by MEARS | Jul 26, 2008 | archived news
NOT JUST IN NEW YORK CITY Plenty of attention has been heaped upon the upcoming demise of both Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium and Steiner Sports’ involvement, and rightly so. Yet, two less heralded indoor sports arenas that closed their doors to the pros years...
by MEARS | Jul 26, 2008 | archived news
“My name is Dave and I am a collector.” The reply “Hi Dave” comes back from the assembled group. I spend the next few minutes describing why I search E-Bay, flea markets, yard sales and any number of other venues looking for “baseball stuff.” I recount the find of the...
by MEARS | Jul 25, 2008 | archived news
Q: I’m inquiring about an appraisal on a publication titled “Famous Sluggers of 1929”. It includes batting records for Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, Travis Jackson, L.Goslin, Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, Jim Bottomley, H.Cuyler, Ty Cobb, George...
by MEARS | Jul 25, 2008 | archived news
It would appear that my story on the dating of a Rawling’s glove has taken on a life of its own and I suspect we will hear more about this glove in the future. As I said, I have no opinion on what this glove is or is not, at least not yet. What I have decided to do is...
by MEARS | Jul 24, 2008 | archived news
I got an e-mail from a long time friend and collector who asked me to take a look at a glove on the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum. The topic of the post was a Mickey Mantle glove that is said to have been used in the 1956 World Series. The issue at hand was could the...
