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I'm on TV, so I MUST be an expert!
It seems like collecting anything or the pursuit involved in collecting anything, sports cards and memorabilia or otherwise, seems to make for compelling reality TV these days. Pawn Stars, Antiques...
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Dance with the one that brought you......
Another piece about a brick and mortar shop that is hangin' in there, but this one points out a few things about the hobby and industry that I found interesting.......1) No matter how a card shop...
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The memories remain......
Reading pieces like this, I often find myself wishing I had a DeLorean so I could either: a) stop someone's mom from throwing out a shoebox of what would now be vintage cards, thus leaving their...
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Levels of (Dis)interest
To commemmorate the 60th anniversary of Topps, NPR's excellent current events quiz show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, found someone who knew very little about baseball cards or their history for a...
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With Topps in 2011, ALL days are diamonds!
In October, Topps unveiled plans for a 60th anniversary contest with a diamond ring with the grand prize. The site is now live as of Tuesday (2/15/2011). It is very similar in nature to last year's...
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Hammerin' Hank......Baseball Card Ambassador
Whether or not you grew up in the era when they played, I hope you have educated your children on some of the baseball greats of generations before us. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes the passing of...
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Spreading the word
The more hobby evangelists we have, the stronger the hobby will be. This guy has a pretty sweet vintage collection and is as qualified of an "expert" as you'll find based on this article. He is also...
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Balls ON the wall......
A couple of observations as I watched the video clip attached to the transcript of this piece......1) Do you think you could actually pull this off more economically just buying the items from someone...
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Balls ON the wall......
A couple of observations as I watched the video clip attached to the transcript of this piece......1) Do you think you could actually pull this off more economically just buying the items from someone...
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An outsider's perspective
A few weeks ago, we looked at how one of HGTV's biggest stars viewed baseball cards as an investment. Now another investment website has offered their two cents on baseball cards as an investment...
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A game within a game, Part III
Alongside the Topps 60th Anniversary "Greatest Cards of All Time" promotion, Chad Finn of the Boston Globehas decided to come up with his own list. The rules and regulations for his list are a little...
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The Wave of the Future?
Will this make cardboard obsolete? Or is it one of Upper Deck's last gasps at relevance? I have to wonder what the price point of something like this will be, and if the card companies have once again...
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For the love of the hobby.....
It's always fun for me to share the story of how folks like you and I grew to love this hobby with others. These days, with publishing being as easy to do as sitting in front of your laptop, I enjoy...
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What could possibly be more All-American than.......
an article about the love of our All-American hobby, written by a native of Andy Griffith's hometown, which became Mayberry on TV? Yet another writer who thought he could retire off an '89 Upper Deck...
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Everyone loves a comeback
Even those who have abandoned the hobby after spending their childhood in pursuit of their favorite cardboard superstars are rooting for its return to glory. You might not have bought a card in years...
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Get social.....and get some great cards!
With the recent changes in Facebook Groups, some dormant groups have become quite vibrant and active recently. One that has already proven to put me in the "duh, WINNING" category is the "Baseball...
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Deficit reduction
While debt continues to pile up around M Street in our nation's capital, a few miles down the road, 2 of baseball's hottest players' cards are raking in enough dough to make a dent (albeit a tiny one)...
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Trading up
Did your love of card collecting come from your father or another relative or did you just begin to do it yourself? How about your love of sports? Did it provide a bonding opportunity between you and...
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The "state of the hobby" address
The North County Times has just done an excellent three part series on the baseball card hobby, covering what it used to be, where it is today, and what the future might hold. Most of the heavy...
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A Lost Art Revived By Jimmy Fallon & Bob Costas
Granted, they are '89 Topps, but if you're looking for an easy and fun way to knock your baseball cards right out of mint condition, Jimmy Fallon and Bob Costas bring an age-old game back to life.......
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Topps lets its (facial) hair down
Over the years, various characters of the game of baseball have become characters of the game thanks to facial hair. That might not have been their only quirk (Al Hrabosky, Rollie Fingers, etc.), but...
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Harper's Bazaar
For the second straight season, a Washington Nationals phenom is driving the sports card market. This week, his current minor leaue team's hometown paper and SI take a look at his card values, his...
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Living an alternative (baseball card buying) lifestyle, Part I -- Becoming a...
Card buying and collecting has been revolutionized over the past 20 years. While the glut of product has made set building and pursuit of hits for relic and auto collectors of a particular player or...
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Babe Ruth's First Baseball Card!
With only a dozen of these known to exist, I can only guess that the reason this card hasn't made it to the level of the Honus Wagner in terms of value (or even surpassed it) is because the story (or...
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Rude awakening #879
At least several times a year, an enterprising young journalist and Generation X product who may have been a baseball card collector in his childhood and adolescent years becomes curious about the...
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