December 20, 2019

Sports Collectors Digest

SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST covers every aspect of modern sports collecting, including cards, memorabilia, equipment, lithographs, figurines, and autographed material

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Patriots Jersey Collection Becomes A Source Of Happiness
It started with a Corey Dillon jersey (No. 28) and ended with a Jamie Collins jersey (No. 58), and in between Wes Hogan accumulated a remarkable New England Patriots jersey collection that included every number from 1 to 99. But what took 15 years to
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TV’s original ‘Home Run Derby’ relived
When baseball fans cheer the raw power of the game’s top hitters on the night before the annual All-Star Game, some will recall that the inspiration for all the hoopla was a modest half-hour TV show that first aired 59 years ago. It was in early 1960
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Rookies Are Aplenty In New Sets
One of the most anticipated releases of the year coming Dec. 20 from Panini, the 2019 Donruss Optic Football is filled with on-card autographs, parallels and the best rookies in the NFL. Kyler Murray, Dwayne Haskins, Daniel Jones, Nick Bosa and Josh
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Best of 2019 BASEBALL BOOKS PART 2
26. The Federal League Of Base Ball Clubs: the History of an Outlaw Major League, 1914-15 (McFarland, 368 pp., $29.95), by Robert Peyton Wiggins. An important addition to baseball literature, this paperback delves into a league that lasted only two y
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Not Just A Hockey Show
“Canada’s greatest hockey show.” “North America’s biggest hockey collectors show.” “The world’s best hockey collectibles show.” I can believe any of those claims after several days spent wandering through Toronto’s cavernous International Cen
Sports Collectors Digest8 min read
Baseball Card Sketch Artist Is Hall Of Fame Worthy
When Topps releases its Series I, II, Update and Gallery baseball sets each year, Todd Aaron Smith feels like a kid at Christmas. He’ll rip through pack after pack, but he isn’t searching for cards of his favorite players or team like what young coll
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Show Calendar
Dec 21 AZ, Phoenix. Northwest Valley Coin & Card Show, LaQuinta Inn, 2510 W Greenway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85023. SH: 9am-3pm, T: 35, F: $40-$50, A: Free. Jan 4 CA, Sacramento. Sports Cards & Collectibles Show, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5321 Date Ave, Sacramen
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Recollecting A Collector Of Old
George Husby is a name that I remember seeing for the first time in 1959 in Card Comments magazine published by Gordon B. Taylor of New York City. George and I had the same first name and were the same age—14. He was in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., and I was
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An Unopened Gold Mine From 1978
THOSE GREAT OLD ’78s — One of the most exciting items to turn up this period is one shrouded in mystery—an unopened case (that’s case, not single box) of 1978 Topps football cards. Inside the sealed case: 15 individual retail boxes—each bearing 24 ce

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