by MEARS | Mar 23, 2007 | archived news
WHO’D BOTHER FAKING A COMMON PLAYER JERSEY? Although today’s hobby climate, with higher financial stakes and far greater team sourcing availability, may make the above question rhetorical, the history of game-used jersey collecting, and the cooperation or...
by MEARS | Mar 16, 2007 | archived news
Much of what has been discussed as of late and in the past deals with manufacturers tagging of products. This is not limited to jerseys as a center brand on a bat serves the same purpose…customer and public identification with a product. For this I will limit my...
by MEARS | Mar 13, 2007 | archived news
February 8, 2007 Understanding the Authentication Process: Evaluating a 19th century player bat with attributed provenance With each item MEARS is asked to evaluate, new circumstances and challenges arise. For the Robert Edward Auction sale event ending April 28th,...
by MEARS | Mar 11, 2007 | archived news
“Hey look…Smokey Joe Wood, Mel Ott…Gil Hodges” goes the dialogue from a young and awe struck Archie “Moonlight” Graham in the film Field of Dreams. Brooklyn fans in the 1950s, Mets fans in 1969, and film makers in the 1980s knew all to well that Gil Hodges was truly...
by MEARS | Mar 10, 2007 | archived news
I have never been a bat dealer. My buying and selling has been at the collector level and centered around Cincinnati Reds players to a large extent. I have followed the bat market for a number of years and have always been amazed at the price difference between early...
by MEARS | Mar 10, 2007 | archived news
Up until about four years ago, I was like most of you… largely a hobby/industry outsider. I spent the majority of my time as a collector and researcher. The more I became involved in the business of this business, I saw that what I thought and what I was seeing...
