Aug 4, 2023 · Trading card company Panini has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Fanatics, alleging that it has engaged in “anticompetitive conduct” and tried to create a monopoly in sports collectibles industry. Since acquiring the rights to produce baseball, football and basketball trading cards in 2021, Fanatics has fully immersed itself in the ... Charles Harrison is a freelance contributor to SCD. He can be reached at [email protected] or via SCD at 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54990. Most 1963 Pepsi-Cola Colt .45s baseball cards never reached their intended destination, resulting in a truly rare John Bateman card. Learn here where they were distributed and why they are so …Jun 8, 2009 · Throughout 2009 and beyond, Sports Collectors Digest is running "Mickey Mantle: The Complete Collectibles Guide" series that looks at the famous Yankee slugger and his life as a huge pitchman for products galore, including hotels. Here, you will find the articles that have run thus far, with new additions making the list as they appear in SCD. Trout, whose 2009 Bowman Chrome Superfractor rookie card sold for a then-record $3.9 million in August 2020, has become a collector himself and a fan of the hobby. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching!2023 Sports Collectors Digest Digital Issue No. 17, December 1 Sports Collectors Digest, the most respected sports collectibles magazine in the hobby, keeps you informed about every aspect of sports collecting, including trading cards, memorabilia, autographs, online auctions, grading, and authentication.Oct 24, 2023 · Each one features a game-worn patch, Jordan’s stunning autograph and 1/1 handwritten in blue Sharpie. 2002-03 Upper Deck NBA Logo Mania Michael Jordan Logman Auto card. Heritage Auctions. One of those 1/1 Jordan cards hit the auction block in August 2019 — a BGS Gem Mint 9.5 — and sold for $204,000. At the end of October, Sports Collectors Digest caught up with Nat Turner, the CEO of Collectors Universe, the parent company of PSA, and Jeromy Murray, President of Beckett Collectibles, to talk about how the two companies are handling the “tsunami” of cards that invaded their buildings and severely impacted the sports card …Tom Bartsch. Jan 23, 2015. In the Jan. 23, 2015, issue of SCD, Topps writer Len Brown recalled his 41 years of working on the various Topps card products. The 1960 Topps baseball issue was one of the first projects assigned to Brown. In part two of this two-part feature on Brown, this is the story of his involvement in that set.Remarkably, as of mid-January, Paul’s card collection is up to 2.8 million. Yes, million. Paul also has 98,000 autographs, which were mostly personally obtained. Paul Jones standing by boxes full of baseball cards categorized alphabetically by last name. “One day it just clicked,” Barry said about his son’s collecting.Jul 1, 2020 · SCD Staff. Jul 1, 2020. Tuff Stuff Price Guides. Once upon a time, Sports Collectors Diges t had a sister publication called Tuff Stuff that included price guides on a variety of cards. Though that publication no longer exists, we decided to keep the outdated price guides because so many collectors were using them as checklists. Behind the scenes at every game, Major League Baseball authenticators, usually current or former members of law enforcement, are taking artifacts from the playing field and making them available to fans …For its part, Topps did Mantle up proud in 1965, producing four great cards of the Yankee legend, cards that would be quite pricey decades later as the card-collecting hobby exploded. Card No. 350 of Mantle, the regular-issue card that year, is easily one of his toughest from the decade to find well centered and in high grade, and pricey when ...SCD has tracked Rogers to living in California, notably Oakland, before moving to McKinney, Texas, possibly in the late 1990s. However, Rogers might still have a home in California as well as Texas. Rogers’ alleged criminal activities didn’t start with forging athletes’ autographs.Dec 5, 2019 · Company Name Opens Closes Paul McInnis Auction Harry W. O’Brien Collection to benefit the University of New Hampshire Scholarship Fund Dec 4, 2023. Original: Dec 4, 2023. Courtesy of Sport Card Expo. It was once billed as “the world’s biggest hockey show,” but the Sport Card Expo in Toronto is now much more than that. The Expo, held twice annually in the spring and the fall, is Canada’s largest sports cards show. The most recent Sport Card Expo took place on Nov. 9-12.BOWMAN'S LAST HURRAH: Historic 1955 Bowman football set the last salvo in 1950s ‘Card Wars’. By James Mercer Feb 28, 2024.Helmar cards’ original artwork and their similarity to earlier sets is a big draw to dedicated collectors. He began producing a series of old-fashioned looking baseball cards, based on original art done by the artists in his employ. The cards have the look and feel of the famous T206 set. The cards are the same size as the T206s but are made ... SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST covers every aspect of modern sports collecting, including cards, memorabilia, equipment, lithographs, figurines, and autographed material. Online collecting, memorabilia, and auction news are covered each week in specially designed sections that complement columns from some of the most respected experts in the hobby ... Dec 14, 2023 · Collectors, PSA acquire card-grading rival SGC. By SCD Staff Feb 29, 2024. Hobby News. Aug 19, 2010 · T.S. O’Connell is the editor of Sports Collectors Digest. Reach him by e-mail: [email protected]; (715) 445-2214, ext. 13243. MORE RESOURCES FOR SPORTS COLLECTORS. Forgive us the obvious gags about how tough it was to get 1967 Topps Baseball high numbers way back when. Truth is, it’s way tougher to find the infamous 1967 high ... Sports Collectors Digest is the voice of the hobby for sports collectibles and memorabilia. Find the latest news, auctions, tips and insights on cards, autographs, …SCD has tracked Rogers to living in California, notably Oakland, before moving to McKinney, Texas, possibly in the late 1990s. However, Rogers might still have a home in California as well as Texas. Rogers’ alleged criminal activities didn’t start with forging athletes’ autographs.SCD Editor says farewell. Dave Strege. Mar 12, 2021. After nearly two years as Editor of Sports Collectors Digest -- and decades in journalism -- I am stepping down and into retirement. It’s been amazing to follow and report on the explosion in the hobby over the past year, and I’m sure it’ll continue.OK, sports fans! It’s time to play “Jeopardy for Collectors!” Host Alex Trebek: The answer is – “Smash it and take the card out.” Buzzer sounds. Contestant: What does the Baseball Hall of Fame immediately do when they receive a donation of a “slabbed” card? Trebek: Correct! Contestant: I’ll take “Care and Conservation” for ...That’s because the Cranston Sports Collectors Show is about to celebrate its 35th anniversary in Rhode Island, an annual one-day show open to collectors and dealers. The show goes back so far that even SCD was still a relative newcomer at its inception. The evolution. The first show, in 1976, attracted 15 dealers and a crowd of …Feb 20, 2020 · Remarkably, as of mid-January, Paul’s card collection is up to 2.8 million. Yes, million. Paul also has 98,000 autographs, which were mostly personally obtained. Paul Jones standing by boxes full of baseball cards categorized alphabetically by last name. “One day it just clicked,” Barry said about his son’s collecting. Throughout 2009 and beyond, Sports Collectors Digest is running "Mickey Mantle: The Complete Collectibles Guide" series that looks at the famous Yankee slugger and his life as a huge pitchman for products galore, including hotels. Here, you will find the articles that have run thus far, with new additions making the list as they appear in SCD.Apr 12, 2024 · Auctions. Whether it’s eBay or any number of auctions houses across the country, you can always find a large number of people bidding on the best sports memorabilia collectors have to offer, from a Babe Ruth autographed baseball to a pristine T206 Honus Wagner baseball card to a jersey worn by Michael Jordan. Sports memorabilia abounds. Oct 22, 2009 · A 1959 Fleer Life of Ted Williams set sold for $12,760, which sounds like a lot but upon closer examination seems like a bargain: all 80 cards are signed by Teddy Ballgame. The whole set, including No. 68, in this instance the ironically titled “Ted Signs” card. And as you might expect, there’s one of the hobby’s all-time great stories ... Mantle ($60) and Clemente ($40) leave the biggest impression price-wise with the embossed cards. Topps tried “transfers” as a cartoon-like insert in 1961 but it had few stars, and they never really “rubbed-off” on collectors. In 1966, Topps reworked the idea with color player photos and, as in 1961, team pennants.Sports Collectors Digest is the hobby's oldest and largest publication, covering every aspect of modern sports collecting including cards, memorabilia, autographed material and more.. SCD is published monthly with a special double issue published bimonthly. It includes feature stories, news items and regular columns.In this exclusive interview with Sports Collectors Digest, the Mets all-time great talks about seeing himself on a trading card for the first time, the importance of giving fans a nice autograph, his admiration for Pete Rose, his most memorable fans and much more. You were an absolute megastar during your career and you are still a star to this ...Feb 12, 2024 · National Sports Collectors Convention to return to Chicago for back-to-back shows in 2025 and 2026. By Jeff Owens Sep 18, 2023. Hobby News. For its part, Topps did Mantle up proud in 1965, producing four great cards of the Yankee legend, cards that would be quite pricey decades later as the card-collecting hobby exploded. Card No. 350 of Mantle, the regular-issue card that year, is easily one of his toughest from the decade to find well centered and in high grade, and pricey when ...Collectors, PSA acquire card-grading rival SGC. By SCD Staff Feb 29, 2024. Hobby News.Here are some tips to get you thinking and help you through some of those changes and back into the world of collecting. 1. Don’t Chase Everything. Taken as a whole, there are a lot of new ...Feb 20, 2020 · Remarkably, as of mid-January, Paul’s card collection is up to 2.8 million. Yes, million. Paul also has 98,000 autographs, which were mostly personally obtained. Paul Jones standing by boxes full of baseball cards categorized alphabetically by last name. “One day it just clicked,” Barry said about his son’s collecting. “Pretty crazy,” Avidar told Sports Collectors Digest after the purchase last year. “A /99 just went for $1.1 million, so it’s definitely been a whirlwind since we bought it.” Goldin Auctions CEO and founder Ken Goldin said 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite is the greatest set ever produced.Along with Fogel’s collection, other big-time collectors have trusted their cards for MBA to certify. The collector who purchased a 1986-87 Fleer PSA 10 Michael Jordan for $720,000 in January 2021, and then six weeks later paid $4.6 million for the 2018-19 National Treasures Logoman 1/1 Luka Doncic, has had his cards looked at by MBA.Dec 4, 2023. Original: Dec 4, 2023. Courtesy of Sport Card Expo. It was once billed as “the world’s biggest hockey show,” but the Sport Card Expo in Toronto is now much more than that. The Expo, held twice annually in the spring and the fall, is Canada’s largest sports cards show. The most recent Sport Card Expo took place on Nov. 9-12.Check all levels of college and universities sports websites to see if they have ex-professional athletes on their coaching staffs. ... New Mantel hobby community built for collectors of all kinds. By John Newman Apr 17, 2024. Hobby News. To PSA’s Chris Carlin, collectors and hobbyists are like family. By John Newman Apr 16, 2024.Apr 28, 2021 · BGS told Sports Collectors Digest that it is backlogged by “millions and millions” of cards, and CSG has acknowledged that it is behind as well. SGC came out not long after PSA halted submissions and tripled prices because of its backlog. PSA’s problem isn’t isolated. “Everybody is saying, ‘Well, PSA just isn’t doing it right. When the time came for New York Mets super collector Andy Fogel to pack up his New York home and move to Florida, his wife laid down the law. “She said, ‘You can’t bring the large items,’” Fogel told Sports Collectors Digest. “That meant I had to leave behind the Mets bullpen bench I had from when Shea Stadium was torn down.”Hall of Famer and World Series hero Roberto Clemente has always been popular among sports card and memorabilia collectors. We take a look at some of his most colorful and unique collectibles. When the first night game in MLB history took place in May 1935 at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field, nine-month-old Roberto Clemente enjoyed the …Each issue includes information and insight on the latest news and trends from some of the most respected experts in the hobby, as well as athlete interviews, auction coverage, …Sports Collectors Digest, the most respected sports collectibles magazine in the hobby, keeps you informed about every aspect of sports collecting, including trading cards, memorabilia, autographs, online auctions, grading, and authentication. Each issue includes information and insight on the latest news and trends from some of the most …Sports Collectors Digest is your leading sources for sports card and collectible shows all over the country. List the schedule and details for your show here. ... Your #1 source for finding sports card shows and events. Add Event. Select Event By Date Upcoming Events. More Events. Sports Card & Memorabilia Show. 5/4/2024 09:00 AMSports collecting news and features. Original content centered on modern and vintage sports cards and collectibles. Links to items for sale.When card flipper Dave Oancea sold his 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout autographed Superfractor in August 2020, he told Sports Collectors Digest he purchased the card two years earlier from a collector in Asia for $400,000. Oancea sold the 1-of-1 for a then-hobby-record $3.9 million. Turner, who was a part of a group that purchased …Tom Bartsch. Jan 23, 2015. In the Jan. 23, 2015, issue of SCD, Topps writer Len Brown recalled his 41 years of working on the various Topps card products. The 1960 Topps baseball issue was one of the first projects assigned to Brown. In part two of this two-part feature on Brown, this is the story of his involvement in that set.Nov 26, 2007 · Magazine Subscription Customer Service Use Customer Care to subscribe, renew, change your address, or pay your bill:. Or email or call: [email protected]. In U.S.: (800) 829-5561 Sports Collectors Digest is the hobby’s oldest and largest publication, covering every aspect of modern sports collecting including cards, memorabilia, lithographs, autographed material and more. Each issue also includes up-to-date pricing and check-listing data from some of the most respected experts in the hobby. Owens, Tom 19788 Wildwood Dr., West Linn, OR 97068. Pettit, Bob 7 Garden Lane, New Orleans, LA 70124. Sikma, Jack 9125 NE 21st Place, Clyde Hill, WA 98004. Smith, Greg 9930 SW Lumbee Lane, Tutatin, OR 97062. There are plenty of retired NBA basketball players who honor autograph requests from fans and collectors …He is offering memorabilia from the game and his 17-year NFL career in a new auction through eBay and Notable Live. Pro football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis had so much fun serving as a coach in the NFL Pro Bowl in February that he decided to share some of his gear from the game with fans. Lewis, a 13-time Pro Bowler during his 17 …Aug 19, 2010 · T.S. O’Connell is the editor of Sports Collectors Digest. Reach him by e-mail: [email protected]; (715) 445-2214, ext. 13243. MORE RESOURCES FOR SPORTS COLLECTORS. Forgive us the obvious gags about how tough it was to get 1967 Topps Baseball high numbers way back when. Truth is, it’s way tougher to find the infamous 1967 high ... 8. Smart, Wrong, and Lucky: The Origin of Baseball’s Unexpected Stars by Jonathan Mayo, foreword by Dave Dombrowski (Triumph, 256 pp.), $28. Finding, signing and nurturing players is the key to success for major league teams, though sometimes clubs find diamonds in the rough by accident.That’s because the Cranston Sports Collectors Show is about to celebrate its 35th anniversary in Rhode Island, an annual one-day show open to collectors and dealers. The show goes back so far that even SCD was still a relative newcomer at its inception. The evolution. The first show, in 1976, attracted 15 dealers and a crowd of …Original: Jun 27, 2022. Beckett. Beckett is undergoing a fresh start by rebranding its image, adding a technology-first CEO and moving into a new, state-of-the-art building. A lot is changing with one of the top third-party grading companies in the industry. Kunal Chopra was hired as CEO of Dallas-based Beckett Collectibles and Beckett Group in ...Mar 30, 2022. PSA. Collectors Holdings, Inc. has raised $100 million in new funding, helping it increase its revenue and earnings by more than 100 percent year over year. The new financing comes with a valuation of $4.3 billion and comes as the company launches its new corporate branding (“Collectors”) and website ( www.Collectors.com ). SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST covers every aspect of modern sports collecting, including cards, memorabilia, equipment, lithographs, figurines, and autographed material. Online collecting, memorabilia, and auction news are covered each week in specially designed sections that complement columns from some of the most respected experts in the hobby ... Sports collectible hobby celebrates first 8-figure sale with $12.6 million ’52 Mantle. By Greg Bates Aug 29, 2022. Hobby News.Dec 4, 2023. Original: Dec 4, 2023. Courtesy of Sport Card Expo. It was once billed as “the world’s biggest hockey show,” but the Sport Card Expo in Toronto is now much more than that. The Expo, held twice annually in the spring and the fall, is Canada’s largest sports cards show. The most recent Sport Card Expo took place on Nov. 9-12. SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST covers every aspect of modern sports collecting, including cards, memorabilia, equipment, lithographs, figurines, and autographed material. Online collecting, memorabilia, and auction news are covered each week in specially designed sections that complement columns from some of the most respected experts in the hobby ... Whether in 1959 or 1971, the Bazooka football cards came with a “frame of dashes” around each card/panel and it’s common to find the cards cut off the boxes, and into/below the lines, especially from 1959, making high-grade samples from that set rare. (Intact 1959 Bazooka boxes, by the way, are virtually nonexistent.Sports Collectors Digest. Articles From This Author. Collector Shows. Experience the Ultimate Card Show: JSA Authentication & $1,000+ in Prizes! By Sports Collectors Digest Sep 8, 2023. Dealer Directory. Goldin. By Sports Collectors Digest Apr 14, 2023. Auction News. Heritage Sports Collectibles catalog auction.Jan 27, 2017. By T.S. O'Connell. Alan “Mr. Mint” Rosen, 70, almost certainly the most visible icon of the baseball card and sports memorabilia business, died on Jan. 26 at a hospital near his home in Ramsey, N.J., after battling leukemia for several years. He was a loquacious, brash pioneer in the arcane world of baseball cards, a man who ...The 21st-century version of Topps could do a lot worse than celebrate its new-found exclusive status by replicating the classic 1956 version, an iconic, nearly flawless card set that was as close to a perfect issue as any ever created. Even with a missing Hall of Famer and a couple of suits as cards No. 1 and No. 2.Sports programs makes a nice alternative for the collector who craves vintage sports memorabilia, but doesn’t have the discretionary income for a Mickey Mantle game-worn jersey or a Babe Ruth game …SCD Editor says farewell. Dave Strege. Mar 12, 2021. After nearly two years as Editor of Sports Collectors Digest -- and decades in journalism -- I am stepping down and into retirement. It’s been amazing to follow and report on the explosion in the hobby over the past year, and I’m sure it’ll continue.2024 Sports Collectors Digest Digital Issue No. 03, February 15. Regular price $4.99 2024 Sports Collectors Digest Digital Issue No. 02, February 1. Regular price $4.99 SCD Logo Trucker Cap. Regular price $21.00 Unit price / per. Shipping calculated at checkout. Quantity. Add to Cart ...Sep 24, 2009 · For its part, Topps did Mantle up proud in 1965, producing four great cards of the Yankee legend, cards that would be quite pricey decades later as the card-collecting hobby exploded. Card No. 350 of Mantle, the regular-issue card that year, is easily one of his toughest from the decade to find well centered and in high grade, and pricey when ... Sports Card & Memorabilia Show. 5/4/2024 09:00 AM. Recurring Event. Salvation Army Community Center. Oak Creek, WI. View Details. Dec 4, 2023. Original: Dec 4, 2023. Courtesy of Sport Card Expo. It was once billed as “the world’s biggest hockey show,” but the Sport Card Expo in Toronto is now much more than that. The Expo, held twice annually in the spring and the fall, is Canada’s largest sports cards show. The most recent Sport Card Expo took place on Nov. 9-12.2023 Sports Collectors Digest Digital Issue No. 16, November 1. Regular price $4.99OK, sports fans! It’s time to play “Jeopardy for Collectors!” Host Alex Trebek: The answer is – “Smash it and take the card out.” Buzzer sounds. Contestant: What does the Baseball Hall of Fame immediately do when they receive a donation of a “slabbed” card? Trebek: Correct! Contestant: I’ll take “Care and Conservation” for ...13. Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A’s (Lyons Press, 264 pp., $24.95), by Dale Tafoya, foreword by Ken Korach. Though baseball makes strange bedfellows, none seemed quite as unlikely as Charley Finley and Billy Martin – two men whose abrasive personalities kept them out of Cooperstown.Premium Members: 17,168. SPORTSCOLLECTORS.NET BLOG. 1/1/2024 - HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024. 12/28/2023 - INDICATION WHEN PRIVATE SIGNINGS ARE COMPLETED. 11/15/2023 - 2 MILLION SUCCESSES ON SPORTSCOLLECTORS.NET. 1/1/2023 - HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023. 12/21/2022 - AUCTION RESULTS: SIGNED 1983 STAR …Yet, a love of the all-time greats, he added, might cause more collectors to gravitate toward the set. Appreciating the legends and the more obscure players, in general, is always great. Cy Young would likely tip his dapper cap from the ’61-’62 Greats set to that one. Doug Koztoski is a freelance contributor to Sports Collectors Digest.Aug 20, 2008. We would like to welcome you to the new and improved www.tuffstuff.com, a digital representative of Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors Monthly magazine. Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors Digest magazine strives to provide our. readers with the most accurate and up-to-date multi-sport Price Guide in the hobby as well as providing ...Krause Publications (Sports Collectors Digest's parent company) has an extensive collection of books covering every aspect of the art of sports collecting. You're sure to find the information you need to take your collection to the next level. View our entire collection of books for the sports collector and enthusiast »2023-24 Panini Select Basketball Preview. April 18, 2024 By Rich Mueller. The NBA playoffs will be down to the nitty gritty when 2023-24 Panini Select Basketball makes its annual return to the market. The colorful chromium product packs more of the same this season. Select Hobby boxes will have 12 packs, with five cards per pack.Check all levels of college and universities sports websites to see if they have ex-professional athletes on their coaching staffs. ... New Mantel hobby community built for collectors of all kinds. By John Newman Apr 17, 2024. Hobby News. To PSA’s Chris Carlin, collectors and hobbyists are like family. By John Newman Apr 16, 2024.That meant a collector could either accumulate 150 cards for the meager sum of $2.25 or splurge and amass 200 cards for only $3. With some clever trading a collector would have the entire set and plenty of …The current auction, which runs through April 7, includes more than 120 iconic, original Type 1 images spanning the worlds of sports, entertainment and history. They feature such historic figures as President John F. Kennedy, Marylin Monroe, Jane Fonda, Elvis, the Beatles, Elton John and scientists J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert …
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The new Mantel online hobby community is built for collectors of all kinds. John Newman. Apr 17, 2024. Evan Parker has always been a collector. Like a lot of us, he started with sports cards as a kid, but he collects what interests him. Besides sports cards that could mean watches, memorabilia or who knows what.Fellow hobby pioneer Kit Young remembers Larry Fritsch and the remarkable inventory of pristine cards that he collected. Kit Young. Jan 7, 2008. It might have been an ad in The Sporting News or maybe a listing in the original Sports Collectors Bible when I first saw the name Larry Fritsch. It was the mid-1970s, and that name kept popping up in ...Mar 15, 2024 · The current auction, which runs through April 7, includes more than 120 iconic, original Type 1 images spanning the worlds of sports, entertainment and history. They feature such historic figures as President John F. Kennedy, Marylin Monroe, Jane Fonda, Elvis, the Beatles, Elton John and scientists J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein. Sports Collectors Digest is your leading sources for sports card and collectible shows all over the country. List the schedule and details for your show here. ... Your #1 source for finding sports card shows and events. Add Event. Select Event By Date Upcoming Events. More Events. Sports Card & Memorabilia Show. 5/4/2024 09:00 AMJul 21, 2006 · Card Show resources from Sports Collectors Digest. Never miss another card show or chance to get an autograph. Find a card show in your area or find when the next time an athlete is signing on SCD Shows, Trading card company Panini has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Fanatics, alleging that it has engaged in “anticompetitive conduct” and tried to create a monopoly in sports collectibles industry. Since acquiring the rights to produce baseball, football and basketball trading cards in 2021, Fanatics has fully immersed itself in the ...Sports Collectors Digest, the most respected sports collectibles magazine in the hobby, keeps you informed about every aspect of sports collecting, including trading cards, memorabilia, autographs, online auctions, grading, and authentication. Each issue includes information and insight on the latest news and trends from some of the most …Mike Cramer's Pacific Trading Cards shook up the sports card industry in the 1990s, launching many of the innovations that collectors see in modern cards today. Sometimes, when something happens, you don't immediately realize the long-term significance of it. It's not until years later that the reality of the impact really reveals itself.13. Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A’s (Lyons Press, 264 pp., $24.95), by Dale Tafoya, foreword by Ken Korach. Though baseball makes strange bedfellows, none seemed quite as unlikely as Charley Finley and Billy Martin – two men whose abrasive personalities kept them out of Cooperstown.Mantle ($60) and Clemente ($40) leave the biggest impression price-wise with the embossed cards. Topps tried “transfers” as a cartoon-like insert in 1961 but it had few stars, and they never really “rubbed-off” on collectors. In 1966, Topps reworked the idea with color player photos and, as in 1961, team pennants.ROSEMONT, Ill. — The first three days of the National Sports Collectors Convention drew monster crowds, filling the isles of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. . Now the 43 rd annual show has set an event attendance record.. On Saturday morning, longtime National show promoter John Broggi shared the news …Jun 6, 2019 · While Topps had issued “Tall Boy” cards of NBA players in 1969-70 and 1970-71, it went beyond even those oversized cards. The 1976-77 cards were an incredible 5 1/4” by 3 1/8” in size — as large as conventional postcards. Topps proudly and unmistakably announced the larger sized cards on the wrappers, which contained the words ... Sports Collectors Digest, the most respected sports collectibles magazine in the hobby, keeps you informed about every aspect of sports collecting, including trading cards, memorabilia, autographs, online auctions, grading, and authentication. Each issue includes information and insight on the latest news and trends fr The 43rd annual National Sports Collectors Convention, the Super Bowl for sports memorabilia, is coming to Chicago July 26-30 for the 14th time. With over 750 vendor tables and 600,000 square feet of exhibit space the NSCC can be a daunting task for even the most experienced collector to navigate. Les Wolff has been collecting and selling ...Jun 8, 2022. Marshall Fogel Collection. Longtime collector Marshall Fogel owns one of the most valuable sports card and memorabilia collections in the world, including what is believed to be the most valuable trading card in the hobby. Fogel's collection includes one of only three 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards graded PSA 10, which is estimated ...The current auction, which runs through April 7, includes more than 120 iconic, original Type 1 images spanning the worlds of sports, entertainment and history. They feature such historic figures as President John F. Kennedy, Marylin Monroe, Jane Fonda, Elvis, the Beatles, Elton John and scientists J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert …Sports Collectors Digest is your leading sources for sports card and collectible shows all over the country. List the schedule and details for your show here. ... Your #1 source for finding sports card shows and events. Add Event. Select Event By Date Upcoming Events. More Events. Sports Card & Memorabilia Show. 5/4/2024 09:00 AMAt the end of October, Sports Collectors Digest caught up with Nat Turner, the CEO of Collectors Universe, the parent company of PSA, and Jeromy Murray, President of Beckett Collectibles, to talk about how the two companies are handling the “tsunami” of cards that invaded their buildings and severely impacted the sports card …At this point, Turner could afford to purchase any sports card in the world. Instead, he did the next best thing. Turner, along with an investor group, purchased Collectors Universe, which owns third-party grading giant Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA). The investor group finalized the deal in February 2021 for $853 ….