It has been more than 100 years since a superstar baseball player was both a solid batter and a solid pitcher, and the record books are about to be broken in the […]
Brothers Paul Waner & Lloyd Waner Deserve Closer Look in Vintage Baseball Cards – Pick Your Poison!
It’s hard enough for a family to be proud of one member being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. What about a family that has two brothers […]
Ted Williams: Undervalued Player, Undervalued Cards
Theodore Samuel Williams is better known as Ted Williams to sports fans and vintage baseball card collectors. He was without argument one of the greatest baseball players that ever lived. Many of […]
Why 1954 Dan-Dee Potato Chips Mickey Mantle Cards Have Such High Demand
The decade of the 1950s was a boom time for America. World War 2 had been won, and the Baby Boomers were young kids. It truly was the era that made up […]
Why the 1933 Uncle Jacks Candy Babe Ruth Card Is So Valuable
It is a fair bet that almost all adults know the name Babe Ruth. Very few people in the world know anything about a confectionery company called Uncle Jacks, Inc. The value […]
Will Case Breaks, Box Breaks and Pack Breaks Survive 2021?
The world of sports collectibles and non-sports collectibles has undergone major changes in 2020 and 2021. The deep recession and the COVID-19 pandemic should have dealt a major blow to the prices […]
Student-Athletes Win Major Compensation and Benefits Ruling Against NCAA
Colleges and universities throughout the United States have made countless millions and billions of dollars off of their sports programs over time. This has been possible in part due to the athletes […]
12 Major Sports Collectible Convention Trends & Issues for Summer 2021
The sports card and collectibles market has seen major changes from 2020 into 2021. Prices of collectibles have gone from super-hot to cold in 2021. Many factors that helped the surge in […]
18 Most Expensive Sports Card Sales Ever — Ruth Tells Wagner & Mantle to Move Over!
Many top baseball card prices had seen a massive surge in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic. Many prices of those card have since backed off the highs seen earlier in 2021. […]
Even 111 Years Later, T206 Honus Wagner Still Dominates
If there is one baseball card that even non-collectors know quite well, it’s the T206 Honus Wagner card. Samples of this card now rarely sell for under $1 million. In fact, even […]
Lessons of History: Sports Cards Collectors & Investors Should Not Bank on ‘Last Sale Price’
If you are purely a collector of sports cards and sports memorabilia or other collectibles, it is no secret that you might not make money on every purchase when you go to […]
Why Vintage Baseball Collectors Want T204 Ramly Cards So Badly
The early 1900s may have been a pivotal time in America, but while the economy was transforming further into manufacturing the sport of baseball was becoming more widespread. It was also a […]
Painful Lessons Chasing Rookie of the Year and Hot Rookie Cards
Chasing rookie sports cards may not be new for collectors. What is relatively new is that sports collectibles have undeniably joined other collectibles as an alternative asset class. Collectibles now compete for […]