Card Collector Universe

If you’ve sent out a baseball card to a major league team for a player to sign and haven’t received it back in a short time, don’t despair. As you’ll see, one collector received his autograph request through the mail after waiting quite a long time. How about 15 years after his originial request?

I’d guess that there are quite a few collectors who can identify with Woody Paige’s pain at discovering the current value of a complete 1958 Topps baseball set.

A 1992 Derek Jeter autographed Little Sun High School card, graded PSA 9, sold for $1,136 in auction on eBay, on Feb. 25. This card seems pretty rare. Does anyone have any more information about this card and where it came from?

 2010 Topps Heritage baseball was set for release this past week (Feb. 25).  You can see the first look pics on the Beckett Blog here. 

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Mr. Cal Ripken speaks about the Million Card Giveaway and collecting baseball cards as a young Orioles fan.

A  1914 Federal League baseball card of Guy Zinn is being sold online. Zinn is said to be the first batter ever at Fenway Park and played with Babe Ruth on the team he represents on this Baltimore baseball card. See the Guy Zinn baseball card listing, and find out more about the rarity of this card.

A T206 Ty Cobb, graded SGC 60, with a cycle 460 back, sold for $3,105 online.

A very cool baseball quilt that once hung in the Baseball Hall of Fame will be auctioned off in Missouri.

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One of the leading sports card companies continued to battle on multiple fronts.

One lucky collector pulled a sweet dual auto card that even a Boston Red Sox fan would turn their nose up at.

A 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card, graded PSA 7, sold for a whopping $26,200 online, on February 8.

Topps announced a new CEO who will assume the role on March 1st. 

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