2) Being a “high number” card (cards 311 – 407 in the set) means that fewer Mickey Mantle rookie cards were printed than the average 1952 Topps baseball card in the first place. 3) Many high number cards were famously dumped into the ocean leaving even less of them in existence. E...
Though introduced to the public in the mid-1860s—not long after the game’s inception and soon after the popularization of photography—baseball cards were not mass-produced until the 1880s. That's when tobacco brands such as Old Judge and Gypsy Queen inserted cards inside their products feat...
In 1990, Martinez was an outfielder with theMontreal Expos, with whom he appeared on his 1990 Fleer baseball card. That little “90” in the upper left-hand corner was supposed to be red on all the Fleer cards that year, but some of Martinez’s cards came out with a yellow “90” ...
If you happened to collect baseball cards as a kid, there was nothing more exciting than finding that one player or that rare card you were searching for when opening each and every pack. Rare baseball cards have become highly collectible in recent years and can fetch a pretty penny. They ...
Even for the best sluggers in baseball, reaching 10 homers in one calendar month is a notable achievement. But 15 or more? It doesn’t happen often. 20? Only one man in MLB history has done that: Sammy Sosa in June 1998. These are the Major League records for the most Continue Readi...
If you want to hold hobby history in your hands, you could do worse than digging into a stack of 1980 Topps baseball cards. After all … The baseball card hobby changed forever in 1981 when bothFleerandDonrussbegan producing little swatches of cardboard with athletes on the front, finally ...
Baseball Cards in Ohio Attic Might Fetch Millions ; Century-Old Collection Is One of the Most Pristine Ever Uncovered, Experts SaySeewer, John
Known for films like Anton Corbijn’s “A Most Wanted Man” and Julian Schnabel’s “At Eternity’s Gate,” he’s also worked with Jessica Chastain a few times on “Lawless,”“Wild Salome,” and some photography work he did for Terrence Malick’s “Tree Of Life.” So perhaps the ...
I know I mentioned cash or gift cards as a last resort for some people when they're trying to complete their shopping, but according to Statista.com, money is the number-one most desired holiday gift, with over 43% of people hoping that they'll unwrap some cash. Gift cards are #2, ...
While fantasy baseball was my first love, the truth is, over the years I kept gravitating more and more to football to the point where I just wanted to do football all the time. My baseball work was still well received and highly trafficked so it was a constant conversatio...