by MEARS | Jul 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
With trying to wrap up “Game Worn: Baseball Treasures from the Game’s Greatest Heroes and Moments” for Smithsonian Publishing (due out in October), I have not been able to devote as much time as I would like to the MEARS Museum… Until now. Let me tell you it as...
by MEARS | Jul 5, 2016 | Baseball
Seventy-five years ago, American’s from all walks of life where obsessed with four words… “Did he get one?” The “who” and the “what” were implicit as all eyes were squarely on Joe DiMaggio and his consecutive game hit streak. From a collector’s standpoint, the idea...
by MEARS | Jun 29, 2016 | Boxing
1972-81 Muhammad Ali EVERLAST Deer Lake Training Worn Trunks – Foreman, Frazier, Norton, Spinks era (MEARS LOA) With great sadness, the Champ is gone. His feats will never be forgotten. This lot serves as a testament to the life and career of Muhammad Ali....
by MEARS | Jun 28, 2016 | Baseball
This past weekend the Cincinnati Reds retired Pete Rose’s #14 and inducted him into the team’s Hall of Fame. You can take various positions on Pete’s betting on baseball, but there is only one position to take on Major League Baseball’s All Time Hit King and an All...
by MEARS | Jun 27, 2016 | News
The current MEARS Online Auction starts Friday, June 24 th , at 8:00 PM CST. MEARS Online Auctions website This offering consists of several unique lots which spans all sports and budgets. Highlights include: 50+ year Milwaukee Based Collection: Assembled by a local...
by MEARS | Jun 26, 2016 | Baseball
With each passing year, there are fewer and fewer of them left. I am not talking about cards or jerseys (yet), but rather those great players from the high water mark of 20th century major league baseball. The time reference for this is the 1950s and early 1960s. ...
by MEARS | Jun 21, 2016 | Baseball
World War II was over, America was ready to celebrate, and the city of Philadelphia was certainly no exception. Beginning in 1946, the Phillies introduced one of the most colorful and striking home/road uniform combinations of the post-war era. No need to take my...
by MEARS | Jun 11, 2016 | Baseball
Leo “The Lip” Durocher may have talked a lot trash and exercised morals that some found fitting for the gutter, but he didn’t deserve to end up in a dumpster. In April of 2016, Robert Edwards Auctions offered a collection of uniforms that were obtained from the trash,...
by MEARS | Jun 10, 2016 | Baseball
Collecting artifacts associated with Major League Baseball has never been more popular than it is today. Likewise, collecting the right artifacts can be equally rewarding, both personally and financially. Over the years I have been asked by collectors with six and...
by MEARS | Jun 9, 2016 | Baseball
News reels joyously portrayed the capitulation ceremonies aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2nd, 1945. Back in the Chicago, the Cubs held a razor thin 1 ½ game lead over the Cardinals. Chicago had just dropped ten of their last twelve games. Was it...
