Innholdsfortegnelse for July 31, 2020 i Sports Collectors Digest

In a salute to the legendary 1952 Topps baseball card set, a new hobby book has been published that takes an in-depth look at the iconic cards that forever changed the collecting landscape. “Baseball & Bubble Gum: The 1952 Topps Collection” (published by Peter E. Randall, $35) details what life was like for athletes during and after World War II and how their love of baseball kept the country moving forward. Joe Orlando, president and CEO of Collectors Universe, wrote the fourth and final chapter that delves into the 1952 Topps baseball card set, going into “the elements that make (it) the most iconic of the postwar age.” As the chapter intro says, Orlando “breaks down the overwhelming appeal of the 1952 Topps baseball card set, from composition to design…

1. $125,200 on 56 bids: 2005-06 Upper Deck The Cup Sidney Crosby, #52/99 auto patch (BGS 10) 2. $90,300 on 91 bids: 2019-20 Panini National Treasures Zion Williamson, #3/30 auto patch (BGS 9) 3. $77,100 on 69 bids: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (PSA 10) 4. $76,600 on 43 bids: 2019-20 Panini National Treasures Zion Williamson, #67/99 auto patch (ungraded) 5. $72,568 on 57 bids: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (SGC 5.5) 6. $66,624 on 105 bids: 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection LeBron James, #90/100 auto patch (BGS 9) 7. $47,988 on 66 bids: 2007-08 Upper Deck Equisite Parallel Kevin Durant, #15/35, auto patch (BGS 8.5) 8. $47,600 on 35 bids: 2003-04 Upper Deck Equisite Collection Michael Jordan Limited Logos, #16/75, auto patch (BGS 9) 9. $42,500 on 53 bids: 2003-04 Upper…

ALABAMA Aug 15 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Cards & Memorabilia Show, Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr., Scottsboro, AL, 35769. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 60+, A: free. Contact: Stephen Moore @ 256-599-0989 or stephen@jacksonssportscards.com CONNECTICUT July 12 CT, Orange. Orange Collectible Show, American Legion Post 127, 630 Grassy Hill Road, Orange, CT 06471. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 30+, A: $1. Contact: Karen or Fred Riso – PH: 203-265-1813, Email: kmrfdr@gmail.com July 18 CT, Plainville. Plainville Sportscard Show, VFW Hall, 7 Northwest Dr., Plainville, CT, 06062. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 45, A: $1. Contact Cliff Gorneault 860-302-0493, clfgorneault@yahoo.com July 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 Aug 1…

The potent pandemic that shuttered professional sports in March actually did something good: Baseball book authors banded together to promote their products for the first time ever. Barred from their usual book tours and appearances at libraries, luncheons, and bookstores, some two dozen writers decided not to let their latest work sit silently, gathering cobwebs rather than readers. When baseball shut down, they started up. Berkeley-based writer Jason Turbow came up with the idea of authors interviewing each other via Zoom and similar online services. Then he worked with fellow authors Brad Balukjian, Eric Nusbaum, and Anika Orrock to nurture the novel concept. “It started when bookstores started canceling my appearances,” Turbow said. “Baseball was not far behind. You can’t watch, you can’t read the newspaper, and you can’t see…

From cats to stamps to outer space to Michael Jordan, the Upper Deck Goodwin Champions covers a variety of cards in this release set for July 22. Jordan’s Curtain Call Relics captures nine distinct and special moments of MJ’s final game in Chicago Stadium. Each card includes an artifact from the stadium and is serial numbered to just 23. The ninth and final card in the set boasts a hard-signed autograph from arguably the greatest basketball player ever. In Heads of State Vintage Stamps, the love of stamp collecting and card collecting merge with a 50-card ensemble featuring some of the most well-known leaders in world history. Each card boasts a vintage stamp relic of the subject. Each card in Aesop’s Fables Illustration Relics features an illustration from one of…

“I’ll trade ya Willie Mays for a Mickey Mantle. Pete Rose for Reggie Jackson. Mike Trout for Bryce Harper.” Through the years, sports card collectors have always traded cards. That much isn’t new. But with the country on near lockdown thanks to the coronavirus – resulting in many collectors staying away from retail stores – some resourceful collectors have jumped on social media sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, to make trades through the mail. Not only have some collectors been able to acquire cards and fill set needs, they also have forged new connections with like-minded collectors. Indeed, trading through the mail has been a hit with those house-bound collectors having an abundance of free time on their hands. According to Beau Thompson, who is one of the most…

THE WAIT IS ON — That buzz surrounding the Yankees during the long offseason has been coming from the direction of prized prospect Jasson Dominguez, a Dominican Republic import. But don’t look for him to make a splash during this baseball-lite season—a coronavirus-shortened 60-game schedule. The Yankees left Dominguez off their 60-man roster, reflecting the fact that they’re going for all the marbles. Yankee GM Brian Cashman told reporters, “We have a 60-game sprint in a COVID environment to qualify for the playoffs and take a shot at a 2020 world championship title.” Besides, Dominguez is but 17 years old and hasn’t had an at-bat in pro baseball in the U.S. The Yankees just signed him in July 2019, so he’ll need development time before we see him in the…

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The haggling between billionaire owners and multi-millionaire players hit rock bottom on Sept. 14, 1994 when Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced that autumn’s World Series was being canceled. The news impacted the sports world like a fastball to the noggin. A marquee event that transcended baseball and had survived a pandemic, two world wars and the Great Depression was being called on account of greed. Say it ain’t so, Bud. Say it ain’t so. When the following season began three weeks late after still more squabbling and the threat of replacement players, many turned-off fans vowed to tune out. For good. Their frustration had been building over time, as baseball suffered five work stoppages in the previous 14 seasons. The felled Fall Classic was the final straw for…

It was the mid-1990s and Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) was struggling. PSA, which was launched in 1991 as a business dedicated to grading trading cards, wasn’t getting enough collectors and dealers interested in getting their cards graded by a third-party company. Times were tough. “I know that some of the people who did work (at PSA) were strongly considering shutting it down, because they couldn’t find a way for it to take off,” said Joe Orlando, the President and CEO of Collectors Universe, Inc., the parent company of PSA. But PSA toughed it out. It’s a good thing it did. What happened in summer and fall 1998 changed the shape of card collecting. St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire and Chicago Cubs power hitter Sammy Sosa captivated the baseball world…

In the mid 1980s, I became interested in tobacco cards. As is the case with a lot of collectors that dive into that facet of the hobby, T205s were, and are, my favorite cards. I was born in Brooklyn in the 1940s so I’ll let you guess which team I followed when I was young. After the 1957 season when New York went from three teams to one, my trips to Yankee Stadium became more frequent as I followed the most successful team in the history of Major League Baseball. Collecting Highlanders/Yankees and Superbas/Dodgers (their earliest names) tobacco cards has been a lot of fun. If you are a Hal Chase fan, the Yankees T206 team set is what you are looking for; he has five cards. Babe Ruth and…