Editor’s note: After this article was published Fred Lynn contacted Splice Today to say he never signs autographs through the mail. Even if you can’t meet certain athletes in person, you can still collect their autographs—often for free. I started collecting baseball cards when I was eight. By the time I…
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A North Carolina man has collected baseball cards for decades. WRAL’s Tar Heel Traveler looks at some of the highlights of his collection. Reporter : Scott MasonPhotographer : Sean BraswellWeb Editor : Sydney Ross Posted 2025-06-17T19:03:10-0400 – Updated 2025-06-17T19:03:10-0400
EPHRATA — Darren Donoghue said he was 5 years old when he got his first pack of trading cards. He even remembers the truck he was sitting in, his parents’ 1975 Ford F150, when his mom, Jeannine, handed the pack of cards to him. “She just wanted (to see) how I was going to respond…
The sports and trading card hobby has experienced hundreds of changes and innovations since the earliest issues arrived in the 1800s. And though Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin recently placed his company’s introduction of the Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card at the top of that hierarchy, there are a number of innovations that have arguments for…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jac Caglianone spent his first day off in his new home city searching for someplace to live. And buying baseball cards. Just what you might expect from a 22-year-old prospect — one of the best in the game — who was still playing college ball about this time last year,…
We are back with another rip of my favorite Topps online exclusive product, Topps 206. 2024 Topps 206 features a 300-card base checklist. Included in the checklist are everything from rookies, to veterans, to legends of the game. All cards, of course, are fashioned after the original T206 tobacco cards and are mini cards. In…
When Brian Sleeth opened his mailbox in Florida last month, he could already feel something exciting was inside. “The energy and the power that was coming from that package was amazing,” Sleeth said. “I called my mom on the way back to the house, and I said, ‘Mom, this package feels like there’s something in…
It used to be that million-dollar sports card sales came along once every year or two and were exclusively reserved for a man named Honus. But as the market evolves, sports cards selling for over $1 million is happening more often. Most months now are seeing multiple seven-figure sales. Important modern cards of top-tier superstars…