by MEARS | Apr 18, 2006 | archived news
Introduction by Dave Bushing and Toy Kinunen We at MEARS consider Marshall Fogel’s collection of game bats used by Hall of Fame players to be the most complete and comprehensive of all other similar collections. After grading thousands of gamers, including similar...
by MEARS | Apr 13, 2006 | archived news
This is part of a series of ‘Quick Tip’ columns written with the notion that a word of good advice from your grandmother remembered is worth more than a college textbook read and forgotten. The columns provide a wide assortment of simple yet significant tips...
by MEARS | Apr 6, 2006 | archived news
May 24, 2005 With great pride we have prepared our findings for the following item submitted to us on behalf of Grey Flannel Collectibles. On April 29th, 2005, we examined and recorded the following information for the item to be auctioned on June 22, 2005, Lot #1,...
by MEARS | Apr 6, 2006 | archived news
I remember our move to Ft. Huachuca, AZ in the spring of 1993 for a number of reasons. The one that ties in with this piece is when my then five-year old son Jacob and I discovered Marc Okkonen’s wonderful reference “Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century” at the post...
by MEARS | Apr 6, 2006 | archived news
The seemingly archaic early football equipment meant and designed to protect the player may seem comical compared to today’s standards but one must remember them within the context, a time period that included, at one time during the later half of the nineteenth...
by MEARS | Mar 28, 2006 | archived news
Once again let me impress you with my rather keen grasp of the obvious. Baseball and the business of baseball is that of a spectator’s sport. There is money only to be made when the game is watched as played. Owners have long recognized this and have made various...
