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Collecting Highlights
May 9th
By Karine Hains aka Pheebs888
I’ve now been back in the collecting foil for 5 years, what started as a childhood obsession faded away in my teens only to return with a vengeance when I was 26 years old and in exile in England. After 5 years of chasing Roy and Brodeur cards I have made many deals, met many people online and offline and learnt a lot about this hobby. Sure there were some low points, in fact I’m going through such a low right now which is why I thought I’d write this article to remind myself about the More >
60 Years of Topps Baseball Countdown – #60: 1995 Topps
May 7th
by Drew Pelto, AKA *censored*
Unless you’re an Atlanta Braves fan, 1995 was likely a forgettable year of baseball. Each team lost 18 games from the schedule due to a strike that, when all was said and done at its end, only proceeded to screw over the fans and small market teams. I have a late April birthday. Opening Day should not come after it. It was the first year in 90 that didn’t have a defending World Series champion from the previous year. Albert JoJuan Belle was screwed out of the AL MVP award by a bitter media.
And Topps released More >
Our Hobby, How Rewarding it Can Be
May 7th
By Stephen Duell aka spuds1961
This is the counterpoint to my other article that had far too many negative connotations for me. I’ve been collecting for more time than I care to remember, through the time I went to summer camp only to realize Mom had thrown my collection away (thanks Mom- the only negative for this article I promise). I got my start innocently enough in my elementary school yard; I was a short awkward 8 years old that got picked on a lot. I realized that there were always a bunch of kids hanging out flipping cards and nobody More >
A Big Business
May 7th
By Karine Hains
Collecting used to be a hobby, it used to be all about fun but lately it just seems like it is a big business which is solely about the money. Personally, I collect two players Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur. For the hockey fans amongst you, you are very well aware of who these guys are for other sports fans well, let’s just say that these two guys are number 1 and number 2 in total career wins in the NHL. Yup, they are the best of the best there is no doubt. With the star status normally More >
60 Years of Topps Baseball: A Countdown
May 4th
By Drew Pelto, AKA *censored*
Baseball cards are an American institution, almost as old as the game itself. And while they weren’t the inventors of it, no single company represents the history of the hobby better than Topps. They kicked off the revolution in 1952 that made cards into what we see today, and they’re still cranking out cards to this day. They pioneered all sorts of ideas in the industry– the good (adding stats to cards, using color photos instead of water color paintings, buying cards and getting gum as bonus instead of the other way around), and the bad More >
This Moment Changed the Way I See Card Collecting
May 4th
By Wayne Rogers aka redskinfanva
When I was a kid in elementary school we would walk to school every day. Riding a bus was uncommon back then. There was a 7-eleven close to our school so myself and usually 2 of my buddies would walk there before and after class just about every day. My buddies went to buy gum and sell it when they got to school. I used my money to purchase Topps football cards because I liked football and as a bonus I got that nice tasty powdered brick-like gum. Once you got the gum to soften up More >
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