A reader asks the following: “I have a Baseball Register book 1957 edition, published by The Sporting News Very good condition.. Can you tell me if it’s a collector’s item and it’s value.” So we head back to our trustworthy barometer of...
Also from Diamond Galleries Scoop: 1887 Kalamazoo Card Brings $65,100 Auctions/Prices, Scoop Wednesday, November 23, 2005 “Five incredible rare and valued baseball cards from 1887 were recently listed on eBay by Time Passages Nostalgia. Scoop first covered the...
If you’re interested in pre-1950 baseball cards, this site is a resource to check out. They have summaries and example images for nearly 500 different pre-1950 baseball card sets, as well as forums, a newsletter, a magazine, a show and auction calendar and an...
Sotheby’s and SCP Auctions to Sell Important Sports Memorabilia and Cards on December 10, 2005 Financial News – Yahoo! Finance Press Release – Source: Sotheby’s; SCP Auctions Monday November 7, 8:08 pm ET Featuring Joe DiMaggio’s 1936 New...
Signed Sox Memorabilia Makes Automatic Collectable CBS 2 Chicago WBBM-TV Dorothy Tucker Reporting “(CBS) CHICAGO World Series fever has Sox fans pouring big money into truckloads of T-shirts and trinkets, collectibles and keepsakes. …Baseball fan Mike...
Collectible Sports Memorabilia by Kevin T. Fairbanks COLLECTING sports collectibles or sports memorabilia, antique or modern, is limited by two factors: the money available and the space to be filled. Having determined these basic essentials, it is then a personal...
Forged Sports Memorabilia by Frank Hague There is an ever-growing market in sport memorabilia, and sports-related keepsakes include signed commemorative photos, baseballs, footballs, basketballs, pucks and jerseys. A Google listing of corporations hawking these items...
A reader writes: ” I have 2 sets of NHRA cards. One says official drag champs American hot rod association AHRA set of 63 mint. Next set says AHRA drag nationals set of 70 bottom of card says Fleer limited Don Mills Ontario. I was wondering what they are...
by Adam McFarland As recently as 1997, the FBI estimated that between 50% and 90% of all collectibles in the marketplace are not authentic. Everyone that cares about the hobby agrees that something must be done. And most think that autograph authentication –...
Some sage advice on buying sports memorabilia: Sports fans should be wary when buying collectibles Beacon Journal | 09/21/2005 | “As the World Series draws nearer and the football and hockey seasons begin, many fans will want to buy some sports memorabilia. Be...