Not bloody likely if you’re talking about the (gold)keystone combination of Derek Jeter and Brandon Steiner. Last week I gave some heat to this memorabilia stupidity. I guess if Steiner can find some fans who don’t know what to do with their money and are willing to part with it for Jeter tchotchkes, more power […]
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But savvy baseball cards buffs like Night Owl Cards caught them. To be fair, back int he day when the company released one series at a time, instead of all at one (kids, ask your parents), they often airbrushed logos onto the hats and/or unis of players who had been traded during the season. In […]
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While on vacation, we stopped at the Vermont Country Store in Weston. It’s a very cool place, especially of you’re a boomer. They have all manner of nostalgia for sale, including Colorforms, GI Joe, Slinky, and Spalding balls, just to name a few. For $1.50, my wife bought a pack of 1988 Topps cards, which […]
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Some people would think it an honor to have a t-shirt giveaway devoted to them. Not Dallas Braden. The Yankees began a three-game series against the A’s last night; Braden was not scheduled to start any of the Games for Oakland. Is it me, or does it seem like Braden is getting a reputation as […]
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This article appeared in the April 15 edition of the New Jersey Jewish News. Tempered with the excitement of Opening Day, some baseball fans have to contend with the end of a tradition, even if it was only a few years old: 2010 marks the final release of the Jewish Major Leaguer card set. According […]
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As longs as it touches, it fits. When I was a kid, the big thing were 3′ x 6′ posters. They came in a tube and were a real bear to flatten out enough to tape to your wall (this was in the cro-magnon days before poster tack and double-stick tape were invented). These were […]
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Auctionscc.com has several baseball publications up for sale (as well as other sports-related merchandise) at what appear to be reasonable prices.
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How the mighty — and not so mighty — have fallen: According to this story on the Sports Collector’s Daily website Dykstra’s 1986 World Series Ring Brings $56,762 I wonder if Baseball Americana had time to include it.
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According to this story in The New York Times, letters from 19th-century baseball luminary Harry Wright was supposed to be put up at auction, butthe FBI thinks they may have been illegally obtained from the NY Public Library. I’m sure many of my readers remember letters when they were written with pen and ink, not […]
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One of the best commcercials of all time: Anyway, just a weird way of introducing this cute service from XM radio: Make yourself into a virtual bobblehead doll! Complete with music! Save it or e-mail it to your friends.
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The tabloid is including the six-part magazine supplement on the House That Ruth Built in its Sunday papers. They do something like this every so often to boost sales. Nice touch. I think it’s worth the price of the edition. But remember, everything — commemorative magazines, thimbles, diner menus — is a “collectible” if you […]
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