by MEARS | Jan 3, 2006 | archived news
Introduction During the 1920’s Louisville Slugger was the juggernaut baseball bat manufacturer. Interviews, advertising and photographs showed that most players favored H&B, but new photographic evidence has been uncovered by MEARS, which documents professional...
by MEARS | Dec 29, 2005 | archived news
TRANSITIONS: Although distinct manufacturers are named to supply teams and/or leagues with game uniforms for a given year or years, it isn’t a totally unheard of concept for items from a previous supplier to get used “after the fact” by a team for a...
by MEARS | Dec 28, 2005 | archived news
Roberto Clemente is probably one of the most revered baseball players of all time. He ended the 1971 season by entering the exclusive 3000 hit club and flew off into history, a legend for all times and the second player in which the five year rule was waved for his...
by MEARS | Dec 23, 2005 | archived news
It’s hard to believe, but another Olympic Games will take place this February! The XXth Olympic Winter Games is scheduled for February 10-26 in Turin (Torino), Italy. Already one of the most recognizable parts of the Games, the Olympic Torch Relay, is under way. The...
by MEARS | Dec 22, 2005 | archived news
– November 21, 2005 Watchung, New Jersey. Robert Edward Auctions is pleased to announce a very significant new baseball card discovery: a card of legendary Hall of Fames Josh Gibson dating from spring training of his rookie season in the Negro Leagues in 1931....
by MEARS | Dec 20, 2005 | archived news
In celebration of the NFL’s 75th anniversary in 1994, all 28 teams wore uniforms symbolic to a significant period or year in each team’s history. For a few games during that season, fans were treated to some interesting, if anachronistic, sartorial match-ups, such as...