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Welcome back to Sports Card Collecting 101! Today’s class will focus on one of my favorites: the 1948 Leaf Baseball set! Over the next two classes, we’ll examine this set as well as bridge into other sports like boxing and football!
Auctions, records, and Pokémon, oh my! Just this past week, we saw NFTs continue to explode, a rare Pokemon card set a record, and Queen Elizabeth's golden Wii. What's next, collectors? So much happens in the world of collecting from day to day that it's impossible to...
Our founder, Jeff, recently spoke with Steve from CBCS about some upcoming plans, population reports, and the Hero Initiative. See what Steve has to say about all the things CBCS has going on and a possible collaboration with GoCollect! Comic Book Certification Service (CBCS) was started by...
Spider-Man, Spider-Man! Does whatever a spider can -- but can spiders play pinball? Gottlieb decide to answer that question in 1980 with a hearty yes! The Amazing Spider-Man was brought to solid-state life in the spring of 1980, sparking the imagination of kids in arcades everywhere. The...
Do our comic book fans know the importance of today? Many do not, so I want to wish everyone a Happy Superhero Day. I am writing this article on National Superhero Day to remind us what makes a hero. Heroes Take Risks Dennis O'Neil...
Our sixth sports card collecting "class" will continue to focus on the 1933 Goudey Baseball Card Set. The iconic set is more than just Babe Ruth. Alright, I know Yankee fans will notice that this is a picture of that OTHER Yankee Icon, Lou Gehrig, but the...
Rock and roll and pinball are two peas in a pod. When pinball hit its stride in the 1970s, companies pined to create machines based off of popular musicians of the time -- KISS and Elton John both have machines from that era. But one band has...
“Take me out to the ball game. Take me out to the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks…” At one point Cracker Jack snacks were so popular, they became immortalized in an iconic Americana song. In 1914 and 1915, Cracker Jack inserted baseball...
In early 2021, an Alpha Black Lotus graded at a PSA gem mint 10 sold at auction for just over half a million dollars. Magic: The Gathering started with trading cards, but has since crossed over to novels, online games, a soon to be arriving Netflix series,...
Today, baseball cards are as innocuous as a glass of lemonade on a warm summer afternoon. Tearing into a pack of cards can open the flood gates of nostalgia. And if only briefly, brings us back to a simpler time. Let's talk about a sometimes-forgotten collectible... cigarette...
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