by MEARS | Aug 1, 2006 | archived news
It was just too easy to justify…How could a Army Officer pass up the chance to fly into John Wayne Airport. Such just happens to be my luck with the site of these years National Sports Collectors Convention in Anaheim, Ca. Troy Kinunen and Dave Bushing flew out early...
by MEARS | Jul 21, 2006 | archived news
I’m talking bats here, common only in the sense of pricing when compared to most of their Hall of Fame counterparts. I have been beating the drum with regards to game used bat prices as compared to baseball cards, the disparity of pricing based on rarity, but demand...
by MEARS | Jul 19, 2006 | archived news
May 2, 2006 Understanding Collecting From ancient shrunken heads from warring tribes to modern game used caps of division rivals, man has always had the urge to collect. From the beginning of time to the modern era, many of the reasons have remained the same:...
by MEARS | Jul 19, 2006 | archived news
In response to a number of requests and questions about if MEARS would consider entering into the area of grading autographs, I have decided to begin looking at what would be involved from a procedural standpoint. It needs to be stated up front that MEARS would not be...
by MEARS | Jul 14, 2006 | archived news
I am going to try do a couple of things here with this one piece. In the past, I have done some macro level book reviews as well as trying to show collectors the value of building a research library. My goal is to combine these two as I go through the obvious merits...
