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Baseball Card News This Week – April 16, 2010

A recent review of the newly released book Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession, describes how the “market” for 1980s baseball cards crashed, and how collecting baseball cards for their monetary value can be a dangerous pitfall.  … Continue reading

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Baseball Card News This Week – March 12, 2010

It was revealed that the 2010 Topps Opening Day card of Cliff Lee, might have been doctored a bit, and sure does not show an accurate Seattle Mariners uniform.If you read the Sports Illustrated article focused on Catchers and in … Continue reading

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Baseball Card News This Week – February 26th, 2010

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 … Continue reading

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Baseball Card News This Week – February 19, 2010

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 … Continue reading

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Baseball Card News This Week – February 12, 2010

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 … Continue reading

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Baseball Card News This Week – February 5, 2010

Jim Caple of ESPN wrote an interesting article about baseball cards recently. He speaks about the joy brought by the ancipation of opening a pack of baseball cards. This is really what it’s all about, isn’t it? Talk about anticipation … Continue reading

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