Why so quiet?

Cheers Matt.

In July 2000, REA sold two 1973 Topps "1953 Reissue" Test Sets in their internet/telephone auction held in partnership with eBay. The cards are awesome, but I dislike that PSA calls them reprints on the flips; they're a little more unique than a "reprint!"

Sports Card Magazine's monthly auction report highlighted an incredible item in its April 1998 issue: the sale of a completely signed 80-card 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Set!

It’s Saturday Dr Jeff! Go touch some earth, I did!

Kit Kiefer was a former editor of Baseball Cards Magazine and the VP of Professional Hobby Consultants, so he knows a thing or two about sports cards. Here's his list of the 10 most significant action photos of all time, in order of importance. Not bad, huh?

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You did what you said :)

The bull has not yet arrived …

Happy New Year!

Scott Kelnhofer wrote an excellent article about World Series programs in the February 1997 issue of Sports Cards Magazine. The article referenced a "Market Report" later in the magazine, which included the following Top Ten list: cool, huh?

ALL CAPS

Keep up the great work. One odd thing, about every other time I try, I have to upload an image with a post twice 🤷‍♂️

Happy NYE

The Halper Collection is pretty legendary, but it's also shrouded in controversy due to some fake/counterfeit items. I've hesitated diving deep into it for that reason. However, rediscovering a March 1997 Sports Card Magazine article on the collection gives me a great baseline from which to start on the blog moving forward.

The 1966-67 Topps hockey set is one of the decade's most popular issues: wood-grain borders and Bobby Orr! I ran across this uncut sheet featuring the complete set of 132 cards in Mastro's April 2004 auction catalog.

Here's a rare gem REA offered for sale in 2000: a complete set of 50 never-assembled 1977 Hostess boxes featuring all 150 cards in Mint condition.