October 20 is just another day to anyone who is not a vintage sports card collector. It just happens to be Mickey Mantle’s birthday from 1931. Mickey Mantle is without a doubt […]
New Record Honus Wagner Price for PSA 1.5 Grade (North of $3 Million!)
Records are made to be broken. Despite some wide softness in the sports card market, don’t tell that to buyers of extremely rare vintage cards. And don’t dare tell it to buyers […]
Using Sports Cards to Change Halloween
Halloween is perhaps one of the most fun national events in America. Trick or treaters get to dress up in costumes along with parents and adults. And they get to load up […]
How Many Fake Babe Ruth Autographs Are Out There?
Babe Ruth is one of the most easily recognized figures in all sports over all time periods. Owning anything signed by Babe Ruth, particularly an autographed baseball, is a dream for any […]
Roberto Clemente Rookie Rejoins the $1 Million Card Club!
Roberto Clemente remains a legend some 50 years after his tragic death. Vintage baseball card collectors cannot seem to get enough Clemente cards either. At least that’s what having a $1 million […]
Which Topps Now Aaron Judge Card is the Best?
Topps Now produces many cards to mark key moments of each season. Some are great cards of great moments. Some are forced issues which will seem to have little notice or care […]
The Debate Over the $1 Million Aaron Judge Baseball That Could Have Been
Unique sports collectibles that capture specific moments in time can sell for more than a typical house these days. Imagine waking up to news that a young man caught Aaron Judge’s 60th […]
The Ultimate & Unique 1953 Topps Willie Mays Goes Away (Again!) 31 Years Later
The 1953 Topps card of Willie Mays is perhaps Mays’ most visually stunning card that was ever created by Topps. It’s also more scarce than the 1952 Topps card of Willie Mays […]
The Day I Introduced Wade Boggs to Honus Wagner
Every baseball fan knows the name of Wade Boggs. And every baseball card collector knows the name Honus Wagner. Well, something happened in the aftermath of the 2022 National Sports Collectors Convention. […]
7 Vintage Baseball Cards Every Collector Wants to Own
Baseball is America’s Pastime. Baseball cards hold all of the major records for sports card collectors. The game has undergone many changes over time, but the reality is that a ballgame played […]
10 Sports Collectibles Predictions After the $12.6 Million 1952 Topps Mantle Sale
The hobby of sports collectibles has evolved and changed over time. After the roaring 1980s came the Junk Wax Era, and in the years since the hobby just keeps evolving. There are […]
Why This May Be the Best Willie Mays Card Ever!
Willie Mays is one of the greatest players to ever play baseball. His 1951 Bowman card is his true rookie, but the 1952 Topps card of Willie Mays is also a must […]
Is Mike Trout Already a Lock in the Hall of Fame?
There are many great baseball players in 2022. The greatest of these players will likely end up being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame five years or longer after they retire […]
Mickey Mantle Sees the First Ever Stock Split in Fractional Ownership (Shares)
A stock split to stock market investors is generally considered to be one tool that corporations use as a reward to their investors. Unlike a dividend and unlike a share repurchase plan, […]
Explaining 1948 Leaf Color Variations: Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial & More
The 1948 Leaf baseball card set is a thing of beauty for vintage baseball card collectors. It is effectively among the first U.S. mainstream card sets released in the aftermath of World […]
Reality Check: Is the 1929 WA & AC Churchman Babe Ruth a REAL Babe Ruth Card?
One term that gets over-used in the hobby of sports collectibles is a “grail” card. Every collector’s grail card is of course very different from one collector to the next. One player […]
The Hank Aaron Rookie Card Likely the Next $1 Million Card!
It is becoming more and more routine to see graded sports cards sell for $500,000 to $1,000,000 these days. After all, high-end collectibles are now undeniably an alternative asset class. That doesn’t […]
What This $7.25 Million T206 Honus Wagner Record Sale Means for the Hobby
Records are meant to be broken, and this is becoming more and more of the case each year in high-end sports collectibles. An announcement has been made by Goldin that a prized […]
15 Industry Trends, Changes, Observations From the 2022 National Sports Collectors Convention
The 2022 National Sport Collectors Convention has come and gone. The dealers and collectors have all returned home from Atlantic City and are counting their sales and evaluating their purchases. This year’s […]
The First $10 Million Sports Card Has Arrived
Every record is supposedly made to be broken. A new record is almost certain in the world of sports cards and sports collectibles. A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle is now likely to […]