by MEARS | Mar 19, 2011 | archived news
In response to an e-mail I received that read: “Dave- I have a client interested in the 38 road Gehrig jersey in the upcoming REA offering. I am confused…..are you stating that the Gehrig is a photo match? When I read the lot description, that is what I got from...
by MEARS | Mar 15, 2011 | archived news
In 1958, the unthinkable happened…The Dodgers and the Giants hopped a plane to California and our national pastime never looked back. In fact the opposite turned out to be the case. In the coming decade major league baseball would expand from sixteen to twenty-four...
by MEARS | Mar 14, 2011 | archived news
While Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball in 1947, it would take another sixteen years before the color barrier was broken on the jersey front. Prior to 1963, the rules called for the home team to wear white uniforms, but maverick Kansas City Athletics...
by MEARS | Mar 5, 2011 | archived news
First and foremost I have been and remain a collector/researcher of baseball uniforms. Like many of you, when I sell something it’s because I already have something else in mind that I want more. I have turned my collection over at least twice with brief forays into...
by MEARS | Feb 24, 2011 | archived news
MEARS is an acronym for Memorabilia Evaluation And Research Services…O.K. I am sure that comes as a blinding flash of the obvious. Evaluations have always been at the forefront of the organizational service lines, but what about Research Services? For the most part...
by MEARS | Feb 16, 2011 | archived news
Many a South Side youngster dreamed of making it to the big leagues while playing on the sandlots of Milwaukee. For Chester Peter Laabs, his dream came true … Milwaukee’s Sandlot Superstar “Chet Laabs” By Paul Tenpenny (Tencentz@aol.com)...
