
January 31 is perhaps the greatest day of the year for birthday combinations in all of historic professional baseball history. It’s the special day for Jackie Robinson (1919), Ernie Banks (1931) and […]
January 31 is perhaps the greatest day of the year for birthday combinations in all of historic professional baseball history. It’s the special day for Jackie Robinson (1919), Ernie Banks (1931) and […]
The T216 baseball card set is one of the most overlooked and perhaps unknown sets among vintage baseball card collectors. These cards rarely come up for sale, when they do they are […]
The National Baseball Hall of Fame has elected Scott Rolen to its roster of super star players. Rolen was the sole inductee for this particular 2023 vote. The 17-year third baseman included […]
Joe Burrow is back in the Championship and he is yet again going to face off against Patrick Mahomes. It’s the Bengals vs. Chiefs Redux, and Patrick Mahomes has an injury with […]
There is a saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. And in sports collectibles and cards, the subject of the photo may easily be worth thousands of dollars. In this […]
The 1986-87 Fleer card of Michael Jordan is deemed to be his rookie card. The Star set and the beautiful Jump Man Nike card might be more rookie materials in reality, but […]
Some sports collectibles can fetch eye-popping and mind-blowing prices. Every collector knows a Babe Ruth card from 1934 or earlier years is going to be valuable and almost certainly into the thousands […]
LeBron James already made history by becoming the second highest NBA point scorer of all-time. But after surpassing Karl Malone for that #2 spot, the all-time regular season scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is […]
The 1952 Topps baseball card set is one of the most iconic sets ever made. Some collectors will argue that it’s even more iconic than the 1909-11 T206 set from American Tobacco. […]
Birthdays are a great way to pay tribute to your favorite players in the sports collectibles hobby. December 30, 2022 marks the 88th birthday of the great Sandy Koufax. For card collectors, […]
It is always sad to hear about the passing away of great sports legends. Pele was without a doubt on of soccer’s GOAT players, and for many decades his status would have […]
The year 2022 was a very mixed bag for sports card auctions. Modern players continued to see their prices soft for the most part. But what was solid auction after auction was […]
If anyone is looking for any additional proof that Hall of Fame announcements do matter to the sports collectibles hobby, Fred McGriff’s securing the necessary votes is yet again proof. If you […]
It seems that Mickey Mantle card prices set new records in high-end sales almost every few months. Perhaps the biggest question is whether these sales lift the bar for all other Mantle […]
Let’s face it, the sports collectibles and sports cards hobby focuses on stars and super-stars. Common player cards from the 1980s and 1990s are in many instances worth the same or less […]
What set is the true “Monster Set” for vintage baseball card collectors? The famed T206 baseball card set from 1909 to 1911 is often referred to as “The Monster” for its massive […]
The card grading arena has seen many changes over time. Despite being known for grading coins, comic books and trading game cards, CSG is still somewhat new to the sports collectibles hobby […]
The crash of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin and most digital assets has been monumental. Let’s not forget that the scandals and implosions have been more than monumental after many investors trusted the wrong person. […]
Trying to get cards graded at any point in the last two years was less than pleasant and predictable. Costs, wait times, service tiers, bulk orders and the like. It was all […]
The hobby of vintage sports collectibles always has huge premiums for great cards of Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle, and the slew of rookie cards of Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Roberto […]