I have no ties to the New York Yankees. I have no ties to their former captain, Thurman Munson. I wasn’t alive to watch him play. I wasn’t alive to collect the 1971 Topps set as it was released.

None …

Note: I’ve delayed the normal Monday morning entry to Tuesday for this week, in order to post this article on 9/11. Next week’s post will go live on Monday, as per the usual schedule.

Everyone who was alive and cognizant …

The man who has singlehandedly done more than anyone in the past half-century to change the game of baseball — and the baseball card hobby — is not in the Hall of Fame. I feel confident saying he will …

I’ll never forget my first relic card. It was the year 2000, and relic cards were still fairly rare and exciting. Ebay was small enough at the time that I used to literally search for “baseball cards” and view …

Last week, Topps issued mockups of the design for their flagship product. Many people love it. Many people hate it. Me? I’m torn, with some aspects I’m into, others I wish would go away, and a few that leave …

In the 2005 movie Fever Pitch, Jimmy Fallon plays Ben Wrightman, a Red Sox-obsessed school teacher with a Sox memorabilia collection — and wardrobe — large enough to cause shock among non-collectors and envy among fellow baseball fans. Nearly …

The 39th National Sports Collectors Convention is in the books, and boy, was it a week to remember! The truth is, I’ve come to learn that any National is one to remember, but I think this one will go …

In light of the upcoming National Sports Collectors Convention, I started thinking about my least favorite aspect of collecting: negotiating. Whether I’m on the buying end or the selling end, I hate it. It wears me out emotionally. That …

Next Wednesday, the National Sports Collectors Convention will take place in Cleveland, OH. This year will be my second trip — my first was two years ago in Atlantic City. I quickly discovered one thing: I thought I had …

The internet’s most popular supercollector, Tanner Jones, announced his “retirement” last week.

This weekend, the online cardboard community got some surprise news: one of the Internet’s most popular supercollectors, Tanner Jones, announced his decision to quit collecting Jose Canseco …