‘Investing in Sports Memorabilia 101’ by Dave Grob

Over the holidays I had occasion to catch up with friends from college I had not seen in years. One of the guys decided to do a Google search on each of us and found out about my relationship with the sports memorabilia industry. It did not take long before the topic...

‘Investing in Sports Memorabilia 101’ by Dave Grob

Over the holidays I had occasion to catch up with friends from college I had not seen in years. One of the guys decided to do a Google search on each of us and found out about my relationship with the sports memorabilia industry. It did not take long before the topic...

Collecting Single Season Team Game Bats (1962 Mets) by Dave Bushing

One of the most widely collected genres of game used bats is that of the single team variety. Some collect any game bat of any player who played for their favorite team i.e. Yankees, Dodgers, Sox, etc. Some collect just special years like the 27 Yankees, 29 Athletics,...

Collecting Single Season Team Game Bats (1962 Mets) by Dave Bushing

One of the most widely collected genres of game used bats is that of the single team variety. Some collect any game bat of any player who played for their favorite team i.e. Yankees, Dodgers, Sox, etc. Some collect just special years like the 27 Yankees, 29 Athletics,...

The Shirt Off My Back: Vol. 1 No. 23 by Dave Miedema

FORGERY TRICKS MEARS HAS CAUGHT Over the past few months, jersey submissions to MEARS have produced some Unable To Authenticate responses, some of which have centered around specific tricks and chicanery that the small population of hobby forgers have authored, and...

The Shirt Off My Back: Vol. 1 No. 23 by Dave Miedema

FORGERY TRICKS MEARS HAS CAUGHT Over the past few months, jersey submissions to MEARS have produced some Unable To Authenticate responses, some of which have centered around specific tricks and chicanery that the small population of hobby forgers have authored, and...

The Shirt Off My Back: Vol. 1 No. 22 by Dave Miedema

SIX OF ONE RATHER THAN A DOZEN OF THE OTHER… Instead of coughing up a dozen trivia nuggets in game-used collecting, as originally planned, The Shirt will cite six myths of game-used collecting that often are just that…myths. 1) PLAYER INSIDERS = IMPECCABLE...

The Shirt Off My Back: Vol. 1 No. 22 by Dave Miedema

SIX OF ONE RATHER THAN A DOZEN OF THE OTHER… Instead of coughing up a dozen trivia nuggets in game-used collecting, as originally planned, The Shirt will cite six myths of game-used collecting that often are just that…myths. 1) PLAYER INSIDERS = IMPECCABLE...

The Shirt Off My Back: Vol. 1 No. 21 by Dave Miedema

NBA COMMEMORATIVE COLLECTION: PART 1 While Score Board created confusion with their tagged Rawlings MLB game-quality jerseys in 1989-90. the NBA took a turn at upsetting the sanctity of the game-used jersey hobby with the ill-advised introduction of NBA Commemorative...

The Shirt Off My Back: Vol. 1 No. 21 by Dave Miedema

NBA COMMEMORATIVE COLLECTION: PART 1 While Score Board created confusion with their tagged Rawlings MLB game-quality jerseys in 1989-90. the NBA took a turn at upsetting the sanctity of the game-used jersey hobby with the ill-advised introduction of NBA Commemorative...