Baseball Cards

Extremely Rare Baseball Card Put Up For Auction

AP | JIM SALTER | Posted 05.26.2012

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ST. LOUIS — A suburban St. Louis man who has been in the collectibles business for a quarter of a century, says the 102-year-old baseball card h...

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An Autographed Mark Zuckerberg Baseball Card? Like.

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

While it's unclear whatever became of his baseball skills (Aaron Sorkin skipped it in his Social Network screenplay), one man remembers Zuckerberg's magical season in Little League.

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Nuns Auction Off Rare Baseball Card For $262,000

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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BALTIMORE — As soon as collector Doug Walton heard about a rare Honus Wagner baseball card that had been bequeathed to an order of Roman Catholi...

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Surprise Trading Card Donation To Get Nuns Big Bucks At Auction

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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BALTIMORE — Sister Virginia Muller had never heard of shortstop Honus Wagner. But she quickly learned the baseball great is a revered figure am...

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An All-Star Baseball Card

The New York Public Library | Posted 05.25.2011

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To say Honus Wagner is a baseball immortal is an understatement. And yet when people think of him today, the first thing they usually associate him with is a baseball card.

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Loving Baseball Cards, Then Loving Baseball

Jim Watkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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My son already has over 400 cards (I know that, because he keeps a running count and makes sure I'm constantly updated) and they are, right now, among his most treasured possessions.

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Big Business Brings Baseball Cards to India

Nick Benas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Topps, the U.S. market leader for collectable trading cards, recently allied with the Indian Premier League -- which has a brand value of over $4 billion -- to produce trading cards for the sport of cricket.

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Defending Mistakes

Josh Wilker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Only a moron could argue against the inevitable expansion of the use of instant replay in major league baseball at this point, given the evidence in favor of such an expansion provided this week. But I guess I am that moron.

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House of Cards

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm talking about baseball cards. In 1962, from Opening Day through the World Series, the twelve-year-old kids in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn used them as currency.

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The Great Baseball Card Bubble

Slate | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Around the mid-1970s, a small cabal of serious baseball card collectors grew wise to the fact that their cards had become valuable. Cards had almost a...

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Comic Timing: Superman -- And Supermom

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Your problem is that your mother tossed what could have been one of the primo collectibles stashes in all the universe. If only she'd kept her hands off it, just like you and everyone else you knew kept telling her, then...

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3-D Baseball Cards: Topps Rolls Out New Technology Monday

New York Times | ERIC A. TAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since the 1950s, Topps has sold baseball trading cards filled with photos and stats, bringing the game to life. Now the company is bringing its cards ...

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Baseball Card Maker Topps Approves $385 Mil Eisner Takeover

New York Post | ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Disney boss Michael Eisner yesterday won his months long battle to take control of iconic baseball card maker Topps after a majority of shareho...

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