Remember when you moved out, and your mom threw away all your cards, without even asking you? It was probably a terrible feeling when you finally got the news that your cardboard treasures had been disposed of, like they were a pile or trash. This actually happened so often, that Topps produced a set in 2010 called "The Cards Your Mom Threw Out" - to give collectors a chance to see those cards again. Imagine having the foresight to tell your mom (or dad) not to throw them away, but rather to save them because they
Owner’s Original Collection of Inaugural Sets Surfaces After 65 Years Collected as a kid over 65 years ago… pack by pack, card by card, stored in a closet, and just recently discovered again. Sound familiar? That’s the story behind this collection that we just purchased from a long time collector based out of New Jersey. They were well loved. They were shown to friends. They were traded. They were flipped. They were thrown against the wall. They were tacked to the wall. They were taped to the inside of a book. They were his favorite players of the time. These
Over the years, we've seen plenty of collections come through our doors. Some are large and include tens of thousands of cards and some are just a few cards. Sometimes, they’re predominantly modern, sometimes vintage. Occasionally, we are presented with a collection that we have a great deal of interest in purchasing, but are unable to reach an agreement on price. This happened recently with a very nice collection of ten 1894 N302 Mayo’s Cut Plug Football cards. These 10 cards
It's been quite some time since we've been able to purchase a vintage football collection. It's been primarily baseball cards for the past few months, so when we heard there was a lead on a vintage football collection, it was a nice change of pace. Last week, a New Jersey collector gave us a call. He and his son had collected football cards many years ago while most others were collecting baseball cards. They relived the father's childhood memories as he taught his son and shared the history and tradition of the game through the magic contained on both
This week we are offering a 1935 National Chicle #34 Bronko Nagurski HOF Bears SGC 30 football card. Considered the Holy Grail of 20th Century football cards, Bronko Nagurski was issued in the extremely scarce High Number Series of the 1935 National Chicle Football set. This stunning exemplar presents with an obverse that appears as a solid EX/MT and features rarely seen boldness of colors and incredible clarity and registration. The strong corners accent nicely centered borders. The vivid colors highlight the image and are so clear that the uniform pants appear to be a shimmering gold and the rosiness