Belichick approve…
      September 18, 2021

      Notes: Suspects Arrested After Same Shop Burglarized 3 Times; West Coast Show Planned; Big NFL Auction

      They got away with it twice, but police in Cicero, NY say three men who tried to burglarize a hobby…
      July 21, 2021

      Notes: Lewis Hamilton SuperFractor Pulled; WaPo on SoCal Card Trader; All-Star 1st Pitch Ball Auction

      The 2020 Topps Chrome SuperFractor Autograph of F1 superstar Lewis Hamilton has been pulled by a 15-year-old in Quebec, who…
      December 11, 2021

      Rookie Cards of 2022 Golden Age, Early Days Hall of Fame Inductees

      The Baseball Hall of Fame’s roster expanded by six on Sunday night as two committees voted in six former players.…
      October 3, 2021

      Arrest Made in Armed Robbery of Pennsylvania Hobby Shop

      An arrest has been made in the Sept. 14 armed robbery of a sports card shop in Altoona, PA. Jayson…
      October 26, 2021

      Dribbles and Scribbles: Basketball’s Unknown Hall of Famer and His Rare Autograph

      In an ongoing series, long-time basketball autograph collector Tim Gallagher recounts memories of collecting in person signatures and brushes with…
      January 18, 2021

      One of Lou Gehrig’s Last Bats Discovered; Heading to Auction

      Packed away for decades and owned by the descendants of a former Yankees teammate, one of the last bats used…
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