If your visiting this page, rest assured, I know that it was by error and that you have little to no interest in those stupid code cards in 2010 Topps Baseball. They are the same thing as the “Topps Attax” fillers, aren’t they? I’m actually running a recycling program for the “Million Card Giveaways”, all you [...]
Bernice Gallego, 72, and her husband, Al Gallego, 80, have been in the business of selling collectibles since 1974. Their Fresno, CA antique store, Collectique, has been the staging area for their collectibles business for almost as long.
Bernice Gallego sat down one day this summer, as she does pretty much every day, and began listing [...]
Millionaire Collector Gary Cypres has collected sports cards and memorabilia since the 1950’s. He has accumulated one of the most incredible (and valuable) collections of Sports Artifacts ever assembled. Cypres has displayed his treasure trove of Sports Collectibles in a 32,000 square foot building near the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles for a number [...]
Sorry for the Terminator reference, but its true. In 1911 the American Tobacco Company created one of the world’s first known baseball card redemption programs. Those who were fortunate enough to collect enough redemption coupons could exchange them for T3 Cabinet baseball cards. The American Tobacco Company also pioneered the concept of mailing in redemption [...]
The only player to appear on an 1886-87 Old Judge and Topps baseball card during their career, Connie Mack is considered one of the best managers that baseball has ever seen.
Connie Mack made his major league debut on September 11th, 1886 for the Washington Nationals and played his final game on August 29th, 1896 with [...]
Goodwin andamp; Company’s latest auction, “Masterpieces and Uncommon Commons” XIX, is now in full swing. Collectors looking to pick up some of the great vintage baseball cards available in the auction seem undetered by the current state of the economy as many items have already eclipsed their minimum bid requirements with 2 weeks left to [...]
Philip Weiss Auctions will be showcasing the “Holy Grail” of Baseball Cards, a T-206 Honus Wagner, in their upcoming Sports Card and Sports Memorabilia Auction on November 22nd. The Wagner has been graded an SGC 3 and has been owned by the same family since being pulled from a pack many years ago. Accompanying the [...]
Last weekend marked the end of Memory Lane’s Hot Summer Classic Rarities sale. Total sales for the auction exceeded an impressive $2.75 million. Collectors were able to bid on items via phone, internet and fax over a three week period. When all was said and done over 1300 lots were sold in the auction, including [...]
As a teenager, John Cobb was interested in everything. He worked for spending cash on a trash truck. He was always amazed at the things people threw out and got into the habit of bringing home some of furniture and toys that he found while on the job.
At one point, Cobb says, he had seven [...]
Forbes recently wrote an interesting article on the state of the Sports Collectibles Industry, which was prompted by the latest sale of a Honus Wagner T206 Tobacco Card. The Sports Collectibles Market has progressively drawn more interest from the business news giant due to the continued growth and maturity of the industry, as well as [...]
In late 1977, Burger King and Topps partnered to create a 22 card set of the New York Yankees Baseball Cards. Distribution of the set was limited to Burger King Restaurants located within the Tri-State area. This fairly well known set was given away at no cost to customers that purchased select BK [...]
Have you ever been on the receiving end of an eBay transaction gone bad? Most of the time the first instinct when faced with such a situation is to blame the other party involved in the transaction without considering the other, less apparent alternatives. A disgruntled postal worker in Maine by the name of Richard [...]
