by MEARS | Dec 26, 2007 | archived news
Last week I wrote a piece titled the “The Fabric of the Game.” The article was intended to be simply a look at satin jerseys. Along the way I cam across information about the Cincinnati Reds wearing satin uniforms in 1948. While back in Cincinnati over the weekend, I...
by MEARS | Dec 25, 2007 | archived news
Rare uniforms, bats, balls, and documents belonging to the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings hit the auction block…Now that I have your attention, I must confess that I’m about ninety years late in reporting this. We tend to think of sports memorabilia auctions as recent...
by MEARS | Dec 20, 2007 | archived news
Last year I wrote an article about investing in sports memorabilia. I was asked recently about collecting and investing in vintage New York Yankees game used jerseys and bats from the 1930s through the 1960s. The focus was for any advice or how to go about educating...
by MEARS | Dec 20, 2007 | archived news
I can still remember when Marc Okkonen’s “Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century” first came out. We had just moved from Ft. Campbell, KY to a year stint at Ft. Huachuca AZ. My son Jacob was in his first year of Tee-Ball and we were beginning to truly share that...
by MEARS | Dec 19, 2007 | archived news
For the past couple of years I have run an editorial that I like to think of as the “Naughty and Nice list.” This is an editorial piece so the thoughts expressed here are mine and mine alone. In order to end on a positive note, let’s get the naughty folks out of the...
