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February 22, 2012
Negro League collection is a passion for ex-coach.
The segregationist stance of big-league baseball spawned the Negro Leagues and while some of the players — guys like Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige — went on to MLB fame when integration came, other stars, like the great Homestead Grays pitcher Ray Brown — who once threw a perfect game against the Chicago American Giants and no-hit the New York Yankees in Puerto Rico — faded into obscurity.
February 22, 2012
Mets thieving clubhouse manager avoids jail.
Ex-Mets clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels dodged prison yesterday after admitting he swiped team caps, jerseys and other collectibles and sold them for millions of dollars.
February 22, 2012
Upper Deck’s ‘World of Sports’ Returns with Top Sports Stars and ‘Evolution’ Video Cards.
One of the surprise hits of last year’s trading card releases was Upper Deck’s “World of Sports” product as it offered collectors a unique pack opening experience with star athletes from basketball, baseball, swimming, skiing, ice hockey, figure skating, golf, lacrosse and mixed martial arts. The set returns arriving in stores today and it offers the same great diversity of top tier athletes, but mixes in some unique surprises like “Evolution” video cards as well.
February 21, 2012
Lin's Game-Used Jersey To Benefit Charity.
Interest in Jeremy Lin‘s meteoric rise to the biggest name in The Big Apple might be waning just a bit, but a key piece of his memorabilia is on the auction block and could change some people’s minds once again.
February 21, 2012
Sports Fans To Unite In East Coast’s Longest Running Sports Memorabilia Show.
There is something for everyone at Rich Altman’s Boston Show with guests such as the Patriots Brandon Spikes, the Giants Victor Cruz, and Red Sox World Series hero Mike Lowell, all available for fans to meet at Shriners Auditorium.
February 21, 2012
Amazing Item Found - An Invitation and Ticket to the 1912 Fenway Park Grand Opening Dedication.
Here’s a little piece of Red Sox history that the team’s returning PR savior Dr. Charles Steinberg may want to get in his hot hands for the upcoming 100th anniversary of Fenway Park.
February 21, 2012
The York Revolution of the Independent Baseball Atlantic League to give one lucky fan a championship ring.
The first 1,000 fans through the gates opening night at Sovereign Bank Stadium will receive a special scratch-off card. One of the cards will be for the grand prize of the same championship ring the Revolution players and coaches receive on the field in the pregame ceremony.
February 20, 2012
Panini Peek: 2011-12 Titanium Hockey.
That buzz will return in a big way with the early April release of Panini America’s 2011-12 Titanium Hockey, a re-imagined remake of a hobby classic that delivers an autograph or memorabilia card in every four-card pack and one scarce RC limited to the featured player’s sweater number in every case. So Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, for example, will have a Rookie Card limited to a maximum of just 93 copies.
February 20, 2012
Rare bat on display at Slugger Museum.
The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory unveiled a bat used by one of the greatest hitters of all time in the Negro League.
February 19, 2012
Collector Claims Amazon.com Promoting Autographed Memorabilia With Unintentional Jeter & Mantle Forgeries.
Is this what happens when book sellers get into the autograph business?
February 19, 2012
Ball Boys Video: Watch Trailer for ABC's New Sports Themed Reality Show.
From collector items to vintage pictures, autographs and sports memorabilia, this father-son pair collects it all and they are letting us, the fans, in for a closer look. Not only that, but there seems to be a plethora of sports talk and legitimate special guests. If you're sick of celebrity housewives, dumb dating shows and scavenger hunts for rare items in dumpsters, this show may be just what you're looking for.
February 18, 2012
Another Chance to Own a T206 Honus Wagner.
Memory Lane will be ofering the card in an unpcoming catalog. The listing was said to be coming at a price of $750,000.00 in the catalog.
February 18, 2012
National Convention Autograph Guests Will Include Baseball HOFers, Ovechkin and Triple Crown Jockeys.
Baseball is well represented with appearances confirmed by Hall of Famers Cal Ripken Jr., Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Eddie Murray, Reggie Jackson, Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk, Fergie Jenkins, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Ozzie Smith, Bruce Sutter and Whitey Herzog. Plus, special appearances will be made by John Smoltz (1996 NL Cy Young & 3,000 K Club) and members of the Big Red Machine: Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, George Foster, Cesar Geronimo, Dave Concepcion and Ken Griffey Sr.
February 18, 2012
Online Giant Card Seller Opens A Retail Store.
While countless hobby shops have closed their doors in recent years to focus on selling inventory online, one of the industry’s leading online sellers is doing the exact opposite.
February 17, 2012
What is a 2008 World Series ring worth?
The Story of a Phillies Ring Listed on Ebay Last Week.
February 17, 2012
Hall of Fame Catcher Gary Carter Dies at 57.
In a rough-and-tumble clubhouse filled with dark secrets and constant conflict, there was always one sunny stall. Those New York Mets could count on Gary Carter to deliver — a smile, a spark and ultimately a championship.
February 17, 2012
First Look: 2011 Limited Baseball Cards.
Panini America unveiled its newest forthcoming baseball card product under its MLBPA licensing deal on Thursday, and it’s one that a few collectors might remember from the Donruss days. The Limited Baseball set will feature two autographed cards per seven-card pack and bring back “Button” cards.
February 16, 2012
18+ New York Giants Signing Autographs During “All in: a Super Bowl Champion Show”.
The Super Bowl XLVI championship celebration will continue to roll on on February 23rd through February 25th at the J and S Sports Galleria in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey where at least 18 members of the 2011-2012 team will be meeting fans and signing autographs over the two day event. More players are expected to be added to this event.
February 16, 2012
First Look: 2012 Topps Chrome Baseball Cards.
Topps unveiled the basic product information and preview images for2012 Topps Chrome on Wednesday, and there is not one but two new diecut insert sets to chase with autographed versions in tow, too.
February 16, 2012
Keith Olbermann has been quite active on ebay.
The readers at the Collectors Universe message board discuss Keith Olbermann's activity on ebay and share what he has been buying.
February 15, 2012
Collection of LSU rings stolen in 2011 burglary.
When Kevin Wagneran, an assistant athletic director for LSU, found his collection of LSU championship rings had been stolen, it took him a moment to fathom the loss. Included among the 24 stolen rings was the prized 2007 ring from the football team’s national championship, which Wagner said is the most valuable to sports memorabilia dealers.
February 15, 2012
Coughlin auctioning off Super Bowl goodies for charity.
If you're a sports fan who likes to excessively spend for other people's stuff, you might want to check out Tom Coughlin's eBay page.
February 15, 2012
Jeremy Lin's Knicks Bebut Will Come in NBA Hoops.
He’s the biggest name in the Big Apple right now, but Jeremy Lin doesn’t yet have a single basketball card showing him as a member of the New York Knicks. Panini America is ready to change that.
February 14, 2012
Damaged MSU chair sells for thousands at auction.
After Fran McCaffery got needlessly angry a month ago by awkwardly and violently throwing a chair in the team huddle, the coach and the program did good. They sold the abused seat at an auction Sunday night in Tiffin, Iowa. It went for $2,100, according to Iowa basketball and baseball sports information director Matt Weitzel.
February 14, 2012
Bowman Platinum Baseball Returns With Added Autographs, GU Items.
If you love the thrill of the chase of the next big thing in Major League Baseball, Topps is offering another product to help you make that happen. Bowman Platinum Baseball returns in 2012, in July, with autographs from the hottest prospects in the game and all-new, game-used and autograph content.
February 14, 2012
Sales of SP Authentic Defy Explanation.
The secondary market performance for these cards is staggering.
February 13, 2012
Steiner Sports announces two autograph signings with NBA sensation Jeremy Lin.
If you follow the NBA, or sports in general for that matter, you've no doubt heard about New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. The undrafted Harvard grad has had a debut that feels like it was ripped from the script of a Hollywood sports movie, going from getting cut by two different teams before the season to dropping 38 points on Kobe Bryant and the Lakers at Madison Square Garden. Lin has led the injury-stricken Knicks to an improbable five-game winning streak and instantly become a must-see attraction.
February 12, 2012
Mavs will also raffle off a championship ring.
Following Jason Terry's idea to raffle off a near-identical championship ring to his own to benefit his foundation, the Mavericks will do the same, the team announced, to benefit the Mavs foundation. Tickets are $10 for one raffle ticket, $25 for three and $50 for seven and can be purchased at Mavs home games until April 10 or online at mavs.com. The ring will have the name of the winner engraved on it.
February 12, 2012
Andrew Luck Signs Autograph Deal With Press Pass.
Collectors wanting to get lucky with Andrew Luck autographs will have to look for Press Pass products, at least when it comes to cards not licensed by the NFL. Press Pass has announced a deal with the highly touted quarterback that gives them exclusive trading card and autograph rights for non-NFL football cards. It keeps Upper Deck, SAGE and Leaf from producing any more Luck cards for the time being.
February 12, 2012
Whitney Houston's Legacy Also Seen on Cards.
Six-time Grammy winning singer and film star Whitney Houston died on Saturday at age 48 leaving behind an immense legacy in pop culture. And it’s a life that’s also reflected on trading cards.
February 11, 2012
O.J. robbery figure faces shoplifting charges.
Bruce Lee Fromong, one of two sports memorabilia dealers robbed at gunpoint in the Simpson caper, faces two counts of petit larceny.
February 11, 2012
Cardinals' homeless Hall of Fame Museum hits the road.
The Cardinals have spent more than $1 million at auctions in the last 13 years to expand the artifacts in the team's Hall of Fame Museum. It has been closed since November 2008. A new museum "is definitely on the horizon," Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III said.
February 11, 2012
Manningham to Sign Autographs at Long Island Sports Shop.
Mario Manningham, the New York Giants wide receiver whose circus catch in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVI set up Big Blue's win over the Patriots, will sign autographs on Feb. 26 at Cardboard Memories, a sports memorabilia shop in the Peppertree Commons Shopping Center on Jericho Turnpike in Commack.
February 10, 2012
Super Bowl XLV Highway signs to be auctioned off; Sports memorabilia from Interstate 30 'Tom Landry Highway'
The big game is now a little more than a year in North Texas’ rear-view mirror, and signs proclaiming Interstate 30 as “Super Bowl Hwy” have been removed from the roadsides. But regional transportation planners see no need for those green highway placards, which are owned by the North Central Texas Council of Governments, to gather dust. So instead, members of that organization’s offshoot, the Regional Transportation Council, are taking steps to auction off 12 of the signs.
February 10, 2012
The 30 Most Ridiculous Baseball Cards of All Time.
While the market may have been saturated in the late 1990s, there's still decades of baseball cards to look through, which also means that we have had many decades worth of baseball cards where one has to ask just why that photograph of the player was used.
February 10, 2012
First Look: 2012 Bowman Platinum Baseball.
Topps unveiled the basic product information and preview images for 2012 Bowman Platinum on Thursday, and new this year — the third for the brand — will be redemption cards good for full game-used items from the Arizona Fall League.
February 9, 2012
Reyes' dreads fetch $10,200 in eBay auction.
Jose Reyes' dreadlocks, which he cut off on national TV last week, raised more than $10,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida on eBay.
February 9, 2012
Knicks Guard Jeremy Lin Has Collectors Scrambling.
Less than a week ago, New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin was an afterthought in the basketball card market. Two star-making performances later, and the Bay Area-bred, Harvard-educated second-year player is soaring. His value is, at least.
February 9, 2012
Panini, Baseball Hall of Fame Announce Trading Card Agreement.
The card company reached an agreement with the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The deal grants Panini America the trading cards rights to use all Hall of Fame inductees, as well as all Hall of Fame marks, artifacts and induction ceremony images in six of the company’s baseball card sets per year.
February 8, 2012
Seized: $5 Million In Fake Super Bowl Souvenirs.
The New England Patriots aren’t the only ones who had a bad Super Bowl Sunday. Counterfeiters and vendors trying to make a buck hawking fake NFL t-shirts, caps and souvenirs, found themselves in the cross hairs of a federal crackdown that seized more than $5 million in counterfeit NFL goods, according to federal officials.
February 8, 2012
Teen's research brings Negro Leagues to life.
A 17-year-old high school senior from Arlington, Mass., spent a large chunk of his childhood collecting baseball cards and trying to accumulate autographs doesn't distinguish him from the average young fan. But his particular interest in the Negro Leagues -- the oft-overlooked chapter of the game's history -- certainly does.
February 8, 2012
Twins to auction off Kim-Kris signed baseball.
Before Kris Humphries threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a game last year, he and ex Kim Kardashian signed a ball that the Twins are now auctioning off.
February 7, 2012
Website Offers Tips to Those Seeking to Collect Autographed Baseballs at Spring Training.
Signed baseballs remain one of the sport’s most collectable items for fans. With spring training just around the corner, many fans make the yearly pilgrimage to the Florida and Arizona training camps. They are in hopes of adding to their collections…or perhaps starting one. Collecting autographed baseballs sounds simple enough, but it can be far more rewarding with a little bit of knowledge. A website is offering a fresh series of articles that will help arm collectors of most any level with the knowledge they need to start, improve or expand a meaningful collection of autographs.
February 7, 2012
First Look: 2012 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions.
The set won’t be easy to complete. There are 231 cards of different sports figures from over the years, but there are 150 base cards with 40 short-prints, 20 super short-prints and 21 high series minis to complete the set. The inserts will include: minis, minis with Lady Luck backs, Magician backs (numbered to 10), Presidential backs (1/1), Military Machines and a World Traveler oversized card (one per box).
February 5, 2012
Tom Brady’s Jersey Sells For $46,000.
An anonymous bidder paid triple the pre-sale estimated value of $10,000 to $15,000, according to David Hunt of Hunt Auctions who held the sports memorabilia benefit bid-a-thon for NFL Charities yesterday.
February 5, 2012
Patriots: Team Legends on Carboard.
A cardboard tribute to the most beloved names in New England’s pro football history.
February 5, 2012
Giants: New York's Legends on Cardboard.
A look back at some of the most legendary names.
February 4, 2012
Baseball player museums across the U.S.: Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra, Ty Cobb and more.
If you’re a fan of America’s pastime, you know about the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. But you might want to touch base with these smaller museums, dedicated to some of the game’s greatest players.
February 4, 2012
Upper Deck Spotlights Political Races in New Trading Card Set.
Upper Deck will be releasing the company’s World of Sports trading card product on Feb. 21, and randomly inserted into packs are insert cards from the “World of Politics” set featuring President Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and more. There will be nine subjects featured in the set, and these cards are slated to fall one in every 40 hobby packs. Additionally, Upper Deck will be producing a super-rare variation of these cards that will have collectors hungry to find more.
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