by MEARS | Mar 30, 2008 | archived news
SLOPPY ID WORK One thing I always shake my head at is wishful thinking identifications for game worn jerseys. MEARS readers recently were made aware of the Braves jacket that was pegged as a Hank Aaron through incomplete research, when several players wore the number...
by MEARS | Mar 30, 2008 | archived news
One of my earliest memories of a sports related collectable is that of the 1960’s Vople Tumblers. These were cups as I recall being available with fill ups at local Tressler Comet gas stations in Cincinnati. Truth be told, I stopped following the Cincinnati Reds as...
by MEARS | Mar 29, 2008 | archived news
The Spring Robert Edwards Auction is going to be a historical event. For the first time, an auction house has agreed to allow a third party to come in an audit their process and business practices. This was a condition established by MEARS for any auction house that...
by MEARS | Mar 26, 2008 | archived news
BE PATIENT…SAVE BUCKS New styles of jerseys entering the marketplace often results in collectors drastically overpaying for these items shortly after release. It’s sort of like the 1950’s mentality of “be the first kid on your block...
by MEARS | Mar 26, 2008 | archived news
You might think that the uniforms I enjoy looking at the most are older flannels. The fact of the matter is that I enjoy handling the uniforms from guys I watched play in the 1970s. In my mind, that decade of baseball belongs to three men; Pete Rose, Nolan Ryan, and...
by MEARS | Mar 26, 2008 | archived news
In 1995, I wrote the first ever book on collecting and pricing vintage sports equipment for SCD. The purpose was to, for the first time, put down the different styles of sports equipment and create a separate grading system for each piece which at the time was no...
