Innholdsfortegnelse for July 5, 2019 i Sports Collectors Digest

I want you to be honest with your answer to the question posed on the cover of this issue of Sports Collectors Digest: “Remember Joe Charboneau?” Charboneau is the “poster boy” for a major league baseball player who is considered a one-year wonder. You can read more about Charboneau’s short major league career by turning to page 24. When Charboneau burst onto the major league scene in 1980 I was 9 years old. I didn’t follow baseball at that time, so I didn’t know about the stats he put up that earned him the American League Rookie of the Year award. When I started collecting baseball cards in 1982, though, I became familiar with the name “Joe Charboneau.” My start in baseball card collecting coincided with the baseball card boom,…

Wade Boggs had an illustrious Hall of Fame career over 18 seasons (1982-1999), with 12 All-Star Game appearances, 2 Gold Glove Awards, 8 Silver Slugger Awards and 5 American League batting titles. But it’s chickens and horses that, to this day, he still always gets asked about. “I love chicken and I’m not a horse aficionado,” he said, laughing. Let’s start with chickens … back in 1983, a friend wanted to write a cookbook and name it “Fowl Tips,” an obvious play on words. The friend also suggested that Boggs eat chicken every day, if only to help sell the book. Well, Boggs wound up winning the AL batting title in 1983 … and Boston teammate Jim Rice fittingly dubbed Boggs as, Chicken Man. The name stuck. Dining daily on…

JUNE 21: 2019 Panini Victory Lane Racing NASCAR21: 2019 Leaf Ultimate Sports26: 2019 Donruss WNBA Basketball26: 2019 Panini Donruss Elite Football26: 2018-19 Panini Immaculate Collection Soccer26: 2018-19 Panini Opulence Basketball26: 2019 Topps Stadium Club Baseball26: Upper Deck Goodwin Champions28: 2018-19 Panini Chronicles Basketball28: 2019 Leaf Metal All-American Bowl Football28: 2019 Leaf Valiant Football JULY 3: 2019 Topps Baseball Complete Factory Set5: 2019 Leaf Ultimate Football5: 2019 Leaf Memorabilia Treasury10: 2019 Topps Archives Signature Series Active Player Edition Baseball10: 2019 Panini Gold Standard Football10: 2019 Topps Diamond Icons Baseball17: 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball19: 2019 Leaf Rookie Retro Multi- Sport19: 2019 Leaf Trinity Football24: 2019 Topps Clearly Authentic Baseball24: 2019 Topps Tribute Baseball31: 2019 Topps Chrome Baseball AUGUST 7: 2019-20 Upper Deck MVP Hockey7: 2019 Topps Luminaries Baseball14: 2019 Bowman…

HOOP SET SURPRISE — A collector paid $45,000 on eBay for a complete set of Fleer basketball cards in June. It wasn’t, however, Fleer’s vaunted 1986-87 set, which is buoyed by Michael Jordan’s first major card release, not to mention rookie cards of Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dominique Wilkins and James Worthy. No, the set that fetched $45,000 was Fleer’s follow-up issue—its more humble 1987-88 set. Specifically, the rookie crop in Fleer’s 1987-88 set pales in comparison to that of the previous year. The big names are Brad Daugherty, A.C. Green and Ron Harper. None of them are Hall of Famers, though all were fine players. Daugherty averaged 19 points and 9.5 rebounds in his all-too-short eight-year career. Green was a defensive whiz on…

RAW 1981 regular complete Super Star set of 32 (EX-NM) $301981 Rickey Henderson (NM) $211981 All-Star lot of 18 (EX) $171983 Super Star George Brett (EX+) $141982 Super Star Pete Rose (NM) $51982 All-Star Pete Rose (NM) $41983 All-Star Dave Winfield (EX) $3 GRADED 1981 Jim Palmer Super Star (PSA 10) $401983 Rickey Henderson Super Star (PSA 9) $231983 Reggie Jackson Super Star (PSA 9) $181982 Robin Yount All-Star (PSA 9) $121981 Willie Wilson Super Star Proof (Authentic) $6…

At the end of each regular season, the time comes to hand out the hardware including the Rookie of the Year award. Many times, that award has been won by players who will continue to compete at a high level for many years. But there are other cases when a player has a magical season only to not reach that pinnacle again and fade away. Sometimes that is the result of an injury. Other times, it could be from a change in the team’s philosophy about that player. And then there still could be the instance that the skills diminish as quickly as they rose to take home the trophy. This can be disappointing for collectors because rookies are where all the speculation and in many cases, deep investment takes…

As Stephon Marbury got into an elevator in his building, a young lady quickly realized who was next to her. The two exchanged pleasantries and Marbury gave her an autograph and the two took a picture together. Marbury is used to that type of interaction. In China, he has almost a cult following. “Everywhere you go you’re going to take a picture and sign an autograph, that’s just something you do,” Marbury said. These days, Marbury has a little more time to mingle with his fans after wrapping up a 22-year professional basketball career last year. He played the first 13 seasons in the NBA with five teams and then resurrected his career in the China Basketball Association (CBA) for the last nine years. Marbury has been living in China…

1. $59,655: 2009-10 Panini National Treasures Black James Harden, #1/1, auto patch (BGS 8.5) 2. $58,000: 1932 U.S. Caramel Babe Ruth (PSA 8) 3. $45,000: 1987-88 Fleer Basketball set graded PSA 10 (132 cards) 4. $43,620: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (PSA 4) 5. $43,211: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (SGC 5) 6. $40,000: 2005-06 Upper Deck Exquisite Michael Jordan Limited Logos, #34/50, auto patch (BGS 9) 7. $35,124: 1952 Topps Willie Mays (PSA 8) 8. $35,102: 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle (PSA 7) 9. $33,975: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (PSA 2.5) 10. $30,600: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (PSA 4)…

Bob Schloredt Bob Schloredt, a College Football Hall of Fame member, died May 16. He was 79. Schloredt led the University of Washington to consecutive Rose Bowl victories for the 1959 and 1960 seasons as the starting quarterback. He shared MVP honors in the first Rose Bowl victory, and was also named MVP in the second Rose Bowl. Playing as a two-way player, Schloredt was named a first-team AP all-American in 1959 when he led Washington with six interceptions. After graduating from Washington Schloredt played two seasons for the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League. After his playing days he served as an assistant coach at Washington from 1963-1973. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in…

2019 Topps Museum Collection Baseball When 2019 Topps Museum Collection Baseball hits store shelves on June 19 collectors can expect to find one On-Card Autograph card, one Autograph Relic Card, one Quad Relic Card, and one Prime Relic Card in each box. The base set features 100 cards, with Copper, Sapphire, Amethyst, Ruby, and Emerald parallels. Collectors of sketch cards have three inserts to chase after: Canvas Collection Originals, Canvas Collection Original Player Autographs, and Canvas Collection Originals Shaped Sketch Cards. Each is numbered 1-of-1. There are plenty of autograph inserts to chase after, including: Archival Autographs, Museum Framed Autographs, Dual On-Card Autographs, and Triple On-Card Autographs. New this year is the Superstar Showpieces autograph insert, which includes up to 30 of the game’s greats in high action photography. Each…

ALABAMA Jun 29 AL, Fultondale. Central Alabama Sports Card And Memorabilia Show, Fultondale BSDA Friendship Hall, 1024 Old Walker Chapel Road, Fultondale, AL 35068. SH: 9am-1pm, A: Free. Contact: Adam Berendt – PH: 205-386-0223 Aug 17 AL, Fultondale. Central Alabama Sports Card And Memorabilia Show, Fultondale BSDA Friendship Hall, 1024 Old Walker Chapel Road, Fultondale, AL 35068. SH: 9am-1pm, A: Free. Contact: Adam Berendt – PH: 205-386-0223 Sep 7 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr., Scottsboro, AL. T: 75, F: $25-$30, A: Free. Contact: Stephen Moore – PH: 256-599-0989, Website: www.jacksonssportscards.com Oct 5 AL, Fultondale. Central Alabama Sports Card And Memorabilia Show, Fultondale BSDA Friendship Hall, 1024 Old Walker Chapel Road, Fultondale, AL 35068. SH: 9am-1pm, A: Free. Contact: Adam…

Like gnats on a humid summer afternoon, credit card offers seemingly buzz all around us these days, especially online, via phone solicitations and through the mail. General-purpose credit cards launched on a national scale in the mid 1960s when BankAmericard and MasterCard “led the charge.” Why the references to those pieces of plastic permeating wallets or which show up via almost-too-easy cell phone payment options? Simple, to set the tone for a different type of credit card discussion, one where there is no late fee, but for many the “interest rate” remains microscopic. In this case the “credit cards” of note came out for a few years starting in 1981, a collaboration of the Perma-Graphics Company of Maryland Heights, MO and Topps, featuring baseball stars of the day in color…