One of the fastest-growing – and most fun – elements of the hobby has to revolve around collecting passes and tickets. Five years ago, ticket collectors were few and far between. Today, it seems that everyone is seeking a ticket or a stub to add to their collection. We’ve seen a dramatic increase in interest, …
We’ve always sold a lot of Exhibit cards in our auctions. We like them, especially the baseball Exhibits from the 1920s. We think the photographs are fantastic – after years of tobacco companies publishing illustrated cards (with varying degrees of quality), and during an era where baseball cards were typified by either poorly-drawn strip cards …
On several occasions and in several places, we have written about the magnitude of our “Texas Find,” an enormous collection of cards ranging from 1948 through 2007 consigned by a wonderful family we met last Spring. Initially part of the collection of a gentleman who passed on nearly ten years ago, it primarily included complete …
One of a long line of baseball card issues designed as a redemption offer, the Voskamp’s Coffee issue of 1913 featured 20 members of the Pittsburgh Pirates which, when completed, could be redeemed at the Pittsburgh-area grocer for one reserved grandstand seat at Forbes Field to see a Pirates game. Though Hall of Famer Max …
Fewer than ten examples of the 1917-20 Felix Mendelsohn Babe Ruth card have been graded by either grading company. That so few examples are known to exist of the most popular player of the era and the issue’s undisputed key is a true testament to the rarity of the issue. More interesting – and certainly …
1917-20 M101-6 Felix Mendelsohn Babe Ruth: one of his most rare cards! Read More »
Few cards in the hobby are better examples of a “hot card” than the 1925 Exhibit Lou Gehrig. Throughout the “rookie card craze,” the Gehrig RC remained an underrated card, certainly expensive relative to some of Gehrig’s contemporaries but not in comparison with other players of his great stature. In recent years, however, collectors have …
Of the many items that we have offered for sale in our auctions, it could be that this one is our favorite. It may not have the panache of a T206 Wagner or a Babe Ruth jersey, but it is likely the only one of its kind, and it represents everything that made baseball the …
Lots going on here at Love of the Game. First and foremost, we’ve got a brand-new website. Believe it or not, it’s been nearly five years since we launched LOTG, and while we’ve been working really hard on presenting quality auctions and designing beautiful, useful auction catalogs, we haven’t spent a whole lot of time …
