Baseball card industry looking to end slump SLAM! Sports – Baseball By GREG RISLING “LOS ANGELES (AP) – The shelves are crammed with boxes of baseball cards at Mike Mittrick’s store. It gives his customers lots of choices, but also illustrates...
Last month, in August of 2005, Mastronet held an online auction of diverse items, which also included a selection of sports memorabilia. Doug Allen, president of MastroNet, had this to say: “The Wayne Gretzky jersey and rookie card went through the roof,”...
Outta here: Bidders get Fleer assets CourierPostOnline Saturday, September 10, 2005 By ERIK SCHWARTZ Courier-Post Staff “MOUNT LAUREL When the auctioneer opened the sale of 103 Philadelphia Eagles jerseys, stitched with former wide receiver Freddy...
Topps to Offer 5 Cent Packs! Tuesday September 6, 9:08 am ET 1956 Price Commemorates Company’s 50th Anniversary of Football Cards “NEW YORK, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Topps is pleased to announce that September 10th & 11th, NFL’s Kick-Off...
The sport of collectibles New York Daily News BY TOM VAN RIPER DAILY NEWS WRITER August 23, 2005 “To Brandon Steiner, building a valuable portfolio in sports memorabilia means following your heart. ‘The key to collecting is to get what you love, then...
I always like Russ Cohen’s news stories – there’s always some insightful commentary on the state of sports collectibles: Forsberg cherishes his original Flyers jersey By RUSS COHEN phillyBurbs.com “Every person on the planet is a collector to a...
This a great article on collecting golf clubs in an article by Missy Sullivan interviewing Jeff Ellis, author of The Clubmaker’s Art: Antique Golf Clubs and Their History, and a second volume, The Golf Club: 400 Years of The Good, The Beautiful and The Creative:...
Less, not more, in store for baseball card collectors Dwight Chapin Monday, August 8, 2005 sfgate.com “And then there were two. In an attempt to pump life into the market for new baseball cards, the Major League Baseball Players Association has announced that it...
Beckett Announces Charter Class of First-Ever Baseball Card Hall of Fame Total Value of the 10 Cards Inducted Exceeds $560,000 Tuesday August 9, 4:44 pm ET DALLAS, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ — What are the greatest baseball cards of all-time? Beckett Baseball answers...
Da Babe weighs in on the state of sports card collecting: As hobby continues to evolve, fun is in eye of collector The Telegraph Online Babe Waxpak Published: Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005 “Fun is in the eye of the collector. Folks collect for many different reasons, and...