Collectibles can be expensive to acquire and store, don’t generate income, are targeted by fraudsters, are not always easy to sell, and can swing wildly in valuation.
RR Auction offered a number of items from past Olympic games during a recent sale, with a gold medal from the first Olympics ...
This piece was initially supposed to be a list of takeaways about the 2025 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame election. However, all ...
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Alton's riverfront commerce paused as the Mississippi froze, making ice cutting a vital ...
In 1936, the first class of inductees was announced, comprised from left, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson ...
On Jan. 29, 1936, the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elects its first members in Cooperstown, New York: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus ...
On Jan. 29, 2002, in his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening ...
I try not to care about hall of fames because they are curated and maintained by human beings, which means they invariably apply subjective or inconsistent criteria for induction. While we might ...
On this date in 1936, the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elected its first members in Cooperstown, N.Y.: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, ...
What is the all-time record purchase of a card? It used to belong to the T206 Honus Wagner card, but in August 2022, a Topps Mickey Mantle 1952 rookie card (#311) was sold for $12.6 million. Wagner’s ...
The Pittsburgh Pirates made an offer to acquire perhaps the greatest hitter who ever lived, Ted Williams, in 1937. They may ...
Major League Baseball’s best shortstop, right now, is the Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson. So says MLB Network during its Top Ten ...