Surprise…Babe Ruth Signed Ball IS Valuable
Amid the antiques, jewelry and collectibles that walked into an appraisal fair held in Florida recently was a little piece of baseball history. Penny Bessire was looking for items to take with her to...
View ArticleEditor’s Blog: Vintage Card Market Strong, New Shop
Credit to the San Diego area's North County Times for doing a series of articles on card collecting this week. We've brought you links to each of their stories. Some haven't painted a very rosy...
View ArticleFan Who Landed Jeter’s 3000th Hit: Generous or Crazy?
Things worked out well for Derek Jeter and the Yankees. Set aside the 5-for-5 game-winning hit day he had to get through the 3,000 hit barrier. Where the ball landed was nothing short of miraculous....
View ArticlePujols Historic Home Run Ball Tossed Back on Field
Cubs fans do it because...well...it's just something Cubs fans do. While ballhawks outside Wrigley Field chase down any home run ball that leaves the park, fans who catch one in the bleachers throw it...
View ArticleAstros Authenticator Has Hand in Everything
Mike Acosta isn't old enough to remember when they were called the Houston Colt .45s, but he knows plenty about that era of Houston baseball history. The Astros' Authentication Manager wears a lot of...
View Article1876 Documents That Launched Major League Baseball Coming to Auction
Hand-written documents that gave birth to pro baseball as we know it have been consigned to SCP Auctions' Spring catalog and could sell for millions.
View ArticleNotes: National Baseball Card Day; Brandon Belt vs. Carrie’s Hair; Archiving...
A look at the "ToppsMobile" and other NBCD stories; Brandon Belt tells the story of his encounter with Carrie Underwood's hair; preserving history through memorabilia...and a story on the hobby from a...
View ArticleSurprise…Babe Ruth Signed Ball IS Valuable
A Florida woman didn't think that old baseball with the Babe's signature was worth taking to a local appraisal fair.
View ArticleEditor’s Blog: Vintage Card Market Strong, New Shop
The last in a series on the hobby delves into the vintage card hobby, a new shop opens in Virginia and we've got coverage of the Rosenblatt Stadium Auction.
View ArticleFan Who Landed Jeter’s 3000th Hit: Generous or Crazy?
The fan who wound up with Derek Jeter's 3000th hit ball is apparently very confident in his future earnings potential.
View ArticlePujols Historic Home Run Ball Tossed Back on Field
It might be time for fans to start thinking with their head and not their heart. Albert Pujols' historic third home run ball in last week's World Series game was worth a lot more to the Ranger fan who...
View ArticleAstros Authenticator Has Hand in Everything
Mike Acosta isn’t old enough to remember when they were called the Houston Colt .45s, but he knows plenty about that era of Houston baseball history. The Astros’ Authentication Manager wears a lot of...
View Article1876 Documents That Launched Major League Baseball Coming to Auction
Hand-written documents that gave birth to pro baseball as we know it have been consigned to SCP Auctions' Spring catalog and could sell for millions.
View ArticleNewly Uncovered Fan Photos Document Night of Hank Aaron’s 715th Home Run
A Virginia woman's inherited stash of 28 photos taken from the third base side offer some new perspective of the night in 1974 when Hank Aaron hit his record-breaking 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth.
View ArticleHall Of Fame’s YouTube Series Connects Artifacts To Baseball History
A new YouTube series looks at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s collection from a new angle, with each episode telling a different story of how two seemingly unrelated artifacts in the Museum’s collection...
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