The Screw Down Collection We hear from many collectors through our email and via telephone calls engaging in conversations about their collections. Our specialists do a great job assisting these people with their inquiries. A few of the common questions revolve around storage of single cards and sets. We always suggest that the collector explore their options and determine what suits them best but one thing that we frown upon and would implore folks against using screw down holders and always
Decades ago, the search for that elusive item for your collection or the final card for a set that you've been working on used to mean waiting for a major card show in your area. In the 1990's, the Internet hastened these long waits and countless hours of driving and searching at card conventions by opening the world up so that collectors could find, buy and subsequently fill so many holes in their collections. But what do you do when
This is one of those rare instances where the story behind the collection is as interesting as the collection itself. Begun decades ago, a father and son team shared their passion for all things Boston Red Sox and put forth a Herculean effort to collect all of the Red Sox cards and assorted issues related to the Red Sox. The collection is a veritable type collection that represents examples of almost everything that was issued featuring a Red Sox player and includes many complete team sets of the Red Sox once the team reached issues from the 1940's until the
1960 Topps Baseball set. Completely graded. All PSA 8's and higher. Bought from a guy out in California last week. It was the easiest transaction we've had in years. Scratch that. "Easy" is the wrong word to use here. It took a lot of work to get the processes in place and running smoothly. It just seemed easy because our buying process is honest, straightforward, and seamless. It seemed easy because we got a lead through our website. But it took years to develop a user-friendly
Robert Burns was a poet, an artist with words. Ken Burns is a documentary film producer, with the great Baseball chronicle earning him high praise. Bob Burns, a 1930’s and 40’s actor and musician from Arkansas, also has had a profound impact on baseball, more specifically on vintage baseball cards. Bob Burns, you see, invented a silly musical instrument from some pieces of pipe and a funnel (yes, he actually played it!), and called it a Bazooka. The military nicknamed an antitank weapon the bazooka in