The year 2021 was a wild year for the collectibles industry. Modern era and vintage cards exploded higher after 2021, but the moves have been unilateral. Despite some cards having cratered since […]
Previewing Each Auction House’s Top 2022 Sports Collectibles Auction
The year 2021 was a major year in sports collectibles. Many price records were shattered with major multi-million sales. Elsewhere, some prices spiked in many modern collectibles to unsustainable levels and then […]
Don’t Get Duped – Every Card Collector Needs to Read ‘Spotting Fakes’
Collecting baseball cards and other sports cards is a hobby that is now well over a century old. This used to be a very disorganized hobby where only the industry insiders knew […]
Iconic Vintage Cards of Cobb, Ruth, DiMaggio, Robinson, Mantle, Clemente Blow Out Estimates
The Hobby is seeing some interesting moves in prices and themes in sports collectibles in 2021. Modern sports cards have been taking it on the chin for the endless and countless base […]
Iconic Vintage Card Trove of Cobb, Ruth, DiMaggio, Robinson, Mantle, Clemente Up For Grabs
There are iconic cards in the hobby, and then there are the iconic cards that are the envy of any collector. Vintage baseball card collectors have seen many records broken in prices […]
Should Willie Mays Cards Be Worth More Than Mickey Mantle Cards?
Mickey Mantle is one of the top cards that all vintage collectors want in their collection. Owning a Mantle rookie may not be in the price range of every vintage card collector, […]
Mickey Mantle Card Prices Seeing Massive Premiums Far Beyond His Rookie Cards
Vintage baseball cards are still commanding very high auction prices. The prices realized are strong for investment grade cards, those classic and rare cards and the subsequent cards that are in nearly […]
The Top 10 Baseball Rookie Cards from 1950 to 1955
The 1950s was a magical time in America. As the pain of World War 2 was fading, the 1950s became the era of “Mom, baseball and apple pie!” The economy was booming […]
1952 Topps Jackie Robinson Chasing Mickey Mantle Valuations
In baseball card collecting there is a major focus on prized rookie cards. But then there is also the 1952 Topps set that ultimately revolutionized baseball cards for decades. Any superstar player […]
High-End Vintage Baseball Cards Dominated eBay’s Summer 2021 Auctions (EXPANDED)
The business of sports collectibles has seen a lot of changes from 2020 to 2021. The volatility in prices saw a surge from 2020 into early 2021, and then prices corrected handily […]
High-End Vintage Dominated eBay’s Summer 2021 Baseball Cards Auctions (EXPANDED)
The business of sports collectibles has seen a lot of changes from 2020 to 2021. One aspect that has continued to show strength during a period of volatility has been in the […]
The Top 10 Baseball Rookie Cards from 1950 to 1955
The 1950s was a magical time in America. The pain of World War 2 was fading and the economy was booming. What would become the Baby Boomers were also starting to enter […]
Buying 1950s Baseball Card Treasure Trove – Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Robinson, Clemente, Koufax & More
Some people take interesting trips or decide to partake in adventurous trips for their 50th birthday. For me, mine was a trip to Cooperstown, New York to the Baseball Hall of Fame. […]
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 […]
1952 Berk Ross Cards Underappreciated (and Undervalued?)
Vintage baseball card collectors had to deal with some serious sticker shock in late 2020 and early 2021 as prices rose endlessly. While prices have since corrected and come back down from […]
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. […]