“Called Shot Bat” by LTC Dave Grob

One of the best things about my association with MEARS is the opportunity it affords me to look at potentially historically significant items. With this comes both the responsibility and opportunity to help educate the hobby/industry. This was clearly the case with a...

“Called Shot Bat” by LTC Dave Grob

One of the best things about my association with MEARS is the opportunity it affords me to look at potentially historically significant items. With this comes both the responsibility and opportunity to help educate the hobby/industry. This was clearly the case with a...

The Elusive 1949 All Star Bat by Dave Bushing

One of the pinnacles of collecting game used bats would have to be those specially marked bats given to the players to use for the mid summer classic known to the world as the ALL STAR GAME. What some collectors may not know is that there were no specially marked All...

The Elusive 1949 All Star Bat by Dave Bushing

One of the pinnacles of collecting game used bats would have to be those specially marked bats given to the players to use for the mid summer classic known to the world as the ALL STAR GAME. What some collectors may not know is that there were no specially marked All...

Cassius Clay by Troy R. Kinunen

The future World’s Champion was born at 6:35 PM at Louisville General Hospital on January 17th, 1942 to Cassius and Odessa Clay. His father was a local club singer and sign painter and passed on some his artistic talent to his son the boxer. These talents manifested...

Cassius Clay by Troy R. Kinunen

The future World’s Champion was born at 6:35 PM at Louisville General Hospital on January 17th, 1942 to Cassius and Odessa Clay. His father was a local club singer and sign painter and passed on some his artistic talent to his son the boxer. These talents manifested...

The Shirt Off My Back: Vol. 1 No. 7 by Dave Miedema

Official uniform suppliers have been with us in the Big Three sports leagues throughout the entire era of the MEARS A5 grade. Starting with Sand-Knit and the NBA in 1986-87, continuing with Rawlings and MLB in 1987, and stretching into the NFL and multiple suppliers...

The Shirt Off My Back: Vol. 1 No. 7 by Dave Miedema

Official uniform suppliers have been with us in the Big Three sports leagues throughout the entire era of the MEARS A5 grade. Starting with Sand-Knit and the NBA in 1986-87, continuing with Rawlings and MLB in 1987, and stretching into the NFL and multiple suppliers...

Old Catalogs and Research by Dave Bushing

The information contained in old sporting goods catalogs can be invaluable, not because of their covers which if picturing famous Major League players can propel the values into the thousands i.e. The D&M color catalogs that feature the likes of Ruth and Joe...

Old Catalogs and Research by Dave Bushing

The information contained in old sporting goods catalogs can be invaluable, not because of their covers which if picturing famous Major League players can propel the values into the thousands i.e. The D&M color catalogs that feature the likes of Ruth and Joe...