Player/Type Collections

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Monday, August 18, 2014

1933-34 R339 Goudey Sport Kings Varsity Football Game #5

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As we near the start of 2014's college football season, I've been looking back several decades to the leatherheads era, when "f...
Friday, August 15, 2014

1934 R304 Dietz Gum "Ball Players in Action" (aka Al Demaree Die-Cuts) #5, Sam Byrd

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Who was Al Demaree, the pitcher and artist? And if he proved successful for years at each vocation, why did he die penniless?  The Conlon Co...
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Friday, August 8, 2014

Top 5 Cards from the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention

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I spent last weekend in Cleveland's I-X Center, criss-crossing its vast expanse of concrete and carpet in search of collectibles from ag...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

1980 TCMA Wisconsin Rapids Baseball #5, Manuel Lunar

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Hunting for vintage minor league singles is tricky for modern collectors. No man is an island, and as with Manuel Lunar, it's the guys a...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

"Well, We're Pitching Here in Allentown"

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"And it's hard to keep my fastball down..." "Out in Lehigh Valley, Rob's Kellin' time..." ...
Friday, July 4, 2014

1976 TCMA Shreveport Captains Baseball #5, Luke Wrenn

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I have complicated emotions surrounding Luke Wrenn, former OF farmhand and longtime scout for the Boston Red Sox. On the upside, Wrenn ...
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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