Innholdsfortegnelse for February 14, 2020 i Sports Collectors Digest

Wait, what? It wasn’t unanimous? In what wasn’t expected to be a surprise announcement but turned into one, New York Yankees great Derek Jeter was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility but fell one vote short of becoming only the second unanimous selection, his teammate Mariano Rivera being the first last year. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America gave Jeter 99.7 percent of the vote, or 396 out of 397 votes. It also elected outfielder Larry Walker with 76.6 percent of the vote in this his final year on the HOF ballot. The HOF inductions will be July 26 in Cooperstown. The announcement was made live on the MLB Network on Jan. 21. As it came too late for expanded reporting in this…

2018-19 LEAF PEARL MULTI-SPORT Leaf introduced Pearl Multi-Sport to the hobby in 2017, and now it is about to release its third version. Even though it says 2018-19, it is a 2020 release scheduled out sometime this month. Star athletes from boxing, football, basketball, soccer, baseball, MMA, golf, wrestling and skiing are featured, and sometimes in various combinations. Here’s a few of the features to look for: The Pearl Signatures 8 with eight NBA greats on the same card. “Front and back signed 8-player madness,” Leaf writes. “Magic Johnson/Clyde Drexler/Jerry West/Shaquille O’Neal/Larry Bird/ Hakeem Olajuwon/Allen Iverson/Walt Frazier.” Pearl Signatures 4 feature a foursome of superstar signatures on one card, such as Floyd Mayweather Jr./Hulk Hogan/Giannis Antetokounmpo/Conor Mc-Gregor and Emmitt Smith/Bo Jackson/Earl Campbell/Tony Dorsett. Pearl Signatures 6 is a front and…

Going to Yankee Stadium in the 1950s and 1960s was a special treat. Not only did we get to see the great No. 7 Mickey Mantle in his beloved pinstripes, but we also got a chance to take in the sights and sounds of the old stadium. Who can forget the classic Ballantine Beer and Ale scoreboard, the three monuments of Ruth, Gehrig, and Huggins in deep center field, the fabled Gem Razor Blade advertisement in the outfield, and the iconic white scalloped frieze or facade that ran high above the perimeter of the hallowed playing field? Yes, the old stadium has left me with a lot of great, vivid memories. As far as memorabilia, the souvenirs of yesteryear are priceless. There was always something inside or outside the stadium…

CALIFORNIA March 14 CA, Sacramento. Sports Cards & Collectibles Show, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5321 Date Ave, Sacramento, CA 95841. SH: 9am-4pm, T:40, A: Free. Contact: Steve Westerson - PH: 916-704-3865; email: sacramentosportscardshows@gmail.com CONNECTICUT Jan 25 CT, Trumbull. Trumbull Cards Show, Trinity Episcopal Church, 1734 Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull, CT 06611. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 20+, A: $1. Contact: Karen or Fred Riso – PH: 203-265-1813, Email: kmrfdr@gmail.com Jan 26 CT, Milford. Milford Elks Lodge, 124 New Haven Ave., Milford, CT 06460. SH: 9am-2 pm, T: 40, A: $1. Contact: Ned Skinnon PH: 860-919-0879; email: nskinnon@cox.net Feb 8 CT, Meriden. Meriden Platt High School, 220 Coe Ave., Meriden, CT, 06451. SH: 9am-1 pm. T:25. A: $1. Contact: Jason Bruenn – PH: 203-715-1245, Email: jason.bruenn@meridenk12.org Feb 9 CT, Orange. Orange Collectible Show, American Legion…

I have been collecting baseball cards since the early 1970s and I have always loved the older cards. Like most young boys, I was mainly interested in the current heroes at the time like Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Pete Rose, Thurman Munson and my favorite Steve Garvey from the Dodgers. Being able to walk to the store, buy the wax packs, collect my favorite players, trade for cards that I wanted, and, the ultimate best, flipping cards as the winner took all was everything a kid could want to do back then. How far we have come, or shall I say gone backwards. Imagine a 7-year-old kid walking to the store alone today and we won’t even get into the video gaming that has totally handicapped our youth’s ability to…

JANUARY 29: 2019-20 Panini Crown Royale Basketball 29: 2019-20 SP Game Used Hockey 29: 2019 Panini Limited Football 29: 2019-20 Panini Obsidian Soccer 29: 2019-20 Upper Deck NHL Star Rookies Box Set Hockey 31: 2019 Leaf Metal Draft Baseball FEBRUARY 5: 2019-20 Donruss Optic Basketball 5: 2019 Panini One Football 5: 2020 Donruss Racing NASCAR 5: 2020 Topps Series 1 Baseball 5: 2019-20 Upper Deck Allure Hockey 7: 2018-19 Leaf Pearl Multi-Sport 12: 2020 Topps Tribute Baseball 12: 2019 Panini Plates & Patches 15: 2020 Upper Deck National Hockey Card Day 19: 2019-20 Panini Impeccable Basketball 19: 2019 Panini Select Football 19: 2019-20 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League Soccer 19: 2019-20 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey 19: 2019-20 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Soccer 21: 2019 Leaf Ultimate Draft Baseball 26: 2019…

Terms such as variations, errors and printing differences are found frequently in articles about the card collecting hobby. Most sane people wouldn’t get too excited about blobs, lines, colors and errors on trading cards. However, card collectors are extraordinary people, and many of us keep working on master sets of cards long after it would make sense to outsiders. The good news is that variations keep coming to light, even on very old sets. Keeping track of them has been a challenge. CLASSIC 1950S VARIATIONS Some of us were around when a few variations were quickly noticed in the 1950s. The 1955 Bowman variations were obvious with the Johnson and Bolling boys being confused. For those who looked a little deeper, there were plenty of 1954 Bowmans with statistical corrections…

Pat Borders is tough. He’s played for eight different teams in a 17-year major league career. In 1992 he was the World Series MVP. He’s appeared on more than his share of baseball cards. If anybody was going to find himself a poster boy for the “blood-stained” approach to baseball cards, Pat Borders seems a perfect choice. In a recent Q&A with his former manager Cito Gaston, the Blue Jays skipper described Pat as “Someone who would run through a wall for me if I asked him to.” Gaston saw that public statement as the highest praise a manager can give one of his players. Thus, it seems altogether reasonable to see Borders on a baseball card (1993 Upper Deck SP, card #46) with his face and neck bloodied, being…

1. $63,105 on 102 bids: 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Rookie LeBron James, #/250, auto (PSA 10) 2. $43,100 on 61 bids: 2017 National Treasures Green Patrick Mahomes II, #15/15, auto patch (BGS 9) 3. $41,057 on 73 bids: 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente (PSA 8) 4. $39,850 on 54 bids: 2018-19 Panini National Treasures Luka Doncic, #69/99, auto patch (ungraded) 5. $35,100 on 43 bids: 2003-04 Upper Deck SP Famous Nicknames LeBron James, “The King,” auto (BGS 9.5) 6. $34,668 on 27 bids: 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Number Pieces Stephon Mar-bury, #3/3, auto patch (ungraded) 7. $26,300 on 44 bids: 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan (PSA 9) 8. $22,322 on 41 bids: 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Limited Logos Kevin Durant, #/50, auto patch (BGS 9.5) 9. $21,713 on 42 bids: 2000 Playoff…