Player/Type Collections

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

World Champion of Baseball, Sir Hensley Meulens

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Born on June 23, one of the hottest names of the rookie card explosion and future World Champion, Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens. 1...
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Thursday, June 12, 2014

1925 Holland Creameries World's Champions Baseball #5, Sam Rice

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I've already written about the 1924 World Series, thanks to the 1951 Packard Sports Library series of car dealership sports magazines. ...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

1900 Base Ball World's Championship: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Superbas

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I recently covered a 1910 " Most Tied Game Ever " between Pittsburgh and Brooklyn, itself a statistical oddity that wouldn't h...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

National Poster Stamp Society's 1944 Yankees and 1949 Eureka Sportstamps Baseball #5, Red Barrett

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Eureka, it's a stamp! This 200-count set of MLB players stands out for two reasons. Most prominent are the full-color, Kodachrome photos...
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Sunday, May 4, 2014

1974 Fleer Baseball Wildest Days and Plays #5, Most Tied Game Ever

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This post's a chance to return to one of my favorite baseball card eras, the growth of 1970s oddball publishing. In collecting terms, ...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Workmanlike Performances

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I recently accepted a position at the wireless HiFi company Sonos, so am pulling regular hours again. This means a little less time to blog,...
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Saturday, April 19, 2014

1949 Bowman Baseball Wantlist (Updated Sept 25, 2016)

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This post tracks progress on my low-grade 1949 Bowman baseball set. Some collectors call it the ugly duckling of post-WWII issues, given its...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

1922 T85 Strollers Tobacco Actors & Actresses #5, Barbara La Marr

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Hollywood writer and actress. Six movie roles per year in the Roaring Twenties. Touted as The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, capital lett...