A few-dollar card captures one of baseball’s great what-ifs: Roberto Clemente, briefly a Dodger, before history sent him to Pittsburgh.
Post War Cards
A complete scan of The Trader Speaks, Vol. 3 No. 2 from December 1970. Before comps, slabs, and social media—this was the hobby.
The 1982 Topps football set looks modest, but the return of NFL team logos make it one of the more important releases of the era.
Six cards, from Ripken to Jordan, trace how childhood collecting moments shaped my lifelong perspective on the hobby.
As the junk wax era card boom gathered momentum, Alan “Mr. Mint” Rosen wasn’t just selling cards—he was selling the hobby to the world.