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Card of the Day: 1909-11 T-206 Piedmont Nap Lajoie
During my seven week hiatus I acquired only two cards, and both of them are almost 100 years old. The first I’ll discuss is this 1909-11 T206 Piedmont Nap Lajoie. Widely considered one of the greatest...
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Rare first 1869 baseball card unearthed in California
Back in September, my college buddy and one of my best friends, reporter/columnist Mike Osegueda at the Fresno Bee newspaper, wrote me an e-mail asking about baseball cards. It was an odd inquiry...
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Oldest Card Update
Well, I’m still not sure if the story about the oldest baseball card being unearthed in Fresno, Calif. made it to the CBS Nightly News with Katie Couric, (my wife was in labor that night) but the story...
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Obama & Jackie Robinson 1/1 auto on eBay raises questions
So I peeked at the Beckett Blog today — I do this a few times a week — and noticed that Chris posted a LINK to the 2008 Topps American Heritage Barack Obama and Jackie Robinson 1/1 cut auto that is on...
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Rookie Card Upgrade 7: 1961 Topps Billy Williams
About 18 months ago I acquired a few PSA grades HOF rookie cards for what was a good deal at the time. Among the cards was this 1961 Topps Billy Williams PSA 3. It’s a good looking card with decent...
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Why I choose BGS/BVG instead of PSA
It’s been asked of me many times: Why do you choose BGS/BVG instead of PSA? The reason might be simpler than you think. Sunday morning I posted the attached picture to my Twitter account. I had been...
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CSG is the top grading company for my needs; PSA or other services may be...
More than 20 years ago I decided to dip my toe into the waters that make up the world of third party grading. At the time PSA was the top dog, but I decided to bypass them and give Beckett Grading...
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