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Tristar Hidden Treasures Autographed Baseball Bronx Edition

Brett J. Lewis — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:26:43 +0000

Details from Tristar's currently available Yankee themed autographed baseball product. Hidden Treasures features current legends like Jeter and Sabathia as well as old time legends like Ruth and Mantle.

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Mickey Mantle’s Final Yankees Uniform Headed to Auction Block

Mike Smeth — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:05:14 +0000

An extensively photo-matched, researched and authenticated New York Yankees jersey worn by Mickey Mantle during the final season of his Hall of Fame career – truly one of the greatest Mantle-related pieces of memorabilia to ever surface in the hobby – will make its world auction premiere as part of Heritage Auction Galleries April 22-23 [...]

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Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez Jerseys Top the List of Bestselling Kids Jerseys

The Cardboard Connection — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:50:41 +0000

Sports go back a long way into America’s history and one of them, baseball, has often been referred to as ‘America’s pastime.’ It was labeled as that because years ago, it was the sport that all American’s loved. The game promoted teamwork and created some real heroes. Today, there are sports giants among us and little [...]

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Marshall Fogel, Sports Memorabilia Super Collector / Investor

Mike Smeth — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:04:04 +0000

Marshall Fogel, one of America’s top collectors and investors of sports memorabilia, gives the public a glimpse of his one of a kind sports memorabilia collection. CNBC’s Darren Rovell talks with the super collector about his famed collection. Marshall Fogel, Sports Memorabilia Super Collector / Investor is brought to you by The Cardboard Connection: Sports Cards [...]

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Interview With Sports Artist Monty Sheldon

Andrew Chrisman — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:28:03 +0000

Monty Sheldon is one of the better known sports artists in the hobby today. After graduating from the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey, he went on to become one of the early employees at Dark Horse Comics. After leaving Dark Horse Comics in 1998 he went on to [...]

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Best Cards of the Fifties

The Cardboard Connection — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:16:44 +0000

ToppsTV selects the best 1950 Topps Baseball Cards ever made. Cards are judged based on Overall Collectibility, Historical Significance, the ever important Coolness Factor.

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Should Sports Cards Be In Video Games?

Andrew Chrisman — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:47:23 +0000

For years manufacturers have been trying to get more people interested in the hobby. One of the main demographics companies have been targeting is kids. With all the high-tech toys out on the market, one of the last things many kids find interesting is sports cards. Products such as Topps Attax and MLB Showdown are [...]

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Baseball Cards Are Art Too: The Met Houses Historic Collection

Nick Tylwalk — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:47:48 +0000

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest and most famous art galleries in the world. Inside, visitors can find paintings, sculptures, clothing, musical instruments and... baseball cards? It's true. Unbeknownst to many hobby enthusiasts, the Met is home to a large and significant collection of about 30,000 early baseball cards, which were donated [...]

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Last Run for High-End Pioneer: Upper Deck to Release Final Exquisite Basketball Set

Nick Tylwalk — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:00:35 +0000

One of the undeniable themes of the last decade or so in the world of sports cards has been the rapid evolution of its most expensive products - call them high-end, super premium, or any similar term. In 1999, the thought of someone paying $100 for a single pack of modern cards would have been [...]

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Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Sketch Cards

Jay Ghazaleh — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:31:44 +0000

I received a concerning email from friend, and sketch card artist Brian Kong last week. It seems that a certain seller on eBay has forged his artwork, and is selling it as his own. Brian did what he thought was the right thing and reported the seller to eBay immediately. Here is a comparison between [...]

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