Innholdsfortegnelse for July 1, 2024 i Sports Collectors Digest

LEADING OFF As a basketball-loving kid in the early 1970s, I was not supposed to like Bill Walton. But I did anyway. Walton was the most dominant player in college basketball, leading John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins to an 88-game winning streak and back-to-back national championships. The No. 1 pick in the 1974 NBA Draft, it took him just three seasons to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to its only NBA title. But where I came from, pulling for Bill Walton was considered taboo. The graceful 6-11 center was that “long-haired hippie” from California who smoked pot and didn’t eat meat. By the time he moved to Oregon, he had a scraggly beard, followed the Grateful Dead and was described as “a vegetable garden scarecrow … with the street attire of…

The year was 1947 and Jackie Robinson took the giant step of integrating Major League Baseball. The same year, the General Baking Co. showed its support by creating a series of Robinson cards to be packaged in bags of Bond Bread. There were 13 different Robinson cards within the series. One of them features a striking close-up portrait of Jackie holding his well-worn first baseman’s mitt in front of him. In early June, an ungraded example of that card turned up on eBay and sold for $15,000, despite creases and age spots evident in the listing photo. In recent months on eBay, other specimens of the same card sold for prices of: • $5,200 (PSA 2)• $2,423 (PSA 1)• $2,136 (PSA 1) Among the other 12 different Bond Bread cards…

THE HOBBY IS THE PEOPLE While I've been in the hobby a while, I've never collected tickets. That changed in 2023 when I acquired a couple. I didn’t own a ticket, however, related to Jackie Robinson, which was something I wanted. Many were not in my budget, especially graded. I kept up the hunt and eventually purchased an ungraded 1953 World Series Game 4 ticket stub featuring the Yankees vs. the Dodgers at Ebbets Field. In that game the Dodgers beat Whitey Ford. Duke Snider had a heck of a day and Jackie had a hit and an RBI. On the other side, Mickey Mantle had a hit and RBI. When I received the stub, I was pleasantly surprised at the great shape it was in. So much so I…

NOTE: If you have a show listing, follow the style below and send to jowens@aimmedia.com. ALABAMA July 20 AL, Dothan. The Flip Sports Card & Collectibles Trade Show, Dothan Civic Center, 126 N. St Andrews St. #214, Dothan, AL 36303. SH: 10am-5pm. T: 125+ ($80-95). A: $7. Contact: Daniel TheflipTradeShow@Gmail.com ARKANSAS July 20 AR, Conway. Conway Sports Cards Show, ELITE, 1400 Old Morrilton Hwy. #3513 , Conway, AR. SH: Sat: 9am-3pm. T: 70. A: Free. Contact: Clay Winn conwaycardshow@gmail.com ARIZONA July 6 AZ, Tempe (Phoenix). Collectibles on College — Tempe Monthly, University Presbertyrian Church, 139 E. Alameda Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281. SH: 10am-3pm. T: 55 ($50-65). A: Free. Contact: Cole CollectiblesonCollege@gmail.com CALIFORNIA July 6-7 CA, Burlingame. East Bay Card Show presented by Tenth Inning Productions LLC, Hyatt Regency, SF Airport.…

More than $2 million worth of vintage baseball cards stolen from Memory Lane Inc. were recovered and a suspect has been charged with theft. Memory Lane reported the cards missing on April 18 after they were delivered via FedEx to a Best Western Hotel in Strongsville, Ohio, where they were to be displayed at the Strongsville card show. Strongsville police arrested Jacob Paxton, 27, of Brunswick, Ohio and charged him with felony theft. The shipment contained cards that were scheduled to be auctioned, including 14 rare 1914 Cracker Jack cards, numerous T206 Tobacco cards and other rare vintage baseball cards valued at more than $2.1 million. According to police, Paxton allegedly attempted to sell some of the cards to a local card shop. ANOTHER CASE SETTLED An Ohio man charged…