Don Mossi. Hero of the vintage sports hobby. Mossi pitched 12 seasons, with Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and Kansas City. He won 101 games with a 3.43 lifetime ERA, topping out in 1959 with 17 wins against 9 losses with the 4th place Tigers. The one-time All Star never threw more than 240 innings in a …
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While we started off our blog with lots and lots of baseball, make no mistake: Love of the Game Auctions is by no means a baseball-only company. Our first auction will also feature some of the most sought-after football cards in the hobby, including a group of high-grade 1948 Leaf football, led by this gorgeous example …
The Breisch Williams E107 set of 1903 is important because it was the first major baseball card set of the 20th Century. Featuring sharp, black-and-white photographic images, the E107 set contains 147 subjects and has become a popular set among advanced collectors due to the number of rookie cards of Hall of Famers, along with …
Many prewar baseball card collectors consider the early 1930s to be the “golden age” of card collecting; notably 1933, when several of the most popular and lasting sets of cards were issued. In 1933, George C. Miller & Co. of Boston produced a 32-card set of the day’s stars, which received limited distribution at the …
The first consignment to make it in the door was this lovely 1887 N690 Kalamazoo Bat card of Joseph Mulvey. I can’t imagine there’s a card that better describes the type of auction that we’re trying to deliver to collectors. The phrase “scarce and desirable” is used often in this hobby, but among prewar card collectors, there …
Some collectors and I spent Tuesday night in Hoboken, NJ – the birthplace of baseball. Sort of an early start to the National, I guess – and definitely a baseball-themed night. We began the night at an establishment along the Hudson River, as we shared some stories (and beverages) with one eye on the MLB …
The National is always a fun thing. Sports collectors and dealers from all over the country get together in one place to find that elusive “white whale,” complete their sets, swing big trades and sell their inventory. Guys from the hobby message boards meet each other in person – sometimes for the first time. It’s …
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