Marty Appel’s 1998 argument that Mickey Mantle ignited the baseball card hobby not once, but three different times.
Posts tagged as “Sports Cards Magazine”
A fascinating contemporary look inside Fleer as the company tried to reinvent itself, and expand the trading card market, in 1993.
In 1995, Topps thought its new D-III technology might change card collecting forever. Things didn’t exactly go according to plan.
A 1995 look at Kellogg’s iconic 3-D baseball cards, their history, variations, and values, including a price guide.
A fascinating 1993 look at the minor league team sets collectors believed were destined to become hobby treasures.
This page is inspired by the Vintage Non-Sports Cards Hobby Resources archive, where you’ll find full scans of The American Card Catalog, old Card Collector’s Bulletins, and other hobby…
I came across a fantastic piece of hobby writing in the December 1994 issue of Sports Cards Magazine. In it, O’Connell highlights his picks for the Top Five Horizontal…